Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE week
TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL MENTION
OF THOSE IN THE Towing PANORAMA
OF LOCAL HISTORY

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OF THOSE IN THE TOWING PANORAMA
OF LOCAL HISTORY
Like the Old Fruit Fairs" is the watch
word of the Spokane Interstate Fair
management this year. Robert H. Cos
grove, who for a number of years has
been identified with the Minnesota State
Fair, the most successful annual fair in
the United States, has been retained as
manager of the Interstate Fair this fall.
Every effort will be made to provide an
exhibition which will be as meritorious,
and attract as much attention as the old
Fruit Fairs used to do. And with this
end in view, the premiums have been in
creased in all departments. but more par
ticularly in the Fruit and Grain classes.
The amount of money given to fruit
alone has been almost doubled, new
classes introduced and new divisions
made. The fruit displays at the former
Fruit Fairs were famous all over the
country. and there is no reason why they
cannot be equalled again.
Two of the 7x8 foot heavy plate glass
for the Tinnel building were broken
Monday entaiiing loss of $3.50. The
damage was discovered when uncrating
and it is not known how it occurred or
who is responsible. For some time it
was left leaning against the barber shop
e n oh h..
permit to stand in the street opposite
Thomson & Kalkwarf's store.
Thos. B. Leonard and family left yes
terday to spend the summer camping on
the shores of charming Lake Occur d.
Alene. That resort is fast becoming
popular place to spend vacation and
since the completion of the electric line
connecting it with Spokane property
values have doubled and the town seems
to now have future.
The ladies aid society Of the Metho-
dist church are issuing book on good
things to eat and how to fix them. The
recipes are each signed by the lady who
by experience knows what tn. result of
the mixture will be. The book will sell
for IS cents and will be issued next week
by the ellison. Thompson Printing Co.
Mrs. Estella Smith, whose home is IS
miles south and east of town, was ad-
judged insane by Court Commissioner
c. Staser Monday and accompanied by
Sheriff Shorno went to the hospital at
Medical Lake. She was an inmate OF
that institution in 1897 and was released
after four months stay.
Herman Zemmerman, cle,k in Daven-
ny Bros. store, and Miss Ora Moore of
Harrington, were married at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Moore. on Wednesday, July 9th. 1904,
Rev. w. d. Barnhart, officiating. They
will reside IN Ritzville.
Philip A. Grub. local manager for the.
Tacoma Grain 90. at this place. visited
Mesa yesterday with view to establish
ing branch house at that point, which
is located in fine wheat belt near the
Franklin county line on the Northern
Pacific railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Starr of Hanford,
California, arrived Sunday for an extend
ed visit with their children, who are
grown men and women. They will look
after property interests in the county
until after the harvest days are over.
Tinnel Bros. & Meyer are moving their
bowling alleys into the hondsome new
Tinnel block. Their store will face on
Main street next to the Rosenof drug
store. Their present location will be &C.
cupied as saloon by Palmeter & Leak.
The railroad company have asked for
sixty days extension of time to place
guards and safety drop gates at the
crossings on c and E streets as required
by city ordinance No. II3 recently passed
by the council.
]. ]. Garrison, a prominent farmer of
the Delight neighborhood. was in the
county seat Monday. Crops in the sand
hill country and the whole southwestern
end OF the county promise magnificent
yield.
Edward Sheppard of Griffith, a sub
stantial farmer from the north, is being
urged to accept the nomination for coun-
ty commissioner for the first district. He
was in today but states that he is not
candidate.
Patsy r. Clark. treasurer OF the Adams
County Electric Transit Co., was in
Davenport the first of the week in con.
ference with the other promoters of the
company.
John D. Bassett, owner of string Of
banks in Eastern Washington. was in
Connell Monday instructing the working
force in his latest acquisition. the Bank
of Cornell.
A. K. Treadwell, the photographer and
proprietor of the fine art gallery, has
moved into the Hank Kaufman house
recently vacated by M. w. Ebel.
A large influx of laboring men have
arrived in town during the last few days
10 participate in the heavy work soon to