Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-21
wAsHINoToN NEWS.


General Funston recommends that
a large tract of land at American lake.
near Tacoma Wash, be acquired for
the purpose of drill ground and camp
for concentration in case Of war.
]. E. Ballaine, formerly Of Colfax.
chairman Of the finance committee Of
the Alaskan Central railway, who has
been before the departments at Wash
ington, D. c., for the past week on
matters connected with the construc-
tion of the road, has been successful
in his efforts. The projected road will
extend from Seward, on the southern
coast of Alaska, north to the Tanana
river. 420 miles, and will open, when
completed, all Of central Alaska to
daily communication throughout the
year. 1t is being built at the rate Of
1875 miles year.
The consolidation Of the Methow
Valley bank and the Commercial bank
of Conconully is announced.
The hop growers Of the Yakima val
ley were surprised when 1t was an.
nounced that the yield for 1903 would
reach at least $4,000 bales.
The disagreement between masters
and men in the Tacoma building trades
continues.
The Northwestern Home Finding
association has turned down an offer
of large bonus for the establishment
of it's industrial school at Walla Walla
and will continue on its present plans
for the establishment of the institution
near Hillyard.
Carpenters of Spokane are earning
nearly $4,000 every week day, accord.
ing to officials Of their organization.
AS the metropolis of one of the finest
farming regions in the United States,
Spokane has come to be one of the
most important distributing centers
for the sale of agricultural implements.
DR.. Sinclair, dominion quarantine of.
ficer at Northport, says information
has reached him that black smallpox is
epidemic among the Indians Of Ste.
vens county in the vicinity of Che
welah.
A so foot addition is to be made to
the Northern Pacific deport at Pa.
louise.
The Knapp irrigation canal, near
Entiat. has been declared open and is
now ready to serve water to the farm.
ers holding lands under it. The ditch
waters 1900 acres of land.
Sentence Of rs years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary was imposed by
Judge Bell at Seattle upon Frank Van
Waters. the dentist, convicted of Grim.
inally assaulting a child Of 8 years Of
age.
Whitman college walked away with
Spokane high school by a score of 23
to Saturday afternoon on a field
where clouds of dust made playing
disagreeable.
On the road between Chelan and
Pateros and about eight miles from
the former town, is natural ice cave,
in which ice is to be had any month in
the year.
Walla Walla fair opened Monday.
Superior Judge Brents made the open.
ing speech.
On account of the unsettled condi.
tions in the eastern building trade the
output Of the mills in the Inland EN-.
pire is falling of considerably.
The farmers institute, held at Spo-
kane this week under the auspices OF
the state agricultural college at Pull
man was very successful affair.
The streets of Palouse are again
lighted by electricity.
A sale Of a Whitman county farm
for $50 per acre has been made by L.
G. Irvine Of Pennington to a man
from Pendleton, Ore. Mr.. Irvine sold
200 acres lying on the state line near
Pennington for $4,000 The farm is
well improved, with good buildings
and has five acres in orchard.
A daring holdup took place in Ia.
coma about o'clock Sunday evening.
The victims were Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks
of 905 South J. street. They were
stopped on the street by masked
man, who, with a drawn revolver, COM
PEELED Mr.. Weeks to part with his
pocketbook containing $22. The rob-
berry occurred Immediately in front Of
the brilliantly lighted Jewish syna-
gogue.
George Turner, native OF Nova
Scotia. aged % years. was killed by
a premature explosion Of dynamite re-
recently. He was employed in digging
a canal on the Honeyfenger place.
about is miles southwest Of Sprague