FROM THE FILES

100 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

Jan. 12, 1922

Farmer shot near Paha:

George Schutz of Paha killed yesterday while on rabbit drive

George Schultz, a farmer living near Paha, was fatally wounded yesterday afternoon by the accidental discharge of a shotgun during a rabbit drive held in the Paha country. He died about six o'clock through profuse bleeding.

The drive was over and the men were standing around, according to the report received here, Schutz happened to swing his gun around and it struck the gun of a boy named Kelly, who was standing a little to the rear of Schutz.

Kelly's gun was discharged and the load struck at such close range the shot tore the flesh badly. He was given attention as promptly as possible and it was intended to take him to Spokane on No. 2, but he died before the train arrived. He leaves a wife and five children.

75 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

Jan. 9 1947

Hooper resident finds it unsafe to have house too close to road

Sunday night at Hooper, at about 9:30 p.m., a Washington Motor Coach bus slid off the highway and hit a house occupied by Emile Morod, pushing the house partly off its foundation with considerable damage done.

Mr. Morod was in bed asleep in the room which was struck, but not injured.

Miss Carolina Potter of Sumner, Wash., was the only one injured, suffering internal injuries.

Dr. Craig of LaCrosse was called and later she was removed to the Hooper Hotel. She was taken on to the Colfax hospital later.

50 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

Jan. 13, 1972

Ford dealer wins Super Bowl trip

Larry and Mrs. Benzel are leaving today on an all-expenses-paid vacation attending the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Larry, the owner-manager of Benzel Ford Sales here, won the vacation award in a truck sales contest in the Seattle district of the Ford Motor Co., sales organization. He competed with seven other dealers with similar sales potential to his own.

He explained each of the dealers was assigned a sales objective. The contest winner was the dealer with the highest per cent above the objective. Benzel Ford Sales achieved 290 per cent above the November-December assignment.

"Things just sort of fell together that way," said Larry in explanation of the high sales achievement. Modestly, he admitted an agency which through the years has sought to meet its customers real needs helped bring back old customers for the new business that won the vacation trip.

25 years ago

Ritzville Adams

County Journal

Jan. 9, 1997

Lind hosts Falcons

in Saturday game:

Falcons 68, Bulldogs 30

The Lind Bulldogs played host to the Sprague-Harrington Falcons on Saturday night in a rough game that saw each team go to the free throw line 18 times.

Lind was 12-18 from the line for 66 percent while the Falcons sunk 9-18 for 50 percent. Bulldog Jason Sikorski scored his entire seven points for the game from the free throw line. He earned the points on nine trips to the charity stripe.

Leading scorer for the young Bulldogs was James Parkins with nine. From the field, the Bulldogs connected on 9-29 attempts for 31 percent while the Falcons hit 27-69 for 39 percent.

- Journal-Times