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Adams County News, July 6, 1904, issue
Mary Hawkins
LIND - Mary Hawkins aged 19, niece of U. G. Offutt of this place, and recently from Georgia, was taken to Spokane for treatment for appendicitis and died Wednesday evenings. The remains were brought back Thursday evening for interment.
Adams County News, July 13, 1904, issue
Mrs. E. B. Summers
Mrs. E. B. Summers, wife of one of the drivers of the Thom & Schnell dray line, died last evening at seven o'clock. The lady had been ill for several months. Funeral ceremonies will occur Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist church; burial at Spanjer cemetery.
The Modern Woodmen are requested to attend.
Adams County News, July 20, 1904, issue
Albert Infant
City Treasurer and Mrs. H. A. Albert are saddened in their home by the sudden death of their one-year-old baby and only child, from scarlet fever, early Monday morning, after only four days illness. A week before he was well and happy, but the unseen hand of death comes quickly and the loved ones are borne away.
Emil March
LIND - Emil March, aged 27, son-in-law of Louis Pflugrad, died Thursday morning. Sunday he was operated on for appendicitus. Peritonitis set in which resulted in his death. He leaves a wife and one child.
Adams County News, July 27, 1904, issue
Parker Infant
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Parker, new-comers from the east, living in one of the Gritman houses on South hill, lost their baby child Monday morning from whooping cough and other complications.
Mrs. D. J. Kalkwarf
Mrs. D. J. Kalkwarf, wife of Dirk J. Kalkwarf, of the Thomsen-Kalkwarf firm, passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly Thursday evening of last week. While she had not been feeling well for some time, no one realized that death was so near. When stricken she was having a dress fitted, and chatting pleasantly to those around her. She complained of a sharp pain in the region of the heart and expired in a few minutes. The family came here eighteen years ago, and are highly respected. A fine home is bereft of its central figure, - a dear mother - and the father and children have suffered the hardest blow and deepest sorrow that can ever come to them.
The last sad rites were conducted by Rev. Gottlieb Scheuerele, pastor of the German Congregational church, last Friday, and the funeral was largely attended. The business houses were closed during the ceremonies and burial.
Adams County News, August 10, 1904, issue
Homer Hail
LIND - Homer Hail, aged 11, died of typhoid fever at Walla Walla July 30, having lately moved there from here.
Charles Howland
Charles Howland, the 19-year-old son of William L. Howland, proprietor of the Postoffice store and news-stand, was drowned Monday afternoon, Aug. 8th, while in bathing at Finnell lake, nine miles east. It was in an endeavor to swim across the lake that he lost his life, when within about fifty feet of the shore. His companion, Claud Clark, was unable to render him any assistance, having just accomplished the long swim across, and was too fatiqued to go to his rescue. Mr. Clark came to town for assistance, and a large crowd left immediately by team, and the body was recovered by means of grappling hooks in about 22 feet of water by L. E. Paskill, Gus Carlen and Edwin T.
Taylor.
The lake is very treacherous and dangerous piece of water, ranging from 20 to 50 feet in depth, and having the claimed the life of Daniel Sinclair, another Ritzville boy, about six years ago.
Charles Howland was a well respected young man, being a member of the Good Templars and Fire Department, under whose auspices the funeral occurred Tuesday, Aug. 9th, at 3 p.m., from the Congregational church, Rev. Hill, of the First Baptist church, conducting the services.
Adams County News, August 17, 1904, issue
Towers Infant
The three-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. James Towers was interred in the Ritzville cemetery last Saturday afternoon.
Death of G. H. Bartges
Solomon I. Bartges, the pioneer farmer, has received the sad news of the death of his brother, G. H. Bartges, in Columbia county, this state. The following article, published in memory of that highly respected and leading citizen, appears in the Dayton Courier-Press:
As was intimated in last week's Courier-Press, when mention was made of the paraylytic stroke suffered by George H. Bartges last Thursday morning, he did not recover from its effects, and at 12:30 Saturday morning, he passed away, aged 71 years, two months and 17 days. On October
12th, next, it would be just 32 years since Mr. Bartges and family came to this county, and as a pioneer who helped to subjugate the Indians in Oregon in 1855-'56, and as one of the first to cultivate the soil of this county, he has seen this country develop from its primative state to its present condition. Every man, woman and child in Dayton knew George Bartges, and liked him for his agreeable, open-hearted nature, and he left his friends and neighbors sincere mourners.
