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Last updated 7/14/2022 at 8:09am

– Journal-Times photo | July 13, 1972

A photo from 50 years ago – Here's a collection of dams County road signs taken down by persons unknown and cached beneath a bridge near Pizarro. Sign department foreman Roy Klein said his department's finding of the cache was a pure accident.

100 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

July 13, 1922

School census

shows decrease

Census reports of children of school age have been received by the county superintendent for the school districts of Adams County and the totals show a decrease over those of 1921.

In 1922, the total number of children of school age for the county is 2,986 as against 3,058 for 1921.

In 1922, the number of male children was 1,540 and females 1,446, while in 1921 the respective numbers were 1,560 and 1,498. The largest decline apparently is in the rural districts and Ritzville showed a gain of 55 and Lind an...

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