Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-12

Spokane today where Mr.. Christensen
will take an advanced degree in
Masonry. "Riding theguat" is getting
to be an old story for Henry.
w. C. Griffith, former commissioner
of Adams County, was in the city
Tuesday from Spokane, where he now
resides. He formerly lived at Griffith
Corners, north of town, where he still
owns large ranch.
County Auditor and Mrs. Amsbaugh
will spend Christmas with Mr.. Ans
baugh's father in Lind. Lind always
had good turkey reputation and Char
ley can always be counted on when there
is turkey on the bill of fare.
Hon. w. w. Gent, senior member of
the law firm of Gent & Lowell, has re-
turned from trip to North Yakima
at which place he served as one of the
judges of the debate between the High
Schools of Sunnyside and North Yaki-
ma.
Mrs. R. A. Hoxsey, wife of the
grain buyer, is quite i'll at the family
home on Fourth street. Her daughter,
Mrs. Campbell, Of Spangle, is here
visiting her. She will remain for some
time, unless her mother improves
rapidly.
Mrs. A. H. Smith, wife of the man.
ager of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber
company at this place, and daughter
are in the city to spend Christmas with
Mr.. Smith. They will return to the
homestead near Granger after the
holidays.
Attorney E. A. Davis, of the law
firm of Adams and Davis, has leased
the Fisher house on College hill and
will move his family into it about the
first of the year. The house where he
is now living has been sold to Mr..
Baumann of the Herold staff.
w. J. Bennington, the heavy weight
real estate man, has been confined to
his bed for several days with an attack
of rheumatism. He is now able to be
out little each day, and seems to be
slowly improving. DR.. Johnson at
tended him.
Albert l.. Etter of Uniontown, Wash.
brother of former townsman c. H..
Etter, was in town the latter part of
last week. His wife recently under
went surgical operation at one of the
Spokane hospitals, is progressing nice
ly, and he returned to her bedside
from here.
Charles Shelley, Jr., a prominent
young rancher of the Cornell neighbor-
hood, was an over Sunday visitor at
the parental home on College Hill.
Before returning to Cornell he gave
this Office business call. the particu-
lars of which will appear in our New
Years number.
Fred Schulz, who lives about 10 miles
south of town, was in town to-day COM
pleting arrangements for the big auction
sale of live stock, farm implements and
all his personal property which will take
place at his ranch onJanuary 10th, 1907.
Col w. F. Yohnka, the veteran auction
Ger, of Paha, will cry the sale.
! Lewis Doering, who lives about 20
miles northwest of town, was in this
office Monday and reported that his wife
had received very severe fall and sus-
tanned fracture of one of her limbs
quite recently. DR.. Sehragg, of Memo,
was called and reduced the fracture and
she is now getting along nicely.
This Office received a pleasant call
Monday froA Fred Hawn, of Granger,
editor of the Yakima Valley News.
Mr.. Hawn was at one time connected
with the old Adams County News,
going from here to Granger where he
is putting out one of the best weeklies,
all things considered, in Eastern Wash
ington.
R. F. Hugunin and son, G. r. Hugh
min, formerly of Odessa but latterly OF
Hatton, have located in town and are
domiciled in the house recently vacated
by Jesse Pierce. They are working in
the interest of new or proposed or
ganization to be known as the United
States Wheat Growers Association.
They say they are meeting with much
encouragement.
H. A. Tritt is in town from his
mothers place west of Cunningham
and he brings the good news that his
aged mother, who recently fell and
sustained fracture of the hip bone, is
slowly recovering. Because of her
advanced age it was at first feared that
she would not recover. Drs. Hender-
son, of Lind, and Wallace, of Cunning
ham, attended her.
The young people of the German M.
E. church of this city met in the church