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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31

~'Sh"'S'
F. J. Van Buren, arrived home Satur-
ay from visit. on pleasure and business.
to Palouse City. He speaks enthusi-
astically of that section of the state.
Hans Wittrock, son of the pastor of
the German Lutheran church, leaves for
Columbus, Ohio. to complete his educa-
ton, which will take about two years.
Bank clearings in Ritzville for week
ending, Aug. II. were S26,748.36. Re-
ported by Mr.. II. f. Christensen, cashier
German-Amerlcan State Bank.
Arthur Colwell once a resident and
owner of large tract of land at Nc
Elroy lake, near Paha, is here on bust
ness from the Garden city.
c. L. Ulm. an expert dry goods clerk.
well known in the city. has accepted a
position with Thomson & Kalkwarf,
general merchants.
Robert M. Goodwin of Malaga, a
former drayman, was down this week on
business. He is engaged IN farming at
his new location.
John Schnell, who went on a visit
with his sister. Mrs. Joseph A. Hum.
phrey. at Mabton, is reported lying quite
i'll at that place.
VIM. Mckay. a former Ritzvillian
was here Monday, reviewing familia,
scenes and shaking hands with his many
friends.
|. B. LANG, prominet merchant Of
Washtucna. is comforting with business
men in the city today.
Alton Short of Cheney, is employed
behind the counter in the Howlanc
news stand.
Peter Kalkwarf is around again ate
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31
BUSINESS LOCALS.

The Boston Store sells for less.
have fifteen head of No. mich
COWS for sale. G. w. Cooper, Washtucna
FOR RENT-Rooms with private table
board. Mrs. GEORGIA JOHNSON, d St.
The Boston Store sells for less.
The Star brand shoes are better;-
400 pair just received at the Boston
Store.
Buy the White Setby Washer. The
best washer on the market today. King
Mercantile Co.
If you wish homestead desert land
claim or cheap wheat land address, F..
J. James, Rtzville. Wash.
The Boston Store sells for less.
See our new stock of shoes and boy S
clothing before purchasing elsewhere.
Satisfaction garanteed at The Boston
Store.-the stole that sells for less.
Those expecting to run harvesting and
threshing outfits this season should call
at The Model Bakery and learn why it
is cheaper and more convenient to buy
bread than to bake it.
The King Mercantile Co., have the
largest stock OF inlaid linoleums. oil cloth
carpets, couch covers, portiers and rugs
ever shown in a city Of this size. and
prices that defy competition.
The Ritzville Transfer Company have
opened a new gravel pit in the north
part OF town and is prepared to furnish
and deliver material suitable for concrete
and cement sidewalks.-Thom & Schnell.
A large assortment of trunks suit.
cases, nd-bags and telescopes have
just arrived direct from the largest
manufactures in the United States, at
the Boston Store.
THE ONLY SAFE WAY to keep
your valuable papers, ETC.. is to have a
safe deposit box IN fire and burglar
proof vault. The First National Bank
has all of these facilities and will rent
you box at reasonable figure. Your
patronage is courteously solicited.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31
TAKEN UP,

Came to my place, two miles east and
seven miles south of Ritzville, Aug. I6
1904. one black mare; branded B on
right shoulder; shod all around; wire cut
in right front hoof. Also one bay mare;
branded EB (connected) on left shoulder,
and TIE (connected) on left stife. Owner
will please call, pay charges and remove
property. HERMAN ZIETzKE.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31
COMING EVENTS.
Opera House..Ritxvllle

