Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-09
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES
Demand for Timber and Lumber
Lands-CalifOrniaO Oranges Infect
ed with the Red Scale-75,OOO
Sheep Within Il Radius of Eight
Miles of Nampa, Idaho-Chinese
Pheasants for Montana.

in good demand throughout Snohomish
county
The gamblers have paid into the city
pal court over $4,000 in fines in two
months.
Ray Russell, for long time an EN-
ploye Of the state printing Office at Olym-
pia under o. C. White, has gone to Dyca,
where he and his brother will establish
newspaper.
The Josephite Mormons, or Latter Day
Il series of meetings at Castle Rock, Cow
litz county, and have made some con-
verts
Stevens county warrants issued for the
present term Of court are being sold for
95 cents, one party offering as high as 9S
cents. A few months ago the highest offer
was 75 cents.
School warrants are now selling at 100
cents on the dollar at Centralia, while
county warrants sell for 81 and SO cents
readily. Two years since school warrants
could not be sold for more than 80 cents
and county warrants were sold at the
same price.
The taxpayers of Pullman are organic
ing for the purpose of making a united
effort to secure a reduction in taxes.
There is great complaint because of the
1897 assessment, which many claim is
higher than in any other town in Whit
man county.
Klickitat county has not only the tall
est man in the state. but a curiosity in
healthy man who has only one lung.
Freseman Adams of Spring Creek lost one
lung, as a sequel to pneumonia, when
child, but he does not find its absence in
convenient unless he wants to run, and
can't get breath enough
County Attorney Dysart of Lewis coun-
ty has been in Tacoma and Portland on
business in connection with the Northern
Pacific tax case. He says the county will
go ahead and reassess the lands of the
company for 1891, the year in dispute,
and collect the same with the 1898 tax.
The United States supreme court has de-
cided that this can be done in such cases.
The railroad company owes Lewis county
now upward of $4,000.
John C. Ellison of assessor of Kittitas,
whose death occurred at Ellensburg the
other day, was one of the early settlers
of kittitas valley, took prominent part
in the Alliance, and when the peoples
party was organized in 1891 he at once
took prominent part in it, also, and
from that time up to the time of his
death was considered prominent figure.
He was candidate for county treasurer
on the populist ticket in 1904, and in 1896
was elected county assessor. He was
an elder of the Christian church at the
time of his death, and had been for some
years.
Fruit Inspector P. w. Tonneson has re-
Gently heard many complaints on account
of the arrival and sale at Tacoma of Cal
ifornia oranges infected with the '''red
SCALE" also because of the frost-bitten
fruit being sent here for sale. He says he
can not interfere in the matter, because
the diseased oranges show they have been
treated by fumigation, as required by
law. He explains that it is beyond his
power to interfere to prevent the sale of
cheap, frost bitten and otherwise low
grade fruit, and that the remedy lies with
dealers, who should refuse to accept such
shipments.
A majority of the fruit growers of
Clarke county have been busy for several
weeks past pruning their orchards, Feb
ruary being generally considered the most
favorable month for performing this i'm
portant work. The orchards throughout
the county are in good condition at pres
ent, the weather during the winter having
been most favorable, and from present in
dications, there will be n big crop of fruit
the coming season About March ! the
spraying season will commence, and while
there are very few orchards in the county
which can be said to be infected to any
extent, few will be allowed to go without
spraying. II
II is estimated that there are at present
over $4,000 sheep within radius of eight
miles of Nampa.
The city council of Boise has passed an
ordinance prohibiting the selling or Civ
ing away of tobacco to minors.
Mrs. Eliza NJ. Smith of South Boise will
succeed Judge Stewart as a member of
the republican state committee from Ada
county
The limit of the capacity of the soldiers
home at Boise has been reached and Su-
perintendent Clark states that future ap-
plicants for admission can not be admitted
until there are vacancies caused by some
of the veterans leaving the home.
Track-laying will commence in few
days on the Lewiston extension of the
Northern Pacific railroad, and will be
pushed through to the Clearwater river,
where delay will be caused by the cree
ton OF the bridge, which will be framed
at Juliaetta, and forwarded by rail.
The present year $eO,905.67 of county
and state tax was collected in Latah eoun-
ty before taxes became delinquent. The
delinquent taxes amounted to $l3,624.86
or about Is per cent. Last years collec-
tions amounted to $64 4,9S0.94, while the
delinquent taxes were about $4,000.
Though the collections this year were
$4,000 less than last over l50 more re-
ceipts were issued. This is due to a lower
valuation and levy. Since the delinquent
season began 800 receipts have been issued
agree Sting about $1,000.
In the case of G. Scott Anderson appeal
ing from the action of the county com
missioners in employing w. b. Hepburn
as special counsel TO fefend shoshone