Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-06
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Building permits issued at Spokane
during July represent $15S,570.
Twenty-seven bushels per acre is the
estimated average for Eureka fiat.
John Dooley, one of the first pion-
GERS Of the country, is dead at Walla
Walla.
The wheat yield of Franklin county
for this year is estimated at 100000
bushels.
Harvesting of Columbia's big million
and half bushel crop is now well un-s
der way.
Miller's hotel, for many years the larg-
est in Tekoa, was totally destroyed by
fire recently.
Commencing this morning Republic,
Curlew and Danville will have daily
mail service.
Eugene B. Hyde has succeeded Sam
uel A. Wells as receiver of the Spo-
kane land Office.
The fruit crop of Yakima valley
promises to be much larger than ever
in its past history.
The total number of bicycle licenses
issued at Spokane since April 1 up to
the close of July was 1888.
The changing of headquarters of the
Department of the Columbia from Van
couver to Seattle is announced.
The new flour mill at Seattle, erect
ed by the Hammond Milling Company,
will be ready to start by September 1
An incendiary fire has destroyed two
large barns. eight horses and quantity
of farming implements seven miles from
Everett.
Thomas M. Epley was accidentally
killed at Fort Casey recently by a
chain slipping from log and striking
him on the head.
A band of about 10000 sheep have
just been driven in from Oregon to
the vicinity of West Fork, where they
will be grazed during the summer.
Fire totally destroyed the plant of
the Bryant Lumber & Single com
pany at Fremont, a suburb of Seattle
last week. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000.
A mass meeting of the people of
eastern Yakima county has decided
that new county, to be known as
Riverside. must be created at the next
session Of the legislature.
The contract for the construction of
coaling plant at the Puget sound
navy yard has been awarded to the
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging com
pany of Seattle at $265,O00.
G. G. Raby, ex-county auditor of
Whitman county, is still in Jail, hav,
ing failed to give $4,000 bonds to Sc
cure his release pending the appeal of
his case to the supreme court.
The Centennial mill, at Spokane,
caught fire last week and in less thar
an hour was total loss Samuel Glas
COW, manager of the mill company, es.
Inmates the loss at $4,000, fully in
sured.
A. e. Taylor, sheepherder, was ac
cidentally shot at Kalispel valley last
week. After all night ride to the scene
of the accident the fatigued coroner's
Jury was preceded by the corpse lash
ed astride mule and turned loose.
The o. R. & N. is making improve
ments which demand a large amount
Of labor, while at the Naples cutoff,
on the Great Northern, between Spo-
kane and Bonners Ferry, several hund
red men for 50 could be accommodate
3D.
William Henry Martin, who has lone
had the distinction of being the Oldest
Odd Fellow in the state, is dead at
Pennington. He was over IS years
old. He had been a member of the l.
o. o. F. for over 54 years, having join
ed the order in Kentucky in 1S48.
1t is reported at North Yakima that
the Congdon canal is to be enlarged
and rebuilt to supply water for 1900
additional acres now in sagebrush. For
the purpose of setting men to work
water users have been notified that
the water would be shut off on October
1 and remain until next April.
Mrs. c. e. Scriber of Colfax lost the
power of speech more than six months
ago and had it restored as suddenly
as it had left her while fishing on the
st. Joe river in Idaho few days ago.
Her father was similarly afflicted
many years ago, having lost the power
of speech. which suddenly returned in
about six months. These two cases
are quite interesting from a scientific
standpoint