Opera house..Ritz willie.
The following are names OF plays and dates
OF same which will appear at the ellison -Thiel
Opera House. in Ritxville -
Sweet Glover. September IL.
Runaway Match. Sept. q.
Coon Hollow, Sept "a.
Orphans Prayer, October 4.
Friend of Family. Oct. 6.
Jim Bludso, Oct. II.
Heart of Chicago, Oct. "a.
Hills of California, Oct. %.
As You Like It. November2.
Not Guilty. November u.s.
White Whittlesey, Nov. Is.
Yon Yonson, December 8.
Darkest Russia. Dec. l..
American Tramp, Dec. 81, 1904.
The Rivals. January 9, 1905
West Minstrels, Jan. Is, 1906.
The Show Girl Jan. q, 1905.
Human Hearts. Jan. 81, 1905
Ole Olson, April 8, 1905.
A Wheel House. March 7, 1905.
The Factory Girl June Is. 1906.
Washinstoa.
Ritzville Public Schools open Monday, Sept. s.
Republican County Convention, Sept. 10TH
Republican Primaries. Sept 7th.
Spokane Business Mems Association Excur-
sion to Yakima County State Fair. Sept: 10Th.
Chelan Fruit Fair and races, Chelan. septem-
Der, 1904.
Retail Grocers and General Merchants Asso.
General Election, national, state and county.
November 8. 1904.
Fsirs-Everett. Aug % to Sept. s. whatcom.
Sept $40; North Yakima, Sept. % to October /;
Spokane, Oct. 80; walla Walls, Oct. 1918.
Northwestern Washington Union Veterans
Association, Chewalsh. Sept Is to IL.
Oregon.
Lewis and Clark Exposition. Portland, June
| to October Is 1905.
State Fair, Salem. September 1919.
Fair. Portland, Sept. 1924.
Southern Oregon Agricultural Society, at
Eugene, September 202i.
Idaho.
Fairs-Boise, October 17-22; Lewiston, Octo-
Der l0-l6.
Montana.
Montana Firemen's Convention, Billings,
IL.
Montana Populist Convention, Butte. Sept. 10
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31
WANT TO RENT.

Farmer. single. industrious, 40 years
old. German. would rent farm. would
buy owners stock, If suitable. Address,
Box 6. Washtucna, Wash.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31

Before going to the St. Louis EXPOSE
ton, call on the King Mercantile Co.,
and get an admission card, admitting
you on board, "The Great Ship Majestic.
and emitting you to all the courtisies of
The Great Majestic Range Manufacturing
Co.-King Mercantile Co.
desire to announce to the public that
will furnish fine sand for building pur.
poses at cheapest prices in town. Have
also on hand plenty Of good, hrst.class
brick and all parties desiring to build
will profit by seeing me before purchas
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31
That $500 Cup.

I. w. and {. E. Galbraith returned
from Grand Forks, British Columbia,
yesterday, where they won the $500
cup, seven-eighths mile dash. bandi.
cap, with Dancing Kid Jr.." having won
the races there lastly The certificate
reads as follows -
This is to certify that Messrs. Galbraith
Bros, of Ritzville, state of Washington
have won in open competition,-covering
two years in succession,-the piece Of
plate known as the "Seagram Cup
donated to the association by !. f
Seagram. of Waterloo. Grand Fork:
Driving Park and Athletic Association
WIN. SPEIR, Treasurer.
The piece of workmanship is on ex
hibition in the News window.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-31

operation for appendicitis. He is now
apparently restored to his former good
health. All are pleased at his recovery
and their return to home and business
again. They are stopping temporarily
at the residence of Mrs. Thos. ]. Hallin.
A. E. Nixon. of Coopersville. Mich.
an old boyhood friend and school-mate
Of County Superintendent Lansing. ar
rived here yesterday. Mr.. Nixon will
locate in the county and engage in his
chosen profession,-instructing the young
idea. He is assistant pricipal of the
Coopersville high school. "
Towns people leaving for the worlds
fair Sunday morning. via Pendleton, over
the o. R. N: Mrs. Matte E. Martin,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Gritman. Mrs. w.
H. Davenny. Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Greene
and Miss Laura Davenny. Mrs. c. F.
Clodius and D. ]. Kalkwarf and family
follow the latter part Of the week. y
H. ]. Moss of Seattle, is in the city
for few days, the guest OF his cousin,
County Treasurer Cecil D. Linn. He is
on his way home from the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
and kindred associations. held at Louis.
willie, KY, Aug. 10th to 2Ist.
Mrs. Marion, wife Of DR.. A. V. Marion
of Hatton, arrived yesterday and will
visit Mrs. D. w. Haight. The lady j:
on her way home from an outing or
the St. Maries river in Idaho.
c. w. Rathbun, of the firm of Mogar
& Rathbun, attorneys at-law, came bacl
Saturday from a tour through the ia
Washtucna land and down as far a
kahlotus.
Register with the City Clerk, if yo'
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
Miaht Isl weII lac Reen.

