FROM THE FILES

100 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

April 6, 1922

Officers make booze raids

Lincoln and Adams county officers have been hitting the trail hot for a week running down violations of the liquor laws.

In this county, five out of seven warrants issued resulted in arrests and the in Lincoln County 8 out of 14. The officers of thie county aided each other in carrying out the campaign which was directed particularly against parties in the western and norther part of this county and in the Odessa country.

Con. S. Heimbigner was fined $50 and costs on a charge of having hard cider in his possession. Sam Schaefer or Irby was fined $150 and costs on a liquor in possession charge. Bill Janke of Batum was given a similar sentence for the same offense.

Phillip Melcher was fined 4100 and costs and given a jail sentence of 30 days which was later suspended during good behavior.

75 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

April 3, 1947

Danekas heads School Board

At the reorganization meeting of the school board Monday, March 24, W.G. Danekas was elected to serve as chairman for another year.

Bids were opened on the tone and one-half truck chassis to be purchased for the coming school year. Only two local dealers bid and the order was given to Gearhart Motor Company with the specifications that a Wayne 22-passenger body is to be built on the chassis

50 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

April 6, 1972

Broncos outhit visiting Bulldogs

The Ritzville Broncos walked off the baseball diamond here Tuesday, defeating the visiting Lind Bulldogs 11-4.

Putting the cap on the win was a flurry of four runs the Broncos brought across home plate at the bottom of the sixth inning. With the score at 7-4 Tom Klemmer drove out a three bagger to bring in Tom Benzel.

Curtis Greenwalt got on with a hit as Klemmer streaked home, making the score 9-4.

Bruce Bernard got on base when he was with wth a pitched ball. Greg Schilling then placed a hit will in right field, driving in both Greenwalts and Bernard.

Ritzville had 10 hits, Lind 7.

25 years ago

Ritzville Adams

County Journal

March 27, 1997

Accident claims life

of Ritzville man

Danny R. Dirks, 40, died from injuries sustained in a Friday night traffic accident on the Zering Cutoff Road four miles southwest of Dusty.

Dirks was driving the Snider Trucking tanker on the road when the accident occurred.

The Whitman County Sheriff's Office received the report of a tanker fire at that location at 8:30 p.m. and the LaCrosse Fire Department was dispatched to the scene.

According to the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, upon arrival, fire personnel observed the semi tractor and tanker upside down in the east side ditch with the tractor fully engulfed and the tanker leaking aqua ammonia.

– The Journal