Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-03-07
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest States
of = Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

WARRINGTON.
Spokane averaged one fire day dur
ing February.
The Dayton & Wallula railway route
has been discontinued.
The Crittenton rescue home in Spo
kane was opened last week.
Forty-eight were born and 38 people
died in Spokane last month.
Outside towns are getting less severe
in their isolation from Spokane.
A wholesale jail delivery was narrow
ly averted at Walla Walla last week.
Representative Jones is pushing the
claims for Spokane public building.
The population of Walla Walla, &C.
cording to the latest director, is 9OS7.
Spokane dentists have organized and
will entertain the state dental society
in May.
The Gun Club of Spokane is pushing
the cases against restaurant men fol-
selling quail.
The gambling houses and places OF
ill-repute have been ordered closed in
North Yakima.
Oakesdale has a smallpox scare and
the council has forbidden public meet
ings Of all kinds.
A case OF smallpox mas Deen reported
from otarpucK' ana the patient mas
peen quarahtihed.
Wiiliams was FOUND guilty last week
Oh MS attempt TO XIII omcer hichard
Gemmrig last rail-.
The entire stock OF merchandise OF
Hiestand' warner q 20. OF oakesdale
was sold In Portland, Ore.
In railing to cork the bottle, chloro-
form came near killing Rev. Paul kru'
ger recently at Huntsville.
Last week FRANK II. Grierson OF Spo
Kane TOOK an overdose OF morphine to
relleve neuralgic sunering.
HIS last Feeble nope has vanished
GOV. John n. Rogers, Tor the second
time, mas refused TO interfere.
Dr. J. II. Carper, whitman county
physician, died last week In Spokane
He was prominent Palouse pioneer
and a member OF the State senate.
spokane pank ciearances Tor Febru'
ary' as reported py Bradstreets, show
ed aninerease over February OF last
year OF $o6o'b9S, or more than Ia per
cent.
Tne new contracts signed py the Spo
kane municipai poard OF works ana the
Aicatraz Asphait company for the paw
ing OF tine cross streets, provide that
the WORK must all De done by July 1.
onerlH hees Oh Walla Walia Is adver'
using 10 sell at pubic auction on the
llst OF Marcn all the properly OF the
racine slope seed TRAIN Cleaning 20
under judgment Tor $4o,446'fz In IA
Vor OF ID. y. Johnson trustee. :.
oriando Beck, YAKIMA county Iruit
Inspector, reports that the iate severe
coid weather mas injured the aprico'
crop SO that not more than one-fourth
tne usuai yieid may De expected. In
dlcations point 10 large crop OF all
otner Irults' ana vigorous eHorts are
peins maze 10 save tnls from the raw
ages OF pests Dy systematic spraying.
The nght between JACK Howett OF
Butte ana Bill stewart OF hosalia was
pulled on In the armory at Colfax be-
fore ESQ people, and resulted In draw.
The Tacoma Kennel club has set the
dates Tor the spring show Tor April 4
Z. The Seattle bench show VIII be held
the Following week, and the Portland
club Immediately after Seattle. This
VIII allow exhibits from California
British Columbia, Oregon and wash
ington without conflicting dates.
The Mckee artesian basin, lying