Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-02
FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week -
Every Section shows General
Growth-SInny Accidents and Per-
sonnl Happenings.
WASHINGTON NEWS.


ming April 8.
Homeseekers from the East con-
tinue to arrive.
The amount of taxes collected by t.
Spokane county treasurer dur.Es -o"i
was $919,313.15.
The building of the new Touring
mill at Tekoa by the Tekoa company
Is now an assured fact.
The labor unions of Spokane are
preparing to take hand in the sugar
war in the defense of home industry.
The Northwestern Theatrical asso-
citation has purchased the Tacoma
theater property for $1O5,O00 from the
Provident Savings association.
The I. o. o. F. lodges Of Spokane
are making preparations to celebrate
the S3rd anniversary of the founding
of the order on Saturday, April 26.
Much interest has developed in the
meeting of the Inland Empire Teach
ers' association, to be held here We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday, of April
9, 10, IL.
Steptoe butte, the historic landmark
of eastern washington, is to be sold
at sheriff's sale on April 26 to satisfy a
Judgment of s1791.51 and 5000 attor-
ney's fees, obtained against the prop.
erty by the Canadian & American
Mortgage company of London, Eng
land.
The Spokane team as completed is
as follows: Wood, catcher; Kostal,
pitcher; Bolin, pitcher; Glendon,
pitcher; Elsee. first base; Reitz, sec
ond base; Kelly, shortstop; Donohue
third base; Howells, left field; Nc
aughlin, center field; McKevitt, right
| field.
The broad acres of the Horse Heav.
en- country within the borders OF
Klickitat will attract strong influx
Of the moneyed homeseekers probably
this season. There Is some splendid
land in the Horse Heaven with excel
lent grain possibilities, but water is
| remote.
Spokane and the Inland Empire
have been visited by nearly 10000
prospective settlers from the eastern
states since the inauguration of the
special low rate one way settlers tick
cts. March 1. OF this number 4S73
according to the daily estimates print
ed in The Spokesman-Review, have
left the trains at Spokane.
The records at the county commits
sioners' office show that during thu
year 1901 206 persons were cared TO-
| of tho county mar 20 ~, of tho avoops,
OF Spokane county.
A Spokane company Is planning t
construct an aerial gravity tramway
from the Big Bend plateau to a poin'
near Entiat, on the Columbia river
The plan of the tramway is to open u
the Waterville section of the Big Benz
country and give the farmers an op
portunity to transport their grain NOR
easily othe Great Northern railroad
A company composed Of Tacoms
capitalists have organized for the pur
pose Of building large plant at Ia
coma for the manufacture of railway
freightcars. constructed Of Washing
ton fir. The capacity at first will b'
from eight to ten per day and 200 t.
900 skilled workmen will be employed
The company will send part of its pro
duct to japan in knock down form.
The sundry civil bill reported pro
vided that the unexpected balance o
the appropriation made in 1898 TO
continuing the improvements of mill
tary post at Spokane is appropriatei
and made available until the close o
the present fiscal year, together will
such additional sum out of the gen
eral appropriation for army posts a.
may be necessary to be expended a
Spokane. The bill also appropriate'
s15s,775 for continuing the improve
ments of Grays Harbor and $117,00t
for Everett harbor. Seattle's publ,
building gets s25O,O00; Boise public
building. $4,000.