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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
-FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-Cullings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
IDAHO SQUlBS.

An order for the incorporation OF
the village of Mullan has been made
by the county commissioners.
Work has been actually commenced
on the smelter near Standpoint and
the excavating for the buildings fin
ished.
A murder and suicide occurred at
Vanwick, in Long valley recently. F.
L. Thompson killed woman compan-
ion and took his own life.
The Hope Lumber company has
opened its planning and saw mill, after
shut down of several weeks, putting
in new machinery and making other
improvements.
John A. Nisbet has bought from the
heirs of the late Nels j. Walby ranch,
consisting Of 1856 acres, located east
and adjoining the old town of Gene.
see, consideration $500.
Sufficient stock in the Culdesac
Rochedale association, which has tax.
en- in it's charge the reorganization of
the Culdesac Tramway company, has
been subscribed so that work on the
construction of the new tramway can
be commenced.
This week will end the shipment OF
cherries from both Snake river orch.
ards and also from Vineland. The last
considerable delivery of cherries was
to White Bros, being black republi
cans, from the old Adams place. The
cherry harvest has been very profit
able one.
Rev. Father Cataldo, 8. j., at pres
ent connected with Gonzaga college
in Spokane, has been assigned to the
Catholic mission and school on Mis-
sion creek, few miles from Guide
sac, Idaho. This was Father Cataldo's
first mission in the United States, ovel
IS years ago.
The county commissioners have de
cided, in conjunction with the com
missioners Of Idaho county, to builo
a bridge across Lawyers Canyon
creek, each county to pay half the ex
pense. The stream at that point IL
the dividing line between Nez Perez
and Idaho counties.
Robert Coniff, the 17-year-old son o.
Mrs. Robert Coniff of Wardner, was
struck by lightning last week while
haying on the ranch Of his uncle
Sam euro, four miles west of Pos
Falls. 1t is reported the lightning
struck the boys head. tore his hat IL
two, ran down his back and both Leg
and tore the shoes off his feet. He II
alive and may recover.
James Snow. one of the best know
Indians among the Nez Perez, died re
Gently. 1t is thought that he was
about 70 years old. He had Travelled
extensively, not only through the cas-
and south, but also in Europe. At thu
time Of the outbreak of the civil wa
he was living in Kansas and enlisted
in the Third Kansas volunteers, serv
Ling until desperately wounded at thu
battle of Wilson Creek. When releas
ed from the hospital it is reported tina
he did not rejoin his regiment, but join
ed another regiment, with which. HI
served out his enlistment.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
WARRINGTON NEWS.

len acres were swept by forest nre
near Eatonville recently.
Unusual July weather conditions
have prevailed in the Yakima valley.
Thirty men have been laid OF at
the Great Northern shops at Spokane
Hay harvest is on, with the crop
about up to the average in both quality
and quantity.
The steamer Dexter sprung a leak
while about 20 miles up the Chelan
lake and sank
The Prescott city council Is adver.
Using for bids for the construction OF
new city hall and jail.
Rev. Father John Faust, Phi. D., will
lay the cornerstone Of the new $40, 900
cathedral at Uniontown.
A wholesale ptomaine poisoning has
been reported at Chelan. Some people
ate bad meat at picnic.
The Spokane school district has
buildings and other property to the es-
timated value of $1,04O,67s.
Harvest in the Horse Heaven is in
full sway. The yield is satisfactory,
voluntary wheat going rs bushels per
acre.
J. l.. Hills, an old resident Of Cres-
ton, was severely injured by being
thrown from his buggy by runaway
team recently.
The prospects Of an enormous crop
Of grain is causing additions to be
built to the grain warehouses of the
Palouse section.
Frank Twombly. a former telegraph
messenger of Tacoma, is reported to
have been left fortune by his father
in the Philippines.
Prescott has just placed in opera.
ton new local telephone system,
which is connected with the long dis.
lance and farmers lines.
Officers elected at Everett by the
State Druggists association are: Pres
ident, w. r. Pratt, Everett; secretary,
w. P. Bonney, Tacoma.
The body of Japanese known as
George Nettison was found near Hat
island. near Bellingham, lashed to the
bottom of capsized fishing boat.
During terrific thunderstorm a
prize Hereford bull. the property of
Cyril Gagnon of Frenchtown, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed.
Lieutenant General A. R. Chaffee,
chief of staff of the United States army
and party, spent snonday in Spokane
and continued on their journey west.
Mr.. Cunningham and o. w. Greene,
bankers Of Ritzville, and Eugene IN
loe of Medical Lake, will organize a
state bank at Medical Lake and ex-
pect to be open for business soon.
The remains of Robert j. Hill OF
Yellow Hawk were inferred in the
Walla Walla city cemetery recently.
The deceased was a veteran of the
civil war. He was Is years of age and
native of Ohio.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
Trade Report.

