Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-08-29
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE week
TOGETHER WITH A Personal MENTION
OF THOSE IN THE TOWING PAN.
ORAr1A OF LOCAL HISTORY.

day.
Mrs ]. ]. Joyce returned from Sp'
kane Monday evening.
Mrs. Nichoas of Cunningham was q
city visitor last week.
Mrs. Littleton and family left thi
morning for Spokane.
F. P. Schwalbe of Cunningham was q
business visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc Donald left thi.
morning for Spokane for few day
visit.
Rev. ]. o. Couch and wife returned
Saturday from a two days sojourn a
Cunningham.
VIM. Weiand left Sunday evening fol
Idaho to inspect some property and
mining interests.
Daddy" Ebener left Tuesday eve.
ming for Olympia on business with the
state authorities.
Fred Walton, proprietor of the New.
port bowling alleys, is recovering from a
siege of sickness.
Gentry Rushing has taken charge Of
the furniture department of the King
Mercantile Co.'s store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bergstrom have
returned from Medical Lake, where they
spent the summer camping.
Mrs. A. F. Phillippay of Kahlotus is
here on visit with her mother, Mrs
T. W. Hauschild, and family
c. w. Hammond and wife have re.
turned from their summer outing al
Medical Lake and Idaho resorts.
Mrs. Ed Klinke, cashier at the X & X
Restaurant. returned Monday from a
weeks visit with Spokane friends.
W. w. Chapman. recently from the
East. has accepted the position of book
keeper with the King Mercantile Co.
&c. Sullivan, jovial farmer OF Rat
tlesnake Flat. was telling his tales of the
simple life among his friends here today.
Jas. c. Hammond, proprietor of the
Old Crow dispensary, returned -Wednes-
day from several days fishing trip in
Idaho.
Thomas Daley has been appointed
teacher of the linus district school near
Lind. Mr.. Daley is recently from Min
nesota.
H. A. Moore, of Dunlap. Iowa, was
here Monday inspecting his business in.
terests here, being prominent land
owner.
o. G. Harding and family have moved
into town to give the children the ben
eft of the excellent school facilities of
this place.
]. F. lrby. postmaster here, was visit
ing his brother Nate. and looking after
his farming interests in Cunningham
last week.
A. s. Newland and family have again
moved to Rltzville for the winter, SO as
to give the children the advantage Of our
large high school.
Herman Ullrich and Magdalena Dam
mel, both of Lind. were married Monday
morning. August ~. in this city by
Justice M. L. Burkhart.
Prof. A. w. Taylor has again returned
to Ritzville from Seattle. where he spent
the summer. His many friends are glad
to again see him in our midst.
Guy Lowell and wife have returned
from two weeks visit in the coast cities
where they went on a wedding trip,
being recently married in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Griffith of Gun
ningham are in town. coming up 10 at
tend the wedding Of her sister, Miss Ina
Couch, and his brother. Morton Griffith.
Leonard Schmidt. prosperous young
farmer living four miles south of town.
is running two grain drills. This is the
FIRST wheat known 10 be sown in the
county this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Cunningham Sr.,
Miss Lillian Cunningham, Mr.. and Mrs
w. X. Cunningham Jr. have returned
from Medical Lake, where they spent
the summer camping.
Mrs, Georgia Johnson is seriously i'll
at her residence in this city. Drs. Bice
and Adams have been attending her and
strong hopes are entertained for her
recovery IN the near future.
c. E. Mcclure. W. F. Taylor, R.
Alderman and Emil Ebener have re.
turned from three weeks camping trip
on the St. Joe river in Idaho. They all
appear in ruddy health and say they
had genuine good time.
J. o. Couch and family will move te
Twin Falls, Idaho. some time this fall
as they have taken up land over in thai
part Of the country. The people of Ritz
vile and vicinity are sorry to lose suct
q respected citizen as Mr.. Couch Ia.
proven himself to be.