Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06

is evident in this case who pays the tax.
P. G. Gates, expert timber estimator
and appraiser employed by the state to
estimate and appraise the timber on the
white pine lands in the northern part Of
kansas. Mrs. Gates accompanies him.
They are guests of Secretary of State
Lewis. Mr.. Gates will go north in few
days to proceed with the work. He will
be accompanied by some members of the
state land board.
A letter from Camp Merritt, San Fran
cisco to the Boise Statesman contains the
following paragraph: "Our beautiful flag
arrived on the 18th and Mrs. A. IL.
Boomer carried it through camp amid
the cheers of all the boys And right here
we want to say that there has been no one
that has equaled Mrs. Boomers attention
and work for the regiment. She has been
deservedly named the Mother of the Reg
iment." Today Major Higgins is calling
on the boys for small donation with
which he intends to get remembrance
for Mrs. Boomer, and it is with joy that
the boys respond"
On the lower hills near Wallace, there
is an occasional ripe huckleberry found,
and it will not be long until there will
be plenty of them. Higher up the mount
aims they are later and ripe ones can be
found at any time from now until hard
frosts come next fall. The crop promises
to be an abundant one, the bushes ev-
erywhere being loaded with green berries.
1t is only once in two or three years that
there is full crop, the frost usually kill
ing them except in favored localities.
In good seasons they are found almost
all over the mountains, and they may be
gathered for so long time that the crop
is one possessing considerable value.
There is little likelihood of any weather
to injure them after they are as far along
as NOW.
A Cascade county company in Montana
has just sold its clip of wool at Is cents.
At the Episcopal convention at Hell
ena, Bishop Brewer said that contribu-
tions for parochial objects during the year
were about $4,000 more than for the pre-
vious year.
For the first time in the history of
the city of Butte, the city council has
appropriated money for Fourth of July
celebration, voting 5000 from the emer-
gency fund for this purpose.
Clark Bros have filed their bill of dam
ages against the Northwestern National
bank at Great Falls. The total is $751;
O55 SO. This amount makes the suit the
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w. H. Cochran on his return trip from
the Big Hole basin, encountered a grizzly
near Dixon's place. near Dillon. He took
the animal to be calf at first, but upon
closer inspection he discovered his mis-
take, and concluded not to linger unnec-
essaIily in that immediate neighborhood.
Rev. f. A. Riggin of Great Falls, Mont,
will open the Beaver City camp meeting,
in Fergus county, on June 80. He will
have charge of the meeting and will be
assisted by number of men from the
Montana mission. The season will con-
tinue until July 5.
Another promising young man of ap-
parently good habits, of previous good
character and holding good position
which he might have retained indefinitely,
has gone wrong and last night he slept
behind the bars of the Deer Lodge peni-
Tertiary, says the Anaconda Standard.
He is Alfred L. Duffy, cashier for the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company, lum-
Der department. He has confessed to en-
bezzling $3.50 of the company's funds.
Ben Durrell and Henry Shufelt of
Nashua have lost over a dozen head of
young cattle from blackleg this spring,
says the Glasgow Gazette. The animals
they say are affected by a swelling which
is usually confined to one leg of the ami
NAL and never extending over the body.
The member so affected becomes hard as
stone, almost bursting the skin. Several
of Ed. Stevens cattle have died of the
same disease. They are now vaccinating
their young stock as preventive.
Father Pendo, for many years mis-
sionary among the Crow Indians, was
drowned in the Big Horn river the other
day. He had been TO Prior creek mission
and was on his way home in light rig
and had reached the slough on the west
side of the river, opposite st. Xavier. Two
Indian children, boy and a girl, were
with him. In attempting to ford the
river the wagon was upset and all three
occupants were thrown into the water.
The priest sank almost Immediately and
was seen no more. The boy was an excel
lent swimmer and chung to the lines and
with the horses reached the shore in
safety. The girl was carried by the cur
rent against a tree that was lying in the
water. She clutched at the branches and
called for help. Without moments
hesitation the boy jumped back into the
river and swan to where the girl was,
and with considerable difficulty managed
to get her out and onto the land.
The Montana state school of mines
building, for the past three years in course
of construction, west of Butte, is nearing
completion. The building was contracted
for at $92, 900, and is designed in the
Italian renaissance school of architecture.
and is constructed of sandstone, pressed
brick and terra Gotta. Iron and steel
beams and lintels were used entirely
throughout. The walls are of solid brick
and hollow tile, and make the building
as near fire-proof as is possible. The fire
insurance rate on this account is the low
est of any building in the state, being
10 cents per thousand.