Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-07-26
WASHINGTON.

Cheney has 292 children of sch
age this year, an increase of so O.
last year
The big Sunnyside canal for the f
time since its construction has brok
near the headgate.
More new building have been erect
in Asotin the past six months than
the two years previous.
Postmaster Browne, of Sauk, SKI
it county, has disappeared, warra
for his arrest for tampering with
mails having been issued.
A committee has been appointed
Everett to organize a Snohomish cot
ty agricultural association and arran
for holding county fair the comi
fall.
Contractor Mckay will begin in
few days the construction of barrac
for company of soldiers at Mario
stone point, across from Port Tow
send.
Last week Charles Connolly, an {
employee of the Mason County Loggii
Company's camp, was badly crushe
Henry Kleinberg is building one
the largest warehouses of central Was
ton near the Northern Pacific railroi
tracks at Ellensburg. Its dimension
will be 40x100 feet.
E. Derringhoff, who has been dr.
ling an artesian well for ]. Fesser
the Mckee, near North Yakima, hi
struck big flow Of water-sufficiel
to irrigate 100 acres.
+. &. Rhymer, an accountant, col
mitted suicide at Seattle by shootin
himself. He was despondent from II
ness. He was single man, 81 yeai
old, and lived formerly in Chicago.
Work on the Adrian ditch near Wi
son creek, is being pushed. One an
one-half miles of the ditch have bee
completed, and it is expected that
will reach Adrian in less than tw
weeks.
The second crop Of Alfalfa has bee
cut at North Yakima. The yield
unusually heavy. Fruit and hops ar
doing well. In the wheat sections
Horse Heaven and the Reservation, tn
fall-sown wheat replowed in the sprini
is all right.
A serious accident occurred near tn,
Mud Bay logging camp near Olympia
car jumped the track and ran oveI
team of horses. severally injurinl
the driver. o. E. Stickler and killins
both horses.
BY the breaking of log chain, o. L
Sticken was nearly killed at Olympia
recently. One end Of the parted chain
struck him in the face. The team
then ran away, and one horse was kill.
ed.
Sixty-five thousand dollars cash was
Saturday last paid on behalf Of the
Great Northern railroad for about 40
acres OF land on Havermale island, In
Spokane. This is but a small percent
age OF the amount the road contem-
plates investing in Spokane In the near
future.
Last week war took place between
90 Japanese on the one side and $50
Chinese on the other. at Fairhaven.
The fight ragged intermittently all
night and knives. rocks and iron
bars being the weapons. The total
list of casualties were 10 Cinnamon
and one Japanese being wounded.
While employees were at work re-
piling lumber In Chamberlin & Co.'S
lumber yards at Walla Walla, the body
of an unknown man was found. The
head and face were mangled and the
body was terribly crushed by timbers.
The man was about 60 years old and
respectable looking. He had gray
hair and chin whiskers.
The Board of County Commissioners
has plan for protecting game birds
and animals In Pierce county and en-
forcing the game laws by the appoint
ment of all road supervisors as deputy
game wardens. Each road supervis-
or will have copy OF the game laws,
and will see that they are enforced In
his district.
The body of an unknown man, ap-
parantly an Indian, was taken from the
Yakima river, near Prosser. The
body was that OF a man about 40 or SO
years old. The little finger of the
right hand was off. and he had rings
In his ears. He was smoothe shaved,
hair clipped. partially bald. The only
clothes he had ON was a cheap duck
shirt.
Aaron Kuhn, of Colfax, has made one
of the largest purchases OF grain of the
season, buying $4,000 bushels of wheat
at AZ cents in the warehouse. The
wheat was at Mockenemo, Diamond,
Glenwood and Colfax. The purchase
represented some large crops. II. +.
Schritier sold $4,000 bushels; e. II.
Newton. 10000; J. A. Lyons. 5000;
Mrs. =. Freeman, 6.0o0-all of their
own raising.
Martin Smith, laborer, employed
at the Northport Mining & Smelling
Company's plant, met with a most hor-
ible death last week. He was employ
ed in hauling ore from the outside
roast heaps to the furnaces. The ore
was red hot at the time and there was
danger OF 1t caving. Fellow work
men heard agonlzing shrieks from
where Smith was last seen and upon
on the scene the unfortunate
man was found pinned down by a mass
Of the burning ore that reached to his
hips. The men worked like demons
to extricate him. but In vain, the poor
fellow absolutely being roasted alive
before their eyes.
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