Bradstreet's report of trade says:
Divers movements in trade, industry
and speculation give an irregular ap
pearance to the general business sit
uation.- Distributive trade and indus
try is still quiet and even dull, await.
ing clearer views Of the crop outlook.
Damage to the crop by heavy rains
is admitted, though alleged to be ex.
aggerated.. Disorganization in the meat
slaughtering industry has caused a
strike which, If not settled now, seems
likely to contain a powerful evil. Meat
prices have advanced and cattle ship
ments are checked.
Business failures for the week mum.
Der 203.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
ELECTORAL VOTE LARGER.
Twenty-Five More Are Added-soIi,
South Has 151,

Twenty-Five More Are Added-soIic
South Has 151.
d. Washington, D. CHOW that the
presidential campaign of 1904 has
practically begun, politicians are de
voting good deal of time to a study
of the conditions prevailing in the new
electoral college under the apportion.
ment Of the census Of 1900.
The new census not being COM
plete in 1900, of course the campaign
or the election of that year was not
affected. 1t is effective now for the
first time in. presidential contest.
The increases noted in the various
states are the cause of interesting
speculation.
The electoral college of 1904 vii,
consist of ats votes. The electoral
college of 1900 consisted Of 447 votes,
hence the increase in the new college
is 20, a sufficient number to deeply in
terest the party managers of both
sides.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
Assassinate Vice Governor.

st. Petersburg, July 1S.-The vice
governor Of Elizabethpol was assassi.
mated at o'clock Sunday evening. The
assassination occurred at Adgshakent,
a small place in the southwest corner
of the government of Elizabethpol
close to the Persian frontier.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

A specie Of natural soap tree is
found in Japan, China and India. BY
using water of alcohol the saponaceous
ingredient of the tree is extracted.
The soap possessing no alkaline quail
ties is claimed to be superior to the
ordinary soap of commerce.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

Labor unions Of Georgia are advo-
eating the establishment of a bureau of
state labor statistics and mining.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
a yoluab1e Penny BOOK.

a blacksmith in Camdentown. Eng
land, noticing q good looking book on
a secondhand bookstall priced at
penny. bought it. He took it home
and after attempting to read it threw
it up on shelf in disgust. One of bis
dodgers saw the book and, noticing the
date, 1850, asked permission to show
it to the British museum authorities
The blacksmith was asked to call at
the museum, and the secretary, to ms
surprise, asked him what he would
take for the book.
The man was too confused to answer
and still more so when the secretary
asked him if he would consider an Of
fer of EGO. AS he remained dumb, inc
secretary Immediately raised the price
to 200, which was at once accepted,
though in great bewilder1nent Inc
book was the first ever printed by GU
tenberg and was priceless to the mu'
scum Twice had it been lost and once
stolen from its owner, after which its
history was unknown till it was found
on the bookstall by the blacksmith
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
8 H ,,,e slang Trnvels.

.ePeople MNho travel a good bit a re
surprised, IF they7're obseryant, AT the
rapIdity with which a : new slang
phrase viii tour the country, = said q
salesman whose district is from the
Atlantic to the Pa cifc. I've often left
town here with a choice selection OF
brand new colloquialisEls stored up for
suse On my western friends, only to
have them hurled at me on the other
side of the Rockies when stepped OF
the train
che telegraph is what does the
ericEs Telegraph operators are the
great pronlulg tors Of slang An OPP
sarator in New York hears something
new and catchy in the line of slang.
and lie springs it on an opera tor in San
Francisco % a colloquialism is coined
an philadelphia in the afternoon. San
Francisco gets it three hours earlier
the same day. Operators are all the
tine <joshing' each otherov the Wire
and slang is Just meat for them.
That's bow it attains insta ntaneous
circulation And that's how the wise
guy OF the metropolis gets fooled when
ne strikes Oshkosh or Oklahoma eX-
pecfing to dazzle the natives with some
thing shrewd. p hiladelphia Press.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
Ancient Piutocrats.

