Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-13
WASHINGTON NOTES.


A coyote drive II planned to take
place at Sunnyside Dec. 16.
The Seattle wheat market was ex-
|ceptionally strong last week.
The Harrington city council has
raised the saloon license to $1,000 per
year.
Harold Bush. aged : years, sick
from fever, was burned to Q crisp at
Spokane recently,
Tacoma city council granted the In
dependent telephone company . fran
cihse by unanimous vote.
Wenatchee Canal company oontem-
plates an extension of their canal and
the irrigation OF more land.
| While coasting at Spokane Oscar
Oeschlagel, IL years of age. was killed
by sliding under street car.
Judge Smell of the Pierce county
superior court has called a grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs.
Nearly 5000 acres of land on the
Pend d'Oreille river near Bossburg.
Stevens county, will soon be opened
for settlement.
The "log rolling" held by the Wood
men at Colfax Is ended. The meeting
was great success. 376 new men,
bers being taken In.
Jeanne Brooks. vaudeville singer,
working at Tacoma, was left 5000. 900
by the death of her husband. from
whom she was separated. He died In
South Africa.
]. H. Mason was killed in Belling.
ham recently by falling from a box
car. Mr.. Mason was large property
owner and had a wide circle Of &C.
quaintances.
Donations are needed for insane pa.
tents at medical Lake. The superin-
tendent desires to make Christmas as
pleasant as conditions permit. Every
one is asked for q donation.
The recent purchase by the Grote
brothers of the G. B. Upton tract of
wheat land Of $500 acres, located in
the celebrated Eureka fiat district, for
which they paid approximately $780,
QUO. is considered good bargain.
/ Angus McPhail. the murderer OF
Fred Anderson at Darlington. Wash,
May /, 1908, paid the penalty Of his
crime by death on the scaffold in the
prison yard at the penitentiary Fri
day.
In a spirited and interesting orator.
ical contest held in. the chapel at
Whitman college for college orator
Calvin C. Thomanson carried away the
honors against FIVE contestants. The
other speakers were Walter Felthouse,
Peringer and O'Neill. Peringer was q
close second.
i Farmers are rejoicing over the
length of time the snow is staying on
the ground. They say that wheat will
grow under the snow. since the ground
was not frozen. There has been more
sleighing since this snow fell than at
any time since the winter Of 1897
when there was snow on the ground
for 20 days.
D. A. Griffin, a prominent hotel man
and pioneer politician of Deming, was
recently sentenced by Judge Neterer OF
the superior court to IA years In the
penitentiary for criminal assault on
Winnie johnson. a Is year old domes
tic in his household. Notice of ap
peal was given Immediately. A YER
dict was returned September 29 and
caused a tremendous sensation
The Whitman county commissioners
have granted franchise to the Wash
ington Water Power company Of Spo
kane to erect poles and maintain an
electric power line on any public road
in Whitman county. This is to be q
power line and not railroad, but is
to supply electric power to towns,
factories and private individuals in
Whitman county.
DR.. ]. Edward Hughes, awaiting
trial at North Yakima ON a charge OF
bigamy, hanged himself in his cell dur
ing the night. Hughes was arrested
in Seattle on last February on q seri.
GUS charge preferred by Theophilus
Hatch, wealthy wheat raiser near
Almira, Wash. but this charge was
later changed to bigamy. Hughes ran
away with Mrs. Hatch and her IA year
I'D daughter. Hughes is claimed to
have married The daughter al Ogden
Utah. She was granted q divorce at
Spokane three weeks ago. The trial
Of Hughes had been set for the Janu.
airy term Of court.
While coming from tunnel on their
mining claim on the COlville reserva.
ton about % miles from Wilbur. Lshe
Heady and Gus Pearson were fred up.
on from ambush. Both men were bad.
ly wounded.
Director Leach Of the San Francisco
mint, has established two facts in con.
nection with the investigation Of Cash.
Ter Adams thefts from the Seattle
assay Office. both Of which refute the
self confessed embeEzler's contentious
and establish that his populations ex.
tended over a period Of five years.
Mr.. Leach has ascertained that Ad-
ans removed gold dust from deposits
made in the assay office as early as
January, 1901, and also that his total
thefts will total approximately $780,
900.
Latest Victim Of Football Game.
Grover Mason, aged IS years, who
was injured during q football game
between local teams three weeks ago,
died at his home in Indiana.