Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-25
Assessor Louis Walton and his corp of

Assessor LOUIS w dltOti dilu lhS III y "a
deputies have finished the field work and
will commence Office tabulations immed-
lately. He has assessed the property of
the Northern Pacific Railway in Adams
county at $4,000 per mile. This with
the assessment on rolling stock will
bring the assessment close to $4,000 per
:.lie. This is on an exact equality with
the assessments on farm property for
this year or basis of 22H per cent OF
actual value. Figuring upon the above
basis of assessment, Adams county, on
the $3.50 miles of main line of Northern
Pacific within the boundaries Of the
county. will have total assessment of
$500. 900; on I2.7o miles of side track the
assessment will amount to s2o.Ii6.8o, and
the rolling stock to Sr28,3o4, making
grand total OF sS3S.o2o, and an average
for every mile of main track of sI474S,s3,
which, with the additional assessment
for tools, buildings, etc., will raise the
assessment to SIS 900 per mile or over.
Edgar Dewitt Gibson. of the:iAdams
County News. Ritzville. WASH. together
with his wife and two sons. were guests
| Of Mr.. and Mrs. b. T. Chase from Thurs
Yday to Saturday. They were enroute to
St. Louis, where MIR. Gibson goes as a
state delegate to the National Editorial
Association meeting Mrs. ellison is
known to many here as Miss Edith Kel-
lar. daughter. of Darv Kellar. sheriff
Of this county in the seventies. While
in the city Mr.. Gibson called on the Re.
publican and its equipment. Mr.. Gil
son has visited many printing offices in
different states and was free to make the
the statement. that in all his travels he
had never seen so complete and well
equipped printing establishment in any
country town as that of the Republican.
Dodge County Republican, Kasson,
MINI.
A startling and artistic effect is pro-
duced in the manner of labelling the diff
ferent varieties of apples in the Horticul-
ture Building at the Worlds FAIR. For
example. the words THE Spy" appear
on the checks of the apples of that va
riety in dainty yellow tint. This was
produced while the fruit was on the tree
and before it began to color the fruit
grower cut from paper the letters and
kpasted them on the apple. The sun
, brought out the color on every part of
the apple that was not shaded by the
paper letters.
Frank c. Bellamy of Torrington,
Conn.,, stopped off Wednesday while on
his way home after an inspection of min.
ing interests in Oregon. The gentleman
was the guest of o. H. Greene. He was
formerly in the mercantile business in
Ritzville occupying the Blackmer build
king which still stands and is now the
the Van Buren, cafe. He was very
much pleased at the rapid growth of
the city and surprised at the solid
business blocks and residences which
have been built since his departure.
The famous Dudley Buck quartette.
the Scott sisters who sing at the Worlds
Fair, St. LOUIS, for the Burns Cottage
Association. will give one of their Worlds
Fair concerts at the Ritzville opera
house, June Ist. The young ladies will
sing in Highland costume. They are
the only four sisters singing in the
quartet on the American stage. They
live in Spokane. and are well know
throughout the west. for their singing.
Henry Richter proprietor of the Farm
er's Feed yard. has the stone on the
ground and has commenced the erection
of his earth and straw structure, build
ing in common use in Germany resem-
bling the adobe houses OF Mexico. The
walls are 10 inches thick plastered on
the outside.
Mrs. Elmer c Jones, who has recently
recovered from a long seige Of illness.
is down from Spokane for visit to re-
latives and friends. The lady is much
improved in health and has decided to
reside permanently in Spokane tor her
health.
The second base ball team under the
able management Of Cecil Linn were de-
feated on the Lind diamond by the
stick wei!ders of that town last Sunday
by score of ~ to 9. Lind plays a re-
turn game here next Sunday.
A number of local anglers are spend
ing there summer days on Grab creek
endeavoring to trap the finny tribe
which dwell in that stream. Several
new stories are the result.
O. r. Holcomb was in Sprague trans.
acting legal business this week.
A trip through Yellowstone Park is
what everyone hopes to have some day.
1t is the most wonderful trip in the
world there are more than 5000 square
miles of weird. marvellous, unimaginable
things that can be seen nowhere else,
therefore it one ever sees them one must
20 to the Park, in the heart of the magni-
ficent Rockies with snow tipped peaks
all round. If Old Faithful geyser a
Paint Pot, Mud Volcano. or Emerald
Pool were to be found in Lincoln park,
Chicago; Central Park. New York; or
Paramount park. Philadelphia; the people
would flock to see it or them by tens OF