Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-09-20
NORTHWEST States
WASHINGTON. IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numercus Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-FaiI Trade ls Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


opened with an enrolment of 143
students.
Sunday, for the first time in the his
tory of Kettle Falls, the saloons were
all closed.
The enrolment of the Pullman
public school at the end of the second
week was 4S7.
The purchase of the Tacoma hotel
by w. S. Norman of Spokane, has
become an accomplished fact.
Frank Pasquale was hung at GAS
Friday morning In the penitentary yard
for the murder of Charles Gray.
The number of convicts confined
at the state penitentiary is greater
than for long time. The number is
775.
Henry Parker of Parker & Williams,
contractors, has disappeared from his
rooms at Chehalis hotel and has not
been heard of.
Morris e. Stinebaugh, aged Is years,
was killed Sunday night by falling
from the roller coaster at Natatorium
PARK at spokane.
At the bond election held at
Chelan, it was decided by vote Of
1876 to 63 to issue bonds to build a
$4,000 schoolhouse.
J. NJ. Stewart, a wood dealer of Wal
la Walla, committed suicide at Pendle-
ton by shooting himself through the
head. Another case Of booze.
F. Haun has finished threshing 1870
acres of red Russian wheat five miles
north of Elberton. He secured 1896
bushels. or better than 40 bushels to
an acre.
At Whitman college, which open
ed Monday, the registration Of students
was the largest ever reached at
the opening date. About 25O students
are registered.
Lieutenant r. B. Grubb, post sur
geon at Fort Wright, at Spokane, has
been ordered to the Philippines and
will sail December S. His successor
has not yet been announced.
Commencing with last Sunday
North Yakima will be a closed town
till after hop picking or longer. This
decision was reached when the sa-
loon men got together and agreed not
to open.
Henry Ulrich. age 1S, and John
Berry, age 10, have admitted to the
police that they were in the recent
accident at Spokane which resulted
In the death Of c. s. Wilson. vi.
rich was on the horse that ran down
and killed Mr.. Wilson.
Mrs. T.. Carr, wife OF an old pioneer,
was fatally burned at her sons home
Sunday evening at Seattle. 1t is
thought that she was trying to light
the fire with coal oil and that por-
tion was spilled on her dress, which
ignited and inflicted fatal Injuries.
Steve Maddox attempted to CON-
nit suicide at North Yakima by
cutting himself across the throat with
a razor. Failing in his attempt he
took his clothes off. set fire to them,
and then jumped into the blaze. He
was taken In charge by officers and
will be sent to his home In Mount
Vernon.
Two heavily loaded streetcars col
lided at a sharp curve on the South
Tacoma line Sunday afternoon. seri-
ously iniuring two persons and bruis-
ing and shaking number Of others.
The most seriously injured are Henry
Dewolf. a solicitor, and Joseph Gal
ligher, one of the motOrmen. Both will
recover.
Washington day at the Lewis and
Clark exposition will be September 27.
The day will be made one Of the big
gest of the whole exposition period,
and will be notable because Of the
large number OF prominent Washing
ton people who will attend. Among
these latter will be Governor Albert
Z. Mead and his staff.
An increase in one year Of $17,133,-
974 in the total assessed valuation
Of all property in the state Of Wash
ington as equalized by the county
boards, is shown In comparative
statement prepared by the state board
of equalization from schedules fur
nished by the various counties. The
total assessed valuation is given at
1921, ,997,91
At point on the Spokane river
Is miles north Of Davenport and 80
miles northwest Of Spokane, huge
Landslide filed the channel Of the river
and completely damned the current
for over an hour. In this instance a
great chunk Of the mountain. car
rying rocks and giant trees, gave way
and In a few minutes formed dam
that would have cost 100000 II built
by skilled engineers. The water form
ed above and finally worked a chan
mel through new territory on the In
dian reservation side.