A racOnteur has been repeating
some of the sayings of the Concord
school of sarcasm, recalling, among
other things. Judge HOar's famous OBJ
servatiOn approving of the funeral of
Wendell Phillips. though the remark
is credited to the wrong member of
the HOar family. There is another
and later bit Of savage irony that de
serves TO be added to the collection.
At the recent celebration Ct the En-
erson centennial by the Concord peO-
PIE special invitations we're sent to
the leading citizens of the town. and
all the local school teachers and wild
ows were included in the list Of spe-
cially invited guests. In the list of
widows was included the name of
the wife of a Concord citizen who is
still living, and whose local popular
ity is somewhat attenuated. The at
tention Of the chairman Of the COM
mittee who sent out the invitation
was called to this apparent mistake.
why. Mrs. Blank is not a widow, %
said the discoverer of the error.
well" said the chairman, we all
know her husband, and we think she
comes mighty near it"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01


The circus tent was patched and
yellow, barely big enough for one
ring, with a disTeputable fly for the
half dozen cages which made up the
menagerie, yet everybody felt the cir
Gus itself a providence, coming. as 1t
did, just the Eeek that the quarrel
betwixt the Beans and the HOUnsleys
got near the shooting pitch
ClingstOne, the social center of all
Brush Greek, lay where the big road
crossed the river, which was navi-
gable six months of the year Other
months Brush Creek depended upon
the mail-rider for its news and upon
itself for its diversions. Naturally
the diversions ran through a sliding
scale from fighting to counting. Since
the. Bean-HOunsley affair embraced
both, it divided Brush Creek folk into
two opposing and well-matched
camps. One said old Squire Jack
HOunsIey ought to get down on his
knees and give special thanks that
stirring fellow such as Bud Bean
was we'll known to be, wanted to take
his daughter Bee OF his hands, add
ing with something Of aspeTity, that
for its own part, it didn't know what
Bud saw in her-he certainly would
get the worst Of the bargain To this
the other retOrted with equal rancOr
that if Bud was stirring, all the Otler
Beans since the year one had been
nObOdies, so it was pretty certain his
industry couldn't lasJ-SQuire Jack
Hounsley was merely proving himself
the wise and far-sighted man they had
always taken him to be. in refusing
TO let Bee-shOrt for Belinda-even
speak any more to Bud
That was the talk, understand, in
complaining time. By August, tho
circus season, IL was very much sharp
or and more suIphUrOus- Kind people,
after their habit, had carried things
back and forth between the high con
tending parties, until Squire Jack was
ready 10 foam at the mouth Il you
said Bean in his hearing. and Bud
swallowed hard. and looked intently
over your head If you 50 much IS
mentioned that Squire Jack had
traded horses again.
The circus came to CliugstOne- That
meant the coming in OF everybody
else within a radius of twenty miles.
ClingstOne housewives began cooking
the day after the bills were put up,
and when the day itself came. had
their tables set at eleven O'Clock
Squire Jack brought in every soul on
the place, all packed in the two horse
wagon, along with a sack Of meal, and
other sacks Of cabbage. potatoes and
apples The sacks were all for his
sister Jenny, at whose house he would
leave his women folks to gossip and
get dinner. while he himself kept a
sharp lookout for that pestilent Bud
Bean.
Squire Jack meant TO get there so
long ahead Of Bud that Bud would
have no chance to find out Bees
whereabouts II nettled him not
little that as he came 10 the ford the
ferryman said, ginning: My soul,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
What He Nerded-

Admiral Walker, since becoming
one Of the Panama Canal Commission
ers, has had his patience somewhat
tried by persons who have been to
the isthmus giving him gratuitOus in
formation concerning the climate
there
one man informed him that after
returning from a journey to the place
he went to his physician 20 learn il
he had malaria in his system The
doctor showed him a drop Of his
blood under the microscope, and. "
said the narrator, 1T was full Of the
microbes Of malaria They looked like
a lot OF lively potato bugs
Then what you need, 1 should
think" said the admiral dryly, would
be a dose Of insect powder"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01

in the wake Of a circus. He had work.
ed his way up. and at last became so
indispensable that when the proprietor
died his last words TO his weeping
widow were. stick to the country
eircuit-and don't forget to marry
Bean" Bean, q born Snowman, did
not in the least mind sinking his name
out Of hearing for the good Of his son.
but some strings Of either affection
or curiosity had made him write to
Bud and find out how the land lay, be
fore the -SecOnd-Greatest-ShOW" came
TO Clingstone-
As for details-they were never
quite clear to anybody. Lie Pardue
maintains to this day that Bee was
such a fool she simply fell OF the
horse and lay there, uncertain as to
whether she was to be eaten or mar
ried. The story, Of course, got into the
papers, and helped the show to draw
so well that at the end Of the next
season the prOprietOrs sent TO a very
new and very pink Bean a silver low
ing cup with roaring lions for han
dies Stranger still, Squire Jack
Hounsley drank egg-nOgs out Of that
same loving cUp-and in drinking
washed down the last trace Of enmity
toward his sOn-in-law-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
Their Riaht to Smoke.

