Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-10-17
CORRESPONDENCE.
Lind.

Rain is falling frequently, and the
long continued dry period is over.
Mat Curry has been appointed night
Waterman, vice George Taylor, re-
signed.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Howick of Walla
Walla were guests of friends in this
city last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Day linus who have
been visiting at their old home in Iowa
returned home last week.
George McCreedy, recently from
Iowa, has accepted position with the
Potlatch Lumber Company.
Harry Beacon and family, who have
been spending the past month in the
east, returned home last week.
Henry Meyers well known ranch
cher three miles south of town, has
sold his home farm.
J. B. Grail, rancher northwest of
town, who had his hand taken of re-
Gently, has sold his 4sO-acre ranch to
Mr.. Friend.
Robert Watson, who owns large
ranch south of town, has moved his
family from Walla Walla to Lind. He
purchased the DR.. Smith cottage on
Third street.
Red Wheat 81 1-2 cents and blnestem
81 1-2 cents were the prices paid at the
warehouses, as result of little rival
ry among buyers. This is about 8
cents above the market price.
Politics in this part of the county has
livened up somewhat of late. The local
candidates, w. G.. Offutt for repre-
sentative and C. H. Low for assessor,
are making an active canvass, while
every available spot that is at all con-
spicuous is filled with photographs of
candidates.
The Linn mill is running night shift
and will continue to run until the large
stock of wheat received any contracted
for is ground. About 1900 bushels
have been delivered, which fills every
available space in the company's ware
houses, while nearly 100, 900 bushels are
piled outdoors.
A meeting of Lind merchants was held
Friday night to organize merchants
protective association. Its object is
more thoroughly to harmonic the bus
mess interests of the town and to estab-
lish more uniform rules in regard to
granting credit to customers. Another
meeting will be held Thursday to elect
officers.
Rev. j. S. Bell, pastor of the Lind
Methodist church, has been requested
by church authorities to take charge
of the First church of Dayton, in place
of Rev. Mr.. Harmon, who desires to
move his family to southern California
for his wife's health. Rev. Bell has
declined the offer, and will remain with
the Lind church until the close of the
conference year.
Fire was discovered Tuesday morn
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story over S. Kasper's store. In the
building are the Bank of Lind, Kasper's
general store, J. H. Richardson & Sons
furniture store, with offices and the
Masonic Hall on the second floor The
fire was fully under control at 4.3O by
the heroic work of the volunteer fire.
men. It started in the hall leading to
. the Odd Fellows Hall though no meet
ing has been held in that part of the
building since Saturday and the doors
were locked. The southwest part of
the upper story was Quilted. The dam
age to the building is $4,000, partly
covered by insurance, and on Odd Eel
lows regalia and furniture 500, with
no insurance. S. Kasper's general stock
of merchandise was damaged by fire
and water probably one half, and this
10 covered by insurance. The origin of
Ne fire is unknown.