Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-04-12
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

/ VIM. Best OF the Flat, wasin town
again yesterday.
/ Rev. Geo. H. Newman held religious
services last Sabbath at Paha city.
August Holmquist, the Grab creek
stock raiser, was over last Thursday.
The family Of Mr.. B. E. Hervey will
probably arrive the latter part Of next
week.
John A. Thiel, the farmer king Of
the German settlement, visited the
city Saturday.
Attorney and Mrs. E. B. Oliphant
drove over to Wenatchee and back
again last week.
| w. G. Reeder, our new merchant,
made a business trip to the farm on
the Flat Tuesday.
]. F. Coss, ST., will sell lot OF farm
ing implements on the street at pub
lie auction next Saturday.
Sam G.. Weller drove in from his
big ranch near Fletcher last Saturday
returning home the same day.
Fred B. Shepley is building large
front addition to his residence on
Main street, near the bank.
A. Hollenshead and wife, owners Of
the Pacific hotel, were transacting
business in the burg last Saturday.
Mr.. L. E. Paski.l expects to have
his two new cottages completed in a
ve,y few days ready for the tenants.
Justice and Mrs. James F. Fletcher
were up from the fat the latter end of
last week trading with our merchants.
Farmer Hugh Rankin was in the
last OF the week swapping stories with
some Of his many acquaintances and
neighbors.
Henry kaufman, who has the fin est
orchard in the county and raises the
most and biggest watermelons, made
his usual call on Ritzville Saturday.
James s. Edwards has accepted an
agency for the Singer Sewing Machine
Co. and will soon start on a canvas
within the territory assigned to him.
Deputy Clyde Smith is assessing
the county and riding pretty hard
nowadays. When he reached home
Saturday night he was bronzed,
bearded and tired.
Mr.. VIM Snyder, the merchant on
the corner of Broadway and Main, has
just received large consignment OF
the handsomest Wheeler & Wilson
sewing machines that ever hit any
town.
Louis Pittman, formerly of this
county hnt now residing at Tyler, has
been appointed deputy assessor Of
Spokane county. Mr.. Pittman taught
several successful terms of school near
Ritzville, is an excellent and capable
young man and has many friends in
Adams county.
Messrs. Watkins and Elder from
Bemis and Washtucna, were at the
county seat on Saturday last. They
report the prospects for large wheat
crop as very favorable in their portion
of the county, the winter wheat hav-
ing withstood the storms and cold of
the past season fairly we'll.
Bert Vose and Miss Cora Savage Of
the Pacific Hotel, this city, made a
trip to Spokane last Sunday evening,
intent on embarking in matrimony.
The new voyagers on that oft travel
ed ocean have our best wishes and
may their ship return well freighted
with every matrimonial felicity.
When "this cruel war is over" how
the people will rejoice, The last few
days we have been stamped, ground
into the very dust of taxpaying by
Revenue Collector Nichols. Our
tongues are sore licking stamps and
either the government must stop the
war or furnish us patent Ticker.
Doc Lee travelled across the coun-
try last week to inspect some fine
horses at Odessa, but rumor has it
that this was subterfuge and that
Doc was more interested in getting on
the lee-side of certain fascinating
young maiden OF Lincoln county, than
Of adding to his equine properties.
/ Night Marshal Hutchinson took a
trip to Lind last Friday and the boys
thought they would have Halloween
time in advance OF the season, but
Sam showed up on time for duty and
again, "the best plotted plans Of mice
and men," came TO grief and the small
boy had to HE way home at "curfew.'
4 Prosecuting Attorney Zent wishei
our citizens to know that he has all
the necessary "forms" OF afiidavits fol
citizens TO use, who are unfortunate
enough tn have unstamped instru-
ments on the county records. These
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