Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
A reorganization of the Walla Walla
Commercial association was effected
last week.
Storey Ware, a pioneer of Palouse
locality, aged about 60 years, was kill
ed last week.
At North Yakima the Janeck build.
ing was gutted by fire resulting in a
loss of about $4,000.
Spokane's baseball team is being
rounded up, practice work has begun,
and in few weeks the league games
will begin
Colonel B. c. Bedell and Albert
Bedell, father and son. of Walla Walla
have brought 1,240 acres OF wheat
land in Franklin county. Colonel
Bedell and son now have 1850 acres,
including homesteads, in that section,
and are actively improving the whole.
With the aid of an old shirt and a
strip of blanket John Weir an insane
man. hanged himself to the grating of
a cell in the Spokane county Jail re,
Gently.
,
received a letter from Washington, n.
c., offering him the position of super
intendent OF the eastern part of the
Rainier forest reserve.
c. G. Raby, who resigned last week
| as Whitman county auditor after the
discovery of serious irregularities in
his accounts, was formally arrested
and is now out on bail.
Late developments in the recent
Bucey tragedy at Everett tend to show
ronclusivoly that Mrs. Bucey was
mentally unbalanced when she killed
| her husband and child and then com.
mtted suicide.
President F. B. Gault of Whitworth
college, Tacoma, has received a com.
mission from President Roosevelt as
a member of the board of visitors to
the naval academy at Annapolis this
year.
From technical standpoint the
sensation of the Seattle bench show
was the pointer dog, Whitestone, own.
ed by A. b. Jackson OF Spokane "Hc
Is unquestionably the best headed
pointer in America" said G. B. Van
dell representative OF the American
Field. Whitestone scOOped everything
in sight. on limit, open and winners
classes. including special for the
best pointer IN the show.
Two hundred thousand bushels Of
wheat. mostly buestem, were sold at
Walla Walla last Friday at 55 cents.
Paine Brothers and Miles c. Moore
sold the holdings. The gain is most
ly on Eureka nat. The Drumhellers
also made large sales and a number
Of other ranchers let go small qUan.
titles. Puget sound companies got the
| bulk. This has been the first action
In the wheat market for many weeks.
The United States land Office at Spo.
kane has received notification that an.
| other township in Stevens county has
been surveyed. and will be thrown
open to settlement. 1t Ia township 3S
in range Al east. II contains l4349.95
acres which will be open TO settlement
after May l9.-The eastern portion OF
the township is still unsurveyed. II
is mountainous. and untitled for set
tIement The new township corners
on the south.
The following are tn new officers
Of the Inland Empire Teachers associ'
! alton: President S. B. J.. Penrose, Of
Walla Walla; first vice-president, Mrs.
Levi Young OF Moscow. Idaho; second
vicepresident. Miss Eva Wood Pendle'
ton Orc third yfra. nrpsidpnt Prof
| w. s. Beach OF Pullman; recording
secretary, Miss Ida Shepherd of Lew
iston. Idaho; members of the execu
tive committee. G. S. Bund of Walla
Walla Miss Permeal French Of Boise
Idaho, II. T. Coleman OF Spokane, Il
E. Bragg OF Union, Ore. and +. NJ
Burke of Walla Walla. It was de
cided to hold the meeting next year
at Walla Walla.