Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-09-13
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON. idaho. MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Outiook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The town of Starbuck has voted to
incorporate as a town of the fourth
class.
State Grain Inspector Arrasmith
says Washington crop will aggregate
thirty millions.
Lincoln county farmers have never
known a period of greater prosperity
than they are now experiencing.
The machinery is being placed in the
new creamery which is expected to be
in operation within 10 days at Waits
burg.
OF the Is Sunnyside school teachers
two are men, one a married woman
and ~ unmarried. Eight own ranches
near Sunnyside.
who was killed by freight train on
the Great Northern, were taken to We
natchee for burial.
The body of an unknown man was
found Sunday in the river at Spokane.
The dead man was large, tall and
well built, and weighed about 1870
pounds.
N. o. Baldwin has closed a deal for
the Jacob Ledgerwood estate. the
estate is situated eight miles west of
,Pomeroy and consists of 1920 acres
and sold for $4,000.
Work has ben resumed on the fed
eral building at seattle and will be
continued without delay, says the con-
tractor. 1t will require about two
years to complete the building.
1t is announced that Major Gerhard
L. Luhn, United States army retired,
at his own request has been relieved
from duty as instructor in military tao.
tics at Gonzaga college at Spokane.
The annual report Of the commits.
sioner Of pensions shows that 9765
residents of the state Of Washington
we're on the pension rolls June 80,
1905, who drew during the last fiscal
year $1,27S,66O.
The body of Andrew Jackson, pio
neer of Medical Lake, was found in
Fernan lake, a small lake a mile and
half from Occur d'Alene city. The
deceased is supposed to have met his
death by accidental drowning about
six days ago.
Friday night the most terrific rain.
storm known in northwest Washington
since the establishment of a branch of
the government weather bureau at
Bellingham eight years ago, occurred,
one and a half inches of rain falling
in two and a half hours.
The best offer for supplying the
state with jute for the years run al
the penitentiary jute mill submitted
to the board of control in response to
the call for bids was nearly $4,000
more than the board expected to pay
for the $500 bales required.
A negro was shot and MORALLY
wounded while stealing ride on the
westbound freight at North Yakima
by Brakeman G. E. tombstone. John
stone claims that the negro attacked
trying to put him off the train.
James Hamilton, who claimed to be
an English nobleman, related to the
duke of Abercorn, is missing in Seat.
tie and his best friend, Arthur Game,
a Dawson mining man, has reported to
the police his belief that Hamilton has
committed suicide by drowning.
Burglars robbed the safe of the Cen
trail theater at Seattle, one of the chain
of 10 cent houses, some time early
Sunday morning, and got 1928 in cash.
The safe was not blown open, which
shows that the robbery was commit.
ted by some one who knew the comb.
nation.
Moritz Thomson, president Of the
Centennial Mill company, estimates
that California will use 10000 bush.
els of Washington wheat this year.
He also states that orders for approx.
mately 100000 bushels have been re.
ceived from the United Kingdom. The
present harvest in Washington is est.
mated at 100000 bushels.
japanese Consul Hisamiduz at Seat.
tie has exchanged kilograms with
Aimaro Sato, on Baron Komura's stan,
in regard to the exact sailing date of
the Minnesota. Baron Komura de.
sires to give public reception in Sc
attic before leaving, as a mark of ap
probation.
Bonds from the Spokane & Inland
Railroad company have been sold to
eastern firms and the road has the
funds with which to build its lines
from Spokane to Colfax and Palouse,
with provision for securing enough
additional money to extend the road to
the Snake river or elsewhere when the
company thinks such extensions would
be profitaDle.
The attorney general has given an
opinion on the new law prohibiting the
running at large Of stock in counties
which are three-fourths under fence,
in which he holds that the law is not
self operative in that county commits.
sioners must give actual notice that
the required area is under fence. Per.
sons allowing stock to run at large
can not be prosecuted for violation of
the law until the notice has been Civ.
en-, even though three-fourths of the
county is actually fenced. The re-
port Of the county assessor to the com.
missioners is conclusive as to the
acreage.
A giant pool to control from 1000.
900 to 100000 bushels of wheat is be-
ing formed by Central Washington
farmers. The movement has already