Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-25
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE week
TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL MENTION
OF THOSE m Tna n0vlN0 PAN
ORAnA OF LOCAL HISTORY.

A party of young folks chaperoned by
Mrs. Frank Stuart returned home Sum
day night from a weeks outing on the
shores of Medical Lake. The party con.
sisted of Misses Claire Despair. Bess
Fowler, Thea Warner. Florence Thomp-
son and Masters Ollie Despair. Harry
Davenny. Clyde futile and Fred Thomp-
son. The party went cross country.
taking two days for the trip going up.
They report a very ENJOYABLE time and
only sorry that it passed so quickly.
c. M. Oliver & Co. of Spokane. sue.
cessors to ]. c. Major & Co.. grain and
stock commission brokers. have opened
branch Office in Ritzville in Room 9 OF
the OFT building. where they have pr.
vate leased wire, receiving continuous
quotations from the New York Stock
Exchange and the Chicago Board Of
Trade. Their local representative Is
Mr.. A. Nisonger of Spokane.
The Farmers Friend feed stable WAS
totally destroyed BY fire Thursday. July
10, together with the owners residence.
which was near the stable. The prop
erty is owned by S. M. Wright. who est.
mates his loss at between $1,000 and
$4,000, with $1,000 insurance. T. N.
Lynch's small jack was burned, loss to
him of $1,000 without insurance.-Inde-
pendent.
An insurance man from Spokane is
down here at the request Of the insur-
ance men of this town to see what can
be done in regard to lowering the insur.
ance ratio of the buildings in town. The
good water supply and the ready action
of the firemen at the last fires will bear
great deal of weight on the matter.
T. ]. Dolbow of Spokane. formerly Of
the southern part of this county. was
killed in wreck on the Great Northern
railroad about thirty.fve miles east of
: Spokane. Nine persons were killed or
seriously injured in this wreck and the
engine was buried in I25 feet Of water in
Diamond lake.
Burch & Reiss' dog and pony show,
which showed here last Monday after
noon and evening. contained, consider
ing the size of the show. some of the best
trained animals that Ritzville has had .
chance to see. They were we'll trained.
we'll groomed. and the actors we're espe-
cially good.
The NEWS Office has as last received =
number of 1.-THE Tramp" published at
Spokane. WASH. by A. ]. Harder Of
Cunningham. The magazine is an up
to-date magazine, with few facts about
all the current events and a number of
good original stories. Success to you.
Mr.. Harder.
Arthur Howe, who has been clerking
for Fred Walton in Newport. has gone to
Wallace to start hour mill At that point
Mr.. Howe is an old miller, and before
going to Newport was employed by the
Ritzville Touring mills for three years.
The thunder and lightning storm we
had Saturday night was prevalent over
all the state. All the towns report
thunder and lightning storm. but no
damage was done by the lightning.
Jack Schnell of Mabton was in town
the past week visiting and attending to
his business interests here. Jack Is an
old Ritzville boy, but Is now engaged in
the mercantile business at Mabton.
Conrad Walsboess of Odessa was sen.
fenced at Davenport to life impnson-
ment for criminal assault on his twelve.
year.old daughter. The defendant
pleaded guilty. -,