Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-26
LOCAL NEWS.
NORTHERN PACIFIC TIME TABLE.

parental roof on Mob Hill.
For Sale-A good standing desk Cook
keepers) in good condition, at Eller's
Second Hand Store.
M. Hill, father of our fellow towns
man H. E. Hill, was in the city Monday
from his home in Lind.
Elmer Hopple, agent of the N. P. at
Hatton, spent Christmas with friends
and relatives in Ritzville.
The German American Bank, of
Odessa, will soon be converted into a
National bark, we are informed.
Remember the great clearance sale at
Mrs. T. J. Hallin' millinery store. Take
advantage of it and save money. 1926
H. E. Hill attended the meeting in
Lind last Saturday of the Farmers
Union of Adams, Douglas and Franklin
counties.
Otto Couch is spending Christmas in
the city, the guest Of Virgil Benning-
ton. He is a student at the Washing
ton State College.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bovee and family
were passengers for Spokane on Tues
days local. They will spend the Christ
mas holidays there.
H. E. Hill and wife spent Christmas
with Mr.. Hills parents in Lind. H. E.
can be depended upon to know where to
find good turkey dinner.
Rev. Egerlund. former pastor of the
German Congregational church west of
town, is now in charge of lions Con-
gregational church at Fresno, Califor-
MIA.
Miss Audra Dutton, former high
school girl of Ritzville, is in the city
from her home at Pullman, Christ
mas guest of Misses Emma and Helen
Newland.
Miss Viola Wagner, of Seattle, was
an over-C Christmas visitor with Ritzville
friends. Miss Wagner was the in
structor in music in the city schools
last year.
Hickman Newland, student at the
State College at Pullman, is home for
the holidays and, we might add, for the
turkey and good things that go along
with them.
w. R. Cunningham, jr., is in the city
on business. He says his banks at
Kahlotus and Washtucna are practical
ly on cash basis and that all lines of
business is good in both places.
The great clearance sale at Mrs. T.
J. Hallin's millinery store is still on
One-fourth reduction on everything in
the store, including all kinds of ladies'
and children's wearing apparel. 1926.
Ed. Pennell, Chas. Sapp, Henry Ros-
enoff, jr., and Earle Colwell expect to
leave in the very near future for the
scene of their land holdings in the state
of Texas. May success attend you,
boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Mcneil, of Twin
Falls, Ida., are visiting with Mrs. Nc
Neil's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Of
futt, at their home on Mob Hill. We
almost forgot to mention that Mr.. and
Mrs. McNeil's family" are with them,
also.
S. w. Newland and wife and babies,
of Twin Falls, Idaho, are visiting their
parental homes during holiday season.
At present they are with Mrs. New
lands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
linus, southeast of Lind.
Harry Davenny, Joe Bassett, Miss
Mary Bassett and Miss Claire Despair,
all students at Whitman college, are
spending the Christmas vacation under
parental roofs. They say they enjoy
college life at Whitman very much but
it "seems good to be home"
Mrs. w. C. Reeder, a former we'll
known resident of Ritzville, has. gone
to California, with her children, in the
search of health. Her stay there, we
are informed, will depend altogether on
how the climate agrees with her. Mr..
Reeder will join her sometime during
the winter.
W. R. Cunningham. ST., has sold to
H. w. Golf, of Colfax, 80 acres of land
near Keystone for $1,000, cash, the land
being the E. n of N. E. 4 of Sec. IA,
Twp. 20 N. R., Sc E. W M. The land
was sold for w. w. Baker, of the Baker
Investment Co., of Walla Walla.
A. A. Elmore, of Oklahoma, former
pastor of the Christian church here, was
in the city last Sunday. Mr.. Elmore is
now organizer for the Farmers Educa-
tional & Cooperative Union and is en-
gagged in organizing local and county
Unions throughout Eastern Washing
ton.
The three men who started out to
walk from the Pacific coast to the At
lantic coast-which means, of course,
from Seattle to Boston-have changed
their minds and also their mode of ira
vel. One of them took No. 16 out of
Ritzville for Spokane on Tuesday and a
freight brakeman says he hauled two of
them from North Yakima to the Column
bia river few days before. The one