Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchange Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Aeel.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-outlook 10 Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Memorial day, May 80, was observ-
ed over the state last Tuesday.
Spokane is busy just now getting
her parks into good condition for the
coming summer.
A new and entirely modern electric
light and power plant Is being Install
ed at Harrington.
The supreme court has dismissed
the appeal of the murderer. Frank Pas
Quale of Tacoma.
The extension of the B. B. & B. c.
from Bellingham to Spokane has been
postponed for this year.
Lake Chelan is the largest lake in
the state, one of the deepest lakes in
the world, and the most scenic locality
on the continent.
The postponement Of the dedication
Of the Washington building at the
Lewis and Clark centennial until June
2 is under consideration.
The next attraction of general in.
terest throughout Whitman county is
the Elberton picnic, which is announc.
ed for June 81. 20 and 20.
Herman Swartz, a "swamper." or
porter, in the keystone saloon at Spo.
kane on North Howard street, COM
mitted suicide Saturday night.
81 do not believe that the consoli.
dalton of Rossland mines will be &C.
complished," said A. l. Goodell. man.
ager of the LIE Roi smelter at North
port.
Dog fanciers of Spokane have en-
ployed an attorney to frame a pro
posed city ordinance to cover speci
fically the matter of promiscuous dog
poisoning.
Captain John O'Brien Of the steam
ship Olympia recently fell from the
deck of his vessel to pile of lumber
IS feet below. and is believed to be
dying.
Official announcement is made of the
appointment of Harry M. Adams al
assistant traffic manager of the Great
Northern, with headquarters at Seat
tie, to succeed ]. c. Eden.
The first sale of hops for 1905 was
closed Saturday afternoon in North
Yakima, causing a little furry in the
situation in Yakima. Noah Culleriel
sold Is bales to McNeff Bros. at 22H
cents per pound.
At a recent meeting of the Spokane
Masonic Temple association President
H. L. KEENAN, was authorized to ap
point an executive committee to ar
range for the opening Of the Masonic
temple August "a.
Governor Mead has reached a deter
mination to name Judge s. ]. Chad
wick of the Whitman county bench
and John 8. Mcmillan of Roche Har
Dor as the associates of Harry Fair
child, on the railroad commission.
Mrs. Josephine Lille, proprietress
of the Toppenish townsite, who is esti
mated to be worth $4,000, is held in
$4,000 bail by Justice Taggard on the
charge of shooting at Mrs. Alena Lii
lie, wife of her divorced husband. The
trouble arose over property rights.
The new rate sheet to be introduced
by the passenger department Of the
Great Northern will materially reduce
rates on the Spokane Falls & North
ern. At present the rates on this road
are 81 cents to Northport and 4 cents
beyond that point. Under the new
law these will be brought down to
cents a mile.
AS a result Of duel. Sunday after
noon to which no living witness can be
found, the Chinese barber at Walla
Walla is dead and the cook from Fort
Walla Walla lies in hospital, perhaps
MORALLY wounded. The dead man had
been killed by gun, while the wound
ed man was horribly hacked with q
lypsfa