Out of the Past: 10/01/2025

110 Years Ago—

Colville winnings at the Spokane fair have again directed considerable attention to this city as the center for grains and for poultry, and the few entries that were made brought results. In the general display awards of the agricultural section, Colville led all the towns in the state. 

One of the strongest evidences of the possibility of Stevens County is furnished by P. B. Dingle, who has on exhibition at Hotel Colville some samples of sunflowers, the tallest measuring about 14 ½ feet, the diameter of the head being 14 inches, grown in his garden on West First Avenue.

Advertisement—For mild, easy action of the bowels, try Doan’s Regulets, a modern laxative. 25 cents at all stores.    

75 Years Ago—    

Final reports from the third annual mass chest health survey for Stevens County show a total of 2,957 X-rays taken during the nine-day visit to Stevens County.

The season’s first snow appeared on Old Dominion Mountain Tuesday morning, three days after the official arrival of fall and after two cloudy days with cool weather and light rain.

The Colville council, according to the tentative budget released this week, plans to spend $59,962 for general city operation: $3,055 for the library; $49,870 for the water and sewer department operation; and another $32,102 for city streets.

50 Years Ago—  

A solution to Colville’s parking problem was explained to the Colville Chamber of Commerce Tuesday by Frank Slagle, chairman of the city planning commission, and Steve Blake, city attorney. The solution is the proposed purchase of over a half-a-block of land behind Barmans Clothing Store and the whole half block behind stores on the west side of Main Street between First and Second Avenues.

A new business enterprise, a direct result of the Northwest Alloys, Inc. magnesium and silicon plant, is now in operation and capable of producing 40 tons of wood chips per hour. The new venture, Metallurgical Chip Company, is headed up by Bill Brauner of Brauner Lumber Co., Kettle Falls, and Harvey Tripp, Kettle Falls contractor.

25 Years Ago—

Colville volunteer fire department crews and Department of Natural Resources personnel put out a four-acre blaze on Colville Mountain. The fire was located near the cell phone tower and above the cross.

Colville city officials may be considering whether or not a curb-side recycling program will be established in the city.

Sixteen-year-old 4-H’er Sarah Lindberg of Colville recently captured first place in the state 4-H Fair’s Daily Fashion Review, held Sept. 1 at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup.

10 Years Ago—

Rodney Smoldon has been named new forest supervisor on the Colville National Forest. Smoldon is currently the district ranger in the Three Rivers Ranger District. Smoldon is a 1981 graduate of Colville High School.

Eastern Washington University has initiated an academic and community program to honor the legacy of Lucy Covington, a Colville Tribal Council member who changed the course of American Indian history through her courageous and selfless style of leadership in the face of great odds.