Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-06-06
ROUND ABOUT R|TzNLLE.
HAPPENINGS IN CITY AND COUNTY
Personal Paragraphs and Interesting
News Notes of Both Local and
General lmportance.-TheE Events
IF a Week TerseIy Told.
81 know not what the truth may be; /
I'll tell 1t as twas told to me-"


will visit few days.
G. H. Spalding, attorney at law, is
in Klickitat county this week attend
ing some business affairs.
A. ]. Womach Jr. and Chris Kyriss,
substantial farmers from east of town,
registered at the Pacific yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hunt were
among the Friday. corners, returning
to their farm again in the evening.
Mrs. G. w. Bassett of Washtucna,
station on the o. r. & N, in the
southern part OF the county, is in the
city today.
Mrs. Ella Thompson has been quite
ill since last Thursday and her mother,
Mrs. Hender of Pomeroy, has been
telegraphed for.
Geo. F. Henry has just finished a
term of school in district No. %
which is the S. A. Fulquartz neighbor-
hood at Big Lake.
DIR. and Mrs. F. R. Burroughs drove
to the Flat yesterday. The DR.. made
a professional call upon Mrs. Ed
Heater who is quite sick.
E. +. Miller, one OF the genial dry
goods clerks in Myers general mer-
chandise store, is spending a short
vacation at Spirit Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Schwanberg
and son, accompanied by the father
in-law, Mr.. P. P. DilIey, took in the
sights at Odessa last Sunday.
J. J. Merriman, real esta'a agent,
Ed. Bovee, butcher, and Cas-. Hol-
lenshead, farmer, all CT, .4ens of Lind,
were in the city Monday morning.
The members of the Christian
church will have social meeting in
their church every Sunday morning
at IL o'clock. Everyone is invited.
Alton Davenny and Geo. F. Chris
tenson in company with Misses Meyer
drove to Crab creek Sunday morning
where the day was pleasantly spent.
Mrs. VIM. c. Moore and children,
who have been visiting with Mrs. W.
w. Floyd at Pasco, for a couple Of
weeks, arrived home Saturday night.
John D. Council and Mrs. Lettie b.
Potter of Lind, accompanied by Mrs.
Leaner J. Huse of Delight, were tran
sacting land business in Ritzville Fri
day.
Dick Coleman and Geo. Graham
were up from the Hatton country
Monday. Both are jubilant over the
big crops which will soon be ready for
the sickle.
JIG. Schmidt, a merchant OF Ell
dorado Springs, Missouri, has arrived
in the CT ty and will embark in that
line if suitable location can be OBJ
tanned on Main street.
r. o. Porak, the rich brewer Of
Sprague, has purchased the James
Turner and d. H. Kimple properties
on corner OF Railroad avenue and E
street and will open saloon.
Robt. Mason, wife and sister-in- law
Miss Bertha Fredenberg, were guests
OF the city Tuesday. They drove
through evening shades to their home
seventeen miles east Of the city.
FL ]. Quirk, well known popu-
list politician, is in the city selling a
new sort of fire extinguis her called
"Kilfyre" which is highly recommend
ed by the fire departing mt of Spokane
Mrs. &. A. Kennedy, wife OF oul
county auditor, is over on the coast
visiting her parents at Tumwater
Accompanied by her little son, Marcus,
she left on Saturday evenings train
Levi Schoonover, an Adams county
resident for the past fourteen years,
was substantial caller Saturday
He states the winter wheat is about
the same height as the fence posts
and could not look or be better.
The Woman's Unity Club held theil
last annual meeting at the home Of
Mrs. Gibson. Election OF officers fol-
the coming year resulted as follows.
Mrs. Bennett, Pres, Mrs. Knapp, Vice
Pres; Mrs. Shipman, Sec; Mrs
Peters, Treas. Plans for the social
meeting were completed.
E. E. Uptegrove, the gentleman
who had the misfortune to have his
arm SO badly broken last fall in the
threshing machine owned by him
self and Edward Gaskill, went to the
Flat Monday to make preparations tc
harvest the immense crop now ii
sight. He has fully recovered from
the I'M ury but has been laid vi
about nine months.
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