Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-02
NEWS OF THREE STATES.
POINTS IN SEASONS BUSINESS
Record of Crimes and Accidents,
Together with a Summary of the
Happenings in This Part Of the
COuntry-A Look All Around.


county, this season.
A Whatcom county man has started g
new desiccator, which is producing 5000
pounds of ovaporated potatoes daily. Two
crews are employed and the plant is run
the entire "a hours.
About S,000,000 eggs have been put in
the troughs of the new fish hatchery on
the White Salmon in Klickitat county.
Port Candles total foreign cargo ship
ments i'm December were 1891 feet oi
lumbcI, lO5,375 lath and 100000 shingles
9S4 feet of lumber, 9,400 lath and 90
500 shingles.
The Washington state fish commission
Ell, A. G. Little, is making an examination
of the Des Chutes river at Tumwater with
a view to putting in fish ladder for
which an appropriation of $500 was made
by the last legislature.
Fish Commissioner Little has been pre-
pairing his annual report of the fish and
shellhsh output of the state of Washing
ton for the past year. His report will
show the salmon pack of Puget sound as
494, 1925 cases, against 3l2,36l in 1896, an
increase of 1866 cases, or over 5j per
cent.
A large panther was killed the other
day near Ludlow by a farmer of that
section and taken to Port Townsend. The
animal succeeded in killing five of the
couEtryman's cows before a bullet ended
his career. Heavy snow and consequent
scarcity of food in the mountains is driv
ing the panthers into tine valleys. But re-
Gently one was seen in the suburbs of
Port Townsend.
The total indebtedness of the city of
Montesano on December 81, 1897, was
$47,t47.4l. Since the city clerks report
was made, the county treasurer has re-
mitted to the city $l,73s.94, amount of
taxes collected during last quarter This
would reduce the debt to $45,30s.47. De-
cembcr 81, 1896, the debt was $4507906;
December 81, 1905, it was $45,ll90l.
Nfavnard
OF recei,, ana 'o..
Total collections, Sal 1870; disburse-
ments, $llG,42G36 Receipts, state school
fund, $ll,47S.G5; state general, $l2,-
s622s; county general, $23,7l5.36; county
bridge, 81 ,Gl7.36; county school, ,$l67475;
special school, $l6,52S.36.
Superintendent Brintnall of Thurston
county is in receipt of numerous applica-
tions from country districts in Thurston
county for teachers. Quite a number of
the country districts of this county will
have eight months of school, and almost
none of them will stop short of six months
of school for the year. The scarcity of
teachers gives wages an upward tendency.
Thurston county teachers have been
teaching for an average of $25 to $50 per
month in the country districts. The
wages now offered range from $50 to $40
per month, says the Olympian.
Montana.
There are l22 dentists authorized to
practice in Montana.
William +. Cody, better known the
world over by the cognomen of Buffalo
Bill, with a party of friends is en- route
for his ranch in the Big Horn basin.
TIL preliminary organization of the Flat
head County Fruit Growers Association
has been effected at Kalispell, Mott.
Twonty-three names were enrolled as
members.
United States District Attorney Leslie
has instituted in the United States court
IA suits against parties accused of illegal
ly lcircing the public lands. Most of the
suits brought are against parties living in
Teton, Cascade and Choteau counties.
A ,orthern Montana wool growing firm
hrf ph aI; ~
pounds to Boston last July, has just re-
ceivcd returns on the consignment. II
sold for 49, cents in the original bags
netting the owners 1910 cents, which is
the best result yet reported in this vi
cinity.
Range cattle in the Milk river country
are picking up, but need water badly.
Ranch cattle that have been fed and wa
tered are in splendid condition. Wolves
and coyotes are still numerous on the
range, and those who have hounds have
had good sport killing these pests.
In IN opinion addressed to Rev. George
c. Stull of Billings, Methodist minister
of the gospel, Attorney General G. B. No
Ian holds that all property of churches,
except places of actual public worship,
are subject to taxation. As such church
property as parsonages has been consid-
cred exempt in almost every county in the
state, the opinion Us of decided interest,
affecting as it dOe3 almost every church
in Montana. In a conversation with Rev.
Mr.. Stull some time ago the attorney gen
eral expressed the opinion that such prop
erty as parsonages,i here the pastor of a
church resided, wery exempt from taxes
under the constituti1 \ of the state, but
upon inquiring into the subject he found
that the courts have unanimously held
that all church property not actually used
as places of worship is subject to state
and county taxes. unless specially ex
empted by the constitution. The constitu
tion of Montana makes no such provision.
Idaho.
An effort is being made to have Boise
designated as one of the United States
railway mail terminals.
Oscar and Ammi Joslyn, Ngeo 10 and
IL years, sons of MusiciI.I Joasyn OF the
Sixteenth infantry band, Fort Sherman,
were drowned Sunday while slsating on
the lake. Two other boys we, through
the ice with them, but were rescued.
There are now lSs~rSients in the in
, sane asylum at y a, 20 '"a ""d
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