Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-07-05
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
The new armory building in Daven.
port is completed.
Vincent Ryan, a prominent newspa.
per man. editor of the Tacoma News,
is dead.
Report has 1t that work has been
commenced on the Republic end of the
state road.
Camps Of the Native Sons of Wash.
ington are being organized in the Pu.
get Sound cities.
U. S. Grant, Jr., and family were in
Seattle last week from San Diego en-
route to Alaska.
The new county of Chelan is short
1877 in the population required for the
organization of the county.
J. J. Hill is perfecting plans for max.
ing Fairhaven the starting point for
his Pacific steamship line.
The annual school report of New
Whatcom shows an enrolment of 1876,
an increase of 1877 over last year.
The stock men of Yakima county
gave a grand banquet to the visiting
federal forestry reserve officials when
there.
The state land commissioners have
approved the sale Of 1914 acres Of land
In King county, the consideration be-
ing 1924.
Carpenters yesterday began the work
Of erecting Edwards college, the new
school Of the United Brethren church,
located at Guy.
The relatives of Walter Shredder,
who was lost in the Mount Baker dis
trict last year, have offered $500 re-
ward for his body.
Pete Miller of Tacoma, who has been
on trial for killing Tiederman Magen.
ton, last March, was convicted of mur.
der in the second degree.
Sufficient rain has fallen in the La
tab locality during the past few days
to make good crops certainty. Far
mers are quite jubilant.
The body Of Douglas Martin, age 10
years, who was drowned in the Spo.
kane river three weeks ago, has been
recovered four miles below the city
in the river.
Arrangements are being made for
special days for Seattle, Tacoma, Spo-
kane and other points, and excursions
will be run over the railroads to ac-
commodate those who will be In at.
tendance.
Current reports from Wallula are to
the effect that that place Is being over
run with tough element of transients
and the common safety of the citizens
is In hazard.
The cruiser Olympia memorial com.
mittee has received word that the mem
orial tablet is now completed and is
held subject to the committees order.
1t will probably be forwarded to this
city at once.
The state fair commission has COM
pleted the speed program for races dur.
ing fair week. September rs to 30. The
purses offered aggregate over $4,000.
and include running, pacing and trot-
ting matches, for good prizes.
Fairhaven now has a Chinatown OF
about $50 inhabitants. and II is still
growing. The usual summer influx of
the Mongolians who work in the fish
canneries began some time ago, and
when active work is ready to begin
there will be about 525 Cinnamon in
that city.
The body Of man was found float
ing in the Columbia, near Stevenson.
recently. The body had been in the
water some time. The clothing consist
ed of blue woolen shirt, black trous-
ers, red woolen undershirt and cotton
flannel underclothes. The body was
buried near where 1t was found.
J. p. Watkins, the mail carrier and
stage driver between Asotin and Ana
tone, met with an accident which jar
red him up considerably. The team ran
off the grade and rolled down the hill.
side. The horses were scratched up
considerably, while Mr.. Watkins had
one of his ankles badly sprained. For
tunately. there were no passengers on
the stage.
Two sons Of William Powers have re-
turned to Palouse after an absence of
three years in California. They drove
the entire distance with a four-horse
team and covered wagon, and have
been on the road since April /. They
have returned to Palouse to stay, and
bring discouraging reports Of the con-
ditions in California as result of the
protracted drouth.