FEBRUARY 18, 1911: Meteor and Inchelium news
Sleighing is fine on the South Half.
Grandma Stanger and Maggie McDonald of Dixon, Montana returned Saturday to attend the funeral of Jimmie Stanger.
Joe O'Brien and wife of Addy were visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stanger of Meteor this week.
Burt Jennings reports a good transient travel on his cable ferry this winter.
Chas. Lawson is erecting a larger government hall at Inchelium for government purposes.
Ed Moore, a prosperous rancher of Meteor made a trip to Colville this week.
The Guinn mine is working with very good results this winter.
The Cole brothers will soon start their saw mill at Meteor.
Dan McClung's house burned down from a defective stove pipe last week Saturday. The family lost everything.
Last year's drought and smallness of the Indians' crops are causing very hard times among them. The snow is two-feet deep and they can get no feed for their stock, which is so poor that it will not sell. They have no seed grain, no garden seed, no money. The Lord only knows what their families will subsist on next summer. The government has issued orders to merchants and dealers not to trust or credit them or their permit will be cancelled. The boss farmer Mr. Chas. Lawson is a fine fellow and is doing everything possible for them as far as the government will allow him to. He is an expert graduate farmer and is valuable to the Indian farmers. His position is not a pleasant one, as he has nothing to work with, but the Indians appreciate his kindness.
James Stanger, after an illness of two months, died at his home near Meteor Thursday morning at 5:30. He was 62 years of age and was born and raised in Stevens county. He leaves a widow and three children, Tommy, Henry and Freddie. Interment was in the Mission cemetery.
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