Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-10-10
The Tacoma Grain Cos. warehouse

at This point is handilng mammoth
amount of wheat this season. They
have on an estimate, 10000 bushels
in store now with about 10000 sacks
piled on the outside under canvas. A
large force of men are employed to
handle the grain and all the cars that
can be secured are readily loaded and
yet more wheat is received each day
than can be shipped on account OF the
inability to obtain enough cars. This
company, under the local manage
ment OF Philip A. Grub, has estab-
lished for itself reputation for trust
worthiness and reliability and deserves
recognition as being in the best inter-
ests OF the farmers of this section.
The Spokane industrial exposition
is a success-greater and better this
year than ever. The unprecedented
and unexpected attendance proves that
the people of that beautiful city and
their neighbors of the surrounding
country want to come together, exhi-
bit their products, manufactures and
merchandise, listen to delightful music
witness clever performances on stage
and generally enjoy the peculiar mag
netic force that charges the atmos-
phere around a great crowd made up
of well-dressed, good-humored and
happy-hearted people.
The Bittner Theatre Company will
appear at tho opera house October 10,
16 and II, three nights, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. No finer
company travels than the Bittners
and a treat awaits the Ritzville theatre
going people. They are booked fer
thirteen weeks at the Spokane Audi
forum for next season.
The NEWS expects to arrange for the
general election returns ON the even
ing and night of Nov. 9th. The bull
letins will be announced and displayed
at some convenient and comfortable
quarters, probably in the Superior
court room, Or the opera house.
The cool weather of the past week
has caused the rusty heater to be
dragged from its obscurity and put in
readiness for the warm discussions
that will soon be Oil tap at the Preside.
9. H. Spalding, the attorney-at-law,
has removed to neat office on Main
street next door to Clodius q Won
Hollis general merchandise store
The town of Ritaville transacts
more business than other town of its
size in the state Of Washington, with
out any exception whatever.
Henry Margraf does not seen to be
superstitious about signs. At least he
had new one painted on the Pacific
hotel last week.
October comes in like timid school
girl, but it will go out like drunken
sailor. The last day Of the month is
Halloween.
Allen Misenheimer is in Spokane.
The report comes that hundreds OF
Americans who visited the Paris ex-
position are stranded in foreign lands
unable to raise the necessary money
with which to return. The American
people are greatly disposed to trust to
luck. Everybody wanted to go to
Paris and many went who were not
supplied with the necessary funds.
Unexpected expenses arose, there were
displays and temptations and as IA
result the money was gone before they
had started home.
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1t is common knowledge that a
great many undertakings, in all parts
OF the country are awaiting the Pres
idential election. Orders to manu-
facturers are withheld or shortened,
there is more caution about credits;
hesitation to make new oblig atoms is
noted. 1t is very common remark,
"Wait till after the election, we will
see them y
The money question remains the