Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-04-12
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w. H. Merrill OF Lind, spent Thurs.
day night in town.
w. H. Phillpott Of Lind, blew in
with the storm Tuesday morning.
| Born-Thursday, March 3Oth, 1899
to the wife Of Mr.. Samuel F. Etter, a
son.
The tall form. Of A. F. Linn, the
Bemis farmer, showed up on our
streets last Friday.
F. w. Lippold, the Lind merchant
and farmer, came up and spent Tues.
day in the metropolis.
Mrs. NJ. L. Lank returned Friday
evening from four months sojourn
in Republic county, Kansas.
John and VIM Goodenough, well-to
do Hatton farmers, registered at the
Pacific Hotel Monday night.
| w. ]. Walker, editor OF the Free
mans Labor Journal Of Spokane,
stopped at the Pacific Monday.
Chas. E. Preston arrived home from
his California trip yesterday morning
after an enjoyable vacation of several
weeks.
The gentlemanly firm Of Mccoy
Bros. open their new establishment in
few days. Read their local ad. ia
this issue.
w. H. Landreth has handsome
coat of paint on his neat cottage, the
work OF the fine Italian hand of s. G
Schuerle.
r. P. Smith and J. G. Bennett APP
peared in Spokane Tuesday morning
to act as gran Jurors in the United
States Court.
Mayor and Mrs. w. R. Peters and
their little daughter Zerita, spent Sun
day with Sprague friends, returning
home on Monday mornings passen.
ger.
Mrs. Ella Thompson left on Sun
day morning for Hatton where she
will visit for few days with the fam.
lily OF county commissioner A. 8. Kel.
say.
The tax levy for Adams county is
10 mills; the city u mills, and the
special school 10 mills. making a total
tax for the city of Ritzville of 27a
mills.
The board Of county commissioners
adjourned Saturday evening after be-
ing in session for week. They will
meet again on the Goth OF the present
month.
w. G. Moore is now the sole pro-
prietor Of the Farmers livery barn,
Mr.. Jack Armstrong having again
taken charge OF the stock ranch on
Cow Creek.
Sam G. Kinch, former popular
resident OF Adams county but now a
druggist and leading citizen OF Sprague
transacted business with us yesterday
returning home on the afternoon
train.
| John Mcdonald, the Cow creek
stockman OF hand shaking fame, called
at the NEWS Office Monday and placed
a fine Mallard duck on file, therefore
all hands and the cook hereof eat
again this week.
Joseph NJ. Brown, ex-county CLERK
Of Yakima county, has been in the
city for several days in the interest o.
the Wiley B. Allen music establish
ment of Portland, and is negotiating
with the Ritzville Opera House Co
for the sale Of piano.
| The Easter dance given at the
opera house last Friday evening was
attended by about twenty five couples
and was very pleasant affair. Mr.
York, fine violinist, Miss Otis with
piano and Fred Weiand, cornet, fur.
nished the good music. Supper wal
served at the Olympia.
A new town has been born in Adams
county Washtucna thirty miles
south of Ritzville. It is situated on
the o. r. and N. railroad and near the
boundary line between Whitman and
Adams counties. Geo. w. Bassett ani
wife make the dedication and are the
proprietors according to the neat plat
filed with County Auditor Geo. A
Kennedy.
Ciodius 4 vonHolt received q shipment o
cotton hosiery last week direct from the mills
Three Times the Value Of Any other
One.T Third Faster.
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