Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-09-12
LOCAL EVENTS Of The week
TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL MENTION
OF THOSE IN THR nOvlN0 PAN
ORA1A OF LOCAL HISTORY.

PR. Clark and wife are home again
from Spokane.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
90. Hauschild last week.
Miss Eleanor Staser is up from Ken.
newick on visit with friends.
Born-Saturday. September 8. 1906, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Barker ten-pound
son.
Mrs. Hatch and family left last week
for Spokane, where they will reside fol
the present. -
A carload of watermelons came to
town Tuesday morning consigned to the
merchants here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Phillippay left to-
day for Walla Walla. where they will
spend the winter.
Thomas D. Daley, teacher of linus
district school near Lind. visited friends
in Ritzville Sunday.
Joe Comparet is getting rid of his at.
tack of typhoid fever. and expects soon
to he around as usual.
Peter Kencer and family left last week
for their former Minnesota home, where
they expect to remain.
Carl Koch left last week for Wilson's
Business College at Seattle. where he
will take the commercial course.
Otto Couch is attending school. Otto
expects to have great things doing here
in short time in the football line.
Clark Long. owner of the hub OF
Adams county. known on the map as
Paha, was city tradesman Tuesday,
F. c. Henneberg has returned from
the country. where with a party OF set
tiers he has looked over Adams county.
Dan Desmond was in Spokane and
Couer d'Alene City last week attending
the meeting Of the Billposters' Associa-
ton.
John Bunger, gardener residing on
Crab creek at Rocky Ford, was in town
Saturday exchanging gold for merchan-
disc.
P. R. Stoddard has returned from
idaho. Mrs. Stoddard became i'll. which
necessitated her remaining at Spokane
hospital.
L. P. Martin was out west of town
Monday inspecting the work OF his
threshing machine. which is making a
prosperous run.
Mrs. A. G. Hinckley and son Edgar
left Saturday for Chicago, where they
will visit friends and relatives for the
next two months.
Iohn Wellsandt wishes to make known
to all students in School District No. Fl
that the school will open October LIST
with Teacher French in charge.
Small parties of people took advantage
of Straw Day to 60 hunting. One party,
whose names we cannot find out, got all
of seven ducks on their excursion to the
lakes.
The officers of the Ladies' Aid Society
Of the First Congregational Church en-
tertained the members at the home OF
Mrs. W. H. Martin Wednesday after
noon.
lake Schjewe. one of the proprietors Of
the Model Bakery, has just returned
after an absence of two weeks. He has
been hunting and fishing around Lake
creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bergstrom. Mrs
Matte Martin and two little daughters
and Miss Laura Davennv left the FIRST
of the week for an extended visit in
Pennsylvania.
A petition is being circulated request
ing the city council to take steps to have
Ritzville raised from fourth to third
class, its rapidly increasing population
admitting OF tnat move
A meeting Of the Democratic Contra
Committee has been called for Septem
her a, at the courthouse in Ritzville
Candidates for the Offices Of sheriff. aud
itor and precinct officers will BIZ named
The dance given by the band last Fri
day night was we'll attended and every
body present report very enjoyable
time. The boys were very popular tina
evening. as there were about three girl
to every boy.
A surprise party was rendered Mr.. ant
Mrs. Charles Clifford at their Colleg,
Hill residence one evening last week b,
their many friends, and made it an coca
sion to bid the Gilfords goodby. who vii
live on their farm hereafter.
pr. D.A. Hewitt and A. Messenger
manager Of the local Office of the O. n
Oliver Commission Co., were out on Co,
creek Monday afternoon taking advar
tage Of the open duck season and evadin
the road supervisors. who were lookin
for straw men.
Joe Bassett, Harry Davenny. SAT
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