Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-05-18

kane today to engage two more car
penters. He now has six men en-
ployed but says he cannot keep up
with the demand for building. He has
contracts for building houses for Mrs.
Olsen, G. Linn, storehouse and resi-
dence for J. M. Moulton and also the
Christian church on the fiat, also
has submitted plans for residences for
DR.. Hershberger and A. s. Newland of
Ritzville.
DR.. Burroughs has improved the
looks of his elegant home by having n
new front fence built. The doctor
tells us he has no idea how the old
fence was reduced to its wrpper-jawed
condition. 1t has probably never &C.
Cured to him that Mrs. Burroughs
usually employs good looking girls,
which might account for the young
men leaning against said fence.
w. H. Watkins of Bemis was in
town yesterday, Mr.. Watkins reports
being thrown from the the hurricane
deck of cayuse a few days ago. He
says the fall did not hurt him but the
sudden stop he made when he struck
the great state OF Washington nearly
broke his neck.
! E. D. ellison is arranging to have a
telephone from his Office to his resi-
dence. If Ed is fixing it so that he
can scold his wife without getting
near enough to be in danger, he should
not overlook the fact that the wire ex-
tends from the residence to the office
as well.
If you want house built for resi-
dence or for business or any other
purpose G. Arthur would be pleased to
figure with you on the work and is
confident he can convince you that he
can draft an up-to-date plan of a build
ing.
We have the largest line of tinware
ever in the city from which to make
choice, and also carry the largest and
most complete line of cook stoves in
the county.-Ritzville Hardware.
Miss Helen Burroughs is one of the
latest to take up with that fashionable
fad, vulgarly called the measles, and
although she has pulled through all
right, Helen thinks it is no fake.
Mrs. J. E. Prouty started east on q
visit Monday. Mrs. Prouty will make
the trip alone and was full of conf
dence in her ability to take care of
herself when she left.
P. ]. Thiel, a student of the Theo-
logical seminary, Chicago, will start a
class in German in the Ritzville public
school building. Tuition Is cents per
month.
We noticed Monday that the depot
at Cheney was being treated to coat
OF paint, and that new one was be-
ing built at Sprague.
s G. Weller and the Linn Bros. OF
Bemis went to Spokane yesterday, to
appear before the register in reference
to land contest.
Not to be out of style, Miss Katie
and George Zent are confined to their
rooms with a genuine up-to-date dose
of the measles.
S.P. Dyer of Hooper was in town
yesterday for the purpose of getting
repairs for moving machinery.
Those Superior single disc drills are
the coming machine for this coun-
try-Bauer-B Bier Co., agents.
For high grade and light running,
the Newton wagon satnds unrivalled.
For sale by Bauer Bier Co.
Chas Lamoreaux of this city informs
us that he has a brother-in-law among
| the California volunteers.
The members of the Epworth
League served ice cream in the Gent
building last Saturday.
House to rent, six rooms, good eel
lar and well of water. Inquire OF
Despair & futile.
w. H. Davidson, the newspaper
man, who was here some days ago,
has returned.
See that elegant line of st. Clair
steel ranges and stoves ut Bauer-Bier
Company.
Go to w. s. Eastman's for a bath.
New tub. Bath % cents. Hot water
every day.
Wall paper in endless variety, and
ut prices that are right.-Clodius &
Kalkwarf.
Three hundred dollars worth of wall
paper just received by Clodius & Kalk-
warf.
Holcomb & Zent have had very
neat sipn nainted on their Office win