Troy Times
The multimillionaire and the Bit
lionaire are not the exclusive pro-
ducts Of modern civilization, as 50
many seem to think 1t has been fi5'.
ured cut that the wealth OF the Pha'
raoh whom Joseph. served was at
least s3,o0o,0Oo,ooo, which is three
times the amount credited to John
D. Rockefeller, the richest man OF
this age. Various other 'plutocrats.
who existed prior to the Christian
era were placed in the Millionaire list,
and Croesus was by no. means the
only man in his class. So this talk
about the twentieth century being the
Millionaire age may as we'll be dls.
continued. While there may be a few
billionaires now, there is no DOUBT
that on the whole wealth is far more
equally distributed than ever before.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
wooden shoes IN China.

The manufacture Of wooden shoes is
naturally "a considerable bra nch OF IN
dustry in China. The finer and more
costly kind occupy the attention OF IN.
portant shopkeepers in the principal
streets, and the decoration Of them IS
intrusted to artists in this particular
kind of work. But an enormous num-
her of wooden shoes of the cheapest
kind nre wanted by the poorer classes
and the manufacture of these is the
work Of practitioners Of more moder-
ate skill They are usually itinerant
when they find suitnble wood they be-
gin their labor by splitting it up into
lengths about one foot long nnd six
inches wide. These they cut With
sharp knives into rough soIes; then
they proceed on their way until they
ind a customer. On that suspicious
meeting they sit down at the side OF
the road and proceed to finish off the
shoes according to the desires ard. the
financial capacity Of the buyer.----Ll1eotnr-
don Tat1er. ss4@jz5s7 SS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
E1.I,1ne Under D1mcu1tzes.

z An old retired army officer says that
when he was a young captain IN the
army. Fighting Indians in EArizona, the
sznajor OF the regiment was. an enthusl-
astic trout fisherman. On one occa-
sion when the regiment encamped near
trout stream the major, as soon as
his duties would permit, took his rod
and began to fish. Presently an arrow
Whfzzed by his head, and then rifle
bullet sung close to his ear. The
@Apaches were lowering near and. see
ing the ma or alone and unarmed, We're
trying to pick him off. Some men, I'M
der8the circumstances. would have quit
fishing. Not 50 the majorl He called
out u detail of armed men and had
them stationed along either bank of
the stream. the men moving down
stream as the major fshed along, the
soldiers keeping pace with the major
and beating back the redskins every
time they advanced TO the attack: Thus
protected, the major fshed peacefully
and comfortably and succeeded in Sc
curing a fine string of rainbow trout
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

WoRLD,s=zfFAI FROM
JuHEs2o TO JUNE 2e-c CHANGE
WILL BE APPRECIATED.

The date for the observance of
West Virginia Day at the ST. Louis
Worlds Fair has been changed by
the board of managers for the State
building, from June goth to june 29tia.
This action has been brought about
through considerations of conyenr
sieuce to the people Of the state. and
is obviously "a popular move. The Re
publican National Convention meets
at Chicago on June 21st. It would pc
impossible for the large body of West
Virginians who expect TO attend tina
event TO be present at the dedication
of the West Virginia building AT the
Worlds Fair with the date fixed
June 10th. The Democratic National
convention will meet at st. Louis On
July 5th. BY making West Virginia
Day June goth, the greatest conve,
nience is shown for sthe people Of the
State who will only care to make the
1ican National convention at Chi
cago may continues the same trip on
to St Louis in time for the obserV-
ance of West Virginia Day, while
those who eXpect4to attend the Demo
cratic National convention may go u
little ahead of time to be present for
both occasions in the Worlds Fair.
city. Secretary Winchester has ~
rived at this decision after comml-
1lication with the members of the
board of managers of the West-Vir-
GINA building, and the same was rat
fled at the meeting of the gentlemen
composing the board at Parkersburs
last night.
The program for West Virslnia
Day at the Worlds Fair will be an
elaborate one and will include the
presentation of the building to Coy,
ernor White, his response, addresses
by other prominent West Virginians,
together with ceremonies of an ap'
propriate character z
Secretary Winchester has also an IN.
nounced that June goth VIII be OBJ
served by all West Virginians at the
Worlds Fair. as Flag Day, and that a
program appropriate to the occasion
will be arranged.
All West Eirginians will be pleased
TO learn of this change in the date
for the dedication of the building ana
the attendance will no doubt be
greatly increased by reason Of the
change of date t5s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
Goethe as II Joker.

