Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-08-31
Our Trip to Lind.


Last Thursday evening the News
man made arrangements with the n.
P. to be taken on one of their trains
to Lind at which place he stopped.
He at once proceeded to pan handle
the genial landlord of the HotelLind,
c. E. Amsbaugh, out of nights
lodging which proceeding Mr.. Ans
baugh submitted to for the sake Of the
craft, he is an old time printer, and
the quill-twister was soon sleeping
peacefully though it is said not nois-
lessly between the bed-clothes
of the newest hotel in the county.
Friday morning he tore out Of bed
about 7 a. m. and began to explore
the city where only few weeks before
there was only three or four houses to
mark place in the sage5brush. We
tried to interview some Of the people
but they had no time, where only a
few weeks ago the few inhabitants
we're anxious to have an opportunity
to talk to a man from Ritzville and
would spend day or two trying to
cheat him out of his horse or any
thing he had. The first man we spoke
to was F. w. Lippold. Mr.. Lippold
has moved to town from his ranch and
is building a neat residence near his
blacksmith shop. He has also built
neat little store where he expects
to deal in liquor and cigars as soon as
he can get q license.
Henry Myer is building new store
80 % which will be ready for bust
ness in few days. Boenig & LADIES
are doing thriving general merchan-
disc business at the old Nelson stand
and both these firms will handle
grain.
Coming up the street again we
passed the hotel and not seeing the
proprietor about we slipped in and
ate breakfast with the regular board
ers. The next man we saw was J. j..
Merriman, the postmaster. Mr.. Mer-
riman has fitted up a coy place for
his family and one for Uncle Sans
business. Mr.. Merriman told us that
the business Of the Office had more
than doubled in the past three months.
We next proceeded to interview the
most versatile man in the place, Mr..
J. M. Moulton. During the few brief
minutes we tormented him he per-
formed the feat OF answering most Of
our questions, Of directing the order
ing of several kinds Of goods, OF giving
us some liberal orders for job work
and advertising, of weighing several
loads OF wheat, measured out several
loads OF lumber, figured out bill for
house, carried his wife some wood
and water, and when we left he was
sitting on nail key making draft
Of "table leg" and turning some kind
Of lathe for sharpening sickles with
his foot, it is safe to say Mr.. Moulton
does general business.
We noticed our old friend, ]. H.
Newlin working on building and
acting enough like carpenter to de-
ceive the uninitiated and there were
some other carpenters with him. We
were told the building was 60x28 and
would when finished be used for q
merchandise store by Mr.. Knee.
Several carpenters were working on a
new warehouse for Nelson Bros. and
had it far enough along that wheat
was being taken in. The Bros. also
contemplate building store for gener-
al purposes as soon as the warehouse
is finished.
Railroad carpenters were repairing
coal bunkers where the break occurred
when the car fell last week.
The new residence Of Mr.. A. Jell is
one OF the substantial and attractive
improvements on the south side Of
the track. By the time sre had seen
all this 1t was noon by the town clock
and we mixed in with band of car
penters and went to dinner at Mrs.
Fitzpatrick. We used to board there
some years ago and as our bill was
paid by our employer we had no
trouble in getting a place at the
tAbit where they put up as fine meal
for . cents as can DO had for the
moffey IN the state.