Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-04
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous AeeI.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

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dexter of Spokane rendered deci-
sion that Attorney H. N. Martin,
against whom disbarment proceedings
had been brought because of alleged
attempt to bribe the court commits
sioner, had not been proven guilty.
The Tacoma strike, declared short
time ago by Italian laborers and Sec
tion hands employed by the street rail.
way company, was declared off to-
night.
The Inland Empire Railway COM
pany has started development of its
power site at Nine Mile bridge on the
Spokane river about nine miles below
town.
The omnibus public building appro-
priation bill as enacted into law car
ries the following Washington pro-
visions; Tacoma and Spokane, $780,
900 each; Bellingham, $4,000, and
North Yakima $4,000 The last two
provisions represent outlays for build
ing sites.
The funeral of o. o. Peck, Spo-
kane pioneer and one of the original
owners of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine, occurred at Spokane Sunday.
The supreme court has affirmed the
judgment of the King county superior
court which held that the election OF
April % to determine whether certain
property should be annexed to West
Seattle was null and void.
Three men, whose identity is un-
known, are believed to have lost their
lives by drowning in Lake Washing
ton, Seattle, recently.
Lieutenant Governor Coon was elect
ed president of Eagles at the state
convention in Seattle.
(. +, Wagsoner, grand master of
the Masons, has been requested to
convene the grand lodge at Davenport,
July 3, and lay the corner stone of the
$50, 900 courthouse there.
The farmers at Dixie, who are
among the heaviest stockholders of
the new company formed to develop
the oil fields in their locality, are me-
gotiating with an experienced oil well
driller from Los Angeles to come here
with his outfit and put down a test
we'll.
There are now grazing in the Cas-
cade mountains, mostly in the vicinity
of Leavenworth, about 250,000 head OF
sheep. These have wintered in the
counties of Douglas, Adams and Frank
lin and are driven there for summer
grazing.
Mrs. Sallie Caller of North Yakima
secured a verdict for $3S00 against
James Mcmahon and his wife, Gather
inc Mcmahon, which sum is alleged to
have been stolen from the plaintiff by
the defendants during a fire at her
home about year ago.
The prospect for wheat in Franklin
county is the best by far since the land
has been under cultivation.
Attorney General j. D. Atkinson, in
an opinion rendered recently holds
that the railroad commission has full
authority under the law creating 1t to
define reciprocity demurrage" as the
right of a shipper to demand empty
cars within a reasonable time after
making application to the railroads for
them, and that the commission also
has authority to fix and enforce penal
ties on a reasonable reciprocal demur-
rage rule or regulation.
The members Of the Washington
State Beekeepers' association have de-
cided to hold the next meeting at
Pullman in January.
The wheat harvest has begun on
Badger mountain near Wenatchee,
the farmers in that locality having
commenced to cut winter wheat. The
wheat now being harvested is well
filled out and will thresh from 25 to
30 bushels to the acre.
Governor Mead has received an Off
cial announcement of the National Ir-
rigation congress to be held in Boise,
Idaho, September to inclusive, with
a request to give it wide publicity.
Washington is entitled to Is delegates
to be appointed by the governor, 10
delegates to be appointed by the
mayor of each city having 10000 or
over and in addition to the delegates
from commercial clubs.
Blind drunk two Indians drove on
the railway track near Yakima city
Sunday afternoon while the west
bound North Coast Limited was ap-
preaching at high speed and were
struck. The engine threw them so
feet distant to barb wire fence and
both were instantly killed. The men
were badly nutilated. Their names
have not been learned.
Representative Jones will stop en-
route at Chicago and st. Paul, arriv-
ing home about July Z.
John Hodan, age 21, was run over
by cars and killed at the town of
Kent, last Saturday. He was en-
ployed as brakeman on a private rail-
road operated by the Codington Lum-
ber company when the fatal accident
occurred.
Spokane has put bar up against
Sunday dances.