Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-21


part of the country to the Spokane In
terstate Fair this year should prepare
to 60 Thursday. October 6. for on that
day the Northern Pacific and the o.
X. g. N. roads grant low rate of
single fare for the round trip. This
rate is good on these roads on that
day from all points on the Northern
Pacific main line between Hope. Idaho,
and Pasco, WASH. and on the Northern
Pacific branches to Wallace, Lewiston,
Walla Walla and up the Clearwater,
and it is good on the o. r. & N. into the
CGur dAlenes and to all points between
Spokane and Walla Walla.
Philip Gerst and Joseph E. Gent. both
OF Buffalo, are in the city for the day
They are in the west looking over mining
interests, being interested with the tents.
Kanzlers, Hutchinson, Hauschild and
others in gold and marble mines in this
State and British Columbia. John
Keough of Colville, prominent mining
man OF Stevens county, accompanies
them. They are impressed with the
country and prophecy great future for
the Evergreen state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Mccain, pioneers
of this county, will leave the farm home
about the first of the coming month for
the worlds fair and sight of the old
Wisconsin home which they have not
seen for nineteen years. MIR. and Mrs.
Hank Kaufman. near neighbors, will
accompany them. Mr.. Mccain has
marketed portion of his large crop of
wheat
Samuel Hutchinson of Lind, accom-
panied by his wife, is in the city this
evening and will return home tomorrow
Mr.. Hutchinson is large stock grower
with ranches at the Sinks of Crab Creek,
down in the panhandle part of the coun-
ty, sixty miles to the west.
VIM. Snyder, the merchant. returned
from Washtucna this afternoon where he
has been for the past two weeks looking
after his branch store. He says that
continual stream of wheat is pouring in
to that place, averaging ten thousand
bushels per day.
"The Adams County School News" is
the name of new educational publica-
ton issued last week from the Leader
office at Lind. Prof. w. J. Lansing and
G. w. Thomson are proprietor and
editor respectively. The initial number
is creditable.
Prof. Perkins has withdrawn from the
Democratic ticket for the Office OF school
superintendent. He feels that the Office
is one in which politics should not enter
and expresses himself as favoring a
good officer with second term.
Mrs. Jessie Gordon Cummings, who
was taken to Spokane last week by her
husband. died Sept. IA, at the Sacred
Heart Hospital of septic peritonitis.
The couple had resided at Rtzville tor
several months.
Theo. w. Hauschield Geo. Kanzler
and w. w. Gent were in British Column
bia last week on mining business, where
their company is heavily interested.
They all returned Sunday morning.
A new semi-globular sign encasing an
electric light has just been placed over
entrance to the Ritz. lille Public Library,
on d street, in the Greene block, over
Thomson & Kalkwarf's store.
A. G. Striker of Buffalo, N. Y, an
attorney. cousin of the Gent boys. has
arrived and will have charge of the
Empire State Title Insurance & Trust
Co of this city.
Clinton, younger son of Mrs. James
G.. Bennett of Woodland Heights farm,
left Saturday for Walla Walla, where he
will attend school at Whitman college
this winter.
Geo. E. Butler of Lincoln county, is in
town, the guest of his daughter, Mrs.
Georgia Johnson. He resides on pretty
ranch on Grab creek, just across the line.
VIM. o. Lewis is in Mullan, Idaho,
this week on business in connection
with mining for which that section is
famous.
Mrs. d. B. Johnson Of College hill,
is visiting her sister. Mrs. A. F. Bemis,
on the fertile fiat in the southern part of
the county.
Byron L. Sutton, one of the richest
farmers in the county. was up from his
home on Michigan Praire last Saturday.
Mrs. d. Lewis of WILDER arrived Mon
day and will visit her daughter, Mrs. w.
r. Peters. for few days.
Thos. J. Garvey, the painter, returned
from Newland where he dressed up a
fine new school house.
DR.. John Johnston went to Kahlotus
Monday to look after his ranch and crop
interests.
At Hymen's Altar.
A very pretty home wedding occurred