Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-28

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public at present The commission
held meeting in Seattle Tuesday. Feb.
y, to confer with attorneys and the va
rious railroads in connection with secur-
ing joint rates.
| VIM. g. Calhoun and ]. Mack Angel
will leave about the 9Th of next month
for Kamloops. B. c., on q big game
hunting expedition and seeking stock
range. B. F. Berry, the big farmer, Is
also interested with them and If a suita.
BILE location is found may transport ubout
fifty head of fine brood mares to that
country in the early spring.
Mrs. J. M. Adams has moved her mil
linery store from the building above the
IN the quarters recently vacated by Geo.
Market, who has closed his shop on &C.
count of financial difficulties.
| lack" H. McElroy, well known
stockman who has resided at Dragon
Springs near the Whitman county line
since 1872 was in the burg Saturday
paying taxes. He recently closed out
his big band of horses for 10000 and is
now running cattle alone.
Theodore W. Hauschild. ex county
surveyor, who has been suffering with
heart trouble and other serious compli.
cations was taken to the Spokane hos
pital last Sunday. Mr.. Hauschild has
been i'll at his residence for several
weeks.
On Monday. March IL. Sheriff E. D..
ellison will sell ID head Of horses as es.
trays taken up by Walter Davis and
! three head advertised by T. ]. Hodge
The sale will begin at II a. m. at Lantz
post Office Is miles east of Ritzville.
Ed Palmeter, who recently disposed
of the Newport bowling alley, traded
in Spokane Tuesday. He has purchased
irrigated lands at Richland, new town
in Yakima county, and contemplates
moving there soon.
James Thomas, of the Hotel Ritzville,
accompanied by Amanda. Barbara and
Marie OFT and Mrs. Wollenberg were in
Spokane Saturday, being in attendance
/. on "Lohengrin" at the Spokane theatre
in the evening.
H. T. Jansen. of Sterling. Ills. is
here on short visit, the guest of Mrs.
|. Thomson. He was formerly hard.
ware merchant disposing of his interests
/ to the Ritzville Hardware Co., now the
Rltzville Trading Co.
Zenobia Rebekah Lodge OF I. o. o. F.
will meet on Thursday, March 18th, in
Gilson's hall on which occasion the
president of the state Rebekah assem-
bly, will be present on an official visit.
Miss Anna Olson. the faithful book
keeper and stenographer at the Pioneer
State Bank, is at Hot Lake. Oregon, in
hopes of improving her health which
has been failing for some tine.
| Rev. Gentry Rushing will preach at
the Church next Sunday at II a. m. on
1.-THE day of small things" Miss McIn.
tyre will sing special song. Rev. Glenn
will appear in the evening.
Tom. A. German, a Rattlesnake Flat
farmer, came in Monday returning with
his family who have been visiting for
the past three weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt L. Burkhart.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con.
gregational church expect to serve sup
per the eve of March 10th at the church.
The bill of fare will be appropriate to ST.
Patrick's day.
Daddy" Ebener. the old man, who
was one of the earliest blacksmiths in
Ritzville, returned last Saturday from .
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Gard Elmore at
Cheney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Cheadle, of Cleve.
land, Mimi. arrived Friday and are the
guests of old friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Zimmerman. on Fourth street.
Allen Davis. son of M. T. Davis,
a prominent banker of Aurora. Mo-,
is among the recent arrivals from the
state of sow belly and corn dodgers.
VIM. H. Watkins, of Bemis, was
called by telegram Monday evening to
the bedside Of his mother at Eldara, Ills,
taking late east bound train.
F. A. Vigren. who bought grain last
season at Cunningham. has closed the
warehouse there and will remain in
Ritzville for some time.
Chas. Davis. who has been setting a
fast pace with the late game gang for
the past ten days. returned the first Of
the week to Lind.
DR.. Eugene r. Lehman Is erecting a
new brick one story IS x 100 feet build.
ing on his lot adjoining the Hotel Ritz.
vile.
Jack Johnson, young man. is report
ed to have lost an arm by falling of a
train at Cornell last Monday evening.
Lincoln Laughlin, ex.county auditor,
now in the real estate business at Lind,
was in town Tuesday.
John Doran. proprietor Of the Office
saloon, was Spokane business visitor
Tuesday.
Vincent Charles Rienboldt, a well
driller from Lind, was in the city Satur-
day.
]. M. Bevard was among the passen.
gers to Spokane Tuesday.
News Items From lantz.
The Lantz Literary and Improvement
Society gives its second basket social of
the season next Saturday the proceeds
Of which will increase the public school