Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-03-05
Hair, Charleston & Ireland, general


eouEty s,$s is faeeTsi3ly known here
4 there, elsewhere and everywhere. The
other two gentlemen are com paratlvely
newcomers but in prying around
about All the information that we can
obtain concerning them rebounds very
much to their credit Mr.. Ireland is
II man OF considerable means and has
some investments in our country. He
is brother-in law of w. j. Benning-
ton, the capitalist and bonanza farmer
The new aggregation is wide awake.
Max Rank visited Prosser last
week and as an investment bought a
lot while there. The Record in men,
tioning the matter as news item
states that the gentleman would open
a tailor shop there and personally at
tend to the business, which Mr., Raj
mix informs us is mistake, as he has
10 intention of leaving here or giving
up his lucrative tailoring business.
Levin Hamblen OF Delight, just re-
turned from two months visit in the
Palouse country. He owns, manages
and operates 800 acres OF fine land
near Delight, and how such a genial
whole-souled well to do man can re-
main bachelor is nutty problem.
He paid taxes here Saturday, leaving
for home the next morning.
John A, Thiel, while driving home
ward bound yesterday behind spir-
tied team, lost control of the horses
by the breathing of the gearing and in
the exciting runaway which followed
Mr.. Thiel was thrown on a barbed
wire fence and badly cut on the neck
and breast. The team at last ac-
counts had not been found.
d. f. Johnston OF Lind, a young
farmer, accompanied by T. d. Demp.
sey, the well driller, were in the burg
Monday. They report everything
fiourishing down that way and that
people are just beginning to live in
their part OF the baliwick.
Z. w. Howell, general manager OF
the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.,
was at Lind Saturday buying out the
lumber business OF Bocnig & LADIES at
that point and placing John Van
Dellen in charge. The yards and
stock will be enlarged.
b. E. Hervey, the hustling real
estate man, bought seven sections OF
land yesterday, near Winchester and
Quincy on the Great Northern, and
left today for that part OF the country
where he will remain until Sunday.
Whitman College Glee Club will be
at the opera house Saturday evening.
Come and hear their jolly college
songs and amusing glees. Reserved
seats, so cents, general admission, %
cents. Tickets at Gritman's.
Chas. NJ. Hardinge, good printer
and expert musician, is now among
the NEWS typo force, having arrived
from Davenport Monday, where he
has been in the employ Of the Lincoln
County Times.
Mrs. G. L. Tinnel will go to her
Grab creek place Monday to superin-
tend the spring work on what is the
well known Peter Meyer ranch, the
most valuable stock farm in eastern
Washington.
]. F. Brewer Jr., OF Walla Walla, a
friend OF ]. S. Edwards, came up Mon
day with view OF locating among US
He was employed in the mail service
and is man OF exceptional clerical
ability.
Pat j. Mcgrath, the pioneer section
foreman, who recently sold all his
10 xn property here, has been in Odes-
sa for the past week with view OF
building new hotel at that point.
FIG. Spanjer left this morning for
his home at Michigan City, Ind.
While here he disposed OF all his city
property, and yesterday sold his land
holdings to Andreas Blum.
Geo. Spanier and wife are home
again from a long visit at Sterling,
Minonk and other Illinois towns.
They enjoyed the time, which covered
four months.
DR.. f. r. Burroughs reports three
new cases OF small pox in a Dutch
family named Friese living in the
north end of town near Janssen's ad-
dition.
S. A. Covert, the contractor and
builder, returned Sunday from Walla
Walla, where he was defending a con-
test filed against his homestead entry
X. l.. Watson, Delight farmer, was
in the city Monday, He is just re.
covering from long siege OF illness
which laid him up for the winter.