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BRYAN AND TBB PACTS
His Dismal Prophesies Have Not
Proved Out.
People and Nation Have Grown
l»f<-ide<lly Prosperous Where
He Predicted Ruin.
Candidate Bryan recently made light
ning trips from Texas to Minnesota and
from Washington to Massachusetts tell
ing his hard luck story, with a view, of
course, of convincing people that there
Hhould be a change in the government,
nays the Tacoma Lodger. If these stories
had foundation and coald be verified by
facts and figures his campaign would
prove effective and no doubt successful.
Unfortunately for the apostle of free
silver, anti-imperialism, anti-militarism,
anti-protection and anti-everything that,
is established, Ihh assertions do not
stand when the facts are given. In
Washington Bryan preached hard times
to the farmers who have paid their debts
in the past four years and have in
creased their deposits in the state bauks
several millions of dollars, besides buy
ing more land, pianos, top buggies and
other luxuries. He preached to the
laborer that "the rich are growing richer
and the poor are growing poorer,' when
it is susceptible of proof that more work
ing men now own their own homes than
ever before, and they, too, liave increas
ed their savings in the banks to the
extent of millions.
The hnrd lu«k Btoriee slipped by the
people of Washington like ruin oB a
duck's back, and the same results are
discernible in every state.
As opposed to Mr. Bryan's assertions
and dismal prophecies, some f:icts to be
found in the abstract of the official fig
ures of the government bureau of *t;iti-*
--ties will prove interesting. They thor
oughly disprove the statements of Bry
an, Jones. AJtgeld and the rent of the
calamity howlers, who at best can hte
only a "semblance of apparent" pros
perity.
That our people are growing more
prosperous is shown by the financial
statements given:
The per capita of money in the coun
try in 1869 was|lß.9s; now it is $26. 12.
In 1869 the per capita of circulation was
$17.G0; now it is $25.13. The per
capita of debt has fallen from $64 43 in
1869 to $15.20 in 1869, while the per
capita of interest charges has declined
from §3.23 to 53 cents in the same
period. In 1869 the government took
from the people a sum of revenue aver
aging $9.82 for each inhabitant, but the
average now is only $G. 78, while the
average of tariff duties collected has
fallen from $4 6* in 1869 to $2 66 in
1899, and our exports which averaged
$7.29 per capita thirty years ago now
amount to $15.84 per capita.
In ISG9 thesavingsbanks had 1,G.'50,
--000 depositors, with total deposits of
$528,000,000; today they have n,GS7,
--000 depositors, with deposits amount
ing to 12,230,000,000—an increase in
thirty years of .'127 per cent.
These figures do not take into account
the vast sums invested in building and
other associations.
As to the material growth and pros
perity of this country, the following fig
ures give an idea: During the thirty
years considered our total annual ex
ports have grown from $M'J2,()()() 000 to
$1,227,000,000 in 1899, and our exports
of manufactures from $68,000,000 to
1338,000.000. The corn product el the
country has increased from 1,094,000,
--<)()() bushels in 1869 to 6,078,000,000
in 1899; wheat from 235,000,000 to
547.000,000 bushels; cotton from 1,451,
--000,000 pounds to 5,793,000,000
pounds; coal from 32,000,000 tons to
1 tMJ,OOO,OOO tons and pig iron from
1,655,000 tons to 12,111,000 tons.
These facts are sufficient to show the
falsity of Mr. Bryan's statements. If
they are not there are plenty more in
the official reports, equally convincing.
NO REMEDY SUGGESTED.
The new democratic state platform is, as
were the old structures, flinty and ephemeral.
It denounces the present administration in its
attitude toward the trusts, believes that
trusts should be controlled by the national
government,go far as interstate in their opera
tions, and favors rigid laws to this cud mvs
the Walla Walla Union.
There is nothing new in this denunciation of
trusts. The fusionUts who controlled this
state in 1896 were opposed to trusts, and they
had complete control of the legislature; yet
that legislature made no effort to paxs a law
to control the trusts that were not interstate
in their character. This evidently means then
that state trusts are acceptable to the democ
racy.
The national administration is denounced
for its attitude toward the trusts. President
Mi-Kinley has openly and avowedly declared
that he was opposed to trusts that were harm
ful to the people and pledged himself to aid in
any legislation that it was found would suc
cessfully cope with this growing evil. Of
course the democrats will say that McKinley
is not honest in his statemeut. They believe
it is necessary in politics to preach to the peo
ple, in order to get the votes, the doctrine
that the democrats alone are honest and hon
orable and that the republicans are all thieves
and demagogues. But the mere democratic
statement to this effect ia not good evidence,
lhe past record of this party of denunciation
and abuse has proven that it and not Presi
dent McKinley are the falsifiers. In this
state in 1896 the democrats and fusioi.ists ad
vocated all sorts of relief and all sorts of re
form, but when they controlled the legislature
with a democratic-fusion governor the "need
ed reforms'' were forgotten.
The democrats who also denounce so heartily
were not always out of power in the nation.
There were trusts in Cleveland's time, but
were they then suppressed? True enouph,
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when Cleveland and democracy rode in the
saddle the country was driven into a panic
and there was neither profits for the trusts
nor work for the people.
