Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-04
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE week
TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL MENTION
OF THOSE IN THE TOWING PANORA7A
.OP LOCAL HISTORY

.OF LOCAL HISTORY
Charles T. Dexter, 10 years of. age
was arrested Thursday and charged with
pulling lever on car at Keystone,
which released several tons of coal scat
tering the same tor quite distance
along the track. He had gone there for
the purpose of stealing coal but really
got more than he wanted. He entered
q plea of not guilty and was fined SIS by
Judge M. L. Burkhart and being without
funds is serving his time in Jail. His
father, T. E. Dexter resides at 700 E.
Park street Butte, Mont.
The first steps looking to the coming
campaign have been taken by the chair
man of the democratic central committee
who issued a call for the committee to
meet on April 7 for the purpose of elect
ing state central committeeman and a
secretary of the local committee, also
filling vancancies on the county COM
mittee.
A. E. Jansen, chief clerk in the bust.
ness office of the Ost Washington
Herold, was down at Kiona the first of
the week inspecting the lands which will
come under the new irrigation PROPOSE
ton. He reports that country flourish.
ing with the government money being
used in doing the work.
Lee Breese sold 200 acres of Adams
county wheat land to John Keynor last
Tuesday for $50 per acre, the tract being
IS miles northeast of town. He has pur-
chased ten acres of fruit lard near We
natche and expects to soon move and
take up his residence in the land of the
Big Red Apple.
T. J. Garvey has gone to Tacoma on a
visit to his family. He made final proof
on his homestead near Newland, in the
western part OF Adams county, before
the land office at Walla Walla last week,
and is now looking for location to re-
sumo his old profession, being skilled
painter.
Mrs. L. E. Singer and daughter, Miss
Florence, left Monday morning for Seat
tie and the coast cities where they will
so)ourn for couple :of months when
they will be joined by Miss Perepa Sing
er, who is one of the teachers, and then
they intend to spend the summer in Cali.
fornia.
r. Clyde Kennedy, formerly cashier of
the First National Bank of Ritzville,
now assistant auditor of the Wells-Fargo
Nevada National Bank of San Francisco,
California is here on short visit with
his relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. r. Kellogg and fami-
ly have returned from St. Paul after
spending year there. He was former
ly salesman for the Ritzville Trading
Co., and is looking for new situation.
Otto Ulrich. deputy sheriff of Franklin
county. was up from Cornell Tuesday to
vouch for the age of his friend, Fred
Hebb, who secured matrimonial ticket
and joined the ranks of the benedicts.
A Jubilee Missionary meeting was held
at the Greene residence on College hill
April 4th, which was the 25th anniver
sary of the organization of the First Con-
gregational church at this place.
In another column appears the card of
DR.. VIM. F. Armann, the German doc
tor. a graduate of Universities at Heidel-
berg and Berlin, who has located per.
manent, in the Tinnel Block.
Henry Tipke, young recently mar
ried farmer residing near Odessa, died
last Tuesday from the effects of an opera.
ton at St. Luke's hospital, Spokane, for
tumor on the brain.
A. S. Kelsey and G. D. Railsback.
prominent farmers of the Hatton country
spent Wednesday in town between
trains, being on their way home from
Spokane.
Reports from Lind are that train
load of men and materials were unloaded
there last Monday to begin grading on
the proposed Lind Ellensburg cutoff.
Mrs. A. T. Kendrick and family ar
rived last Friday evening from Spokane
to join Mr.. Kendrick, the efficient cash.
Ter of the First National Bank.
Jeff G. Hatch, has completed course
in the Northwestern Business College of
Spokane, and resumed his old vocation
of licensed city bill poster.
w. c. Griffith of Spokane, came down
last week and is spending some time
here looking after his extensive farming
interests.
Miss Neva and Master Leon Greene of
Spokane are spending the week in this
city with their friends and old school.
mates.
DR.. l. w. Hewitt of Spokane, father of
DR.. d. A. Hewitt. was here the first of
the week for short visit with his son.
Geo. A. Kennedy. a prominent real
estate man Of Odessa, was here Tuesday
combining pleasure and business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Perkins of Lind,
spent Sunday here visiting her parents,