Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-16
WASHINGTON.

I1oquldlu pOpulatlOn is 2,2SZ.
Garfield has well developed case
smallpox.
The Seattle Stock Exchange has bee
organized.
The recruiting Office in Spokane /
making good record.
Preparations are now on foot to ope
private bank in Reardan.
Pomeroy warehouses lost 5000
sacks Of last years grain.
Tacoma has issued 4149 bicycle l
censes and $50 dog licenses.
Lincoln county laborers report
shortage of farm laborers.
Company B, National Guard. of Co
fax. is raising funds to build an al
mory.
The Spokane Industrial Expositio!
is to be held from the Sd to the 18th o
October.
Harvest and mill hands are reporte,
very scarce in the country around Ney
Whatcom.
The most successful grower of swee
corn at Yakima this season Is Henr
Kampeter.
Edward Hyperion, 4 years old. wa
drowned in Duwamish river, near Sc
attic, recently.
In all probability Tekoa will hav
one, and possibly two, more banks II
the near future.
A miniature salmon cannery, perfec
In all details, will be part of Washing
tons exhibit at the Paris exposition.
j. E. Harding Of Garfield has receiv
ed news announcing his appointment
as first lieutenant in the regular army
Hoboes and tough characters are be
coming plentiful In the Palouse coun
try and numerous depredations are re
ported
Whatcom county will have a fair thi
year and it will be held on Wednesday
Thursday and Friday, September 27, 81
and 80.
The state road Is now completed be
yond the eight-mile post from Stehekir
to Bridge creek, and the work is beint
well done.
The internal revenue collections fol
July by the Seattle Office under Deput,
Bowen amounted to $50,994.35 from
all sources.
The Seattle & International Railway
company is charged up by Whatcon
county with $15,s14. SO taxes and inter
est due for the years 1S97.9S.
A postoffice has been established al
Echo, on Kingston creek, ten miles
north Of Colville. George Koeckel, the
merchant at that point, is postmaster
The Grand Army band of Canton
Ohio. apparently, is to be the big feat
ure of the entertainment at the Spo
kane Industrial Exposition this year
According to the personal assessmen,
rolls for the year ending March /, 1899
the assessed value Of all improvements
In Spokane county for the year is $780,
900.
The two greatest cornet players OF
the world are to be present at the Spo.
kane Industrial Exposition this year.
These people are A. II. Knoll and Marie
Mcneil.
Bears are SO thick on the Nemah, In
Pacific county, that it is considered q
mighty poor day when four or Ave are
not seen in proximity to the logging
camp down there.
The county commissioners Of Whit
man have awarded the contract for
building combination bridge over the
Palouse river on the Henry Fisher
road, near Winona.
A gigantic heating plant to furnish
steam heat for several Of Spokane's
large buildings from central station
is being discussed by a number Of Spo-
kane property owners.
The first official seal used by the ter
ritory Of Washington has been recently
discovered, 1t having been lost for some
years. This seal was made in 1853. by
John Clark, an Olympia blacksmith.
Assessor Richards, of Kittitas coun.
ty, has completed the tax rolls for this
year. They show the assessed value Of
town lots and acreage to be $2,92s.511:
of railroad track. $757.631; personal.
$1,310.29s; a total Of $4,996,440.
VIM. vane has purchased from Mrs.
Logan the original Newport Wash.
townsite. He will have the dedication
set aside and the ground will then be
rented to wealthy manufacturer Of
Newport News, Va, who will some
time this fall erect large plant for
the manufacture of excelsior. sash,
doors. etc.