Good Ol' Days

125 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, November 26, 1897

AN INSANE WOMAN

Roaming the Country Through the Rain and Snow

An apparently demented woman appeared at the Northern Pacific section house at Garfield at daylight Sunday morning, bedraggled, wet and cold from the stormy night. See could give no account of herself and her actions were such that J. Kidwell, the special deputy sheriff at Garfield, was sent for. The officer took her in charge and wired the sheriff's office for instructions. The recent escape of a female inmate of the Medical Lake asylum led to the belief that the woman might be the missing one and the deputy was instructed to bring her down. Instead of the officer got a letter from Deputy Kidwell with the information that the woman had escaped. So far she has not been traced. Enclosed in his letter Mr. Kidwell sent a letter taken from the woman written by Mrs. B. C. Simons of Marksville, Ontario, Canada, but containing no name at the head being addressed only "My dear daughter." The writer said she had not known before that her daughter was in an insane asylum and contained the information that the authorities had been requested to release and send her home, and that they would give her the letter. An offer to send money was also made to pay her way back.

100 Years Ago

From the Colfax Commoner, Friday, November 24, 1922

ENDICOTT CLAIMS FOOTBALL CHAMP

The Endicott high school claims the county championship for their foot ball team. The Endicott high school team has not lost a single game to any other high school team in the county for the last two years.

This year they defeated both Colfax and Pullman and just before the season closed the high school principles association met and declared Endicott had played an ineligible player. The player was Thomas of Endicott who formerly attended the Potlatch school . It was claimed that Thomas was back in his studies and it was for this reason that all games in which Thomas took place were thrown out or declared forfeited.

Later Pullman admitted they had played a man who had no right to be on the team and the two games played while this man was a member of the pullman team was also thrown out. After numerous games had been declared forfeited by the leading teams Tekoa came forward and they claimed the championship.

75 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette-Commoner, Friday November 28, 1947

BED JACKETS MADE

A group of the American Legion Auxiliary members of the Codd-French Walla Walla as their rehabilitation project. Seated left to right are: Mrs. Carl Forsberg, auxiliary president, Mrs. W. P. Felch, Mrs. M. D. Sheffield, Mrs. J. R. Hutchison, rehabilitation chairman, and Mrs. Martin Madison. Work on the bed jackets and also laundry bags, which the ladies are making, will continue at their next meeting December 2. –Gazette- Commoner photo.

50 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette, Thursday, November 23, 1972

SET FOR 'STAIRWAY' SEMI-FINALS

This trio of steppers placed second on the "Starlit Stairway" television program in the two-to-seven age group and will compete in the semi-final competition in February. Left to right are Kelly Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Lewis of Colfax; Shannon Bruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Bruce of Farmington, and Kerry Rodeen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodeen of Colfax.

25 Years Ago

From the Whitman County Gazette, Thursday, November 20, 1997

WHERE'S SCOTLAND YARD?

The craftmanship of Kirby Dailey and Bob Fairbanks graces the stage in Colfax High School as the cast and crew prepare for opening night of the musical, "Oliver!" The musical runs 7:30 p.m. showings on Nov. 24, 25, 28, and 29. Performances at 9:30 a.m. will be Nov. 25 and 26. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4.50 for seniors and children under 12. Tickets are available at Colfax high School and Excell Foods.

10 Years Ago

From the Whitman County Gazette, Thursday, November 22, 2012

BACK IN BUSINESS

Eddy's re-opens eight days after building hit in car, truck crash

By Sally Ousley

Gazette Reporter

Eddy's Chinese and American Restaurant on south Main Street in Colfax opened its doors last Friday after beign closed for more than a week after it became an accident victim.

The restaurant was forced to shut its doors Nov. 8 after two vehicles smashed into the front corner of the building, destorying two big windows and a wall on the north side and the main entry door on Main Street. The damaged areas have been temporarily covered with paneling.

Proprietor Eddy Ng, who established the business in 1981, said the retaurant was more than half full with customers when it was hit.

"Usually, someone is standing at the cash register, or coming around the corner or going through the door, but no one happened to be in any of those places," he said. "It's a miracle and a blessing no one was hurt. No one in the retaurant and no one in the cars were hurt. You can rebuild the building and replace the cars, but you can't replace human beings."