FROM THE FILES

100 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

July 20, 1922

Lind flour mill

closes for year

The Lind Leader last week announced that orders had been received by the manager of the mill at Lind that it would closed down for the coming year.

The mill is owned by Portland Flouring Mills Company which is affiliated with the Pacific Grain Company. These concerns have been in grave financial condition for many months and the managers have decided to operate only four mills the coming year, two are on the coast and two in the interior.

75 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

July 17, 1947

Wind storm destroys

elevator shaft at Packard Thursday evening

That jinx that's been haunting the Packard elevator 11 miles northwest of Ritzville went to work again last Thursday. While everyone was blinded by the big dust-storm, Mr. Jinx slammed the 110 foot elevating tower t the ground, north across the Milwaukee railway tracks.

The disaster struck only 16 days after the new elevated had taken in its first load of wheat. The present 230,000 bushel structure had been built to replace the old Packard elevator that burned to the ground last fall. Manager Russ Rieman estimated the storm damage at $10,000...

50 years ago

The Ritzville

Journal-Times

July 20, 1972

At Harder's: Dig

yields artifacts

What is believed to have been a "butchering station" was discovered last week by Glen Greene near Sheep Springs southeast of here.

Green, the WSU anthropologist who is doing research work on artifacts from excavation sites on the Jacob Harder ranch property said he thought the site was where ancient residents of the land butchered animal carcasses.

In addition, Greene and his wife Lorraine found numerous projectile points and scrapers in work last week in several spots and "are finding new sites constantly."

25 years ago

Ritzville Adams

County Journal

July 17, 1997

Wagon Train

memorial erected

Sixteen families are being memorialized for their wagon train journey in the spring of 1882 from Nebraska to Ritzville in the Washington territory.

Lamar Thiel, of Ritzville, was commissioned to design and construct a metal sculpture commemorating the event. The sculpture has now taken its place on a grassy area along Railroad Ave. west of The Depot.

Thiel said the sculpture too, 347 hours to complete with the covered wagon actual size in length. He began the project with a trip to Baker City, OR, where he obtained a pattern for the wagon.