Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-02-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
What Your Friends and Ours Have
Been Doing the Past Week.

E. I. Bowers of Delight was in the
county seat last Monday on business.
Chas. Rogers, a farmer OF Rattle
snake fiat, was visitor at the county
seat the latter end of last week.
Wilbur S. Egbers of Griffith, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. FM. Egbers OF Ritzville,
transacted business in the burg Sat-
urday.
Ortho Dorman, of the Thiel- Dorman
company, has been in Portland for
few days on business connected with
the firm.
Geo. II. Kanzler, county commiss-
ioner from the second district, peram-
bulated about our streets Saturday
afternoon.
County attorney w. w. Zent and
his associate in the law business, Hon.
o. r. Holcomb, moved their Office into
the courthouse on Monday.
Mrs. Horace G. Whittlesey of Spo-
kane, accompanied Mrs. w. W. Zent
home last Wednesday evening and
will visit with old Ritzville friends for
few days.
Gustav Karrach yesterday renowned
his allegiance to the emperor of Ger
many and declared his intention to be
a United States citizen with headquar-
tiers in Adams county.
w. ". King went to Olympia Mon
day evening as delegate to the meet
ing of the Great Camp of the Modern
Woodman OF America which assemblies
in the capitol city today.
Mrs. Lee, mother of Carroll, Richard
and Oliver Lee, has been suffering with
severe attack of LaGrippe for ten
days past. As the lady is beginning
to age some she feels the effects Ct
even this short illness.
Messrs. Coss and Mcmillan are Dor
ing well for our neighbor, H. w.
Saunders, on his four hundred acre
farm nine miles west of town. They
struck light vein of water at q depth
of 1876 fee, but will drill deeper in the
hope of finding plentiful supply.
David Richardson, the successful
business man and big grain merchant,
came in Monday morning from Seat
tie and will remain with us short
time looking after private affairs. Miss
Blanche and Fred are attending school
and the family like the coast very
much.
Did you see the Russian churn
builded by mechanic John G. Ash. 1t
stands seven foot in height, is about
foot in diameter across the top and
about Is inches at the bottom. Mr..
S.. A. McCollum says it is undoubted-
ly the largest churn he ever saw out
side OF Missouri.
Adrian Wilburn has come down
from Colvile ard will work with the
Wilburn Bros. well drills during the
coming season. Jake Wilburn OF Spo-
kane, is also here and the four boys,
which also includes our photograph
twill proceed to puncture mother
earth in many places this summer.
Rev. Geo. H. Newman, our Congre-
gational minister, returned Wednesday
evening from Colfax where he was
called on private business. While
there the pastor delivered an address
to the students of Colfax College. Be-
fore coming to this city two years ago
Rev. Newman resided in Colfax for
six years.
G. A. Godat, from Aspen. Colorado,
was in the city this week on his way
to visit his son, Louis H. Godat,
and the Kingsley Bros, who reside in
tile southern part of the county. Mr.
Godat is out on a pleasure trip and
looking over the country. He ex-
poets to go from here to the mining
camps at Republic in about month
w. r. Cunningham, jr., the real
estate and insurance agent, has just
purchased the cutest, completest and
most useful Office desk we have ever
seen. The price is listed Mt $40. A
jocular friend remarked that it con-
tanned room enough for the county
records. Mr.. Cunningham has placed
it in his handsome new Office which
he has lastly fitted up and which will
be shared with him by U. s. Court
ommissioner, F. 2 French.
d. F. Hardman, travelling salesman
for Glass. Prudhome & Co., printers
and stationers of Portland, was taking
orders from the county officers last
week for blanks needed about the
courthouse. Mr.. Hardman is ex-re'
corder of Linn county, Oregon, and
his home is at Albany, and was one Of
our boyhood chums in the Willamette
valley thirty years ago. He came from
fine family and is an excellent young
man. He visited I. o. OF. lodge No.
So, leaving on the west bound belated
passenger train Thursday evening for
North Yakima.
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