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125 Years Ago

Adams County News

August 23, 1899

'Round Ritzville

Ritzville has not had any empty dwellings, business houses or rooms for a year. We have inquiries nearly every day for them. Many would spend the winter here for school advantages if they could only find a place to live in.

City ordinance No. 81 provides a limit in which wooden buildings are hereafter to be erected. The two rows of blocks on the northwesterly side of the railroad track from B to G street will only permit stone or brick building in the future, with the exception of an occasional small addition in the way of a repair to those there at the time of the passage of this ordinance.

100 Years Ago

Ritzville-Journal Times

August 21, 1924

Second charge for burglary

Mrs. Lawrence Downey of Ralston was arrested a second time on charges of burglary and pled guilty to the charge before Judge Truax. She is held in the county jail pending sentence. As reported last week, Mrs. Downey was given a suspended sentence to the penitentiary on a charge of the theft of goods belonging to Jacob Harder. Further investigation by county officers resulted in the placing of the second charge, that of stealing a quantity of lard from Klettke's, some distance southwest of Ritzville. The officers also report finding in her home goods stolen from near Marengo.

75 Years Ago

Ritzville-Journal Times

August 16, 1951

Plans near completion for the 1951 Adams County Fair

in September

Plans are well underway for the 1951 Adams County Fair Friday and Saturday, September 21-22, at the fairgrounds in Ritzville. Fair board members have been meeting to whip the program into final shape. Some changes have been made, though basically the fair will follow its traditional format. It is hoped both a town team baseball game and a high school football fracas can be scheduled for "fair" Friday. Saturday as usual will feature a horse show.

50 Years Ago

Ritzville-Journal Times

August 22, 1974

Agility drills a big part

of football practice

New Ritzville High head football coach Mike Lynch and his assistants, Denny Humphrey and Don Olsen welcomed 42 aspiring football players out for the team's first workout Wednesday morning, the majority of them freshmen and sophomores. "We'll have to get by with enthusiasm in the first few games," Lynch said, "but they've forgotten football in this town and it's up to us to make them remember it again."

25 Years Ago

Ritzville-Journal Times

August 26, 1999

Wheat farmers continue to

suffer from sanctions

The nation's farmers, particularly those in the Pacific Northwest Region, are still feeling the sting of sanctions against Iran. While the Administration has released rules for the sale of bulk agricultural commodities, medicine and medical supplies, the damage done by years of self-exclusion from the Iranian market lingers. According to Paul Isaak, chairman of the Washington Wheat Commission, the industry is not optimistic about selling to Iran. "We can't just say 'you can buy our wheat now' and expect to regain our market share."

-The Journal