The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

125 Years Ago

Adams County News

September 7, 1898

We wonder if parents in Ritzville generally know that their little boys are in the habit of riding about every freight train that comes into the yards and often get on the passenger side then jump off. If they do know, we wonder if they ever figured what were the chances of being called in to attend some little boy’s funeral or the performing of a surgical operation by some doctor. That is a sad thing to contemplate and no one wants anything of the kind to occur, but unless there are some steps taken to prevent it, it will surely happen. D...