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OVEEKLY LOCAL EVENTS " C. W. Meyers, of Chicago, was in towp this week. tW. J. Bennington was a Spokane aßsenger today. J. E. Thorpe, of Rosenofi & Co. spent Christmas in Spokane ViBS Louise Marion spent Christmas I \ friends in Lind and vicinity. " Commissioner Hill and wife y <t Christmas with relatives at Lind. - ' County Auditor Amsbaugh and wife ■Mont Christmas with friends at Lind. Henry H. Thiel and wife, of Odessa Christmas with Wm. Spring and •dife. J Attorney F. J. Hoagliind, of Odessa liwas in the city on business last Mon day. 3. W. Watkinsrecently leftforquite an extended visit with friends in old Missouri. Rev. T. J. Collins spent Christmas Lwith his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Sherfev, in Washtucna. i Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cross are visiting I at the home of his father, George j Cross, in Spokane. R. A. Chittenden and wife spent Christmas with Mrs. Chittenden's par ents in Spokane. Thos. Adams, Sam Hughart and Joe k Bassett are home from Whitman Col lege for the holidays. Mrs. W. J. Bennington h.is returned 4Rome from a two weeks visit with > friends on the Sound. ra Mrs. T. B. Proctor, mother of Rev. Wm. M. Proctor, has returned to her jme in Snohomish. Everett J. King,' of Weston, Ore., .s in the city visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. King. Newell Smith, who is taking a course at Blair's Business College in Spokane, is home for the holidays. Miss Josie Baker, of Spokane, is visiting in the city, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Shepley. Earl Barronett is home from Pullman spend holidays with friends and relatives here and at Lind. Prosecuting Attorney-elect and Mrs. spent Christmas at the home Stof their parents in La Crosse. jjpTMiss Mary McChesney, of Delight, is in the First National Bank ' during the Christmas season. t i Rev. B. E. Koontz and family spent Chrismas day at the home of W. S. Em bers, four miles north of Ritzville. Harry Pettijohn and Henry Myers are home for the Christmas holidays from the State College at Pullman. • K. H. Leabo and wife, of Portland, are in town 011 a visit to his parent?, Mr. and Mrs. Leabo, of College Hill. "The Club" gave a Christmas dinner in Tinnel's Hall 011 Christmas night at which a very enjoyable time was had. W. K. Kennedy and wife, of Spokane, spent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Kennedy on Knob Hill. Felix Shain and wife, of Hatton, are in the city, in attendance at the mar riage of their daughter to Mr. Doug lass. Miss Himelburger and Miss Donald left Monday for the meeting of the State Teachers Association at Belling ham, Wash. J. H. Turner, the popular young grain buyer of Odessa, and wife were Christmas visitors at the parental home west of town. Earl T. Cop]), assistant cashier of the Bank of Lind, spent Christmas with his mother at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Burroughs. Deputy Postmaster W. S. McCoy spent Christmas in Spokane. His place in the postoffice was supplied by Mi?a Zelma Pettijohn. Mr. S. B. Ulm and wife, of Wash tucna, spent Christmas here, the guests of their son, Chas. B. Ulm, of the Ritzville Trading Co. Clyde Imus, of Lind, formerly with the Lind Hardware Co., is assisting the clerical staff in the First National during the holiday rush. M. W. Anthony, teacher at Weber, has resigned his position and departed for an extended visit with relatives and friends in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Leabo, accompanied by her son and wife, of Portland, will leave next Tuesday on a 10 days' visit with a daughter in Athol, Ore. Fred Kemble, who won the scholar ship from this county to the State- College at Pullman, is spending the holidays with his "home folks " Mrs. H. Schmidt, of the Hotel Ritz ville left on Thursday for Whitehall, Montana, for a month's visit with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. H. Schmidt, mine hosts of the Hotel Ritzville, received a Christmas visit from their son, A. B. Schmidt. J. Kellenberger and wife of Trail, B. C., are in the city on a visit to the family of Chas. Ulm. Before their return Mrs. Kellenberger will visit friends at Washtucna. Moses S. Taylor, a farmer living nineteen miies northwest of Lind, will sell his stock and farming tools January Bth nnd, with his family, will take up his residence in Ritzville. Mrs. A 1 Troyer and son returned Sunday from a two months' trip to lola, Kansas, and she brought with her a neice, Miss Daisy Groom, of loin, who will make her home here. Among the visitors in town from other parts of the county are Attorney ■R. S. Hamilton, of Lind; E. F. Biek ford, of Hatton; G. W. Billington and Wm. H. Hod.-on. of Billington. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reeder are the recipients of a line silver service as a Christmas present from one of the wholesale houses with whom Mr. Reed : er does business. The set is a beauty. 