Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-07
.NEWSOf NORTHWEST.
WASHINGTON, IpAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding country-Numerous Aeel.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NoTEs.


WARRINGTON NOTES.
The citizens of Kennewick have
decided on a $4,000 school structure
In brick or cement.
Mrs. Sukhoda Banarjee. the Hindu
missionary, has arrived in Seattle and
will deliver lectures.
Construction work on the Great Nor
thern between Wenatchee and Oroville
has been commenced.
Indications are that the senate will
confirm U. 8. Marshall Charles B
Hopkins as marshal for western Wash
ington.
The Freer. Hinman & Jones fruit
ranch, situated two miles from Cash
mere. has been sold to w. E. Hinman
for $25, 1000.
The friends of Postmaster Albert
Dickinson Of Waitsburg are jubilant
over news from Washington announc
Ing his reappointment.
Governor Mead has announced the
appointment of J. L. Riseland as fish
commissioner to succeed T. r. Ker
shaw. whose term Is expired.
No new facts have come to light
relative to the peculiar death Of Miss
Jessie Cow, the % year old girl re
siding IS miles east Of Waterville
recently.
State Auditor Clausen has given out
the following statement OF receipts
and expenditures for February: Gen
eral fund, total receipts. $151, ,667.7S;
expenditures. $s7,2S3.12.
The federal department of agricul
ture Is to give practical illustrations oi
how to build good roads in the Pa
louise section. A specimen of good
roads is to be built near Pullman.
In the Quillen family, resident In
Whitman county, Is another evidence
Of longevity. five generations now liv
ing. All but one of the persons de-
scribed reside within the county con
fines.
The Fairview creamery, property ol
the Ellensburg Creamery company. 10
Gated In the Fairview district, was
burned recently. The plant is a
total loss, and the loss Is about $4,000
There was a very small insurance on
the building and machinery.
A record making judgment Of $87,
500 was returned for the plaintiffs
In the civil court at Spokane In the
case of H. A. Hunter and J. A. Young
against the Wenatchee Land company
The litigation has been extended, in
volving many points of law.
Representative Jones' bill permit
ting Yakima Indians to sell go acres
OF their homesteads for irrigation pur
poses, which has passed both house
and senate and referred to the interior
department by the president for fnal
review. As the secretary is in favor
Of the measure an early signature by
the president is anticipated.
The order dismissing Lieutenant
Donald F. McClelland from the United
States army for conduct unbecomine
an ofiicer and embezzlement Of com
pany's funds, has been received al
Fort Wright, at Spokane. by Lieuten
ant Colonel Bolton. commanding Of
ficer at the post. Lieutenant McClel
land was found guilty by q court mar
tial last December.
The Ladies' Improvement club held
a picnic in a park at Granger recently
Men and women volunteered to trim
trees. grub underbrush and improve
the park in general, and the large
force Of workers made the only natural
public park in the valley very attract
I've. A picnic dinner was served. All
those not working paid for meals. and
quite a sum of money was realized.