Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-16


Lind last Thursday.
Uncle John Rigg, the elderly farmer
from the southern part of the county,
spent last night in the burg.
Mrs. E. c. Justman OF Tacoma, ar
rived in this city Friday morning and
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Louis
Butsch.
X. A. Long, owner of the Red Front
Racket store, went ON business trip
to Spokane yesterday returning in
the evening.
E. f. Benson OF MOTH Yakima,
special agent in land department of
the Northern Pacific Railway Co., is
in the city today.
E. l.. Thompson, an employee OF II.
Margraf of the Pacific, left this week
for Oakesdale where he has accepted a
position in hotel.
DR.. John M. Adams was among the
passengers who went to Spokane on
the Monday evening overland North
ern Pacific new train service.
The teachers quarterly examination
Tor Adams county was conducted at
the courthouse by Superintendent J..
G. VanPatten the last three days of
the week
Albert Aschenbrenner and family
arrived from Oregon City, Ore, and
will make their home here in Adams
county. The gentleman expects to
follow farming.
lack McChesney is up today from
his Delight ranch. He says that the
assured wheat crop in that part OF the
county will astonish the Oldest iuhab-
ltants, as the prospects could not be
better
Elder Neal S. McCallum, state
evangelist, is conducting services this
week in the new Christian church.
Much interest is taken in the meet
ings and large audiences fill the house
each evening.
G. Fl. Goddard, the new secretary of
the democratic state comittee, spent
last Friday in the city comforting with
the party leaders in reference to the
campaign. Mr.. Goddard is a pleasant
man to meet and an experienced poll
tician.
Ed. Kohlhauff, n. P. freight agent,
left Tuesday for Spokane where he
will receive orders to take charge OF
some station on the road All will be
sorry to see this accommodating and
genial young man leave the position
which he filled so commercially for a
long time.
Among those who are attend ing the
Knights of Pythias military carnival
and grand lodge at Spokane are DR..
and Mrs. f. r. Burroughs and daughter
Ellen, Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll A. Lee,
Mr.. and Mrs. JIM. Comparet, DR.. E. r.
Lehman, Chas. Ebener and Mr.. O. II.
Greene who is representative from
Prairie Queen Lodge No. 36 OF this city
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Dowd and little
daughter of Woodland, Cal, arrived
in the city Monday morning to exam
ine into some property interests here
and at Lind. They were pleased with
the appearance OF this section of coun-
try, particularly Ritzville and init
mated that it was among the POSSIBLE
tiles that they would return and 10.
cate here in the fall. They start
homeward in Il few days.
John Moore of sprague, who was
member OF the board of Adams coun-
commissioners in 1878, passed
through the city Saturday on his way
home after ten days hunting and
fishing trip on Cow creek. He was
much surprised at the growth of the
burg and the wonderful change in the
county which in the last few years has
been transformed from a bunch grass
prairie to fine farming district now
teeming with prosperity.
Solomon l. Bartges requests us to
state that if the people who are in the
habit OF going through his house every
time lie leaves home do not cease the
practice they will land in Jail, as he is
satisfied who the parties are. He re-
manned in town last Friday night for
medical treatment and during his abb
sence some one entered his. dwelling
and stole large quantity OF tobacco,
sugar, etc. He states that IL will be
better for all concerned il it does not
happen again.
The Unity Club met Thursday af-
ternoon, May 10th, 1909, at the home
Of Mrs. Geo. Kennedy and devoted
the sfternoon to the discussion Of our