1 Miss Inez Harer, the Spokane con, tralto who has charmed several audi ences in Ritzville heretofore with her . beautiful voice, spent Christmas day at the home of Wm. M. Proctor, of the First Congregational church. Hon. S. A. Wells and wife, of Spo kane, spent Christmas with their chil dren at the Willow Springs dairy ranch ' north of town. Mr. Wells is receiver > of the U. S. Land Office in Spokane. Miss McDonnell who has been teach -5 ing in the Rankin district has gone to r Spokane to spend the holidays with her parents. If she iinds congenial em , ployment elsewhere she will not return 1 to her school. D. C. Barronett and family and Leonard Starr and family spent Christ -3 mas with Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Laugh - lin in Lind. Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin will leave for their new home in Sunny -3 side about the first of the year. The new skating rink in the Richter building was opened to the public Sat -1 urday evening and a large crowd was in attendance. The Ritzville cornet band furnished music and a merry band s of skaters enjoyed the occasion until s a late hour. Henry Zimmerman, ex-sheriff of , Adams county, sustained a very severe , fall in Richter's Rink and broke his left wrist, and otherwise bruising him sell'. Dr. Hewit reduced the fracture ( and Mr. Zimmermau is out again, but he will not skate any more for awhile. He is doing nicely. ' The many friends of Elder W. R. • Cunningham, the venerable land and 1 loan man, will be pleased to know that he is again able to be in his office and ; give his personal attention to business - matters. He has been confined to his - room for nearly two months with an attack of rheumatism and other ail j ments. ! S. D. Douglas, county clerk elect, re - turned this morning from a visit to his parental home in lowa. He reports r very cold weather in the east and ' doesn't hesitate to add that Washing ] ton, her people and climate, are satis factory to him. "His brother, Wm. Douglas, of Lind, was visiting here 1 Chiistmas. I The first accident at the new skating rink occurred Saturday night when James Harding, whose momentum had ' become accelerated to such a degree ' that he was unable to turn at the * corner, crashed into the glass at the front of the building, breaking two . large panes and cutting his hands and 5 wrists severely. ! Tuesday at high noon Mr. Wm. Doug lass and Miss Grace Embree, both of 1 Lind, were married at the home of S. r D. Douglass, county clerk-elect, on 1' Knob Hill, Rev. B. E. Koontz of the Methodist church officiating. The wed ding was solemnized in the presence of J relatives and immediate friends of the j fanily. A wedding dinner was served. Richard Schenk, formerly with the 1 Myers-Shepley Co. of this city, but t now with the Blakely Dry Goods Co. of 1 Spokane, spent Christmas with his wife and her sister, Mrs. Trantum, at the latter's home on College Hill. Mrs. Schenk will remain here for some time yet before joining her husband in ' the city by the falls. Married: On last Thursday evening Mr. Warren Johnson to Miss Bessie M. Smith, Rev. B. E. Koontz officiating. The groom is sales manager for the Coeur d'Alene Lumber Co. and the bride is a young lady from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They will make their home, we are informed, in Coeur d'Alene. Coal has been almost an unknown quantity in Washtucna, a town in the southern part of Adams county, the first car load reaching them last Wed nesday evening. Some of her citizens have hauled coal from Ritzville, a distance of thirty miles, in wagons. Upon reaching Washtucna they retailed it out at 812.50 per ton. F. J. Hoagland, attorney from Odes- «* sa, was in the city Monday on business in connection with the estate of Martin Reich, deceased. Mr. Reich was a wealthy German farmer who lived in the northern part of the county and who died on October 21st. Just a few days before his death he had taken out a life insurance policy calling for five thousand dollars in the Equitable as sociation of New York. William L. Michaelson has been appointed admin istrator of the estate. The masquerade ball to be given by the Ritzville cornet band in Ott's Hall on New Year's eve will be one of the leading social events of the season. Elaborate preparations are being made, costumes are being ordered from Spokane, and the business men of Ritzville have contributed valuable prizes. At 11:30 will occur the grand march, the unmasking and the award ing of prizes. The floor committee |Consists of Joseph Kugler, D. W. 1 i 1 r t j A crowded house greeted the Method- ; ist Sunday School at their Christmas entertainment given at the church on Monday evening. Each number on the ; program was enthusiastically rendered. s The church was beautifully decorated " and the large tree presented a magni i ficent appearance. It was lighted with t 24 incandescent lights, and many costly ■ presents helped to make the trees a delight to look upon. Old Santa Claus made his annual appearance and brought \ good cheer to the little folks. A most I enjoyable time was had by all and the j entertainment was a decided success. 3 1 I I; •j i, I Why not open a bank account? The . First National Rank will assist you to . do so by furnishing you with a home , Savings Bank in which to keep your j savings until you have accumulated I enough to deposit. They will open your bank upon presentation and place, the contents of large or small amounts " to your credit and pay you interest at f 5 per cent from date of credit, inter • est to be computed and credited to 1 your account on January Ist and July ; Ist of each year. Try this savings ; system and you will be surprised at the amount you will accumulate. It ! will pay you to investigate. At the Christian church on Christmas ,' Eve an Oriental Christmas Cantata was , given by the Bible class children that j was very well received. It represented , two Christian children, missionaries in . Japan, teaching the Japanese children who Santa Claus is and what he repre _ sents. 