Ii On an occasion when Goethe was
staying at the court of Saxe-Weimar
with his friend Duke Charles Angus
tus, one of the court ladies', when
about to retire for the night, found her
candle suddenly extinguished just be-
B fore she reached her bedroom door.
Taxing no notice of the occurrence, she
CROPPED along in the dark, but to her as,
constituent could not find the door
handle.
Again and again she felt her way
along the wall, but with the same re-
suit At last she made up her mind
TO so to the duchess for advice. The
latter, however, was already asleep.
and no help was to be had from her,
The poor lady did not care to take any
one else into her comic ence for fear Of
being laughed at, and SO spent some
hours in vain search, only to find at
last that Goethe and the duke himself:
had with til cir own ha nds ken the
door Off its hinges some time arlier-tn5
the evening and carefully walled up
tine entrnnce$to the room hi
ssis have q saloon cent ~ located for
sale quick. II. II. ham.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
Grafton News suspends.

GRAFTON, June 1.-The Grafton
News has again suspended publlca'
ton and this time the plant is 20
be removed from Grafton and taken
to another town where the field IS
more promising Editor Hilleary pus
up a first class weekly paper, but
there seemed to be no demand for Il
and the patronage was not sufficlent
to sustain it, hence the removal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
ToRRID I "a ! ].
-gzss@s sssrax In Cult EurnnGesIa SHotteS
Il xlnsa oesi sY a1Iey.

sEEEHfaES&sSlf& surn1Gs - 4 1880
nan Deaf ya1Iey-
Seath iley IN south tern ca Hoo
81 TisualIy ferred to he t,o Is
800 ssrr,ot On Cart but lift ism quite.
NE. Ralph E:rling tell Ines2'':I his
fi,er unpleasant dIstinct lion belongs
"a Il porfipn OF til e shore of 9Th Fer
sir gI1I III at and in tn cinify Or
Balrin II y.
fisfics prove that the mean an
I u.,aI tempe "a tl1re Of the Persian gulf
Sr,,,rY, ~. "a 81 1 degrees higher than that
Saaf Il, raIley, and the aridness Of
sbs1ffa x,Iaces is about on par. though
81 am inclined to believe, if my recol-s
lection OF hesrecords is not bluilted,3
4 thai q little bra lish water has been
found IN d few isolated springs on the
fl surface OF Death valley. w here
- there is no water at all to be found nd
III. the shore Of the gull #anyW.h acre
~ - II hin u radius of nearly 200 miles.
Yet while Death valley is fnhabit-s
sssess by practically none and permanent
life thereSi is deemed well nigh i1npos-
SsbIa Bahrin has a population OF seSso
.seraf thousand people and has had an an
existence as Village for many cen
5ssattries OF course the people are stunt
sed mentally and to a slightly less eA-
Stent ph ysically, a fact due to the tear ear
sful conditions under which they hVe'
hut they do live there and are proba.
Div the nearest approach to salil-
snanders in the hunlans family " mar
do they do for water and food W n.y.
sfhe. Latter is broughtEro them in boats
and sold IN exchange for the fertilizer
xhleay dig from the desert. and the lat
fert they have in fairly good abundance lrI''
near them You thought said there
sFas no NJ tier wi thin several hundred
cniles5of the place. We'll, so I did-7-7o 'll
the Iand-but there are asSnumber OF
fresh water springs on the bed Of the
Il. "a line gulf within q few hundred yards
from the shore ss 81 .s
ut is probably the only place Oh
earth where fresh drinking water IS
SECURED from a salty sea. The water
Eushes up in considerable volume from
these springs and is secured by divers.
The gulf is only about thirty feet deep
at this point The divers plunge to the
bottom with empty goatskins and place
the orifce Of the skin bag directly over
xtle mouth of the spring It fills in
Jew seconds. and the diver closes the
orifice and is pulled back to the boat
ny rope. That is the5way the Water
supply OF the community on shore IS
procured The springs are supposed to
be due TO underground sstrea ms which
have their origin in the green hills or
Osman. over 800 miles inla IL St.
louis GIobe-Democrat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
President Of seio College Resigns

