Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-06-06
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WASHINGTON NoTEa.

WAShlN6 ON W.
Failure of Ed Spencer, the Spokane
murderer, to die within a reasonable
time after being let out of the peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla by Governor
Mead that he might expire in peace
and dignity in the bosom of his reia-
tives, is taken by the governor to be
a breach of the conditions of the par
don. and Spencer, because he overlook
ed this opportunity, is likely to be re-
manded back to prison to serve his
time.
Douglas county is to have a fine MOD.
ern court house, costing $4,000, at Wa
terville, the county seat.
]. c. Duncan, who helped Thomas
Melville, horsethief, to make his Sec
ond escape from the Jail by carrying
him from Riverside to Ohpir, in Okaa-
hogan county, covered by a canvas in
the bottom of his freight wagon, was
sentenced to pay fine Of 500 and
costs.
What is claimed to be the best Sec
ton of wagon road in Whitman county
has been completed near Pullman by
the expert road builders sent by the
federal department of agriculture to
construct a model piece of road as a
lesson in good roads.
OF the ISL applicants for certificates
to teach in the public schools of Spo-
kane county, only about 70 passed.
A reward of $2500 is offered for the
capture or information of the murderer
of Elsie Milhuff. King county offers
$1,000 and Renton city council $500,
and citizens of Renton have raised
$1,000.
Through the courtesy of the chief
engineer of the battleship Nebraska
about 100 students of the University
of Wisconsin will spend their summer
vacation On board the big sea fighter
while she is making her trial speed
tests and cruises.
Now that the sugar beet season is
opening. there is steady movement of
Japanese section hands from the rail-
ways to the beet fields.
The Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern jointly will build a line from
Spokane southwest to the Snake river
to connect with the joint line running
from Portland up the north bank of
the Snake river to Riparia, Wash.
One of the largest realty transfers In
the Kittitas valley for years was the
recent sale Of the Ramm ranch just
west of Eilensburg by Mrs. So
phronia Ramm to Frank D. Scott, a re-
cent arrival from Billings, Mont, for
100000. There are 25S acres in the
tract. which is mostly in hay.
Albert Welty, who was gored by a
wild bull at his dairy farm near Ellens-
burg. will recover.
No trace has been found Of the body
of John Carroll, the milkman of Walla
Walla. who has been missing since the
day Of the flood. A reward of $50 has
been offered for the recovery Of the
body or information as to his where
abouts, if living.
Wilsoncreek men will put in ferry
across the northern part of Moses lake
in few weeks.
c. B. Kegley, master of the state
grange, has presented fine specimen
Of the golden eagle to the Washington
State college. The eagle measures
seven feet and two inches from tip to
tip of wings.
Sheep by the thousands are vending
their way from the country about Trim
idad, Quincy and Ephrata toward the
Cascade mountains, where they are to
be ranged during the summer.
The annual communications of the
grand Masonic bodies Of the state of
Washington will begin their sessions In
Spokane June IL and continue to June
p. There will be sessions of the
grand lodge. Free and Accepted Ma
sons; grand chapter, Order of the East
ern Star; grand chapter, Royal Arch
Masons; grand council, Royal and Sc
lect Masters; grand commandery,
Knights Templars.
Chow Hung Noe and Chang Ia
Tsung, appointed by the viceroy of
Manchuria to visit the United States
with other special commissioners, are
examining the irrigation system in the
Yakima valley and the fruit raising in.
dustry.
William Gordon, wealthy rancher
living on Spring Flats, five miles from
Colfax, lost IL head of fine horses re-
Gently. He took home a load of poi
soned wheat, which he left standing in
the wagon in his yard. and during the
night the horses got at the wheat and
ate it. They were dead next morning
when found. The animals were valued
at $4,000.
Representatives of large railroad
contracting firms of Washington and
Oregon are at Conconully this week to
look over the ground on which the gov
ernment's Okanogan irrigation project
will be built, and secure information
on which to base bids.
Sheriff Smith of King county has
discovered new evidence in the case of
Elsie Millhuff, the child brutally muir.
dered at Renton, suburb of Seattle,
and has ordered the rearrest of Tom
Michigan, the 15-year-old boy who was
first accused of the crime and then re.
leased after the coroner's inquest. The
sheriff declines to give out the nature
of the new proof.
Surveyor General Eggleston of Idaho