Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-05-23
NEWSOf Northwest
IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON News items.
A Few Interesting ltems Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaee-Fall Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Wilsoncreek is preparing to cele-
brate the Fourth of July.
Dedicatory services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Swed-
ish tabernacle at Spokane.
The Frye-Bruhn company of Seattle
recently purchased 1000 sheep from
the Vessey & McRae company of XII
ona.
Judge Poindexter of Spokane made
B. c. Mosby permanent receiver OF the
Spokane Columbia River Railroad &
Navigation company.
The executive committee of the
Portland Commercial club will be in
Spokane next Saturday and Sunday,
May 26th and 9th, as guests of the
city.
Eight divorces have been granted
during the present term Of the supe-
rior court at Conconully and the end is
not vet. This Is the record for Okano-
gan county.
Wheat in the Big Bend country
across the river from Wenatchee is in
an exceptionally good condition and
the ranchers expect the yield will be
heavy again this year.
Fire caused $12,S00 damage in the
row of frame stores on Lake avenue,
Medical Lake, Sunday morning. The
total insurance is $500. For time
the whole town was endangered.
John H. Ransom, broker of Spo-
kane, accidentally shot himself in the
abdomen last Sunday and died shortly
after. He was about 35 years of age
and left "a wife and three children.
Conconully.-About 175,000 pounds
of wool will be shipped down the river
as a result of this springs shearing,
which begins on May 20. Wool was
never in better condition or of higher
grade.
The steamer Selkirk, which met her
fate on the rocks at Rock Island rap
ids near Wenatchee few days ago, is
now below the rapids partially sub.
merged and made fast to rocks on the
bank.
Warren Goodwin, the year old son
Of George Goodwin, three miles east OF
Pennington, was shot and probably
fatally injured by accidental discharge
of a small rifle in the hands of his
brother.
The program for the graduating ex-
ercises of the North Yakima high
school, which wiz take place Friday
June LIST, at the Yakima theatre, has
been arranged. There are Fl members
in the class.
So great was the damage to straw
berry plants by the big windstorm and
the accompanying cold weather OF
March that the 1906 crop around Ken
newick, variously estimated up till
that time at from $4,000 to 10000
crates, will be reduced to bare 5,OoU
or 5000 crates.
A. A. Kelly of East Spokane was
chosen president of the Spokane Fruit
& Vegetable Growers association by
the trustees. The other officers are j
F. Strong of Five Mile Prairie, vice
president; c. l.. Smith Of Spokane, Sec
rotary; W. M. Jones Of East Green.
acres, treasurer.
The grazing season has opened and
many thousands Of sheep which have
been wintered in the Big Bend country
are being taken to the mountains west
of Wenatchee. One hundred and fifty
thousand sheep will be taken to the
mountains this season. About $4,000
ire being taken from the vicinity OF
Winchester
A number Of farmers owning small
lots of wheat which they have been
holding for higher prices in the vicin
ity of Valley Grove, Eureka Flat and
Walla Walla have sold the Kerr-Gif'
ford company an aggregate Of about
$4,000 bushels at Ga and 65 cents a
bushel for bluestem and 63 and Ga
cents for club.
In the defamation contest between
pupils of Washington high schools at
Seattle Robert Denny of Everett won
first prize, his selection being the TO
rum scene from Julius Caesar; the
second prize went to Miss Eva Berry
of Colfax, on THE Deathbed Scene of
Benedict Arnold" Miss Berry also
won second place at Pullman recently
Miss Bessie Graham Of Seattle was
third, Miss Myrtle Rowell OF Ellens.
berg fourth, and Fred Inkster of Dav.
export was fifth.
Charles w. Wappenstein was ap-
pointed chief of police of Seattle re-
Gently by Mayor Moore. The new
chief has been a member of the detec-
tive force of Seattle since 1896.
OREGON ITEMS.