Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-06-14
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

Spend your fourth in RitZville.
We print the news, both home and
abroad.
Frank T. Hender and wife were in
from Rattlesnake fiat yesterday.
A grand celebration will take place
in this city on Tuesday July 4, 1899.
Come.
WE. Winslow OF Paha, ex-county
assessor, called at the court house
Monday.
Ex-county commissioners John N.
Olson was shaking hands with Ritz
Williams Monday.
Mr.. John E. Goodenough, a prom
inent farmer from the Hatton coun-
try was in the city last Friday.
]. c. Shorno is acting city marshal
during the absence of Mr.. Sam Hutch.
inson at his ranch on lower Crab
creek.
Mrs. s. T. Dyer and daughter, Mrs.
Alma Harper Of Hooper, were in the
city Friday, guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
s. NJ. Hair.
Otis Bemis, a stalwart young farmer
from the Flat, was looking up his tax
matters at the treasurer's Office last
Saturday.
Druggist s. c. Kinch and wife OF
Sprague, drove down Thursday and
visited with DR.. and Mrs. +. r. Lem
man, returning home in the evening
Under date Of June 4, 1899, Mr..
Alexander L. Coffey, for many years
familiar figure in this city, writes us
from Pendleton, Ore, where he now
resides.
J. M. Adams & Co. have taken out
an auctioneer's license and established
what they call sale day which will
be on the second and fourth Saturday
in each month.
Rev. +. J. James has announced
services at Lind June Is at 7:30 p. m.
The people of Lind and vicinity CO.
operating he will make it regular
point in his circuit.
Ernest Bardwell is lying seriously
i'll at the home of his father, c. r.
Bardwtll, eight miles north OF town.
DIR. Adams pronounces the trouble to
be hemorrhage Of the lungs.
The W. C. T. U. will meet next
Friday afternoon promptly at three
o'clock. All members are urgently
requested to be present as business Of
Importance will be transacted.
Geo. Calvert and wife arrived from
the coast per wagon Sunday on their
way to the Buffalo Hump country.
Mr.. Calvert prior to last fall lived in
Adams county for many years.
The new, neat little church one
mile this side of Griffith's corners built
by the Christian denomination is
finished and ready for painting. KIM
pie & Soesbe were the contractors.
The entertainment given by the
W. c. T. U. last Friday was attended
by large and appreciative audience.
The program was we'll rendered and
much credit is due all who took part.
Rev. L. C. kaufman, J. P. Ledbetter
and w. J. Davis, all new corners in
Adams county, were in town yester-
day looking after land matters as they
all expect to locate in the vicinity OF
Fletcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Sutton OF
Fletcher, are in Seattle this week, the
gentleman is delegate to the Grand
lodge F. and A. NJ, and the lady will
visit friends in that city and her par
ents at Everett before returning.
Hank Kaufman, and old Adams
county standby, was in from his
farm Saturday swapping jokes and
trading with the merchants. Look
out for him when his watermelon
patch gets ripe, or'rather he had bet
ter look out for us.
The personnel of the new board of
education resulting from the spirited
election held last Saturday will be as
follows: o. r. Haight, VIM. Snyder
and Jacob Bauer, Jr., directors, and
e. d. Gibson, clerk. The special ten
mill tax was again carried.
During the past week the following
persons declared their intention to
become citizens of these glorious
United States: Wentel Woitt, final
papers, Tenie Carlen, Bredy o. Peter
son, Eduard Reimann, Lydia Reimann,
Frank Schmierer, Christoph Rompel,
first papers.
Hans Thomson this week purchased
the interest OF his partner, James
Smith, in the merchandise business.
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