Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-02-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The Palouse country Is becoming {
regular network of barb wire tele
phones.
Charles Donahue, third baseman. ha:
been signed to play with the Spokane
professional baseball club of 1902.
The Meyers Falls postofiice ant
depot were broken into last week
Small plunder was obtained at eacl
place.
The reunion at Waitsburg, Spokan,
and Seattle of men who fought in thu
Philippines, was observed in an ap
propriate manner last week.
During the recent storm the wind
which attained very high velocity
blew in the roof of the Spokane Grain
& Milling company's mill warehous.
at Latah.
A statement compiled by the bureau
of statistics of the treasury depart
ment shows that during 1901 there
were shipped out of Washington 24,491
cars of lumber.
The supervising architect has recon
mended an appropriation of $500, ,0g0
for three-story and basement build
ing at Tacoma, an increase of s100,v0O
over the former estimate.
Principal J. II. Miller or the state
normal school at Cheney, has rendered
his resignation, to take effect immedi
ately. The resignation was accepted
by the board of trustees.
At an expense OF slightly over $7U5
each, Dayton and Columbia county act.
.ng jointly, have purchased a rock
crusher. and are contemplating invest
mcnt in a rock roller to make better
roads.
OF fruit there went forward from
Wenatchee for the season by express
l13,634 boxes, aggregating 1,700,422
pounds; by freight. 52,735 boxes, or
1,G02050 pounds. Wheat shipments
51S,230 bushels. 1t is estimated that
one third of the CROP is still to be
moved.
John Herbert Prentice, 81 years old
was shot and killed at the home of his
father. two miles west of Pullman, re.
Gently, under most peculiar circum
stances. A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of death from gunshot
wound inflicted by his own hands. but
does not say whether 1t was suicide
or accident.
William Buchholz of Prosser last
week reported to the government stock
inspector that his sheep had been dy
ing by the thousands during the last
few days. A peculiar thing about the
disease is that no one knows what II
is. Other sheepmen are becoming
alarmed and fear rapid spread Of the
plague among their stock.
BY the explosion of gasoline can
in steam laundry at North Yakima
the building and part of the machinery
were partly destroyed, With loss of
about $1,000. The explosion took, place
in the ironing room. on the second
story, and severely burned two women
employees. They escaped with their
lives by jumping out of a window.
The road supervisors of Walla
Walla county and other parts of south
eastern Washington have been holding
some interesting meetings, and 1t is
not unlikely that important highway
improvements will follow. They have
agreed that no community will prosper
in the largest degree unless 1t has
good roads, and they have gone about
to ascertain the best ways Of getting
them.
Governor Mcbride has received a let
ter from Adjutant General Drain stat
ing that he has secured favorable ac-
tion on the claim for pay for the volun.
teers who were rejected through phys
ical disability at the time of the forma-
tion of the First Washington at Camp
Rogers. The amount allowed by the
national government is $2963. There
are about $50 men who are entitled to
pay for their time In camp.