Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-24
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.


should be,
But I'll tell it as twas told to me-"
Taxes will be delinqunt June LIST.
If you don't read the News you
don't get the news.
Mrs. Matt Campball arrived from
Missouri last Saturday.
Mrs. Ed. Finnel has gone on visit
to her sister near Sprague.
DR.. J. w. Penfield OF Spokane, was
registered at the Pacific Monday.
Memorial services will be held at
Griffith and Lamona on May 2Sth.
Miss Daisy DeLane was a visitor at
her old home in Harrington last week.
Mrs. Ella Thompson will soon have
completed nice cottage on College
hill.
Judge L. H. Prather of Spokane,
will deliver the Fourth of July grafton
in Ritzville.
Dirk ]. Kalkwari is out again after
being confined to his home for two
weeks with sickness.
Mrs. Paskill is in Butte, Montana,
visiting with her parents. She will
return in about two weeks.
These days are the kind that make
the wheat grow SO fast you can see it.
The outlook is promising.
Mrs. John S. Eastman of Cheney, is
enjoying few days visit with her son
w. SEastman and family OF this city
Merchant Snyder has just had COM
pleted on his S0-acre farm in the
suburbs, fine well with plenty Of
water.
A regular old-fashioned camp-meet-
ing will be held at Tyler commencing
May 18th and continuing about ten
days.
Cochran, the we,l-borer, has COM
menced to perforate mother earth,
hunting for that 5000 gallons of water
per hour which he has agreed to fur
nish for the city.
The Italian section hands on the
two sections ending at this point
have been replaced with Japs. The
company claims that they cannot Sc
cure a sufficient number of white
men to work the sections.
The Rev. Stevens of the Congrega-
tional church, Spokane, delivered a
very interesting lecture Tuesday even
ing on Christian Endeavor work. The
Rev. gentleman is forcible speaker
and was listened to by an appreciative
audience.
The proprietors of the Ritzyille
FIGURING mills have decided to replace
the engine now in use by one of 100
horse power. They are also consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of putting in a
larger boiler and also increasing the
capacity Of the mill in the production
of flour.
Poe e. Person started yesterday with
1900 sheep for their summer feeding
ground in Stevens county. They
sheared 5000 head OF sheep averaging
seven pounds to the fleece, which they
sold for l2a cents a pound. The wool
was shipped from Ritzville and des-
tined for San Francisco. About one
week more will finish the sheep shear
ing in this county. The cut is esti-
mated at about $4,000 pounds or
more.
w. H. Martin, clerk OF courts at
Harrington, Cedar county, Neb., and
elder brother of the late Benz. Martin,
arrived in Ritzville Sunday. He
reached Spokane Friday evening at
8 a. m. too late for the funeral but in
time to view the remains before in
terrment. The youngest brother, Ed.
NJ, is practicing law at Omaha, and
one unmarried sister is at the old
home in Harrington, leaving but
three surviving children of the family.
Mr.. Martin left on this mornings east
bound passenger for his home, expect
ing to visit couple of days at Spo-
kopa with tho rnIa tiyaa