Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-08-01
NEWSOF northwest
WASHINGTON, IpAHo, MONTANA
and OREGON News ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Piace-FaIl Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Jack Hudson received wounds from
which he died, and Carl Herbert was
seriously. Injured while leaning out Of
adjoining windows of the smoking car
as the train was passing Through
Prairie station. The men are both OF
Acme and were en- route to Deming.
Following a terrific bolt of lightning
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon many of
the buildings in Spokane suffered from
total failure Of electric lights Sunday
night and a number of small fires kept
the department busy during the early
hours Of the evening. The fires were
due to disorganization of the system
Of distributing electric power through
the wires.
w. I. Creelman. 2S years of age, the
son of wealthy parents owning prop
erty in San Francisco and Los Ange-
les, and for two weeks employed in
the secret service of the Northern
Pacific Railway company, was the
burglar fatally shot at Spokane the
other evening.
Little Joe Jannot of Keller, aged
years. was accidentally shot the other
evening at the Gold Cord mine, on
Silver creek. by Will Jannot, his
father. an employe of the mine. while
adjusting a 20 rifle.
The weather has been so oppres.
sively hot that the hay harvesters
have chosen to rest during the mid.
die Of the day and labor in the fields
by moonlight after night.
Work on the ", v. & e. between
Midway and Nelson is progressing
rather slowly. owing to the shortage
Of ties at various places along the
route.
The labor famine In the Palouse
country is still unbroken.
Harold J. Marugg. aged 6. Of Spo-
kane, was drowned In the Spokane
river last Saturday.
A force Of men is putting In the
new and sidetracks for the o. r. &
N. at Connell.
State Grain Commissioner W. H.
Reed has reports from number Of
correspondents in the Big Bend and
Ritzville countries which show seri.
ous loss In the grain crop below what
was expected earlier In the season.
II. A. Roff has taken charge Of the
First Bank Of Kiona as cashier and
resident manager. He succeeds c.
Anderson, the unfortunate young man
who was drowned In the Yakima river
at that place last week.
State Labor Commissioner c. f.
Hubbard announces that he has In.
structed his deputies to require all
mills operating the socalled "clipper
knot saw" to have the same provided
with substantial safeguards or their
use discontinued from now on; other.
wise certificates of inspection will be
withheld from shingle mills using
them.
Fire destroyed the barn on the J.
r. Thompson place. two miles north
Of Dayton, the other afternoon. to-
gether with the contents, including
$40 belonging to Ed Hammond and
500 of Wilbur Browns. the money
being in bedding used by the men.
The car shortage promises to be q
serious problem in moving the wheat
crop the coming fall, Judging from the
manner In which the cars are tied
up In the yards at various points on
the roads.
The new Walla Walla city officers
have taken the reins Of government.
Farmers Of the Inland Empire who
have heretofore been fortunate In es.
Gaping any serious trouble from pests
may experience difficulty In the near
future with the Hessian fly. unless
immediate concerted action to abon
don wheat growing is taken for the
eradication Of this pest. which has al
ready made its appearance In Clark
county, Oregon.
The business portion Of Blain was
burned recently. The Palace hotel val
ued at $4,000, the Nicolet restaurant,
worth $4,000, and the Blaine bakery
were burned.