Jerome Hart tells this story: "On
the train, between Jaffa and Jerusa-
lem, an elderly American woman OBJ
jected to the smoking going on around
her She grabbed hold of a uniform
ed railway guard who was going
through the carriage and shriIly set
forth her objections. He very civiIIy
replied that there was no rule against
smoking in the carriages.
Then there ought to be- she re-
tOrted. when ladies travel on the
trains
Is But the Turkish ladies who trav-
e. on our trains all smoke themselves,
replied the guard.
Do they, indeed?' replied the old
lady, acidIy; but American women do
not smoke
VERY true, madam replied the
guard. but you are not in America;
you are in Turkey still with much
civility-
- don't care If I am Kissed the
old lady. fiercely, and 1 don't care If
the Turkish women do smoke. They
ought not to, so therei'
Perhaps they ought not to- said
the guard, with unruf1ed courtesy,
but they do
The old American lady looked at
him hOpelessly. gasped, and subsidized %
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01

OuL now SICK you TellerS can lle-
that the night show would be unlike
and ever so much better than the
day one, he thrust a istful Of silver
inside the ticket window. saying with
a grim laugh I'm wiIlin' to pay
money jest to find out how slick you
fellers can lie.
Bee felt her dying POpe suddenly
reprieved then, but she was near
crying when the night show ended,
and still Bud had made no sign. Bee
was glad the mules trotted their best
and made the wagon jOt1nce and
bounce so there could be no talking
Lie Pardue had come with them, and
she knew was fairly aching to twit
her with Buds open falling away.
Squire Jack had distanced most Of
the other hOming vehicles, when all
at once one corner Of the wagon sank
down. spilIing the occupants in a long
row, before the team could be check
ed. A lynch-pin had dropped out and
let the hind wheel run OF As Squire
Jack was searching for IL. lantern in
hand, a man came gaIlOping towards
him, shouting aloud: Run, every
body, for YOU livesl The lions loose!
Cage got turned Overt Run He'll
kill you'll Rum"
The road ran through the woods.
From the depths Of them behind the
rider there came a Succession Of
bIOOd-curdIing bowls The Squire
rose to the emergency He had his
hOTse-the new horse, in charge OF
Tommy. his eldest son. He also had
the two muIes-and nine people TO
carry on on them. In a wink he had
stripped the mules Of gear, set Tom
my astride one OF them. with his wife
behind the lad. and little Sue. his
youngest daughter on before Beck
mule. he knew. would save them if
anything cOuld-she was both sure
footed and speedy. He was not so
certain about Tige. Beek's partner.
still there was nothing for it but TO
back on her, boy Billy. Lie and
brother Johnny. both Of whom out
yelled the lion That left Bee. and
tor Aunt Maria, the most fearful soul
ave. for riders behind upon the new
horse TIE squire mounted the beast.
cIucked 10 him. and got MIN near the
remaining hind wheel, which Aunt
Maria had mounted and 10 which she
cIung despairi1gly. Aunt Maria
weighed two hundred. and stood five
foot two Is It any wonder that when
the Squire checked up at the end OF
two breathless miles, Bee. who should
have been perched behind Aunt
Maria, was nowhere visible?
Or is it any marvel that some two
hours later, a minister IN the country
town vas reading the marriage serv-
ice in behalf OF a disheTeled bride.
and an exultant groom When the
knot was tied hard and fast as law
and gospel could do it, there was sup
per very late, and very merry. at the
towns finest hotel. The circus pro
prietor gave it-he was, il turned out.
a running Bean. Bids elder brother.
who had nm away ma1T years before.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01

FREE 70 TWENTY-FIVE LADIES'
me Defiance Starch Co. viii give
Is ladies a round trip ticket to the
St Louis Exposition, to i've ladies' IN
each Of the following states: Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri, who viii send in the largest
number Of trade marks cut from a
ten-cent, 16-ounce package Of Def
ance cold water laundry starch This
means from your own home, any
where in the above named states.
These trade marks must be mailed
to aad received by the Defiance
Starch Co. Omaha, Nebr., before Sep
TENDER Ist, 1904 October and NOvem-
Der will be the best months to visit
the Exposition Remember that Def
ance is the only starch put up 16 o.
"a full pound) to the package. You
get one-third more starch for the
same money than Of any other kind,
and Defiance never sticks TO the iron.
The tickets to the Exposition VIII be
sent by registered mail September
5th- Starch for sale by all dealers
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
Had His Revenoe.

