Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-03
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE WEEK

LOCAL EVENTS Of THE WEEK
TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL MENTION
or THOSE m the nOvlN0 PANORAMA
OF LOCAL HISTORY
In the controversy being carried on in
this county regarding the price of whea,
the farmer should sell for. we would give
this advice. Hold for the highest price,
When the very pinnacle of price for the
year has been reached dump your whole
crop. That il" the most profitable and
likely price you can secure. OF course
II you only want reasonable profit and
can make money on 50 cent wheat and
are satisfied with conservative methods
you might dispose Of it at the average
price now offered. pay of your debts and
mortgage and be reasonably happy;
which the fellow who holds has chance
Of not being able to do. But if you want
the highest price get your mind on some
thing that you think you ought to have
and wait until you get it.
George E. Butler. of Griffith. and
Mrs. Catherine Harris. of this city.
were united in marriage in the par
lors Of the vendome hotel in Davenport.
on Monday of last week. Rev. Gist
officiating. Mrs.Harris has been in the
dressmaking business in Sprague for
over year. aud is favorably known
here. Mr.. and Mrs. Butler will make
their home in Ritzville after September
I3th.-Sprague Times. J
Miss Lizzie OFT, daughter of mine host
of the leading hotel. returned last Friday
from = trip to Germany. covering three
months time. She visited the old home
wheEere she was born. near the famous
city Of Worms, with its great monument
Of Martin Luther. 1t is also the home Of
our fellow townsman. Philip A. Grub.
and for time Miss OFT was the guest OF
his relatives.
A disastrous blaze at North Yakima
last week cost A. F. Narver who for.
merly resided at Palm Lake in the east.
err past Of the county. a heavy loss. He
was proprietor Of the Oregon Livery
Barn and thirty head Of his finest horses.
besides one dozen transient horses were
consumed. Two blooded animals val.
ued at 5000 each were among the lot.
w. W. Zent. Mr.. and Mrs. c. E!
Sh,pm,a and W. H. Martin will start
Sunday night for St. Louis. MIR. and
Mrs Zspt will 60 to St. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Shipmans will 20 to Cleveland, Ohio.
and MI. Martin will meet his wife who
is now pt Harrington. Nebraska.
Wm.sL. Wolter. former clerk in
Snyders store. is back from the fair at
St. Louis. leaving here, May 10th. At
Dayton. Ohio. his old home. he passed
six weeks of the time. He has not de-
cided what business he will engage in.
but will remain in this city.
Samuel L. Thomas. an extensive
wheat raiser and owner of the "Cal.
fornia" ranch on Michigan prairie had
aAo acres Of wheat destroyed by FIRE
last Thursday. Insurance covered for
sIs per acre. vet MIR. Thomas suffered
. sharp loss.
Rev. E. P. Lyon delivered his fare.
we'll sermon at the First Baptist church
last Sunday evening. and has left to take
charge Of the Liberty Park Baptist
pastorate at spokane. Rev. Hill. Of
Spokane. will assume the position vacated
BY Rev. Lyon.
Walter Bates. for 4 long time night
clerk in Otis hotel. was taken to Spo-
kane. last Saturday evening. by DR.. John
u. Adams. and operated upon for bad
case Of appendicitis. He IS in the Dea-
coness hospital and being well cared for.
The family Of Chas. Hoppel. clerk Of
the R,tsville Hardware Co. store. are
stricken with sickness. Mrs. Hoppel is
very i'll with typhoid fever and several Of
the children are down and are having
4 hard time.
Mrs. autsell Goddard and little son
leave tomorrow for few days outing
ON the shores of Medical Lake. where
the c. E. Hershberger. Homer Wright
and Dr.. Geo. H. Lehman families are
camping.
w. D. McCollom. the contractor. sc.
cured the contract for the erection of
school house ia District No. 80. aad left
Monday with his family to superintend
its construction.
CT. Holcomb. city and county attor-
ney. left Sunday last for Seattle on bust.
ness. and also intending 10 be spectator
At the democratic state convention at
Bellingham yesterday.
Ed Dell has been transferred from
Post Falls. Idaho, to the Paha station Of
the Northern Pacific railway. His wife
Is visiting at the home Of her brother.
w. w. Zent.
The American Society Of Equity will
meet in CTeene's hall next Saturday. at
10 4. m. to consider and discuss the
price TO hold for the 1904 wheat.