Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-27

are on the market Garden truck Is in
good condition generally. The fruit
crop is doing well Cutting of the first
crop OF lucern is nearly completed. All
hay crops in the northern and western
sections are apparently short, but in the
eastern they are fully up to the average,
The second crop of lucern is growing
well.
There are now about 100000 pounds
of wool in the warehouse at Chinook and
the rest is coming in rapidly. Every
Friday is sales day.
Dick Dean of Townsend has obtained
contract from the Northern Pacific for
widening the roadbed and raising the
track between Livingston and Billings, a
distance of l20 miles.
During the month of June Dawson
county issued bounty certificates for
Sss7 for l25 wolves and 204 coyotes. For
the first l5 days OF July certificates were
issued for S93 for four wolves and -
coyotes.
A new ditch company for the purpose
of taking water from the west fork of the
Milk river is being organized and will
soon add more acres to the agricultural
land of Choteau county.
The jefferson county assessor reports
Il total of 81 ,2O2,2l7 in asseSsab able proper
ty in that county, of which 81 800, ,234
is real and Ss4G,0s3 personal. The total
assessment is $l5l ,04l less than last year,
the decrease being $ll5,4S4 on real AMI
~ |, ,557 on personal,
Granite county's assessment this year
is Sl,7s9,00l, the real estate and improve
ment valuations being $l.294O5 and
personal property $i94,947. As COM
pared with last years assessment there
is a loss of $25,0s9 on realty valuations
and OF Slj4,562 on personal, making IL
total decrease of Sl79,G5l in the property
valuations Of Granite county.
Assessor Cowan of Bozeman has turn.
ed in his assessment figures for the year.
The following figures were taken from his
books: The value of country real estate
and improvements is $2,739,0l5; value
OF city real estate and i'm
proyencnts, $l,3I4,GO. Total value
of all real estate, improvements
and personal property, $j,773, ,402--per-
sonal property being valued at 81 ,62G,4A
The Northern Pacific engineers are
pushing their survey for the branch
railroad on to Blidger coal mines, six
miles south OF Gebo, and it is expected
that grading work will be continued
from that point without interruption.
The slope in the bridger mine will be ex-
tended for an additional 1000 feet and
the property put in shape for shipping
coal as soon as the railroad is completed.
The total property valuation of Deer
Lodge county, including real estate and
personal property, exclusive of railroads
and railroad rolling stock, which are ap-
portionel To the counties by the state
board, is ~ ,450,G0l. The railroad prop
erty in this county last year was valued
by the state board at $G2l 800. That is
to say, the right Of way was valued at
that sum. The assessment this wear
shows an increase OF about $J00,0O0 over
that of last year
Information has been received that the
secretary of the interior has decided the
ease known as the BOULDER t0wnsite
contest" involving the entire townsite of
Boulder, the county seat of jefferson
county. The decision is in favor of the
inhabitants Of the town, and for the first
time since the town was founded gives
the property holders clear title to the
premises they have held under cloud all
the years Of the pendcncy Of the action.