Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-07-18
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
BRIEFLY
NOTES.
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest States
of a Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

The State Bankers Association will
meet next year at Spokane.
The aggregate deposite in five Spo-
kane banks is over $5,00O,0O0.
Andrew Miller, 81 years of age was
drowned in Walla Walla river at Low
den, last week.
county will hold midsummer institute
at Pullman Aug. to 7.
100 hundred men are wanted in
Ritzville badly to assist in harvesting
the immense wheat crop of Adams
county.
Horse on an average are 20 per cent
higher than they were one year ago.
was the recent statement of a promin-
ent horse dealer of Spokane.
The State Red Cross has given $40
to the fund being raised for the relief
of Nils Hilsen, the Washington volun-
teer, who is dying in st. Paul.
Spokane County Commissioner P.
Campbell was killed by being crushed
by train on the crossing at Latah.
He was attempting to drive across the
track. Death was instantaneous.
The business failures Of this year as
compiled by Bradstreet's, show that
Washington's record is more than
three times better than the average
states of the union.
The Reardan mill of the Washing
ton Grain & Milling company, owned
by Spokane men is shut down for a
short time pending the installation of
some new machinery.
The Reardan Exchange bank has re-
Gently forwarded to the Central India
Relief committee at New York the sum
| of $26. They will continue to receive
and forward subscriptions.
Fire has destroyed the saw mill of
the Buckeye Lumber company, II
miles north of Spokane, at the crossing
Of the Spokane Falls G Northern and
Little Spokane river. By hard work
the planning mill and 100000 feet of
lumber in the yards were saved. The
loss is about $4,000, on which there
was only $1,000 insurance. The mill
will be rebuilt.
The 4-year old son of John Greif, of
Walla Walla, was run over by stack
er while playing in the street. The
heavy wheels Of the stacker passed ov-
er the stomach of the lad, and how he
escaped instant death is wonder.
| The little fellow is doing nicely, with
| strong chances of recovery.
George D. Brown of Tekoa, has just
completed harvesting his wheat crop
of 100 acres. 1t is of the Arcadian va
| riety, and this is the first time that it
has been experimental with in this
section of the country. The heads are
well filled with large kernals, and Mr..
Brown is confident that it will make a
greater yield to the acre than the var
ieties usually sown.
The fruit shipments from North
Yakima are growing larger every day.
and soon special car will be necessa-
ry for loading before time for the reg
ular trains to reach the depot. The
crop is unusually large, and all varie-
ties of peaches, apples, pears and ber-
ries are exceptionally fine.
Spokane Odd Fellows spent one day
last week at Loon Lake on their An
nual Picnic. The occasion drew 800
city residents to the shores of the pref
ty body of water at the north. Moon
light rides and dancing were the feat
ures.
The hop situation is very satisfac-
tory at North Yakima and sales are be-
ing made rapidly. Several contracts
for future growing have been made
with dealers at 10 cents per pound.
Among the recent contracts are those
of George A. Bosdet for $4,000 pounds
for this year, and similar amount for
the next two years; Timothy Lynch
has contracted 10000 pounds at 10
cents, and probably 100000 pounds
additional have been sold at this price
by Coffin Bros, Charles Kline, ]. L.
Morrison and others.