Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-04
Lind, our sister city eighteen miles

mcnts during the past year are some
thing wonderful and from small
hamlet she has sprung into bustling
progressive town. Last Saturday 9
mass meeting was held and it was de
cided to celebrate the coming Fourth
Of July in royal style. The following
executive committee composed Vi lead.
ing representative men have the mat
ter in charge: H. E. Merriman, Prof
James Austin, ]. Kasper, Aug. Boenig
F. H. Haupt, G. Hill and Geo. Unsoeld
Mayer Dugal Neils IN owing to his
business affairs reaching such pro
portions as to require all his time ant
attention has resigned and our friend,
j. NJ. Moulton has succeeded to the
vacancy. w. E. Sutherland and w.
G. Otfutt are named by the CONNER.
cial club to jim hands with the school
board in dressing up and beautifying all
the public grounds Of the embryo city
W. F. Newland and J. d. Mcneil are
on theGood Roads committee. O, her
important steps too numerous to men,
tiou are being taken much to the credit
of the enterprising citizens.
Mr.. Geo. Butler of Crab creek, Q
prominent Il. A. r. man and farmer
was in attendance upon the memorial
exercises held in this city Friday,
With the true spirit OF good citizen.
ship and patriotism he pays the print.
er as cheerfully as he fought to save
the Union forty years ago. The old
white-haired veterans are rapidly fail
ing and passing away until there are
but few left. The debt OF gratitude
love and respect we owe to the boys
who wore the blue cannot, in large
measure, ever be paid or fully appreci
ated by the present rising generation
DR.. I. D. Rhodes will be the man.
ager OF the new drug firm OF the THE
Brothers, which will soon be opened
up in the store room now occupied by
the A. f. Rosenoff Drug Emporium
the latter being now put in prepare.
tion to move into their new commodi.
GUS quarters in their brick block close
by, which is nearing completion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad A. Wolfe came
down from ST. kane and spent Sunday
with friends and relatives. He is
manager OF some valuable gold mines
up north in which A. Misenheimer,
the Clodius family, H. e. Gritman,
d. VonHolt and number of our best
people are heavily int rested stock,
holders.
Aug Finding, president of the
Denver-Powell Supply Co., and Tony
Sarconi, both OF Denver, stopped of
on their way 10 the coast t, visit a
few days with their old friend and
school mate Henry Margraf, of the
firm of Margrat & Ringle, proprietor,
Of the Pacific Hotel.
j. M. Batten, the hustler from Hat.
ton, dropped in Tuesday and says that
during the past week it has been
about stand-off in his burg
church and saloon started. Wheat
looks fine, and the gentleman states
that the prospects cannot be exagger'
ated.
Sam G. Weller, of the fiat, who has
become enriched by everlasting perse'
veran ce and faith in the country, and
by holding onto his large farming
tracts, was mixing with our towns
people Saturday.
F. H. Benge and R. J.. Glider, di,
rectors OF School District No. 81, were
up from Washtucna Saturday and ac'
cepted bids for 800 worth of bonds
for the purpose OF building a new
school house.
J. IL, Kingsley the farmer, has abou,
recovered from the iniuries received
some time ago from fall when sew
eral ribs were broken and he was 50
badly bruised up. He drove. into town
Saturday.
The lady who left her silver thin
BILE, engraved with the initials L. Z. s.,
in our Office, will please call and get
it, as we have no use for that article.
We sew our buttons on with a nail.
Mesdames w. r. Peters, Orris Dor.
man, G. E. Shipman and A. F. Rosen.
of, left yesterday morning for Pull
man to attend the State meeting Of
the Federation of Woman's clubs.
Mrs. Alice K. Stimson Of Chelsea,
Mich, president of the Chelsea Bay
View Reading circle, spent Saturday
last with her friends, Mrs. Shipman
and Miss Anna Leens.
ID. H. Kimpel builder Of the hand.
some new Rosencff block, was called
to Occur dAlene City Friday to fig
ure on a brick structure at that popu.