Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-04-12
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON news items.
A Few Interesting ltsms Gathered
From Our Exchange Of the Sur.
rounding country-Numsrous Aeel.
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaes-outiook 10 Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

ham, editor OF the SnOhOm1Sn tribune
as state printer. is announced.
There are more buildings In course
of construction in Sprague now than
at any time since the fire Of 1896.
Work was begun last week at Seat.
tie on three skyscrapers. The build
ings will be 10, II and 10 stories, re-
spectively.
DIR. w. H. Anderson of Medical Lake
will succeed DR.. w. James Howells as
superintendent of the state insane asy.
lum in October.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tichbourne, sur.
rounded by many of their direct de.
scendants. celebrated their golden wed.
ding last week In Spokane.
Labor Commissioner Hubbard an.
nounces the appointment Of two more
deputies. They are Frank York of
Montborne. Skagit county, and George
Gregg of Tacoma.
Professor Trevor Kincaid of the fac.
ulty of the University Of Washington,
has received an invitation to join the
Harvard expedition to the Bermudas,
which leaves in June. He has accept.
ed.
In a fire which consumed the board.
ing house Of the Day Lumber company
at Big Lake, late Sunday night, G. W.
Jones of Buckley. Wash. was burned
to death. Nothing was left of his
body.
The major portion of the big plant
Of the Buckeye Lumber company, 10
Gated north of Spokane, was destroy
ed by fire. The loss is estimated al
$4,000. with an insurance which will
cover perhaps half or two thirds of the
loss.
Forty wholesale firms and business
men Of Spokane have subscribed $500
to the fund which is to be offered fol-
evidence that will lead to the arrest
and conviction Of the murderers Of
Policeman Henry A. Stotko on the
morning Of April 4.
H. A. Fairchiiu of Bellingham will
be chairman of the state railroad com
mission; Stephen J. Chadwick Of Col
fax will be the second member, and
King county has been promised the
third. Either W. l.. Benham or Geo
w. Dickinson Is likely to be appointed
as the King county member.
The Washington State college debat
ing team lost to the Whitman col.
lege team on the question, Resolved
That 1t should be the policy of the
United States not to hold territory
permanently unless with the intention
that it should ultimately enjoy state
hood" Whitman upheld the afflrma
tive.
James Nicholson came in contact
with live wire carrying $500 volts Of
electricity at Seattle, fell 20 feet from
a roof on which he was working, and
still lives. When he landed on the
roof below. his clothing was ablaze
Physicians say he may live, although
one leg and both hands will have to
be amputated.
Commissioner Leupp of Indian az
fairs has favorably recommended to
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior de-
partment the proposition OF 10 year
leases on the Yakima Indian reserva.
ton for sugar beet growing. II the
secretary concurs in the recommends.
ton it means great deal of material
wealth for Yakima county.
The death Of Father Leopold Van
Corp, for several years general supe.
rior of the Jesuits' Rocky Mountain
missions. during which time he was q
resident Of Spokane, Is announced. For
nearly half century he had been one
Of the most prominent missionaries for
the church in the northwest. Father
Van Corp died at st. Ignatius mission
Montana, from pneumonia.
, The Spokane county commissioners
have appropriated $4,000 for the Lewis
and Clark fair.
Plans for the new Sacred Heart hos.
pital, to be built at Spokane, call for
the expenditure of 100000 for the
building alone.
The constitutionality of the road law
of 1903 is upheld by the supreme
court in a recent opinion.
Congressman Jones has received as.
surances from the commissioner of the
general land Office that the north half
of the Colville Indian reservation will
be surveyed this spring, preparatory to
opening it under the provisions of the
homestead law.
William M. drummer, formerly SUI.
perintendent Of the Blacktail. the San
Poll and the Quilp mines at Republic,
and later at the Jumbo mine at Ross
land. B. c.. has gone to Organ, N. M.
The Indians of the Colville reserva
ton are preparing to hold the biggest
Fourth Of July celebration ever held
d. c. Corbin's announcement that he
will build the Spokane International
railroad to connect Spokane with the
Canadian Pacific without asking one
cent Of bonus or concession from the
citizens Of Spokane, and that he will
build 1t right away. brought forth many
Of admiration.
The Lewis and Clark fair commits
sion has decided to allow each of 10
largest cities and towns in the state
q week each at the exposition, the
time to be allotted by selecting cities
alphabetically. During this week each
city will be allowed $50 by the com.
mission for the use of hostesses in
providing entertainment at the build.
ing, and 1t was agreed that the host.
esses for the different cities should be