Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-04-18
ROUND ABOUT R|TzVLLE.
HAPPENINGS IN CITY AND COUNTY
Personal Paragraphs and Interesting
News Notes of Both Local and
General Importance.-Th Events
Of a Week TerseIy Told.
81 know not what the truth may be;
I'll tell it as twas told to me-"

DIR. John NJ. Adams and Clayton E.
Shipman are home again after six
weeks rusticating at Hot Springs.
w. G. Offutt uhe OF the pioneer far
mers of Adams county was registered
at Hotel Pedicord, Spokane, Friday.
Abr. Johanson came down from
Spokane Friday morning where he
had been called on private business.
Matt l.. Burkhart, the live farmer
from the southern part of the county
spent Thursday and Friday in town.
Miss Florence Poole, popular
young lady school teacher of Spokane,
was in the city Saturday visiting viii
friends.
N. II. Greene OF Spokane, is here
= this week looking after his large land
holdings out west toward the Odessa
country.
Mrs. l.. E. Paskill was among the
fine audience that greeted Paderewski
/. at the Spokane Auditorium Tuesday
evening.
d w. l.. Olmstead and Hiner Dorman
were the delegates to the populst
assemblage which met in Spokane
Monday last.
Geo. F. Christensen left this morn
ing for Spokane to accept position
as brakeman on the Northern Pacific.
Later.-No he didn't either.
DR.. F. R. Burroughs, democratic
committeeman from Adams county,
attended the meeting OF the state
committee ut Spokane Mondi..
Hon. O. r. Holcon., Vi this city,
has been. chosen as Il delegate to the
national populist convention to be
held at Sioux Falls, S. d., May 8.
j. A. Humphrey, our telegraph
operator, went to Spokane last week
and is acting as an important witness
in a heavy case in the United States
Court.
G. H. Clodius Of the mercantile
emporium of Clodius & Won Holt, IS
taking short vacation. Mr.. f. G..
Bier is assisting in the store during
his absence.
Thomas G. Martin, the Washtucna
merchant, accompanied by his wife
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
city, guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. E..
Gritman.
B. A. Whittier, travelling salesman
for the Peoples Encyclopedia issued
in eight volumes placed an order with
the school district for that valuable
publication.
5 Eugene G. Shook of Loganton,
Clinton county, Pa, a brother OF Ell
me- E. Shook, the old residenter, is
here and will locate permanently on
land in this vicinity.
Will Ritzville have a Fourth ofJuly
celebration this year? II SO, and we
think it ought to, preparations should
be made now so that we might get up
something worthy of the town.
Mr.C. L. Holcomb accompanied by
his bride, returned Friday morning
from their pleasant wedding trip
among the coast cities and are now
esconsed in their coy home on Col
lege hill.
: Elder NJ. i. Reclaim of Kansas City,
noted Christian minister, left Mon
day morning for the coast cities after
spending week visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
b. E. Hervey, 4. J. Carney and daugh-
ter, and other friends.
Mrs. w. c. Reeder received the sad
intelligence by wire announcing the
death of her father, Mr.. Whitaker,
which occurred on Friday evening,
April Is, 1900, at their old home in
Athica, Lapeer county, Mich.
The Coterie Dancing Club have
ordered invitations for social dance
to be given at the opera house Friday
evening, April 81. This win be the
last dance OF Che season by the club
and nice crowd and very pleasant
time is anticipated.
Jno. Haas of Fresno, California
father Of editor AL. p. Haas Of the
Lind Herald, arrived in Lind Tuesday
morning with his family. Mr.. Haas
has large land interests inthe vicinity
Of Lind and will make this county bis
future home.
Miss AeLene Baldwin who has beer
attending the Ritzville public schoo
since the beginning OF the fall term
departed Monday night for her homt
at Dayton, where she will continue
her studies. Miss Baldwin is a yer,
pleasant and studieus young lady ant
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