The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-11-10
COUNTY LEADS IN
HORSES and HOGS
STATISTICS SHOW WHITMAN TO
BE BEST AGRICULTURE
COUNTY IN STATE.

Olympia, Nov. SIN Whitman
than in any other county
OF the state, according to
figures embodied in the re-
port Of the state board of equaliza-
tion which has just been issued by
Secretary +. ]. KOors, by which it is
shown that there are a total of
17,749 in that county. The aggregate
value Of these work horses is 81 ,055,-
SO which is an average value for
each horse of $59.49. Besides the
work horses there are in Whitman
county 3,1S3 one year olds, having
an average value Of $20.5S, 2,79S
two year olds having an average val
ue of 50.61. In addition there are in
the county $50 stations with an
average value of S210.92 each and
1860 mules having an average value
of $50.22. In the entire state there
are a total of 160,39 work horses
and in addition to these there are
91,741 young horses. The aggregate
value of the work horses of the state
as eQualiZed by the board is 9,277,-
107, while the aggregate value Of the
young horses is $2,736,4 Spokane
county comes next after Whitman
county in the number of work horses
there being 1926, while Lincoln
county stands third having 14,977
horses. Kitsap county has the small
est number of 261.
Long Lead in Hogs.
Tn hn nf bn~C Within ~,
county takes the lead over all other
counties of the state, as it has total
of 17,127 hogs, which is more than
three times as many as any other
county has, with the exception of
Klickitat county which has 1926
hogs. The report of the state board
OF equalization shows that there are
in the state a total Of 1895 hogs
having an aggregate value of $432,-
Csc, or an average value of $4.61
each. In Ferry county there were
only 279 pigs, or the smallest num-
ber. In Yakima county is found the
highest average value, as each hog is
worth an average of 1882 in that
county.
SqueIch Wildcat Schemes.
The public service commission in
tends to see that no land is sold or
stock floated by wildcat irrigation
companies which have no practicable
project or one that cannot be made
to pay, and the commission will in
vestigate all such companies.
The commission also say that there
will be no grain inspectors at selling
points in the interior as il is imprac-
ucable as we'll as a great expense. At
the terminal points the inspection of
grain protects the seller who cannot
be present when the weight and
grade is fixed, but the commission
hold that when the buyer and the sell
ler can get together that there is no
need OF state inspection.
Insurance Money Safe.
1t is held by a recent decision of
the supreme court in a Chehalis coun-
ty case that life insurance money is
not subject TO be taken for debt.
Died from Wet Feet.
If a man dies from pneumonia
caused by getting his feet wet while
working of the streets of a city, does
he come under the provisions of the
Industrial insurance law. is one of
the questions which must be decided
by the state industrial insurance COM
mission, as such a claim has been
sent in. In connection with another
claim for compensation the question
of whether or not dentists certifi-
cate is sufficient TO prove death,
must be determined by the commits
sion.
Rates to Be Alike.
The announcement is made by the
public service commission that every
shipping center in the state will be
given a square deal when the new
distributive rates go into effect, as
the rate east will be the same as the
rate west, that Is the rate from Puget
Sound points east will be the same
as the rate from Spokane west and
there will be no discrimination, and
the rates out of all jobbing centers
will be alike.