100 years ago near Kettle Falls: Buck saves fawn

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100 years ago

Ed Roper, a farmer living on the Ferry County side of the Columbia River near Kettle Falls, witnessed a thrilling wildlife adventure.

He was just getting out of a rowboat when he saw three deer driven into the Columbia River by dogs. A buck, a doe and a fawn were swimming across the river when the fawn fell behind. The fawn “appeared unequal to the battle with the swift, cold water.” Roper feared the fawn was drowning.

Then the buck, which had been in the lead, “turned back and assisted the fawn until the bank of the river was safely reached.” The three deer stood on the bank and rested for quite a while after the ordeal, Roper said. He hid himself from them in order to not frighten the deer back in again.

From the labor beat: The Woman’s Free Employment Bureau in Spokane reported that it “had a lot of women who want jobs to cook for men on ranches or in camps.”

The bureau said it also “can supply middle-aged women for general housework” both in the city and outside the city. The bureau said it “can supply women by the day or the hour for almost any kind of labor around a home.”

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