Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
A photo from 50 years ago - Mark of the Old West: Chad Caldwell, Benge, holds a hallmark of the Old West, the bleached skull and horns of a bull left on the prairie to die. Standing beside Toni Benzel, also in shirt and pants from Indiana Harness, is Chad's sister Michelle. Mrs. Benzel wears an orange pats suit with tunic top, an offering at Saturday's Western Wear Style show of Indiana Harness.
100 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
April 27, 1922
Farmers must not cultivate county roads
The county officials have announced an order forbidding farmers to cultivate the right-of-way alongside their fields. This has been a very common practice all over the wheat country and has been done in order to keep down the weeds.
The reason the county is now forbidding it is that in building roads the center is carefully crowned and the drainage provided at the sides, and the surplus material thrown up on the outer edge of the right-of-way.
When the farmer comes along with plows and harrows he quickly works this material down into the ditches again and often onto the gravel.
75 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
April 24, 1947
Marcellus to play
Sprague here Sunday
First home game of teh Big Bed League, southern division, will be played here this Sunday between Marcellus and Sprague.
A large crowd is expected to be present to usher in the new season.
This will be the first game of the season for the Marcellus team, but Sprague already has a 9 to 2 victory over Edwall on the teh records. In other games played last Sunday, Almira won over Wilson Creek 9 to 5, Marlin defeated Wilbur 10 to 2 and Harrington defeated the Ritzville Ramblers 3 to 2.
50 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
April 27, 1972
Benge students tour
thru Portland area
BENGE - A field trip to Portland was taken by several Benge students, their teacher, Bryce Ault, and Mrs. Ault.
They left for the trip Saturday morning and stopped at Maryhill museum, Bonneville dam and Multnomah falls. The drove through Portland to Vancouver, where they checked in at a motel and had a wiener roast at Paradise Point park that evening.
The next morning they drove around Ft. Vancouver, then to Portland, around the harbor and to Mt. Tabor. They visited OSMI, a science museum, where they walked through a replica of a human heart, saw baby chicks hatch, viewed a show at the planetarium and went through a small plane. They went to the zoo, rode on a train there, and stopped at Lloyd Center before starting their trip home.
25 years ago
Ritzville Adams
County Journal
April 24, 1997
Ritzville Public Library granted Internet service
Brigadoon.com, a full spectrum Internet services company, has awarded the Ritzville Public Library Internet service through a unique program.
The Community Partner program is designed to offer non-profit groups the opportunity to become linked with colleagues, schools, business and the community via the Internet.
Reader Comments(0)