Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
WASHINGTON NEWS.


up by the general strike.
Organized labor is planning for q
big parade on Labor day, Septem-
ber Z.
There are 6269 acres more improved
land in Spokane county this year than
In 1902.
Plans for irrigating the country
around Newman Lake have been an
nounced.
The Washington State Medical asso-
citation held its annual meeting in Spo-
kane this week.
Walla Walla grocers are In a COM
bine to buy goods in large lots and
keep up prices.
There was no observance of Sunday
in the harvest fields Of Whitman coun.
y last Sunday.
The heavy and steady rains Of last
week did considerable damage to the
grain in Columbia county.
The thirteenth year of the Wash
ington state normal school at Ellens-
burg will open September 9.
Chief Deputy Grain Inspector E. L..
Perkins of Spokane says grain on the
east side is damaged by rain.
Robert Tyson. aged %, was killed
at Simmons station recently by being
run over by an o. r. & N. train.
Cash N. Gaddis has been appointed
receiver Of the Devenish Hardware
company at Pullman, with bonds fixed
at $4,000 until the assets are inven.
toried.
Nineteen babies died in Spokane
during August from cholera infantum,
indicating an alarming epidemic Of
this dread disease.
At a recent meeting of the Clarks-
ton business men a permanent organ.
ization of the Charleston commercial
club was perfected.
The harvest In the vicinity Of Pres
colt, and throughout the entire wheat
belt of Walla Walla county, is rapidly
drawing to q close.
The Washington State Press associ-
alton decided to accept the invitation
Of Spokane to hold its annual conven.
tion there next year.
The gates Of the Interstate fair will
close at o'clock on the 18th day Of
October, all other statements to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The state fruit commissioner says
apples are half a crop, heavy crop Of
prunes and plums. and half a crop Of
peaches. Rains do great good.
The assessed valuation Of all prop
erty in Spokane, less exemptions.
amounts to about $459 per capita,
based on a total population Of 10000.
Though 1t has not been definitely
decided. September 10 will probably
be the date the chamber Of commerce
excursion will leave Spokane for Its
trip through the Big Bend country to
Wenatchee.
Whitman monument Is falling into
state Of neglect, and nearly every
visitor chips of a piece Of the marble
slab marking the spot where the mar
tyred missionary fell by the hand Of
savage In 1847.
Captain A. ]. Bale Of the tug Elf re.
ports seeing a big whale of the en-
trance to Tacoma harbor. near Browns
Point, recently. The captain says 1t
was regular gray backed whale. 40
or so feet long.
Switching charges along the line Of
the Spokane Falls & Northern line
will probably be increased from 81 to
50. This will apply to all industries
along the road and will particularly
No I,,r hos I1a ir kA hnp
part Of the state.
Live hogs are being shipped from
Omaha to Spokane to supply the de-
mands OF the local packing houses.
The freight alone on the animals
amounts to about $3.50 each. yet they
are being imported in constantly in.
creasing numbers.
Senator Foster and Congressman
Jones and Cushman are on an inspec-
ton trip by steamboat on the upper
Columbia. The tour is taken at the
request OF the residents of that sec
ton Of the state who desire improve
ments on the river for navigation.
Fourteen townships of government
land in southeastern Lincoln county,
eastern Adams county and western
Whitman county have been withdrawn
from entry by Commissioner w. A.
Richards of the general land ofiice at
Washington. The withdrawal is made
under the national irrigation act.
A Great Northern extra freight, in
passing through the Cascade tunnel
last week. ran into a section gang at
work on the wellington end. Peter
Mccoy, foreman. and Edward Gala
CHER, a member Of the crew. were in.
stantly killed. All the others escaped.
Mccoy was one of the Oldest section
men at this end of the road. and leaves
a family.
A special Seeing Spokane" car to
tour the city is being run on the lines
Of the washington Water Power com.
pany twice daily. The car will travel
about 20 miles. covering all sections
of the city of Spokane and consuming
about two and one-half hours each
trip. An agent of the company will
personally conduct the party and will
point out and give facts concerning
the public and private buildings. the
falls and other points of interest. It
will leave the corner of Riverside ave-
nue. and Howard street at 10 q. m. and
2 p. IN.