Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-06-22

| Il. +. Harris Is new arrival in Cen
esee from Oklahoma. Mr.. Harris was u
''sooner" in that country during the mad
rush of few years past, but like the ma
jority of those who went there tired of
trying to exc out an existence. He states
that he has induced large party who
are travelling overland in nine wagons
to follow him to Genesee. He states
that "if many other settlers in that God
fOrsaken country knew of the opportuni
ties and openings for industrious people
in the Inland Empire they would follow
suit"
Captain Fem has written home to
Boise that Company II is accumulating a
library to take with them which will ma
terially relieve the monotony Of their
long trip TO Manila. The Whittier club
has sent them donation OF money for
the purchase Of books.
Deputy United States Marshal Csak.
ley went TO Idaho Falls TO serve papers
instituted in suit against John O'Neill,
Hugh O'Neill and the Idaho Falls Canal
& Irrigation Company. The action is
brought to secure revocation of a patent
issued for a large tract of land, which,
il is alleged, was obtained by fraud. The
affidavit filed to secure patent stated
sufficient water had been obtained to ir-
rigate the land, which the government
claims is not true. The United States
also asks that the money paid by the
defendants be forfeited.
The report OF the enrolment and at.
tendance of the Moscow public schools
for the past year reaches the high water
mark in the history of the schools. The
number enrolled was S97, record that
can not be approached by any city in the
state outside Of Boise. Eighty eight per
cent of the census enrolment Of the dis.
trict attended the city schools, and com
bined with the number attending the
university, shows that over 90 per cent
Of the children of school age have at
tended school. This is an excellent show
ing and Moscow is proud Of it.
The county commissioners let con
tract at Rathdrum to Oliver Brothers of
Spokane TO erect bridge over the Spo-
kane river at Fort Sherman, Idaho Seal
ed bids had been advertised for by the
board, but Oliver Brothers were the only
bidders. They are to erect the bridge,
furnish all labor and material for $1,000,
to be paid by the county, and $l475 by
the citizens of Coeur d'Alene City.
The matter of testing the validity Of
the bonded debt of ShoshOne county
seems about to come to a head. The
miannual interest is due in New York
on July !, and it is the practice here to
make the remittance here about the 18th
Of this month, in order to have it there
on time. The county treasurer has been
enjoined from making the remittance. II
is anticipated that when the county re.
fuses to pay the interest the bondholders
will Immediately take steps to test the
validity of the bonds. The commission
ers evidently prefer to act on the defen'
sive and force the bondholders to com
mence action While the validity Of the
whole issue of s2sO,OOO is disputed, they
having been issued by the commissioners
without submitting the matter to vote
Of the people, it is scarcely hoped that
the county will be relieved from the pay.
ment of the whole amount.
Montana.
| Prairie schooners pass through Boulder
every few days en- route TO the Black
foot reservation and Canada. They usu.
ally have plenty Of horses, cattle and
babies with them.
G. Bachant Of Kalispell has received
check for S2770 for wheat he has deliv-
cred at the roller mills here during the
past two weeks. This is undoubtedly the
largest check given to one man for grain
at one time in the history Of the county.
George II. Tilly, night chief of the
Western Union Office at Helena, who was
recently appointed by the president as
first lieutenant in the volunteer signal
CORPS has received his commission. He
expects TO receive orders to report to
General Merritt at San Francisco, in
view of the fact that General Merritt is
having difficulty in the filling Of the sig
nal corps that is to accompany him to
the Philippines.
Two covered wagons bearing a family
Of eight people halted in Miles City the
other day. These people have been trav.
cling since the spring OF 1897, having left
Kansas with their wagon train in April
Of that year. The elderly grandfather OF
the party said he was from Indiana orig
inaliy, and had emigrated to Kansas in
the early S0s, but gave up agriculture
there after finding out TO certainty that
good crops were five to seven years
apart, which he said was too long an in
teryal for profitable farming. The party