Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-10
The first union meeting of the diff

last Sunday evening in the First Con-
gregational church. A very large
audience was present to listen to a
we'll prepared and ably delivered SER
mon by the Rev. B. E. Koontz, of the
M. E. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Woods, who
have lived just outside of the city
limits for several years, went to
Medford, Ore. with the intention of
making that place their future home,
provided the climate agrees with them
and the city and surroundings are
what they hope them to be.
On Wednesday evening, July 3rd,
at 9 p. m. Mr.. Carl Irby and Miss
Minnie Longmier were united in mar
riage at the home of Tony Heisteman.
The newly married couple are we'll
known at Cunningham where they will
make their future home. The Rev.
BE. Koontz performed the ceremony.
j. A. Hare of Upper Sanduskey,
Ohio, heavy real estate owner of that
place, is in the city to get acquainted
with the values of real property in
this section of the country. Mr.. Hare
has already bought quite little land
in Franklin county, but he contempla-
ties buying in the vacinity of Ritzville.
Rev. and Mrs. w. M. Proctor will
leave for their vacation Monday, July
18th. They expect to spend part of
the time at Wait Lake, in Stevens
county. M r. Proctor will be in Ritz
vile again Sunday, August 4th, to
take his turn again, in the union even
ing services, and to attend to business
in connection with the Library
Building.
Next Thursday evening one DELEGATE
and one alternate will be elected from
the M E. congregation to represent
this charge at the next Lay Electoral
Annual Conference, which will be held
at Spokane, Sept. 4th. This body
will elect three lay delegates to re-
present the Columbia River conference
at the General Conference to be held
in May, next year. The election
will he held from s to 9 :15 p. m.
An 8 year old deaf and dumb son of
John REIN, farmer living five miles
northwest of town. met with an acct
dent Monday morning which cost him
his thumb on the right hand, the ball
of his hand connected to the thumb
and the greater portion of the index
finger on the same hand. He caught
a rope that was used on derrick for
lifting hay into the barn loft and did
not let loose until his little hand was
caught in pully and the flesh on the
parts mentioned was ground to pulp.
A pleasant home wedding occurred
at the home of Mr.. H. S. B. Carlson
on Wednesday evening, July 8, at S
p. m.,. when Miss Lottie Carlson and
Roy Helme were united in marriage.
Rev. B. E. Koontz of the Methodist
church officiating. The ceremony was
performed in the presence of the two
families of the contracting parties.
After the wedding ceremony the newly
married couple left on the evening
train for Occur d'Alene and their
honeymoon. They will reside on Mr..
Helme's farm near Bemis. The young
people are well known and highly
respected, and their many friends wish
them long and prosperous life.
G. w. Morrow, general agent of
the milwaukee, Townsite & Land Co.,
was in Ritzville on Friday last. He
told the scribe that no name had been
selected for the new town which will
be located on section twelve in Fletcher
township, but the town west of Lid,
which is located on section nineteen
in Crowville township, will be named
RoXboro, and the town in Douglas
county, few miles south of the present
Petersburg postoaice, has been named
Warden. Othello, the last place in
this county along this new road, is
located where the old postoffiec has
been for wears. Mr.. Morrow further
added that they are crowding the con-