43 children were used in the , Cantata, all dressed in Japanese cost j nmes and the stage was decorated in Japanese style, and the production was well rendered and was full of meaning and most appropriate. A nice Christ mas tree was well loaded with good things and each Sunday school scholar was remembered with a sack of candy and nuts. Santa Claus was especially well represented by Virgil Bennington, and taking it as a whole, it was quite a success. At the close of the exercises an offering was taken for the poor of' the city, TIME Is flying, but you still have time to' buy CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Let us call your attention to a few holiday lines that you may ha\e not thought of: SMOKERS SUPPLIES PIPES, Cll.\Rs, CIGAIi HOLDERS. ASH TRAYS. MATCH BO\KS. CIOAK CASES. ETC. ART LI^FS CALENDARS. C i::iST.MAS CARDS, IAN ELS AND PLAQUES, ETC. Also complete lines i.i TOYS, DOLLS, ETC. Rosenoff &(Jo. MAIN 47< Phonographs are presents F.C.henneberg Real Estate Farm Loans STEAMSHIP TICKETS TO AND FROM EUROPE Insurance Locating EASTERN SETTLERS A Specialty Member of the Interstate Invest ors' Association. Just Received A Line of . Japanese Novelties In Crockery CoiiMlMtlng of Tea Sets, Cups and Saucers, Plates, After Dinner Coffee :'ups and Saucers, Ron Hon )ishes, Etc. JUST THE THING FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. We have also replenished ur stock of 5c and 10c oods. Come in and exam ne the line. Yours respectfully R. A. CHITTENDEN The Grocer J. M. kauffman HOUSE MOVINQ Is My Business... Safety guaranteed. I have all neces sary apparatus and machinery for transporting large structures on short notice. Excavating ■ specially. CHAKOES REASONABLE Don't Cut a Corn. B o«vJ poisoning •« liable to result when a <",n M cut with a k*iife or razor. Cutting or trim a coin atioiilH but temporary relief Le<-au/M* thp corn cornea hack. The only safe ami Hur«- way to be free from corns and bun* ion* id by the umj of Indian Corn Leaf. This matric Iwf arplted to thf» corn caMa the pain mutantl v afte: wK ch the corn •;» removed entirulv, permit' iic t f*iot to resume its natural shape. Kccommemled by a'! who have te*t«-d it* merits. iv:.id 20 -< for large size package an<l obtain our bo"U»-t ' HOW TO TKEAf IHEFP ET " H U.iILT.MI with pile-4. ««ond 'At cent* for "INDIAN PILE OINT MENT." Sent bym-iilon <f stampsor coin. Agent* make money neiling these guar anteed remedies. Write for term*. A<Jdr«Mi; THE BOND SUPPLY CO. Bond Building Washington, D. C 'XYto BUILD Call on ••• White River Lumber Co. A full stock o! ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER and all liuildini: Materia!; also He.*>th & nilligan Ready Mixed Paints Oils Glass Wall Paper Wood Coal RITZVILLE FLOURING MILLS (INCORPORATED) Merchant Millers VI. Thomsen, I'rc.s. W. H. Krcimcr. Moiki^lt HiKhcst market price paid for wheat, sacked or in hulk. Manufacturers of the celebrated Krone Patent flour. All grocers sell it. Wheat storage capacity, 150,000 bushels. Ritzville Transfer Co., F. H. DREW. Prop. Dealer in Dry Wood < teiitTal Dravinu and Trans ferring promptly attended to Special attention given to Commercial and Local Baggage to and from trains. I More VtuKtfnice unci House hold (ioodK. I have opened an office in the rear of the old Times building, corner E and Second streets, where you can reach me personally or by 'phone any time. OFFICE PHONE. 371 RESIDENCE PHONE, 575 THE * w Job department | ~OF THE Journal-Herold Publishing Go. Is prepared to execute at short notice ihe latest designs in HOLIDAY STATIONERY WEDDING 00000000 Special Facilities for Fine Embossing and Engraving 00000000 It is Holiday visiting time You'll need Calling Cards Copper Plate Engraved Work a Specialty 00000000 Telephone 183. Journal-Herold Publishing Co., Rn/ville First National Bank RITZVILLE, WASHINGTON Capital and Surplus, $110,000 Is the oldest, largest and only National Bank in Adams county, Offers its customers every facility consistent with conservative banking. Places loans for term of years on farm and city property under especially favorable contracts. Pays interest on time deposits: Its officers are experienced and courteous and its directors are among the most substantial business men in the county. J. D. BASSETT, President U. K. LOOSE, Vice President A T. KENDRICK, Cashier FINE TAILORING REMEMBER YOUR CLOTHES are cut. fined and made here at home to your entire satisfaction at reasonable prices- Give us a call. Yours for business, CLEANING 6- REPAIPJNG l.„ _ T U T\~iTt 1 neatly done - J no. !l heo. DeGork. W. R.Peters Manufacturer and Dealer in Harness and Horse Goods Carries the largest and best line of Harness and Saddles in Adams county. Everything for the stable. Years of experience in this business enables us to assure satisfaction to every customer. Come in and see our goods whether you buy or not. Main street, bet. David E Ritzville - Wash. The Journal's ads art? worth reading.