Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE WEEK
uro0ETHER WITH A Personal MENTION
OF THOSE IN THE 1OVlN0 PANORAMA
3 OF LOCAL HISTORY.

absence has not caused him to forget the
little town and the friends OF ten years
ago. The gentleman now resides in
California and is superintendent of the
Congregational Sunday school and pub
Fishing society for the entire district
which embraces the northern and cen
trail part of the state. His headquarters
are in the missionary department Y. M.
c. A. building San Francisco. For
number wears he has travelled and or
sEkanized Sunday schools in which line Of
work he has proven signally successful.
Rev. Singer is an able, fearless and con.
kySientious man of high standing in church
&f1eles and his good influence is being
WS3deo f@It and appreciated in the gold
Seen state.
ss@Sp "Wonderland" for 1904. handsome
p publication issued every year by the
Northern Railway Co, is out for general
redistribution and copies can be obtained
by applying to Chas. S. Fee, st. Paul,
Mimi, and enclosing six cents to cover
age. Some of the subjects treated
in the valuable and vivid description of
the great northwest are the "liaunts of
>AVild Game" "rhe Ignite Coal Area in
North Dakota" yellowstone Park"
Irrigation" and the Travels of Lewis
land Clark" The book should be in
every library and public reading place
in the land as well as every home.
Beautiful illustrations. maps, and sound
Interesting reading matter will be found
every one of the hundred and sixteen
pages contained in the volume.
Lane E. Paskill ~ P agent suffered :.
severe spasmodlc sick spell the Latter
Dart of the week occasioned by taking
and overdose Of medicine which con
tanned about tenth of a grain Of strvch-
inc. The day before i'll company with
~ Shipman he had taken rather
strenuous hunting and fishing trip on tie
lakes and creeks east of town and upon
returning felt much exhausted and
t6'bring himself back to his usual normal
robust and vigorous condition, acted as
his own physician with what came near
tRing pretty serious results.
Melchior Weber, OF Roachton, Ohio,
died at his home Feby. ", at the ad
vanced age of eighty one years. His
son. Jacob Weber, is an old pioneer of
his county. coming here more than
stssenty years ago, and now resides at
Weber post office, about thirty miles
west from this city. He returned last
week from a visit at the old home
Which he had not seen for twenty-three
n, years and in attendance at his fathers
"a sneral. He was in the city Thursday
paying taxes and looking after local pro-
perty interests.
w. r. Cunningham, Jr., trustee of the
estate of T. F. Locher bankrupt has
filed his final accounts with return of no
assets. as trustee of said bankrupts es-
tate. A final meeting of the creditors of
SAid bankrupt will be held at the Office
Of F. w. Dewart referee, room $50
Rookery building. in Spokane. Washing
ton. on the 23~d day of April, 1904, at
O'Clock a. m. at which time and place
the accounts of said trustee will be ex-
amined and passed upon.
dAAll those interested should read the
the call for republican primaries and
convention to be held Apr. II AMI goth
xS1pectively. Rtzville precincts Nos ,
and which emb, aces the Incorporated
limits of the town, will hold primaries
Apr. II at the voting places at 7 80 IN
the evening and each precinct will be
0otitled TO choose ten delegates to the
county convention.
"The Old Homestead" play of rural
10. was produced by Lind home talent
at the Lind opera house Saturday even
ing A number of Ritzville people were
b. in attendance. The cast was strong and
some of the situations were full of inter-
est. II. b. Hall carried the leading
Hrt of Uncle Josh creditably portraying
that quaint character. f. +. Copp. as
Jack Hazard, handled his character in
true histrionic shape.
The Filler piano house OF Spokane one
OF the largest and most reliable estab-
lISnlHGnlS Vi ltS kiuu vi liz dNiHS
coast are carrying large advertisement
in the NEWS. They are filling quite /,
number of orders, among other sales have
recently placed two Chickering'S" here
which, are the finest instruments made in
tM world.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Milan pioneers
of the county who have accumulated con
SCRABBLE property, and raised family
OF children now all grown to manhood
and womanhood were granted divorce
g the superior court yesterday. MIR.
Milan was formerly democratic replies
eniative in the legislature from thi,
county.
-. and Mrs. / 4. Magee of Wallace
left yesterday for their home after a lev
days visit at the home OF Mrs. Masee
BROTHER, Citizen ii. 4. Gritman. The
doctor is recognized as a leading physi-
clan and surgeon Of Idaho.
~Uncle John Rgg an aged pioneer and
retired farmer from the southern part OF