Out of the Past: 11/26/2025

100 Years Ago—

Improved postal service for first class mail has been officially asked of the post office department by petitions from all towns between Colville and Spokane. The petitions cite the present unsatisfactory service of mail 12 times a week, and asked that pouches of first-class mail be hereafter transported by the Colville-Spokane stage line, which never makes less than 54 trips a week.

The lot at the southeast corner of Main and Beech (now Birch) holds a one-story building fronting Main which is used by Fred Elwood for a second-hand store at the east end of the lot, facing Beech, a small building which was originally erected on the corner, and later moved to its present corner, and still later, moved to its present location. The story of this lot and these buildings embraces some very interesting Colville history. (Story found in “Little Journeys Around the Town,” Colville Examiner – 12/5/1925)

75 Years Ago—    

Porter Carter has been nominated as president of the Colville Chamber of Commerce. Carter’s nomination was announced by the Chamber of Commerce’s nominating committee. Joe Striker was nominated vice-president. Other officers nominated were Bill Bronson and Sid Buckley, one-year trustee; Carl Moore and F.H. Cole, two-year trustees.

NORTHPORT—Another step toward progress in this community went way over the top in voting for bonds last Saturday for the purpose of building a union high school.

50 Years Ago—  

Mr. and Mrs. John Dobrowski, owners of the Hotel Colville for the past 10 years, announced this week that they had sold the hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Anderson and their son Bernie of Kelly Hill. The 40-room hotel sold for $200,000.

The Kettle Falls Park committee announced the name selected for the partially constructed three-acre recreational site last Friday. Happy Dell Park was the name submitted by winner Mrs. Alice Crouch. Mrs. Crouch had combined the names of Happy and Ken Trousdell, who donated the three acres for the park.

25 Years Ago—

According to 49 Degrees North Marketing Director Mark Bigham, the new Flowery Trail Road improvement to be completed in 2005 will be an all-weather highway allowing year-round access to 49 Degrees North on Chewelah Peak Ski Hill in the inland northwest.

 The Tacoma Dome should be rocking this Saturday when Northeast B-8 League powers Odessa and Inchelium lock horns in the State B-8 championship game beginning at 4 p.m.

15 Years Ago—

“Did you know?” The Dominion Meadows Golf Course is a historically relevant site. There is a plaque marking the ninth tee where the Rush Bros.Brickyard used to be in the early 1900s.