Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-05
1t will be Mayor Holcomb after the
first of next month.

looks like old times to see the smiling
face of the Judge on our streets.
Mr.. j. P. Koch, the prosperous
from German precinct, is in
town today patronizing our local mer-
chants. We acknowledge call.
j. D. Bassett, president of the First
National Bank of this city,-is on a trip
of inspection of the Bassett string Of
banks throughout the eastern part of
the state.
w. X. Cunningham, ST., who has
been quite i'll for some weeks, is now
able to be up and around his house. He
says his illness win have a tendency to
give him a l0-years' extension on life,
and we hope it may. He hopes to be
able to leave the house before long
now.
At last nights council meeting
committee was appointed to negotiate
for one-year's extension of the city's
option on the Sinclair property. 1t
would expire, otherwise, on the first of
January next. The committee consists
of Mayor-elect Holcomb and Council
men Bauer ana Faucher.
Henry Siemens, of Oberlin, Ohio,
who has been west on a business trip
to British Columbia points, is in the
city visiting with his brother. Julius
Siemens, the real estate man. Before
returning to his Ohio home he will
visit his brother, ]. P. Siemens, of the
Odessa State Bank.
Esther Siemens, a daughter of our
townsman, Julius Siemens, who was
reported as having typhoid fever is
now rapidly recovering under the care
full nursing of Mrs. Laura Ives, of
Waila Walla. The fever proved 10 he
pneumonia, we are informed, and she
has been i'll about three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs J. M. Bennington gave
an old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner
to their parents and friends at their
home on west College Hill on last
Thursday Thanksgiving Day. Those
attending from Lind were: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Smith and family, Mr.. VIM.
Garry and Mr.. A. r. Marion.
Nathan We'll, owner of the Boston
Store of Spokane, has purchased from
Receiver Kennedy the Shenffred stock
of goods in what was formerly known
as the Boston Store OF Ritzville, and
will sell same at auction on next Sat
urday. The We'll brothers, sons OF
Mr.. We'll, are in town now arranging
for the sale. They have an ad in this
issue.
/ W. T. Warren, Judge of the SUI
perior Court, has appointed Attorney
John Truax for Superior Court Com
missioner in place of C. w. Rathbun,
the present incumbent, who will assume
his duties as prosecuting attorney at
the beginning of the new year. Mr..
Truaxs commission will be in force
December |, 1906.
Evangelist T. H. Scruggs, of Los
Angeles, Calf, is holding series of
revival meetings at the Baptist church
N this city, The meetings began last
Sunday morning and will continue as
long as the interests warrants. Rev
Scruggs is said to be a very able
pres cher, forceful and logical speaker
and is delivering some very interest
ing sermons of value to all classes of
people. Come out and hear him He
speaks every night this week.
At the teachers examination held in
Ritzvilla from the 9Th to the 10th of
November, the following obtained GER
tificates, to-wit: First grade: Jennie
Mae Snedicorn, May Cook, Mrs l.. B.
Lafton. Second grade: Norinne Nc
ponnell, Matt Mccoy, M. ]. Leahy,
Archie l.. Ide, Fannie Johnston, Jet
B. Evans, Jessie Cox, Ora Bennett.
Third grade: John F. Sandstrom, Al
uCit w HtSt, tldTd ID. SSliCk!G, Lena
Stone, Lydia l.. Pape, Oliver E. Pape,
Gertrude Palmer, W. g. Norton, Mrs.
Mary Kincaid, F. w. Hamm, Mrs. f.
]. Hunt, Ray Cook, Geo Williams,
Isabelle Blanche, Christian Baumann.
There We're 48 applicants for exam
nation and of this number only 26
obtained certificates. Those who fail
ed were not teachers of the county so
tina their failure in no way cripples
our public schools.
Mr.. A. II. Domain, of the Domain
Drug Co., Of this city, took exception
to our article in last weeks issue con-
corning the place at which Mr.. KaIk-
warf would, if elected city treasurer,
keep his books. What we said of Mr..
Kalkwarf we believed to be true, and
we still so believe, but we desire to
state that we had no intention of re-
flecting on Mr. Domain personally or
his store, as we are practically un-
acquainted with both. At the time the
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