Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-07-05
IDAHO NOTES.

Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson of
Silver City delivered the Fourth of
July Grafton at Boise
Burglars entered the store of the
Moscow Commission Company and
broke open the safe recently. They
succeeded in everything except in get
ting valuables.
Jerry Callahan and M. p. Boyle, log
contractors, have started fcl The koo-
tenai lake country with tbs first Of ~
RATS of logs. The RATS contain 1000
600 feet of lumber, being the largest
contract filled this season.
The summer school at the University
of Idaho is, in the words of President
Blanton, mo longer an experiment, but
an assured and triumphant success.
The enrolment up to yesterday even
ing had reached 1877, and many more
are expected soon.
The first carload of line has been
burned from the marble ledge along
the Clearwater, near Agatha, and a
thorough test has demonstrated that il
is of a superior quality. New kilns will
be built at once and the lime put on
the market.
The brick mill owned by the Moscow
Brick and Tile Company has been run
hing full time lately. Its capacity is
about 10000 brick per day. This is
the first time that the mill has run
since year ago, when it finished con-
tracts aggregating 100000 brick.
A prisoner on the Nez Perez reserva-
ton boosted that he could give $1O,-
900 bond whereupon the justice made
it $4,000, it being simply peace bond
-remarking that he had given it to
him little sleeper than he would have
done had the prisoner evinced a more
humble disposition.
Recently fire broke cut in the saloon
building at Leland, owned by L r. Da-
Wis, and in the absence of any freight
ing apparatus, soon spread TO the ad-
joining premises. By dint Of hard work
the inhabitants succeeded in prevent
ing the flames from spreading TO the
opposite or north side of the street.
The fire ragged until checked by lack
of material.
The Standpoint Lumber company is
building new saw mill about one-half
mile north of the present town of Sand.
point and short distance from the
old mill. 1t is to have a capacity of
$4,000 feet of lumber a day, and in
place of circular saws band saws will
be used, and other improvements will
be made.
o. P. Saylor of Newsome, employed
by the Montana Placer Mining Com
pany, met with serious and perhaps
fatal accident at the mine. One of f.
number of rifle blocks that had been
cut some distance up the mountain
side, fell and struck Mr.. Saylor on the
left shoulder, fracturing the shoulder
blade and throwing him into the race.
He also received a bad cut on the right
side Of the head. cut over The right
eye and lip.
Judge c. e. Arney, chief clerk IN the
state land Office at Boise. is visiting
north Idaho to look after the states
land business, which is heavy in La.
tab and Nez Perez counties, in each of
which it is greater than in all the rest
of the state combined. In l.atah coun-
ty the state has made $50 leases this
year and in Nez Perez 125, besides hav-
ing large number Of tracts that are
not appraised or are in a condition of
forfeiture to the state without having
yet reverted. Out Of these large land
holdings it is proposed to nave public
sale shortly, when such tracts viii be
offered to the best bidder as The county
treaSurers think will be In demand