Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-27
FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS BRIEFLY. TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week-The
Outlook Is Good in Every Section
MANY Accidents and Personal
Happenings.
WASHINGTON,

"The Ridgeway," the finest opera
house in the Palouse country, was
opened Thursday by Miss Katharine
Ridgeway tkate Hogan) of Colfax, in
whose honor the house was named.
Alexander Canutt, a pioneer settler,
and one of the best known men of
Whitman county. died at his residence
in North ColfaX last week of paralysis
at the age of 80 years.
A South Bend passenger train ran
over the 2-year-old child of Stephen
McCready of Leban. near that place
Both legs were cut off. The child was
playing on the track near curve. hav.
Ing slipped away from it's mother, and
the engineer did not see it until too
late to stop.
Upwards of 1,500 will be distributed
in prizes at the Cascade county fair al
Great Falls, September 1G to 10.
Royalty won the initial derby of the
King County Fair association last
week, going the distance. one mile and
a quarter, in the good time of eos
The purse was 81 900. A field of seven
started.
Burglars swooped down up Milan
last week. They carried away money.
postage stamps, jewelry, edibles and
drinkables valued at about 5000.
The good roads convention will be
held at Spokane October to II. or the
first week of the interstate fair.
The Masons 'ifair~'at Spokane will
be held during the same time as the
Inter State fair, but as evening sessions
will be the feature of the Masons' Fair
the two will not conflict
The consensus of'opinion of wheat
buyers is that while the wheat yield
through eastern Washington will fall
short of the 1901 harvest, the increased
acreage will about bring the total pro-
duction up to that of last year
September l3 has been declared
"Straw Day" for Lincoln county.
A head on collision occurred on the
Great Northern ii miles east of Spo-
kane recently. The Bonners Ferry ac-
commodation crashed into an east
bound freigth which was standing on
the side track. Several persons were
injured.
After getting a confession from the
woman, Sheriff Gardner brought n
prisoners Jasper Hyatt and his wife,
charged with the murder of their in.
fant child, which she recently accused
an unknown man of killing.
A lone highwayman held up two
men in the streets If Wallula last week
and relieved them of 500 in coin.
Seattle has been selected asst he city
in which will be held the next session
of the Transmississippi congress in
1908.
Frank Picrpont Graves, Phi. D.,
president of the University of Wash
ington has rendered his resignation to
the board of regents and it was ac-
cepted Immediately.
The -four mill at Odessa is nearly
ready for business.
The Puget Sound Grain company will
build large warehouse at North Pine,
a point few miles from Rosalia.
1t is reported that the wheat yield
Of Franklin county at 500, 900 bushels,
against 300, 900 bushels last year.
d. G. Corbin will build a large new
at his beet sugar plant
Mt Waverly.
While engaged with other workmen
in the construction of grain elevator
at Seattle last week, J. W. McQuarrie,
a carpenter, fell distBnce of 40 feet
to his death
John Caverly, 20 years old, was in-
stantly killed last week by "A fall of
rock ut Union.
The Palouse River Lumber company
Of Palouse has purchased Ia 900 acres
Of white and yellow pine, fur and tam
nrack from the Northwestern anC Hy-
bank, Spokane, for consider
alton of 100000. The tracks are sit
uated along the Palouse river east of
the Idaho line. The capacity of the
plant at Palouse will be increased from
{, 100000 to 1O,OO0,0 900 feet per an
mum.