Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-09-26
NEWSOf Northwest
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON News ITEMS.
4 Few Interesting items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Aecl.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fall Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
A plan is on to merge commercial
clubs of Walla Walla.
Need of more houses is a crying one
in the city of Wenatchee.
Hereafter no more girls will be en-
ployed in the postoffice at Tacoma.
Another attempt to burn Waterville
has been discovered by Night Watch
Hall.
The big roller skating rink at Nata-
torium park was burned to the ground
recently.
The school house in district No. IS,
Snohomish county, was burned a few
nights ago.
Seattle Odd Fellows may, before
long, have a capacious and handsome
lodge building for their own use.
1t is said freight trains will be NOV
ing over the Spokane International
railway by the first of November.
Judge Huneke of Spokane has set
October 8 as the date of trial Of Sid
ney Sloane for the murder of his IA
Their.
A logging train and special freight
on the Interurban line between Seattle
and Tacoma, collided at Milton re-
Gently.
Warehousemen say that IS bushels
of fall and 80 bushels Of spring wheet
an acre is fair estimate for the dis
trict around Tekoa.
So rapidly is North Yakima increas-
ing in population that about dozen
more teachers will be employed in the
schools this year than last.
John G. Ross, aged 60 years, fell
from the upper deck of his steamer
the Mizpah, in Oyster bay. near Ia
coma, recently and was drowned.
The secretary of the interior is ad-
vertising for bids for the construction
of the main canal for the Tieton irri-
cation project near North Yakima.
At meeting of old settlers held at
Wenatchee steps were taken which
will lead to a permanent organization
of the old settlers of Chelan county.
Avis Ray, the - year old son Of E..
B. Ray of Tacoma, was fatally injured
at North Yakima by being thrown
from a horse. His skull was fractured.
Peter Foley, the man who was IT.
jured few days ago while working
on the Spokane & Inland grade, died
at Colfax without regaining conscious
ness.
Sam Marsh of Lamona was killed a
short distance out of Downs on the
Great Northern track Friday night.
He had been conducting saloon at
Lamona for M. s. Hugh.
Charles Gottschalk. 20 years of age,
was run over by Northern Pacific
freight train in the yards at Spokane
Saturday night and received injuries
that may result in his death.
The Waverly sugar factory has put
on a large force and is making brown
sugar out of syrup held over from last
year. This brown sugar is to be work
ed over into white sugar later.
! The horse men are again securing
the range for stock which was not
gathered in the big round up last
spring. and several shipments will be
made from Wilson creek In a few
days.
william Peterson, aged 81 years
builders apprentice at Moran & Co.'S
ship yard, Seattle, was instantly kill
ed in the tool sharpening room recent
ly by being struck on the head by a
piece of emery wheel that had broken
The hop house owned by Charles
MeAlNster at Yakima City, containing
10 tons Of hops, was completely lie
stroyed by fire recently. The loss Is
estimated at $4,000, with no insur
ance The fire was caused by an over
heated kiln.
The state convention Of Hibern
ians on Sunday elected the follow
ing officers: President, John Cannon
of Seattle; vice president, James
Martin of Walla Walla; secretary
William D. Gleason of Tacoma; treas
urer, P. Fitzpatrick of Seattle; chap
lain, RI Rev. Bishop O'Dea Of Seattle
They will meet next in Walla Walla.
A bloody murder was revealed Sat
urday morning at Sprague when the
mutilated body of an unknown man
was found in a boxcar on an N. p
freight train. The dead man is de-
scribed as small, feet Az inches in
height, apparently about 80 years old,
dark complexion and. black hair and
mustache. On the left arm the letters
&c. W." are tatooed. The end Of the
thumb on the left hand is missing.
Auditor Burch has completed an alb.
stract of the assessment of real and
personal property Of Garfield county
showing the valuations fixed by the
board of equalization. Exclusive OF
town and city lots there are 1876, 1926
acres of improved land, the value OF
which is $2,245,440. The improve
ments are $146,955. The average val
uation per acre Of improved land is
1882, and the average value Of the
| improvements is 40 cents an acre.
IDAHO NOTES.
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