Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Monday via Spokane. He founded hi:
home town some twenty-five or thirty
years ago and has resided there contin
uously ever since. Washtucna was latel,
incorporated and MIR. Bassett was cho
sen one of the governing board. The
embryo city has a bank, newspaper
quite number of good general merchan-
disc stores and solid business concerns,
is prominent wheat shipping and re-
ceiving station being on the O. r. & n,
railway line, has telegraph and long dis
lance telephone service and has lately
installed a fine system of water works.
The town is in thriving condition and
is situated thirty miles south of Ritzville
near the Whitman county line three
miles from the Palouse river.
if. Fisk. who is charged with work
ing the hot air graft on a number Of
Lindites. is in the county Jail awaiting
trial for getting money under false pre-
lenses. He claimed to have represented
the International Banking. Loan and FL
nancing Corporation of Denver, Colorado,
and did quite business in the way of
getting applications for loans which the
company failed to recognize and as a
number of residents were standing good
for his board and booze they decided to
turn their responsibilities over TO the
county officials.
Articles for the incorporation of the
German American State Bank to be
started in Ritzville, July l, 1904. under a
capitalization of 100000 were signed
Monday in the city by the following Off
GERS: President, c. Fl. Clodius vice
president, John A. Thiel; cashier. II. T..
Christensen; directors, J. c. Gillett. H..
w. Thiel. J. F. Collier, Jim Ferrier B. F..
Berry and John Dewald. The new block
IS 20 to be erected by Mrs. Tinnel on
corner d and Second streets has been
leased for the new institution.
o. r. Holcomb, chairman OF the board
of education, has offered gold medal
to the boys of the high school, to be COM
peted for in an oratorical contest, and
tryout among fourteen speakers was
held last week with J. D. Bassett, Rev.
F. Vernon Jones and F. N. Clark acting
as judges. The following were chosen
for the final contes, to be held March Ia.
Ollie Lewis, Otis Fletcher, Newell
Smith, Earle Barronett, Morton Griffith
and Harry Pettijohn.
Dan A. Darling of Spokane, who was
engaged in the retail liquor business
here during the early days in our city
history, was visiting his wife's people,
the B. F. Lee family, Monday. After
leaving Mr.. Darling opened the Fountain
saloon in the city by the falls, which he
has just disposed of and is now travel
ing for the Cuban Cigar Co., manufacture
ers of the finest Havana weed so well
appreciated by smokers.
c. H. Clodius. president of the Tenino
Sandstone and Townsite Co. attended
the annual meeting of the company held
in Spokane Thursday and was reelected
to the same position. Mr.. Clodius is
also vice president of the Washington
Monumental and Cut Stone Co. and is
heavily interested in a large number of
valuable mining properties up north.
Frank Stuart has patented a quick
acting monkey wrench and is receiving
propositions from a number of eastern
firms offering to handle the invention
which is a clever continuance and at
tracing attention at the patent office.
w. B. Mack, right hand bower of the
Gilbert Hunt Co. and manager of the
local branch house at this point, returned
from the Garden City Monday with Mrs.
Mack, who has been with friends in Spo-
kane the past three weeks.
Honor L. Wilhelm, editor of 1.-THE
Coast" fine publication issued in the
Queen city. accompanied by his wife, ar
rived Monday from Seattle in the inter-
est of his paper. We acknowledge a
pleasant call from them.
Garden seeds for free distribution at
the Office of Adams County News. Par
ties desiring package containing sever
al choice varieties should call at once as
the supply will soon be exhausted.
The four months old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. c. Jones died Monday morning
at nine o'clock. The funeral was held
from the residence on College hill this
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Max w. Jennings. the most fashion
able tailor that ever hit Ritzvlle. who
has been Frustrated with rheumatism for
the past week, is again at his parlors in
the Grtman block.
H. E. Christensen, brother of County
Clerk Geo F. Christensen, arrived here
last week for an extended visit and is
thinking some OF making this his future
stomping ground.
F. E. Robbins, mayor, is among the
Sound cities on lumber business and in
cidentally observing how matters in lar
ger municipalities are managed.
Thomas Smith, an old Oregonian ac-
quaintance, drove over from Downs yes
| terday with a drummer where he is en-