Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-12

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bedasel as skating rink whenadnished.
J.lE- Prouty, president of the King
Mercantile Co., was business visitor
to Baton yesterday and incidentally
the company'a stove at that
place,
. The light fall of snow has brought
out tthe small boy with his sled, ami
they are using the sidewalks on the
hill,much to the detrimRnt of pedes-
triabs.
C E. Lowell, city clerk and member
of the law firm of Zent & Lowell, was
a business visitor in Lind yesterday,
where his firm has a branch officesin
charge of r. S. HarrIlton
Rev. VIM. Proctor. at the First Con-
gregational church in this city, was
Spokane passenger on tuesdays North
Coast Limited. He will visit with
friends there for few days.
-. H. Sharpe, night miller at Paha,
was brought to Ritzville last week, i'll
with typhoid fever, and is now in one
of the rooms in the Lee Block. DR..
Hewit is the attending physician.
Mrs. Julian, of Helix. Ore, a. daugh-
ter, sand Miss Neah King, of Weston,
Ore, granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. King, came in today to
make the old folks quite an extended
visit
Lincoln Castle, Krdghts of King
Arthur, has been Fracticing eon.degree
work, since it's organization in sMovem-
Der last. The Pages Degreemas con-
ferred on two candidates at their last
meetmg,, Wednesday evening. Deem
her 18th.
The gross receipts .af .thelAlitzville
postof1ice for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1900, were 81, ,e2. 65. tFor the
Last H months ending .i2o. 1906,
taoey~Mere $7,4aala. Compare these
figures and note the grf~th of ithe city
in the past six yeaans.
John Z Ieimbigner, Dr.. will ,be mar
rasd tomorrow to Miss MaryI incler,
daughter of Fred Emoler. neaiSGriffith.
Rev. Egg erlund viii pe,sorm the cere-
many. Yhe best WISHES of the JOUR-
NAE. go wath the happy canlple 81. their
journey 'tRrough life
Ja,hn ,BA,mann, vino lgaif.ed his ranch
and sold hni personal property at public
auction. last Friday. has bought the
house in waich Attorney E. AADavis
lives and wall move ito town. Mr.. Bau-
MANI has accepted Il ,position,on the
staff sf theRY ashingtsm Herold.
|. hrby, af the -'AfalfG Dairy,
near Downs, gust brought in to market
six April pigs ;shat weighed 1slS pounds
dressed He pealized just s$1t2 for the
six. !Tsis shows what can be done in
the line OF diversified fsa.ming I'm Was h.
iR,ton. These i;hOgs as,re nszised an
Alfalfa pasture.
e. M. Stevesa, who has bsen ia
some time night Separator at the Mp
depot, has been promoted h. the place
made vacant by tn. resignariion of hay
Operator Douglass Mr.. Steven; has
beenssueceeted as Night operator by.a
young man from Trout Creek by TIE
name of Johnson.
Postmaster 4Jno. r. Irby is i'm Gun
a!inghan to day, on a taip of inspection
tn his big ranch near taere. The news
Of the presence there 81. a wheat buyer
frNm WaHa NWalla who il offering faM-
es six cents per bustsel more than
Cunningham buyers are paying made
him especially ANXIOUS toestch the first
train.
The water question is STILL the chief
topic of conversation among those who
are interested in the,sity's Affairs. Mr..
Sinclair, whom it was reparted had
agreed To give tAle ,dity an, option on his
property mntil the LIST Of next October
without charge, fhas now refused to
aign up, and everything is 'in the air"
again.
On last Saturday, lip this city DIR.
WIN. F. Arman, assistsd by DR.. d. A.
He$.it, performed an operation on
Mrs. w. Kanzler for a deceased knee
joint. The trouble was of quite a lang
standH g and the operation WAS entirely
successeul. Mrs. Kanzler il standing
it nicely and is reported to be on the
high roak to recovery.
p. A. Watkins, formerly a E2ncher
of the Rattesnake Flat country. Gas a
caller at The JOURNAL Office today. He
has sented his ranch on the fiat to bis
brother and TIE Collier boys for term
of FIVE years .and will locate over on
Puget Sound. IN about 10 days he and
his family will leave on trip of inspec-
ton to the cities of Seattle, Tacoma,
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