Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-05
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON news ITEMS.
4 Few Interesting ltsms Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Aeei
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-outlook 10 Bright
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The funeral of Philip Yenney was
held at Walla Walla last week.
Spokane has abolished the vertical
system of writing in the public
schools.
]. H. ellis, retired rear admiral
of the United States navy, accompan-
led by his wife and daughter, are visit
ing Spokane.
Thursday and Friday, July 20 and
81, have been decided on as the dates
for the Spokane business mems excur-
sion, which this year will 60 to the
Occur d'Alene mining country.
The second annual picnic of the
Stevens County Pioneer association,
held at the fair grounds in Colville.
was one of the most enjoyable events
Of the year.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of Auguste
Peterson, Harvey, N. D., and associates
to organize a new national bank at
Sedro- Woolley, to be known as the
First National Bank of Sedro-Wool-
ley" Capital, $4,000.
John F. Stevens, former Spokane
man, will be chief engineer to the
Panama canal.
Arthur H. Holmes, lineman en-
ployed by the Washington Water Pow
err company, while working on a pole
Saturday afternoon, in some way took
hold of a high voltage wire and was
instantly killed.
Trains will be running over the
Spokane M edical lake line by Aug
ust 1.
In Judge Poindexter's court at Spo.
kane Saturday afternoon eight felons
stood at the bar and received senten'
ces to the penitentiary aggregating II
years.
Vertical writing has been discarded
in the public schools at Seattle.
A Bellingham company has secured
a contract to furnish 1900 tons of dog
salmon to Japan.
Arrangements have been made to
place 10000 rainbow trout in the lakes
and streams of western Klickitat
county.
A house owned by J. z. Culzer and
occupied by John Campbell as a. resi-
dence near Valley, was struck by
lightning recently and set af1re. Mr..
Campbell and family saved most of
their furniture and personal effects.
The house was total loss.
The Yakima Commercial club has
passed resolution to be presented to
the secretary of the interior asking
that official not to approve the state
selections of lands in the Yakima val
ley. The sentiment of the commercial
the whole people of the Yakima val
ley.
The annual picnic and live stock
show Of the Evansville grange open.
ed Monday in Lyle's grove, seven
miles west Of Pullman.
The little town of Diamond, 10 miles
west of Colfax, was almost wiped out
by fire recently.
D. G. Klinefelter, proprietor of the
Palouse Electric Light & Power COM
pany. has closed a contract with NJ
]. Shields Of the Moscow Electric
Light & Power company, whereby Mr..
Shields will furnish the Palouse plant
with 275 horsepower for local use. The
wires will be strung and the available
current turned on November 1, next.
Saturday was Tacoma day at the
Lewis and Clark exposition and an ex-
cursion party Of nearly a thousand
people made the trip.
Believing that an attempt has been
made to vote number of illegal vot-
ers In the coming Walla Walla cleo.
ton, informations against eight en-
ployes Of the state penitentiary have
been signed and sworn to.
The state board of control has
awarded to F. G. Tubbs Of Seattle the
contract for building the new hospital
at the Soldiers Home; contract price
$5S93.
That about IA per cent of Spokane's
population derives its support directly
from the railroads running out of the
city Is a fact.
Lewis county added another sensa-
tional murder to her record Sunday,
the murderer committing suicide soon
after killing his victim. The tragedy
occurred near Rife, a postofiice AZ
miles from Chehalis, in eastern Lewis
county. Mack Justice about noon met
Julian Coleman near Rife and they
quarreled over liquor. During the
Quarrel Coleman shot Justice in the
head with revolver. Both men were
armed with pistols. Coleman fed down
the road about half a mile and shot
himself with the same revolver with
which he had killed Justice. Justice
and Coleman were unmarried and each
about rs years old.