Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
Helena Democratic.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The census of Palouse shows a pop,
ulation Of 1904.
DIR. X. L. Stewart. one of the early
settlers Of Goldendals, died last week.
The Pacific National league has sue.
ceeded the Pacific Northwest league.
G. w. Bowen's store and postofiice
at Glenwood was totally destroyed Ly
fire recently.
The city of Goldendale has pur-
chased its waterworks system from
Hess & Cooper.
The farmers and fruitgrowers
around Ellensburg have organized a
shippers association.
Flowing has begun generally in the
Palouse country, and with dry wealth
er seeding will be in full blast
North Yakima and surrounding
country is suffering from a shortage
Of hay never before experienced.
The Spokane county annual Sunday
school convention will meet April 0
and 10 in Spokane, at the First Pres
byterian church.
The growth of Klickitat county is
shown by the fact that 800 tracts OF
land were added to the assessment
roll last year.
Walla Walla gamblers say the
games. which are now running wide
open in Walla Walla, will continue.
regardless Of the law.
AT Seattle the jury in the case uf
Annie Lewis. charged with the murder
If Manse Lewis on January 6, returned
a verdict of not guilty.
The residence of Aaron Kuhn, at
Spokane, was entered by burglars re.
emily while the family was absent
and a number of costly articles were
stolen.
The magnitude Of the real estate
transfers in Whitman county and the
number OF immigrants who are pour.
ing into the district daily are sur
prising.
c. G. Raby, exWhitman county audi
tor. has been taken to the peniten.
tiary. He was convicted of larceny by
embezzlement for the theft of war
rant for $l753.
Andrew Carnegie. the steel magnate
and philanthropist. promises $4,000
Tor the construction of book temple
on a site to be furnished by the city
of Spokane.
Charles Hickman was shot through
the heart and Instantly killed by VIII
liam Kelley at the Collax fair grounds
recently. The shooting was purely
accidental.
The first hop contracts made this
spring In the Yakima valley have
been filed with the county auditor. IN
which $4,000 pounds of the 1903 crop
were sold at 16 and II cents.
James Fielding, a farmer, living on
Pleasant Prairie, near Spokane, took
teaspoOnful of arsenic recently,
claiming that he mistOok II for qui-
nine. and as a result is dead.
A large sawmill is to be built at the
half from Marcus, on Kettle river.
Ward is a new townsite on the Wash
ington e. Great Northern railway.
BY the unanimous vote Of the Spo-
kane board Of education. James A.
Tormey of Winona. MINI. was elected
to the superintendency Of the public
schools at a salary Of $4,000 a year.
Invitations have been extended to
the mayors and the editors through
out the Inland Empire to visit Spo-
kane as the guests Of the Roosevelt
committee upon the date Of the presi-
dents visit.
Run to earth by persistent work of
detectives. three men are in the Spo-
kane county Jail who have confessed
to being implicated In wholesale
scheme to plunder the Spokane Drug
company.
The beautiful farm owned by A. p.
Johnson four miles east Of Garfield
has been sold to an Iowa man. The
property Is one of the best improved
ranches in eastern Washington, and
brought about s45 per acre.
John Roberts, railroad yard EN-
ploye at Wallula, was probably ia
tally shot through the abdomen by
Deputy Sheriff William Nave recently,
the railroad man having shot at Nave
first, thinking he was a hOldup.
A head end collision occurred on
the Gray's Harbor branch Of the
Northern Pacific Sunday between a
passenger train and an extra east
bound freight, smashing both engines
and throwing the mailcar down the
bank. No one was seriously injured
Chris Nygard. well known con
tractor of Wilbur. shot and killed him
self instantly about l2:15 p. m. Satnr
DAY. Desp. ndency on account OF be
| in., unable to get some work settled
for, combined with Ill health. are sup
posed to be the causes Of the sad
affair.
An unknown man wearing ful
face mask walked into saloon al
GOvan recently and. saying 'I've go
you now" fired three shots at C. F
Tennis. killing him almost instantly
The unknown ran to the back dool
and escaped in the darkness.
| The Masonic Temple Association u
Tacoma has been authorized to let thu
contract for the excavation for th'
foundation walls and to prepare FOL
the cornerstone to be laid by Presi
dent Roosevelt Friday. May %. Al
the Masonic bodies In the jurisdiction
Of Washington will be invited.
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