Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28
WEEKLY LOCAL EVENTS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Kelsey, of Mich
igan prairie, is in town today.
Mrs. A. J. Burkhart is reported quite
i'll at her home on College Hill.
A. w. Hender of Hatton was in this
city the latter part of hast week.
Mes Claire Despair has accepted a
positicain the county clerks Office as
: assistant.
F. E. Robbins, local manager of the
White River Lumber Co., is in Seattle
this wef.
Dr/and Mrs. Hewitt will eat Thanks
givk turkey with the Doctors mother
at ter Spokane home.
AIRS. w. H. Martin spent the early
fart of the week with friends in Spo-
Kane and Occur d'Alene.
J John Werner, who lives about 20
miles southwest of Odessa, paid this
office pleasant call Monday.
Mrs. Pottner, of Tacoma, is in the
city on quite an extended visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Davenny.
Il. Frost and Louis Kemper, of
the Paha Roller Mills, were in the city
on business the first of the week.
George N. McCollom, of Willis, was
a visitor to the county seat on Saturday.
The JOURNAL acknowledges call.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con-
gregational Church took in about $50
at their "Bake Sale" last Tuesday.
The Misses Florence Fowler and
Anna Meehan, of the court house staff,
will spend Thanksgiving in Sprague.
George F. Christensen and George
Tinnell were business visitors in Wal
lace, Idaho, the latter part of last week.
Mrs. F. E. King of Weston, Ore.
is visiting with relatives in the city.
She will be here for two or three
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Christensen will
attend the Maxine Elliott performance
at the Spokane Theater on Thanksgiv-
ing evening.
Frank Eubanks, young bachelor
farmer from the Fairview country,
was patronizing Ritzville's merchants
one day last week.
w. w. King has sold to his father,
j. H. King, three quarters of land
about IL miles northeast of town for a
consideration of $l4,40
The Misses Edith and Flossie Ed
wards of Lantz were the Sunday guests
of their sister, Miss Myrtle Edwards
of the Pioneer State Bank.
Married-In this city, Wednesday,
Nov. %, 1906, by Rev. Gentry Rushing
of this city, Grover Cameron to Miss
Lola Smith, both of Washtucna.
w. H. Holt, book keeper for the St.
Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company at
this place, will eat his Thanksgiving
dinner with his family in Toppenish.
A new Evangelical church will be
built, we are informed, in the vicinity
of Weber, this county, and will fill a
much needed want in that community.
John Thiel, Jr., was in the city Sat
urday transacting business with our
merchants. Mr.. Thiel is one of the
substantial farmers of the Ritzville
country.
D. B. Huffman, of Paha, was in the
city Monday trading with our merchants.
Mr.. Huffman is a rancher and lives on
the line of the proposed C. M. & st. P.
railroad.
Miss Lenora Gentry, stenographer
for Gent & Lowell, will spend Thanks
giving in the City by the Falls and in
cidentally see Maxine Elliott at the
Spokane Theater.
That Judge Warren does not believe
in race suicide was evidenced by the
appearance Of an 8-pound boy which
arrived at his home Tuesday evening.
Davenport Times. --
Jacob Becker of Krupp is in the city
today on trading expedition among
our local merchants. This shows what
our merchants gain by advertising their
business. Mr.. Becker lives IS miles
from Ritzville.
j. N. Dolph of Portland, Ore, who
went East to arrange for Oregon's ex-
hibit at the jamestown Exposition, was
in the city the first of the week, the
guest of Miss Anna L. Olson of the
Pioneer Bank. ......,
Mrs. John S. Willis drove in from
the big ranch 10 miles west of town
last Saturday and exchanged the coin
of the realm for gOodly supply of
provender. The JOURNAL Office was
also remembered.
Miss Verda Eddy, deputy in the
post Office, has gone home to spend
Thanksgiving under the parental roof.
She will be gone about week. Miss
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