President Of Scio College Resigns
SCIO, Ohio, June DIR. J.. H Bear
has resigned from the presidency OF
Scio College and will hereafter devote
his entire attention to his school OF
pharmacy. It is stated that the rea-
son for, his resignation was that the
board has not fulfilled the promise
made to him when he accepted the
presidency.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
SAGREp

Kent y sgs5l
Isl s e1rab I'M II iii ch toTlrist and collect
} s:Drs often bring ba rom Esgypt arei
some iii ing IA ore tina ID mere curiosities.}
Their sextreme antiq quit q lone would
enr1tle them 10 pecnlia sTenern ton
because they first came into sogue be.
s tween 1000 and 5000 Years ago. But
they are symbols Of a religious faifh
which influenced human sentiment for
a longer period than has elapsed since
the foundation Of Christian
4 ..The Records of the Past De
w. Brewer mentions gold foil i'm
preston of one of these sacred en-
ble.ns that is supposed to date back
+ to King AIenesS about 47177 B. Co. but
this may be forgery. No Doubts
expressed as to the senu:neness OF
those which are assigned to the days
of Cheops. the great builder or pyra-.
mids (391O e. CD and zNebkara. hrst
King of the third dynasty aA212 3 Co
With i, varying degree of popularity
the scarab Continued in use until the
Persian period 600 3. ca. so that IT'S
sway extended over an Interval OF
something like $500 years:
The beetle, of which a scarab IS q
representation. stood for Immortality,
as do the egg and butterfly today me
Egyptian word for that insect "a cans
..in the process of coming into exist
ence'' or "self generated. mus II
came also to indicate the sun GOD ana
was associated with one Of the Sdot MI
nant forms Of worshipin ancient times
The inanimate image or the neee1e
was worn during life as an amulet. on
account of its supposed power OF pro:
tecting its owner from peril. and st his
yon1 AICft3
times it was incased in the mummy
$wra pp1ngs, som etimes it was hung
from a necklace and sometimes it was
put in place Of the heart, which the
embalmer would remove
- Scarab BIS were made out OF var1ety
of materials. The cheaper forms Were
nodded out Of clay and then glazed.
Others were cut from limestone anu
stained. The substance and finish are
often an indication of the age to which
q specimen belongs. Such costly stones
as the garnet, carnelian, Jasper ana
amethyst were sometimes used, and
at later period gold. The vast ma
tority were not over half or three-quar-
tiers of an inch long, but a few Were
much larger. They were invar1a bly
perforated lengthwise. Among the or
nameuts buried with Queen Aahotep
OF the seventeenth dynasty was huge
hexiblEsgold necklace, with a SCARAB
pendsaG incrusted with blue glass
paste -GEd having rays of gold pro1ect-
ing.
Upon these strange objects We're ~ IN
Scorpions Of different kinds. Some
were the special symbols of kings or
other distinguished owners; some were
the emblems of deihes;5 some We're pl-
Gus phrases of notices. Pictures OF
more or less historical significance were
carved there occasionally In addi-
ton to these. markings. there was usu-
,l1ys.5i more or less 5decoration-zigzaG
lines, scroworls or even NOR zelabo-
rate designs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

s s#. We have the largest line of refrigT-
rators. to select from there in the
city on our third floor he White White
Mountain bought IN Sa car GA d. lots,
M ich enables us to give n you close
ysprices. j Hall ,s HardBar Store
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
Will Go Home To.niaht.

Miss Lee Moore, who has been Wis
iting a the homes of G. E. Reed, OF
Fairmont avenue, and B. E. Reed, of
Barney street, will return to her home,
in washington, D. c., this evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
Married at the Marietta.

Charles Stems and Eta McFadden,
both Of Warrington, Were married III
the Marietta Hotel par1ors last even
ing by Rev. Eng1e. The happy couple
left for st. Louis via Pittsburg.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

K JapaIac; the home eauti fer, ~.
81. FIalYs Hardware Store. IS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01
HAMILTON & HUFFM AN,

are located on the second floor of the
Peoples Bank Build ing They are are.
prepared to do paving, grad ing ce- -l
menting and all work IL their Inc on on
short notice. ss.s5@sS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

IL It's an ideal wed ding3gi .ou are are
looking for Coch iran, the reliable
iewe:e 81. has It. speeially selected for
the occasion a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

@ The Daily West 81 irginia ian contains
more good reading ma any
other paper in III arion al mt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-01

Il have s saloon central located for
sale quick. "a. il: ham.