Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-23

WASHINGTON ITEMS.

About 700 new residences have been
erected in Spokane in the past seven
! months.
There is a possibility that North
Yakima will suffer shortage of fuel
before long.
Judge John ]. McGilvra, one of Sc,
attle's Oldest pioneers, is dead, at the
age of rs years.
Stockmen of the Big Bend are in
better spirits now than few weeks
ago. owing to the late rains.
| Work at the state normal at Cheney
was suspended Wednesday afternoon,
to be resumed again January 4.
b. F. Gootch. wanted at Silver City
N. NJ, for the murder of Ross in the
fall Of 1902, is under arrest at Everett
in the county Jail.
The armored cruiser New York and
the gunboat Bennington have left the
navy yard at Bremerton under rush or.
ders for San Francisco.
Barney OConnor, brakeman on a
work train on the o. X. L. N. was
killed recently four miles from Walla
Walla, by being crushed under the
train.
The officiaJ program Of the eleventh
annual meeting Of the State Dairy.
mems association to besheld in North
Yakima, December 20, 80 and 81, 1903,
has been announced.
Attorneys for Cy Victor, who was
recently convicted in Davenport of the
murder of Charles Thennis. have filed
seven affidavits relative to the pend.
ing motion for a new trial.
| Byron Larson, the youngest son of
c. +. Larson. Of Republic. got lost on
Loon mountain. at the head of Nine
Mile creek, recently and froze to death.
His body was recovered by searchers.
| Arrangements for the entertainment
Of the farmers institute to be held in
Walla Walla in February is announc-
ed. The Walla Walla poultry show
will be held in conjunction with the in
stitute.
Fire recently destroyed a row of
| five small wooden houses on Main
street at Colfax, commonly known as
the Ellsworth row. The loss on the
buildings is $4,000, with 500 insur-
ance.
A deed with stated consideration
of 100000 was filed for record recent
ly from Fred Setter to the Evergreen
State Fruit company and conveys the
fruit orchards on Moran prairie hand
led by the company.
With the forwarding of 500 by the
people Of Olympia to the secretary
Of the Rogers memorial committee,
the entire amount Of $2.500 sought to
be raised to erect q monument to the
late governor was completed.
Ray Gilbert, a freight conductor.
whose run was from Ellensburg to
PascO. fell from car below North
Yakima recently and was killed. hav-
ing both legs cut of. He is a nephew
Of General superintendent Gilbert.
The new directory of Walla Walla
shows a total of 1890 names OF indi.
vidual residents of the city, names Of
firms and duplicates being omitted.
By the use Of the multiplier 2h the
popualtion of the city is shown to be
12.475.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner ].
| II. Shively las closed the books of
the department for the year. which
shows the receipts for 1902 we're $685..
1S411. while the receipts for 1903 are
$S6,57S.49. showing an increase Of $lS..
394.3S.
A dam on the Coweman river. q
tributary OF the Cowlitz. collapsed re.
Gently, tntailing loss Of $4,000 to
the logging company which operates
at that point. Three men were on the
dam when 1t started to give way. but
they escaped injury.
| An Olympia paper prints story to
the effect that recently tremendous
landslide occurred on Mount Rainier.
involving the highest peak Of the
mountain. reducing its height and com.
pletely changing the configuration Of
the southeastern slope.
| Considerable interest is manifested
In the forthcoming election recently
ordered by the county commissioners
to determine whether or not the town
of Starbuck, with its 400 Inhabitants,
shall be incorporated into town of
the fourth class.
Ernest Stalberg broke both arms
by falling from horizontal bar in
the gymnasium OF the Young Mems
club at Davenport. Young Stalberg
attempted to swing by his knees from
the bar. He lost his hold and fell.
He succeeded in alighting upon his
feet, but plunged forward, breaking
both bones of the right arm and one
bone OF the left arm.
Although much has been done by
California scientists in solving the
problem OF the Goblin moth in their
field, yet Principal e. A. Bryan Of the
state agricultural college of Pullman
says that the remedy for the fruit
tree evil must be still worked out in
each individual locality. He has &C.
cepted an invitation to address the In
land Empire Horticultural and Flori.
cultural society at its meeting at Spo-
kane in January.