Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24

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United StatesAina increase of. building
permits for. June. as compared witt
the, same month n>1906. IL III d.
The cutting and binding of grain ir
the section east of Colfax has begun
| The Colfax band has been reorgan
ized. igEgA 3ynyag
+ Tekoa has let the contract for .
$4,000 brick high school building, tc
lbe completed by the urst of Novem
|ber.
Announcement has been made tic
1.-THE effect that work will be started
soon on the erection of new build
ling at the state penitentiary for use
as a jute mill. ,,og,L at, iait ataai,
Mildred Marshall, the 2-year-old
daughter of Fred Marshall, living neal
Spokane, fell into a tub Of hot water
and soon; died from her, scalding.v =;
Rev. John LeCornu,, chaplain, at the
state penitentiary, has started the or
ganization Of brass band among the
convicts at the prison. .ssa1I !.
Walla Walla valley growers want
around rs cents for their wheat.
Four Thousand sacks Of barley was
the yield of, N. b. Atkinson's IFS acres
near Waitsburg. II, o,na,l Il f,,s1.
! S The work ri, of installing the maechin.
/ cry in The new Walla Walla acaniiery
|wiHste fully completed thisaweekio:}
The Walla Walla election. held July
| s, was legal. according to q decision
made BY Judge r. H. Brents l6f the 'si.
perior court in granting a writ Of MAN.
damus asked for by Chief Of Police.
elect Mike Davis to compel q canvass
of the votes cast. This decision was
made when the city did not show that
any one was deprived Of voting be-
cause the polls were kept open from
to Z o'clock instead Of to o'clock.
Cutting grain has begun near Pull
man and Binders are running in many
of the fields, p.
RI On account Of the iunusuaily warm
weather that has prevailed the past
few days, the grain is ripening very
rapidly and harvest will be in prog
ress in another week or 10 days. "
Search for. Richard Berry and Peter
Leslie, the two prisoners who, escaped
from the Yakima county jail still con
tinuesl 1"tFHt t'1''H y. toi o9si'''
The cutting of fall wheat, COM
menced in the Hooper section this
week, with fine prospects for good
harvest and good weather: b" ''' 'i'n'
Plans perfected by Collector Of Gus
toms F., C. Harper for the relief Of
overtaxed facilities at the SUPPORT Of
Seattle, announced recently, a cali for
the transfer Of Inspector John Har-
Dor from, Danville, Wash, to act as
night inspector in Seattle. The Dam
vile vacancy is filled with the ap-
pointment of w. l.. Nutter, Spokane,
as customs inspector. .-......-.. ..-...
Company E of North Yakima won
the Governors cup for crack shooting
at the regimental' shoot at American
lake.
Ishmael Thomas. among the oldest
pioneer settlers of Columbia county,
died recently at bis cabin, IA miles
east on the Patti, Of heart failure, at
the age ofiB2 years. ilIG az .,ni 5u;iis
While swimming with four friends
In the Spokane river near Davenport
Sunday afternoon, Marlin Parr. a II
year old boy. suddenly sank and was
drowned before help could be, sum,
moned.
Pullman suffered the worst fire
since (that.iof 1890 at an early hour
Saturday morning, when, - $4,000
xyortb ~ Drorortx, 1<,,rpad TIL = -,
was most Spectacular. The Pacific
Coast Elevator company is the heavi-
eft loser, its loss being $4,000 on
building, $1,000 on sacks and 5000 on
grain The Standard Oil company 4
loss is between $500 and $1,000. Stew
brochure Hardware company lost
200 on building, Irvine. implements
and hardware and had $4,000 instr
ance Iiu,eF ,EH d,.iH % ,Gi2 :