Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-01
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-Cullings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Columbia river is falling ia.

opohahS III tHc past 10 mouluS WdS
2l.57 per cent.
John S. Carter, pioneer and one of
the best known citizens of Whitman
county is dead.
The striking millworkers of Spokane
announce that their cooperative mill
will be started next week.
Mrs. Mary Brown of Everett was
elected president of the State Fedora.
tion of Womens' clubs at Everett last
week.
The cool weather of the past week
has been of considerable help to grow
ing wheat. The outlook now is for a
fair crop.
The new railroad to connect Spokane
with the Canadian Pacific is an as
sured fact. 1t is thought the road
will be completed by next year.
A picnic and stock show will be held
near Pullman July s. and 10 by the
seventh annual reunion Of the Whit
man County Veterans association.
The Everett Record says it is be-
lieved that the Northern Pacific is con-
templating the extension Of the Monte
Cristo road to Coulee City, Douglas
county.
The homeseeker rates will remain
in effect every Tuesday out Of St Paul
until the third Tuesday in October.
These rates are one fare plus 81 for
the round trip.
While it Is impossible to predict
with any degree of certainty what the
run of salmon will be. all conditions
are favorable for a good run on Puget
sound this season.
Becker of Ogden has the honor Of
having the highest average of the
three days shoot. having lost only As
birds out of 600. Sheard lost Sc, w. H..
Seaver 61, f. f. Ellis 62.
At Seattle a wall OF clay 20 feet high
caved In on three laborers recently,
instantly killing A. Jampere and re-
sulting in injuries to Samuel Romeo
and II. C. Vanderhoof.
Eastern Washington apples on sale
at a hotel in Vienna for $125 each
were seen by X. +. Strahorn and wife
OF Spokane. who have just returned
from an extended European tour.
1t has been decided not to have any
poultry exhibit at the Interstate fair
at Spokane this fall. A poultry show
will probably be given by poultry fan
ciers some time during the winter.
The annual session OF the Whitman
County Veterans association, which
meets in Pullman for an encampment
of three days, beginning July 8. prom
ises to be one OF the big affairs OF the
summer.
At the Sportsmen's Association Of
the Northwest at Dayton last week
officers were elected for the years
1903-O4 and the state Of California
was admitted into the association.
The officers elected were as follows:
J. j. Shields. restaurant man Of
Coeur d'Alene City. has disappeared
from Spokane. Shields had about 500
cash in his pockets when last seen,
and his family is much worried about
his disappearance. Foul play is feared.
George Goude, machinist OF Cakes
dale. is at work upon a combined head
or and thresher that may revolutionize
threshing methods in the Palouse
country. The machine is the invention
of l.. b. Mack and w. F. York Of Wal
la Walla and Mr.. Goude and is design
ed with a view to overcome the defects
of the present combined machines on
the Palouse hills.
p. F. Smith, Tacoma, president; M.
b. Brownlee, Spokane, first vice pres
ident; ]. Hills, Libby, Mont, second
vice president; A. p. Biglow, Ogden,
Utah, third vice president; E. v. Cea-
sar, Tacoma, secretary and treasurer.
Members OF the board were elected
as follows: T. b. Ware. Spokane; Mr..
Abraham, Portland; Mr.. Sheard. Ia
coma Mr.. Baker, Dayton; Mr.. Woods,
Tacoma.
A case OF attempted murder oc-
Cured recently at Curlew lake, on the
Colville reservation. A settler, whose
name the victim refuses to disclose,
rode on horseback to the shack OF Dan
lei McLennan, a fellow homesteader.
and without moments warning pulled
gun and began shooting. The first
bullet struck McLennan in the abdo-
men, passing out at the back, missing
the vital organs. He will recover
The first salmon for the pack OF
1903 by the Pacific Packing & Navi-
CATION company were taken from the
nets of the company last week and
packed at Fairhaven. The catch con-
sisted OF some 700 fish, and 300 cases
Of the finished product were put up.
While Charles A. Gushing. president
OF the Port Angeles G Eastern rail-
road, was cleaning his shotgun recent
Iy he in some manner accidentally dis
charged one barrel Of the gun into his
abdomen. The gun was loaded with
birdshot, the full charge OF which en-
tered the body on the left side. Al
though Mr.. Gushing was not killed his
condition is very critical.
MONTANA souIes.