His long career was full of incidents of interesting nature, a complete history of which would occupy many columns of space, so it will be impossible to more than mention the principal ones.
He was born in Reading, Pa., and when two years old was taken to Ohio by his parents, where he lived 17 years. In 1850 he left with three other young men overland for California, having taken the gold fever which attracted so many adventurous spirits to the land of the setting sun. A year in the gold mines sufficed for him, and in 1851 he went to the mouth of the Umpqua river in Oregon where he was employed in a sawmill camp, when he went to what is now known as Corvallis. In 1853, he became connected with the pack train in Yreka, Cal., when he encountered Miss Emily Scott, whom he married Nov. 21, 1853, and who survives him. He took up a donation claim in Scottsburg near Roseburg, and lived there 13 years. In 1866 they moved to Albany, where he ran a livery and draying business, and on October 16, 1872, arrived in Columbia county. For eight years he was in the stock raising business, when he took to farming, and at his death had 1100 acres of good farming land in this county, besides 160 acres in the mountains.
Besides his widow he leaves seven children, viz: Mrs. Walter Wood, of this county; Mrs.
Walter H. Bartges, of Ashland, Ore.; Mrs. Mary T. Johnson, W. J. Bartges, John C. Bartges, Warren E. Bartges and Miss Loree E. Bartges, all of this county, - all of whom, except William, who is in the Wallowa county, were present when he died, as well as Mrs. Zella Kendrick, of Wallace, Idaho, a grand-daughter, and Mrs. Elsie Cronon, of Baker City, Ore., a niece.
The funeral which occurred Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, was largely attended, many friends coming from Waitsburg.
Adams County News, August 23, 1904, issue
Burghard
We learn through Jacob Luiten, that Burghard, the unfortunate man who was committed to the hospital for the insane at Medical Lake, died in that institution Monday evening last. He was a brother of Chris Burghard, a prominent farmer, and was in an asylum in Minnesota on two former occasions.
Adams County News, August 30, 1904, issue
Miss Flora Spanjer
Miss Flora Spanjer, daughter of ex-County Commissioner and Mrs. Wm. G. Spanjer, died at the residence on East College Hill at 4 o'clock Tuesday. The young lady had been ill for several months, her decline in health resulting form a severe cold contracted while attending school at Whitman College, Walla Walla, about a year ago. Deep sympathy is expressed at the departure of this fair young life. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. Hans Thomsen, Geo. Spanjer, of this city, and Spanjer Bros., merchants of Odessa. Funeral Thursday morning. Last services in the German church.
Adams County News, September 7, 1904, issue
Vernie Eperson
LIND - Vernie Eperson, aged 18 years, died here yesterday of typhoid fever. He was taken sick a short time ago and declined rapidly until yesterday; when the crisis came he could not rally.
Adams County News, September 14, 1904, issue
Walter Bates
Walter Bates, who was operated upon the latter part of July for appendicitis, and survived the operation, but immediately was attacked with typhoid fever, died at the Deaconess Home, in Spokane, Friday, Sept. 9th, at 3 p.m. Dr. J. M. Adams had charge of the case. Mr. Bates was night clerk at the Hotel Ritzville for the past few months. His parents reside in Minneapolis, Minn.
His mother came to Spokane to take the remains back to Minneapolis for burial.
Adams County News, September 21, 1904, issue
Mrs. Jessie Cummings
Mrs. Jessie Gordon Cummings, who was taken to Spokane last week by her husband, died Sept. 14, at the Sacred Heart hospital of septic peritonitis. The couple had resided at Ritzville for several months.
Adams County News, September 28, 1904, issue
Geo. Milam
Geo. Milan, a brother of ex-Representative Hon. Joseph Milam, died in a sanitarium at Medical Lake on Monday. W. L. Mustard came in Tuesday at 2 a.m. driving up from Washtucna with Miss Kate Milam, a niece, who left for Medical Lake on the early morning train. Mr. Joseph Milam also lies very ill at his home on Cow Creek.
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