Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-05
LOCAL TOPICS.

building in block 10 on the site where
the recent fire occurred which destroyed
their wooden structure. The Bovee build
ing will be used for meat market and
will be fitted up with cold storage and
first-class furnishings. The Shorno build
ing will be occupied by the postoffice
and w. L. Rowland will have his con-
fectionery stock in the same room. Both
buildings will have IS foot frontage and
is choice location. Ben Roth is the
contractor and James Schiewe & Co. are
the architects.
A new blacksmith shop is being erect
ed by Mrs. Leo Roughcore on lot 10,
Z block Ia ON the east side near the c
street railway crossing and in close prox-
unity to the Tacoma Grain Company
warehouse. Mr.. Philip A. Grub, agent
for the company, has leased strip of
land adjoining the reservation of the rail
road company, which leaves space for a
driveway between the warehouse and the
new building sufficient to accommodate
the farmers hauling in grain.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Cunningham, Jr.
accompanied by cousin, Llewellyn
tones, bright young lawyer of lndepen-
dence, Mo, spent last week visiting Miss
Lolita tones at Washtucna. Mr.. Cunning
ham is president Of the bank at that
place, also looked into the affairs of that
prosperous institution during the absence
of Cashier Pearce, who was called to
this city on business.
w. H. Tallman of Massey, La. arrived
Monday and will remain week visiting
relatives and acquaintance. He is a
telegraph operator and several years
ago was in the Northern Pacific Office
here and later was agent at Hatton. He
is now in charge of the station down in
Dixie and is also postmaster at that
point.
The following named Adams county
citizens have been drawn to serve their
County as jurors in the federal court in
Spokane at the coming session. Grand
Jurors: Elmer Terry of Delight, {. E.
Shipman and w. R. Cunninghamof Ritz
vile. For petit jurors: w. w. King, {.
w. Hammond and Hiner Dorman.
John B. Zeigler of Odessa and Kitty
H. Tucker were married Thursday, Aug.
! s, 1903, at II a. M, at the M. +. parson-
age by Rev. T. H. Fertig, the pastor.
The bride is resident of Spokane and
the groom is a prominent DIOCESAN and
U. S. Commissioner at that place and
has many friends here.
Robt Potts, stockman from Is miles
east of here, was Saturday visitor and
dropped PUNK and half in our shrunk-
en- purse to oil the wheels of progress.
The gentleman is an eighteen-year resi-
dent and has cattle OH thousand hills.
He is an elder brother OF Senator Potts
of Seattle, King county.
Hon. Volney Il. Gushing, a famous
Prohibition orator of Bangor, Maine, will
address the citizens of this city on the
following dates and places: Saturday,
Aug. IS, Baptist church p. M; Sunday,
Aug I6, M. E. church Il 4. m. and at the
Christian church at p. m. Admission
free.
Alvin Glass, from Eldorado, Kansas, a
railroad man. is here guest Of his old
friend, p r. Clark, of the Model bakery.
He has an eye out for the glorious North
west and its manifold opportunities and
may possibly locate in this region.
S.A. Fulquartz has been suffering with
blood poisoning for the past month the
result of a slight cut on the knee. He
has been confined to his home at the foot
of Colville Lake since the Fourth Of July,
but is improving at this time.
Jas. F. Collier, representative wheat
grower, has 400 acres of Jones Fife wheat
which has yielded 80 bushels to the acre.
1t was grown on the summerfallow-plow-
ed early in the spring of 1902 followed
with the harrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Clark, of Washing
ton, Connecticut. arrived Sunday, where
he has accepted position in First Ma
,ional bank as bookkeepcr. E. T. Taylor
being transferred to Farmers Bank of
Hatton.
A letter from Mrs Alma Shirrell,
daughter OF Mrs. L. A. Dyer, states that
they are enjoying the invigorating eli
mate of Santa Cruz, California, and re-
quest their paper continued at that
place.
Miss Zura Jackson of Tacoma, teach
er in the Public High schools of the city
of destiny, will arrive Saturday to spend
her vacation with her friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. B. Bruce on College hill.
J. H. Kingsley, former Adams coun-
tyte, has disposed of his interests at
Wenatchee, purchased property in Spo-
kane and will embark in business in the
beautiful city by the falls.
Andrew Mcqueen, for twenty-three
years past stockman of Cow Greek
returned today from Elgin. Ills, where
he was called on account of the serious
illness Of sister
Faucher & Garvey, the expert painters.