Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-03
-FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting ltems
Gathered From Exchanges-cuIlings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerou Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
Bellingham is now a city and has
entered class with other large towns
of the state. Whatcom and Fairhaven
are united, after many ups and downs.
A disastrous fire occurred at the
junction of the Northern Pacific, one
mile southeast of Pullman, when II
freight cars, seven of them loaded with
wood. were burned.
The Big Bend electric railroad, CAPT.
talized at 100000, which is being
promoted by A. Bettes of Spokane,
backed by Seattle capital, has decided
to make its southern terminus and
junction with the Great Northern rail-
road at Ephrata, Wash. The road will
be nearly IS miles long and will extend
northward to the Columbia river. 1t
will cost at least $1,250,000 to build
1t.
Whitman county jail contains but
one lone prisoner, the lowest number
since q year ago.
With $500 people present, 1875 horses
entered for prizes and 80 premiums
given, the annual horse fair held in
Rosalia last Saturday was success
in every particular.
Inc fruit dryer has been abandoned
at Walla Walla as 1t can not be made
to pay profits. It is found more pront.
able to ship the fresh fruit than to dry
or preserve 1t.
Father Francis c. Dillon has been
appointed president of Gonzaga college
at Spokane by Father de la Motto, gen.
eral superior of the Society of Jesus in
the northwest.
Dexter Horton & Co., at Seattle, drop
ped dead recently of heart disease. He
had been conducting prayer meeting
in bis parlor and had just concluded
when he was attacked.
Yakima county proposes to capture
the $3.50 first prize to be given by the
Spokane Interstate fair, October 8 to 3.
L. G. Monroe, secretary Of the cham
Der Of commerce, has succeeded John
l.. Smith as superintendent of the fruit
department and agricultural depart
ment Of the fair. Mr.. Smith remains
as superintendent Of the stock depart
ment.
Preparations are being made for
the fair at Wilbur October Is to 81.
Walter Walheter, farmer four
miles east Of Palouse, has sold four
of the heaviest an! best grown hogs
ever raised in that section. He drove
onto the scales with the heaviest lot
Of hogs ever placed upon the scales.
They were not full grown, but we're
wheat fed shoats. The four tipped
the scales at 2120, or an average of $50.
They were of the Chester White and
Poland breed.
The Walla Walla fruit fair Is a thing
of the past. After this year it will be
races and agricultural association to
take its place.
While fishing in Lake Chelan, neat
Railroad creek, George P. Smith, Of
Alki Point picked up a large cusk, q
Lake Chelan fish, which is only to be
found in water over 200 feet deep. The
fish weighed 10 pounds and was about
two feet and half in length. This is
the biggest one taken from this lake.
Contributions toward the fund OF
$4,000, proposed for the purpose OF
sending a team from the National
Guard of Washington to the national
rife match at Fort Riley, Kan, are
coming in slowly at the Office Of Ad.
iutant General Drain at Olympia.
Building operations in Walla Walla
are as active today as they have been
in many years.
From 10 to "a bushels to the acre,
with an average of 16 bushels per acre.
is what sod ground in Franklin county
is producing in wheat this year.
The fields of the Big Bend are noisy
with the whirl of machinery and the
sound Of laboring horses and men.
A drowning occurred at Methow,
when Charles Dick lost his life in try.
ing to ford the Methow river. The
young man, who was IS years Of age,
had been working near Waterville for
H. N. Wilcox, and was going home on
a visit.