Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-07-04
ROUND ABOUT R|TZv|LLE.
HAPPENINGS IN CITY AND COUNTY
Persona! Paragraphs and Interesting
News Notes of Both Local and
General lmportance.-The Events
IF a Week TerseIy Told.
{ ~ know not what the truth may be;
: I'll tell it as twas told to me-"
One day the heat is most intense
The next we do without it.
The weather acts like Thirty cents,
There's so much change about it.

Hon. r. G. Newland of Lind, wits a
Monday caller at this office.
Henry Margraf made a business trip
to Spokane the last of the week.
Mrs. II. I. VanPatten of Pasco, is
visiting friends in Ritzville and Odessa.
Rev. II. +. Michel and family re-
turned from Walla Walla yesterday.
VIM. McCue, pioneer farmer and
stockman OF Adtms county is visiting
at Calispell.
Chester r. Bardwell, civil war
veteran, was in Monday from his farm
north of town.
J. F. Boucher and john c. Hadlock
of Lind, were among Wednesdays
business visitors.
Dugal Nelson, our county assessor,
is spending the Fourth in the city OF
destiny-Tacoma.
T. j. Carney departed yesterday
morning for Tacoma to be absent for
week or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Newland Of
Providence, are among our gala day
visitors at the celebration.
The board of county commission ers
convened Monday morning. The
session will last for several days.
Mr.. Guy Stafford who is operating
the big farm OF W. c. Reeder on the
fat was in Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jamr' ,ta,so.l OF
Delight, were il t 3. city yesterday
from their farm 1T the sand hills.
Chas. Jami.son the live young
farmer Of Willis, has returned from
Idaho and was in the city Saturday.
Miss Margaret Turner left Sunday
morning for Seattle where she will
visit month with relatives and
friends.
Cassius Mcleod, u young stockman
OF lower Cow creek, was up Sunday
from his ranch 60 miles southwest OF
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Watson Myers are
at the oceanside where they will spend
n couple Of months during the warm
weather.
c. A. Topping of Spokane and Misses
Gertrude McKy and Kate Alexa nder
of Sprague, were visitors IN the city
Saturday,
b. J. Flint of the Farmers saloon,
and L. NJ. Sullivan, a rustling farmer
of the German settlement, We're among
our new subscribers today.
S. G. Scheuerle, the painter is kalci-
mining and trimming up the Ross
house on Fourth street, which is now
owned by Thiel, Dorman & King.
0. r. Haight and r. P. Smith re-
turned Saturday from Odessa where
they were putting up Il windmill and
tower on the ranch of Mr.. Haight.
Miss Kate Methven and Garfield
Methven left Monday for Ritzville,
the first named to remain about three
weeks, and the latter all SUMNER
Cheney Sentinel.
Mrs. Hedrick and daughter Maud
of the Hotel Ritzville, arrived home
Sunday morning after an extended
visit at Goldendale and various points
in Eastern Oregon.
w. C. Griffith, hold over county
commissioned from the first district,
who was hurt some time ago by fall
ing derrick, is able to be in town and
attend to business at the court house.
Rev. Fred ]. James, Methodist
minister at Delight, was a guest OF
Rev. J. Ii Everett last Monday. He
is accompanied by his wife and they
will remain for the festivities OF today.
Decorations in profusion are being
made in preparation for the grand
blow out to-day. The town Will
resemble the sunny side OF grand
pink tea gay in Der tri.coIored trap
pings.
Joseph Silva, a Portuguese stock
man on Cow creek on Tuesday last
was hurled ~ buckibg csyuse,
breaking his ri4 srm sqnarely Of at
the elbow. Dr.1 RI Burroughs at
tended the injure, IAN.
Samuel HutchiI, p, the tall and
famous rancher and pckraiser Di this
county, boarded the | gnday morning
Northern Pacific fiye for Tacoma,
where he goes to represknt Uncle Sam
in the big Fourth Of Ju J. parade
Dir. John NJ. Adamf 20 the
coast cities Monday Later
on lie will SO San Fran here he
will take a three mo ufse q
lectnres aud about y ie vii