Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-02
Round About Ritzvilie.
NJ know not what the truth may be;
l I'll tell ii as twas told to me-"

Rev.F.J. James, the Willis minister,
was among our Saturday visitors.
Thomas T. Boyd, the we'll known
farmer, was on our streets Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Uranium will
return to their Odessa home this
week.
Harris g. Comparet carry full line
of threshers, extras, forks, blocks,
cables, ETC., etc.
Miss Emma Tinnel of Oaksdale, is
visiting at the cottage home OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. lambeth.
8. NJ. Hair and Jno. G. Ash took in
the Modern Woodmen excursion and
picnic at Loon lake Sunday.
w. L. Olmstead and family are rus
ticating at Occur d Alcne lake for
awhile. They left last Friday.
]. NJ. Kennedy, the we'll known
stockman OF Cow creek near Wash
tucna, was in the city last week. Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sheppard
came in from their farm near Griffith
Monday and were trading with our
merchants.
Miss Alma Lamona OF Spokane, is
visiting the old home OF her childhood
on Crab creek with her brother Perry
w. Lamona.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Watson Myers next
Monday will take an outing at Spirit
Lake and will be absent from the city
for two weeks.
Ralph Stanfield came up from Pen
dleton, Ore, Tuesday and will visit a
few days with his brother, s. A. STAN
field and family on Crab creek.
John P. Chambers, who has been
afflicted severely with rheumatism for
some time, accompanied by his wife,
was able to visit the city Saturday.
Mrs. Thos. Durry came down from
Spokane on Friday mornings train
meeting her husband here and went
to their home on Cow creek the same
day.
The Mitchell County Press Of Usage
Iowa, says that, "Mr. o. r. Haight OF
Spokane Falls, Wash, attended SER
vices at the Baptist church last Sun
day."
Miss Edith swartz, only daughter
OF Frank W.Swartz, formerly Northern
Pacific agent here but now OF Sprague,
has been visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. 7. ]. Hallin.
Cecil D. Linn, a prominent farmer
from Rattlesnake fiat, was in the city
Saturday on business connected with
starting his harvesting machinery
and filling out crew..
Frank G. Johnson on last Saturday
sold I03 head OF beef cattle to the
Pacific Meat Co. OF Tacoma for 1895,
being $45 per head. They were loaded
and shipped from Sprague.
w. J. Dunstan, the we'll known pio-
neer merchant of Spokane, died al
the Deaconess home in that city Mon.
day having failed to survive surgical
operation performed on him las:
Thursday.
]. M. Clark and family from Line.
vile, Iowa, arrived in the city Friday
night and are looking for the location
of home in the west. Mr.. Clark is a
brother-in-law OF Hon. W.K. Kennedy
OF Adams county.
w. F. Winslow and family are
moving from Paha to Cheney where
they expect to make their home in
future. Their daughter, Mrs. ]. W.
Emmert, accompanied them and will
remain with her parents.
VIM. H. Turner and Ed. M. Bovee,
local stock buyers for G. G. Simpson
of Dickinson, N. D., on Thursday last
purchased 300 head Of cattle from
"Portugese Joe" John Enos.) Within
the next week about eight hundred
head will be shipped TO the Dakota
ranges.
]. J. Merriman, postmaster at Lind,
came up Monday and made this
Office pleasant call. Mr.. Merriman's
brother, recently from Pullman--and
Ly the way q very capable business
man-hss located there and the
brothers contemplate opening up a
general land and insurance Office.
Fred G. Bier, Of the RitzvilIe Hard
ware Co., took the train for Hatton
Tuesday to put up gasoline engine
and pump for s. L. Thomas. This
will be the first pump Of that kind in
this county. Quite number OF our
farmers are contemplating buying