The few persons on the uptown ele-
waited station at Chambers street
early Friday morning were startled a
bit to see a thick-set chap climb over
the railing just north of the mems
waiting room. He looked down
toward the street and rubbed his
nose. In a moment or so another feI-
low was seen at the top Of the stair
way In two shakes of a lambs tail,
he, too, was over the railing Both
Of them looked across at the other
station, but it was deserted. There is
a turnstile there instead Of a ticket
chopper.
We ought to tell the man." said a
woman to her escort.
Nix" was the reply. The COM
.pany stuck me on a plugged dime the
other day. Now we're square New
York Sun
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
IS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER GOLF.
Justice Harlan Aseribes Good Health
to Popular Game.

Justice Harlan Aseribes Good Health
TO Popular Game.
One of the most enthusiastic of all
those who follow the elusive golf balls
over the Chevy Chase links near
Washington is Justice Harlan Of the
United States Supreme Court. He
has turned three score and ten, but he
declines TO agree that he has there
fore passed what some have called
the dead line" Of active life.
Il am no older than l was twenty
years ago" he remarked the other
day, and while I can keep up my
golf I'm apt TO stay So"
Justice Harlan, after his first les
son in trying to make the ball 90
things 1t apparently did not wish 70
do, described golf as a cross be
tween tiddly-winks and a mile run. "
but to-day he plays, rain or shine,
summer or winter, matching on with
generals or diplomats or. falling these,
Colonel BOgey" himself.
Not long ago, in a pause in d ses-
sion Of the Supreme Court, the gal
lery saw Justice Harlan write some
thing on a bit Of paper and, calling a
page, send it down to former AttOr-
ney General Griggs, who. himself an
ardent golfer, was at the time before
the tribunal about to plead a case. In
such a room, in such a presence, ev-
erything becomes impressive, but that
note merely read:
Dear Griggs: I was out before
breakfast this morning and played a
white ball against a red One-the red
man against the paleface. And the
Injun wOn-twO up. H."-New York
Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
REVIVAL OF THE INN.
Public Houses are Changed to Suit
the Needs Of the Day.


Public Houses are Changed to Suit
the Needs Of the Day.
While some reformers are bent On
eEoing the public house, others are
busy at mending It We need not
decide for both; In many places there
are too many public houses, and OF
those that would in any case re-
main, many might tweli be bettered-
The annual report Of the public
house trust shows that substantial
progress is being made in this direc-
ton The principal aim OF the trust
is the revival Of the inn as a place Of
all-rOUnd Tefreshment and its extinc-
zion as a mere drinking bar The
man who asks for boTril gets the
same smile as the man who asks for
beer" that is the advertisement and
the motto Lord Grey's movement is
a most hopeful one; 1t takes for
granted that men viii not be deprived
Of their beer; but 1t offers every in
ducement to the consumption Of other
cups than those which inebriate, and
Of eatables as well as drinkables. and
it provides decent, wholesome, cheer
ful surroundings. The movement is
peculiarly OppOrtune in rural districts.
1t comes at a time when there is a
considerable revival in the wayside
inn as a place Of necessary refresh
ment. Hostelries which seemed to
have been killed by the railway are
coming to life, thanks to the bicycle
and the motor At q time when so
many people are thus taking to the
road again, it is very appropriate
that an effort should be made to i'm
prove the roadside inn.-London
Chronicle.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-01
ERRORS OF THE TYPES.
A Few of the Misprints That Shorten
Editors Lives.

A Few Of the Misprints That Shorten
Editors Lives.
At a literary dinner in New York
c. D. Gibson, the illustrator, quoted a
number Of amusing misprints for sew
eral years, and already had in his
collection 200 good specimens.
He first quoted a misprint about a
bishop who was confined to the house
with a violent cold. The newspaper
that mentioned the prelate's illness
said he was confined to the house
with a violent scOld."
Another quotation concerned a Brit
ish nObleman who had joined a party
Of friends in Hampshire for the pur-
pose Of shooting pheasants. This
the cOmpOsitOT had made to read:
He has Joined a party Of friends in
Hampshire for the purpose Of shoot
ing peasants"
That, though" said Mr.. Gibson, lis
an old and famous misprint, and you
may have heard Of it before. You
may, too, have heard Of the one about
a surgeon taken alive in the river
that sold for six cents a pound But
I doubt if any of you have ever heard
of the misprint that appeared last
February iat a Vermont newspaper.
This paper wished to say, in praise OF
a very aged and distinguished citi-
zen:
John Green is a noble old bur
CHER, proudly loving his native state.
But the types made this sentence
run:
John Green is a nobby old burglar,
prowling around in a naked state -