Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-10
FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting ltems
Gathered From Exehanges-Cullino
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oregon-Numerou Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

or higher prices this year than last.
Harvest has progressed far enough
to assure Walla Walla farmers of a
splendid crop of grain, especially fall
wheat.
Forest fires within the city limits OF
Spokane burned over nearly a square
mile of timber, and the blaze menaced
the populous residence district.
The Conconully Mill company's plant
at Conconully was destroyed by fire
recently, together with about $1,000
worth of lumber. The fire started from
a spark lighting in the sawdust near
the mill. The loss Of the plant is es.
timated at about $4,000.
There is a scarcity Of harvest help
in the vicinity of Pullman, and farmers
are being delayed in starting their ma.
chimes.
Jay Lynch, superintendent Of the va
kima reservation has been authorized
to expend $4,000 on the old canal,
finishing a lateral to the new canal
and making a new one. This will open
a large body of new land to lease.
The Portland FIGURING Mills com
pany is making preparations for the
immediate opening of the Echo mill at
Spokane, in place of the c. & G. mill
burned there recently.
Several forest fires are reported In
the Calispell valley, north of Newport,
and are rapidly spreading.
The mercury at Spokane last Satur.
day crawled up to 100 degrees-the
highest point reached in IA years.
The weather at Walla Walla Satur.
day was extremely hot. The thermom-
eter registered 104 and at night was
the hottest record In 80 years, 80 de-
grees being the minimum. No pros
trations are reported, however.
In saving her grandchildren from a
at Spokane, Mrs. Jasper
Oeanes was so frightfully burned that
she will probably be injured for life.
She saved the little ones without
scratch.
F. H. Brownell, an Everett lawyer
and politician, was the victim OF q
recent run away accident by which
two ribs we're fractured and some &C.
we're bruises received.
The funeral of Richard Maxwell,
aged so years, who died at his home
at Alto, eight miles northeast of Day.
ton, was held from the Christian
church Sunday. Mr.. Maxwell was one
Of the first settlers Of Columbia cour.
ty, coming to Dayton in 1873.
Harvesting is now on in good earn
est, and the threshing machines are
about ready to move into the fields
and begin work. There will be 76 ma
chimes threshing grain in the vicinity
of Garfield.
William Burgett Of Sprague has q
freak menagerie, consisting Of II
toed chicken and five legged lamb.
A. L. Porter, secretary of the West
ern Retail Lumbermen's association
has left Spokane for La Grande, Ore.
gon, Boise, Pocatello, Idaho, and Butte,
where he will organize district asso
Citations of merchants engaged in the
lumber business. These organizations
will cooperate with the parent organi'
cation, and are effected for the purpose
of adjusting local affairs that the west.
ern association can not deal with.
The c. & c. flourmills of Spokane
burned last week, with almost total
loss of 100000, on the anniversary OF
the great conflagration that nearly
wiped out the town in 1889.
With the coming Of harvest, the
floating population that makes it's liv.
ing by fleeing the farmer at the card
table has made its appearance in the
Big Bend.
Work of paving Main street, Of Pa.
louise, is making satisfactory progress,
and the street is being put in fine con.
dition. Four blocks, in the business
section, will be paved with crushed
rock, mixed with sand. and covered
with a layer of soil. A huge steam
roller, the property of Whitman coun.
ty, is being used in the work.
The Potlatch Lumber company is
preparing to double the output Of Its
sawmill at Palouse City and bring
from '25,000,000 to 100000 feet OF
logs from the timber next winter. ,.
Fred Johnston's body was found
floating in the Columbia river near
Bridgeport.
The corn crop about Waitsburg will
be very good this year. While it will
not equal the 60 bushels to the acre
crop Of last year, it will be consider
able.
Before a crowd of $500 spectators
at Spokane Sunday afternoon Daven.
port won from the Reardan ball team
10 to 4, and won the $1,000 bet which
had been put up and all gate receipts
Joseph Hoffman, who has been oper
ating a threshing rig In Ritzville vi.
cinity for the past Is days, left for
parts unknown.
L. r. Manning has taken mp the op.
ton taken some weeks ago on 100
acres Of tide fats on the Tacoma har.
Dor, said to be for terminals for the
Tacoma Eastern or Chicago, Milwau
kee & st. Paul railway. 1t is said the
price was about 100000.
OREGON ITEMS.
Arrangements are being made to
make La Grande the eating station for