Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
Busy Farmers In kittitas County
The Sound Reports an Immense
Demand for Fiah to supply the
Eastern Market-IdahO Reports q
scarcity of Good Work Hors~s-
Mon utana DecisIons.

tho waters of tho sound inst oT tho ocoau
shed dock are making successful hauls of
tyee salmon.
Rev J. V. Milligan has beoun his pos.
toratc with tho presbvtcrian church a;
Elcnsbure.
Flowing. narrowing and s,cdinc are in
full swing nil over Kittitas valley.
Alpowa reports that opricot tree. are
white with bloom and neaeh bud, urc inst
ready TO omen.
The Indians in Kittit,s county orc con.
sid.rbly worked uu over the nronosi,i,n
of removing them TO the reservation
Those especially who have farm, here do
not take kindly TO the idea.
H,llinpham bav f.hipy firms state that
there il an immense demand for fish to
supply the eastern trode dur;nc Lent
Hundrds of boxes are L.;no shinned out
and still orders tyme in from all na,ts of
tho country
Inc Washington state land commission
proposcs TO nut ten men into the field i'm
mediat.ly To select g2 600 acr-s remain
in, unsolicited far ali tho s,,to land
grants Several cruisers will follow later
Tor the same purpose. Besides the grants,
,ho,, ,.,,.;, s.hanl ;nJor,n;,, =, Io,, lo,Is
IN ,aroe .moun, IN ho s.,act.d
During February the number of ship
mcnts from the three Gray's Hrbor
towns amoun,.d 10 90 cor,oes con.i.,iro
nj 7u,6 OO0 fcct Uooui.m sendiny ant
nine cargoes OF 3,2l7,0O0 feet; Aberdeen
seven cargoes, 2,3U0,000 feet, and Co,mn.
polls four cargocs Of ,53000O feet. These
figures do not include large shipments
east by nail from each of the three places
A new liquor ordinance has been adopt.
cd at North Yakima providing that here
after an application for liquor liccn-"
must state vi here the business is to be car
ried on. and il the applicant desires to
carry on his business on Yakima avenue
oil First street, he must present a petition
signed by tho owners OF more than halt
oi the lots in the same block and also the
opposite block abutting on said street, u
their agents, stating that the own d"
not object to tho Use Of such premises for
such purposes, The amount of the iicens"
remains Mt 81 900. and in other partici
Iar- the ordinance is the same as the old
"n".
+. c. McFanane, whose death occurred
at the numbering camp at sara, Wash,
the other day, was born in Behamics
county. Canada, in 1850. lie came to the
United States when yet n small boy. with
his parents, who settled in Michigan.
Through the death OF his father young
McFarlane was thrown practically upon
his own resources when but ii years o.
age. At the age OF II he became engaged
in the numbering business in Michigan.
This business he followed with varying
success all his life lie settled in Van.
couvcr, Wash. in 1883, and with Judge
W. H. Wells and Charles r. Gray, both
deceased. and others, engaged extensive.
ly in the lumber business in that county.
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