Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-02-01
WASHINGTON,
B. Y. Flynn has been appointed game

warden of Walla Walla county.
The commissioners of Cowlitz county
have appropriated $500 to build plank
road.
w. G. Campbell, charged with the muir
der OF James Hardwick, at Colfax, has
been released on 5000 bonds.
Pat Farley, OF Arlington, is the discov.
erer Of a rich coal vein in Clallam county,
near Cape Flattery.
1t has been definitely decided that the
college to be erected by the United Breth-
ren church of eastern Washington is TO
be located at Guy.
The west end of the Reardan company $
large warehouse burst recently, letting
out about $1,000 bushels OF bulk wheat
on to the ground, A large force OF men
is at work clearing up the wreck.
Mayor Reinhart of Olympia has receiv.
cd telegram from Congressman Lewis
informing him that an appropriation has
been secured for the improvement of OF.
ympia harbor.
The Red Cross societies of Washington
have raised s5,5569O during the last six
months The disbursements have been
81 ,203.40, including more than $1,000 by
the emergency corps.
Adron Peton, an oyster man, was found
dead on Oyster bay beach. A coroner's
jury decided that death was the result of
natural causes. He was 40 years old, and
nothing whatever is known OF his rela.
tives.
The judge of the superior court of Yak
ina county has decided that the bond of
j. X. Edmiston, the defaulting Wala
Walla banker, was null and void because
Edmiston was not in custody when the
bond was given, and the bondsmen, there.
fore, were relieved of responsibility.
The penitentiary jute mill is running
short hours and short handed, but 4,508
sacks are being manufactured daily.
Warden Catron says that the prison pop
ulation at present is only about 300. Two
years ago it was 405, and one year ago
384.
The loggers who have been at work all
winter on the river from 10 to 25 miles
above here, have completed their work
and the camps are deserted. Over TO-.
0OO,0 900 feet OF logs are now lying on the
bank of the river ready to be thrown in
and foated down when the spring rise
comes.
Louis Mauserette was accidently shot
in the abdomen last week, the ball pass
ing through his body and striking his un-
dershirt and dropping on the floor when
the clothing was removed. He was oper.
ated on at once by DIR. NJ. b. Grieve and
DR.. Essig of Spokane,
Final arrangements have been made in
organizing the Pacific Slope Grain and
Seed Cleaning Company in Walla Walla.
All cases OF scarlet fever in Colville are
reported well, and the prevalence of the
disease in the community is at an end for
the present.
Governor Rogers has received call
from representative Of one Of the largest
bond and warrant buying firms in New
York. The agent made the offer to the
governor TO take all the warrants of this
state at par value for an indefinite period
at an interest rate of ~ per cent.
The board OF state land commissioners
has ordered sold 3l7.75 acres Of timber
in Snohomish county, the appraised value
being $4,S87. 80. The sale will take place
on March 4, 1900. and the land is located
on the north half OF section 10, township
2s north, range 4 east.
The state board of audit and control
have met and disposed Of routine matters.
The chief business transacted was the
approval Of the discharge Of Engineer
Babcock and Attendant Carpenter from
the Medical Lake asylum, and the pass
ing Of resolution which will be pre-
sented to the legislature favoring the pur-
chase Of the Shannon farm as an annex to
the Steilacoom asylum for $4,000. 1t is
proposed to make use Of the labor Of the
patients to cultivate the farm and raise
vegetables, etc, for the asylum.