Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-23
FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAsTWEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From xehanpes-cuiIinas
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oreoon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Walla Walla property holders have
united in petition to pave the streets.
The Bellingnam Bay Steamboat com.
pany has been placed in the hands Of
j. J. donovan as receiver.
King county republicans will hold
one county convention for all purposes
and that convention will be held on
May 8.
The basket ball season for this year
has closed in Colfax and the High
School Girls team claims the cham
pionship of the Inland Empire.
After much delay Grand Exalted
Ruler j. +. RAINING of the Elks has
inally fixed on laonday, March IS. as
the day when he will Wis.,. Spokane.
Seven men are under arrest charged
with being the whitecaps who SO bru-
tally outraged c. w. Thomas at his
ranch home a few miles east of Col
vile.
Thomas R. Delaney, at present GUS
toms inspector at Seattle port, has
oeen named by h4ayor-elect Ballinger
20 be chief Of police to succeed John
sullivan.
At Deming, on Puget sound, Frank
Blomquist was crushed to death by a
rec which he was telling and which
split as his saw was only half way
through 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. ]. Tant and family,
who were the frs. settlers in Garfield,
Ind pioneers of Whitman county, have
gone to Long Beach, Cal, to make
their home.
Thomas L. Greenough, the million.
aire mineowner and operator Of Mis-
;oula, Mont, will erect a quarter Of
1 million dollar Office building at Spo-
kane this summer.
The general store Of A. D. Cowan,
postmaster at Camden, was totally de-
stroyed by fire recently. 1t is believ.
ed the fire was Of incendiary origin.
The loss is about $1,000, partially in
sured.
8. M. McCroskey, Whitman county
school superintendent, has issued the
program for the annual teachers in
stitute, which will be held in the Col.
fax high school building April 4 to
3. inclusive.
Commercial clubs, chambers Of com
merce and prominent men throughout
the state are responding to the request
Of the Franklin county chamber Of
commerce, asking them to lend their
influence in forwarding the Palouse
river irrigation plan.
At recent meeting of farmers Of
lincoln county, an organization to be
coin county, an organization to be
known as The Farmers Club of Lin.
coin County," was formed with the
object of promoting the milling and
warehouse project.
Two German homesteaders, Marthias
md Martin Artie have been missing
from their homes,eads on Little Quill
layute prairie, in the western part Of
the state, since February 10, and 1t is
believed they missed the trail through
4 cedar swamp and have perisned.
"A selection of .O3s.35 acres Of tim.
Der lands for the washington normal
school grant has been approved by the
secretary Of the Interior. The lande
are in Snohomish and Skagit counties
and are well timDered. Inc selection
practically completes the grant to the
normal SCHOOLS.
Julius Koenig, an emigrant from
Gibson City, ILL.,, to Medical Lake. re-
ported to the Spokane police that he
had lost $265 in cash and draft fol-
$z1O0. He thinks that he was robbed
by pickpockets either around the sta.
ton or while he sept in a car which
contained his household goods. Koe.
mig Is an old man.
The Washington delegation has beer
assured by General Counsel Bum of
the Northern Pacific. with whom they
took up the lap-over case of Clark
county settlers, that the company If
about to put out a circular advising
settlers of their rights. according to
Mr.. Bum the company desires to treat
settlers with great liberality.
After winning the negative of sub.
ject against the University Of Oregon.
the Whitman college team won the at.
firmative of ll against w. A. c.. Of
pullman. The subject was: Resolved
mat the incorporation Of .auor unions
Is desirable wA..man's speakers
were H. E. Brown. Gaius Greenslade
and Louis sutherland; w. A. ". Wal
tiers, Early and Hincn....s.
The farmers Of Wenatchee vicinity
some time ago organized the Farmers
Telephone & Telegraph company, and
is now rapidly extending the lines
When completed the line will traverse
the Wenatchee river as far as Leav'
enworth, and viii be extended down
the Columbia as far as Colockum
creek, giving service over 60 miles Of
territory, with numerous lateral lines.
The North Yakima school board. af-
ter mah,ng an examination into the
hazing of Spruce COX. who was thrown
into an irrigation ditch by cadet boys.
passed resolutions reducing the Off.
GERS Of the cadet company. who took
part in the affair. to the ranks. aban.
doned the cadet corps for the rest Of
the term, prohibited the playing Of
games Of any kind, and placed the II
boys implicated on probation.
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