Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-30
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE Past WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exehanoes-culllnSs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
-Numerous Accidents and Personal
HappenInss Occur.
WASHINGTON ITENS.

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lin county seems to have had q sea-
son Of prosperity.
Reports from Stevens county tell of
the most prosperous year in the coun-
tvs history.
The census enumerators have com.
pleted their task and find the popula.
ton of Davenport to be 1916.
From November, 1902, to November,
1908, more than 100000 have been
spent in homes and few business
houses at Charleston.
Little Daniel McNulty, an 11-year
old orphan living at Leavenworth, was
struck by a light engine at yelling
ton recently and badly injured about
the face and shoulder.
George r. Grace, senior member oil
the Grace Commission company Of
Seattle, recently committed suicide
BY shooting himself through the head
with a revolver.
At the point of a revolver. P. L. La
cey was held up at Election, near Ia
coma. Saturday evening and deprived
of the savings OF moRths. The rob
Der secured $110O.
Charles Reilly. Spokane's new play
ing manager. is expected here mex
week to take charge Of the baseball
work and arrange for one Of the bes
teams ever put into the field.
Sixty cents will be the one way fart
| -. h- al nfrt<
road and the round trip will cos
81. Children under s years will b.
carried free, and those between ant
IL years of age may ride for hal
fare.
The first electric car has been rul
to Occur d'Alene and back. This even
brings the thriving lake country int
closer touch with Spokane and mean
quick and easy transportation facilities
for the people living in the interven
ing country.
Jack Smokalem, a widely know
Siwash Indian. murdered his wife OF
the Puyallup reservation Saturda!
noon, either by the use Of his fists o.
with a stick of wood. The woman'i
chest and face were beaten into ,
pulp.
The decision of B. B. Whitney, in
spector of hulls, and r. A. Turner
inspector Of boilers, who investigated
the collision Of the steamers Flyer
Bellingham and Dode. which tool
place recently at Seattle, was that tn
collision was unavoidable.
A careful estimate Of Okanogan
county products for the year show
a gratifying increase over the results
of previous years. According to re
ports from the various hay producing
sections, fully $4,000 tons of hay ha
been put up during the season JUS
closed.
Japanese residents of Spokane hav'
organized a club which is not only TO
social purposes, but is used to stir NJ
a feeling Of patriotism among thu
Japs Of the city who are looking for
ward to war between their countr.
and Russia, and possibly again will
China.
It cost Joe Richardson, a profes
sional hangeron around saloons, hi
life to show how much beer he coult
drink recently at Colfax. Some one
whose name was not learned. offere'
to pay for all the liquor Richardson
could drink. He accepted the ole
and. standing before tho bar, dranl
II glasses of beer and fell dead.
John Dobson. a we'll known Chehali
farmer, has received word from U. E
Harmon, stating that the latter ant
W. 8. Crouch, Of Tacoma. who are IL
New York, have closed q deal for tn
sale Of the Crouch buoy patent rights
to New York capitalists for $300,00'
cash. Dobson and Crouch owned tn
patent jointly, the latter being the in
ventor. The Crouch buoy is an auto
matte device designed to carry a lin!
ashore from ships.