The trouble is that the democrats want to
catch votes; not to correct evils. The trust
question is one of the hardest that any coun
try has ever wrestled with. The same con
stitution that the democrats now pretend to
worship has heretofore been the stumbling
block, for it prevents legislation against one
clans of trusts if another is protected. The
definition of a trust is a difficult thing unless
it includes all classes of organizations that are
formed to hold up prices, to control the out
put of mills, factories and all articles con
sumed by the people. If the national govern
ment enacts a law to suppress the steel trusts,
what will become of the labor union which
upholds prices; the merchants' association
which prevents cutting of rates; the shingle
makers' association which controls the output
of the mills in Washington and thus prevents
a slaughter in prices and upholds the wages of
the workingman'; The blatant free trade
democrat who once almost ruined our country
by his theories, answers that the remedy lies
in free trade. If this hto he tried again and
another panic is to destroy the workman, the
manufacturer and the credit of the nation,
there will be no beneficial results to anyone.
What the American people want today, in
dependent of party, is a Solomon who will
rise equal to the emergency and show how the
evils of the day can be eradicated without de
stroying the fabric of contentment, prosperity
and advancement that is now spread over our
country.
A TRUST AMENDMENT.
The proposition for an amendment of the
constitution giving congress the power to con
trol or prohibit trusts, which the republican
members of the house judiciary committee
have reported, will give satisfaction to the
country. Ordinarily it is safe to discounten
ance the attempts which are being made every
week or two by somebody or other to change
the fundamental law. These schemes are
usually put forward by cranks who would
place in the organic law some power which is
already in it, or which never can and never
should be put in it. The trust question, how
ever, is a larger issue than any of those which
anybody recently has proposed to deal with
by a change in the constitution, and the at
tempt which is being made to get it into the
organic law can be defended.
Not only is the question of the regulation of
the trusts a very large issue, but it is an it-sue
which is bound to increase in importance an
time passes. Trusts grow with the increases
in the country's wealth and with the expan
sion in the country's productive resources.
When the question first came up in a formal
way in 1887 the only trust of any consequence
in the country, aside, of course, from the
Standard oil combine, was the sugar trust.
That combination grew to be so strong that it
was suspected of exerting a great power in
politics. The charge was made that the Bugar
trout was allowed by the democratic leaders
to frame the sugar schedule of the Mills bill
ot 1888, which defeated the democracy for
president in that year. It waa said also that
the trust made a heavy contribution to the
democratic campaign hind of 1888 and also of
1892. Other instances of the exertion of that
combine's power in politics have been men
tioned.
There are trusts, however, in the country
now which have more capital than the sugar
combine, and that aggregation is financially
stronger today than it was in 1888. There aie
scores of trusts in the country now where
there were but three or four a dozen years
ago. To be sure, trusts are an outgrowth of
social evolution, and are found in all the
great nations, England, France and Germany,
as well as in the United States. In some of
their aspects they are a benefit to the com
munity, by reducing the price of products
without curtailing the number or the wages of
workers. In some of their features, on the
other hand, they are a menace to the com
munity, and call for a regulation by law. The
object of the'proposed trust amendment to the
constitution is to give congress a free hand in
the exercise of a power which will divest these
combines of their vicious features, while leav
ing unimpaired those which are calculated to
benefit the people and which are in harmony
with the social evolution of the world.
FIATISM IX THE OPEN.
Twenty-five years ago the battle for the
issue of unlimited greenbacks was fought. The
election of (ieneral Rutherford B. Hayes as
governor of Ohio in IS7- r > was the turning point
of that critical campaign, says the Oregonian.
This verdict in favor of honest money was ac
cepted as final until the fall in the price of
silver brought the advocates of unlimited
cheap money again to the front. They chose
cheap money in shape of free silver at 16 to 1
as a convenient subterfuge, but their ultimate
purpose has always been unlimited pa t er
money.
In 18% the friends of sound money held
that the demand for the free coinage of silver
was only a cover, and that the real demand
was for the restoration of unlimited green
backs; that with the right gained to coin nil
ver freely at the ratio of 10 to 1, the next step
would be the authorization of unlin ited
greenbacks. The correctness of this predic
tion is continued by the platforms adopted by
both factions of the populists,for the "middle
of-the-road"' Populists demand "a scientitic
and absolute paper money based upon the
wealth and population of the country, not re
deemable in any commodity, and to be issued
by the government; but until paper money is
secured, free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 is
demanded."
The Bryanite populists demand the free
coinage of silver at 10 to 1, and declared that
they would never cease to agitate until the
"Lincoln greenbacks" are restored. The
Bryanite populist platform is to be the model
for the democratic platform to be framed at
Kansas City, so that the real object of the
Bryanite democracy is to revive greenbackism,
usiug the demand for free silver'only as a
cover for the ultimate design, which ia not
free silver, but free paper. They are not con
tent with the "metallic greenback"; they
want unlimited cheap paper money.
BOEUS SEEM TO BE UPSET.
Hetreats Out of Engagements De-
scribed as Kouts.
London, May 28.—The Lorenzo Mar
qurz correspondent of the Times, in a
dispatch dated Saturday, snys:
During the week the Boers have suc
cessfully deceived even the best-informed
residents with reference to the probable
course of events when Lord Roberts en
tered the Transvaal. While one section
declares that all serious fighting is ended,
another is equally convinced that the
burghers will make a stand at Johannes
burg and Pretoria. Men who have been
present at the recent engagements de
scribe them as ignominious routs, wholly
unjustified by the initial damage in
flicted by the British. Such observers
are convinced that all such operations of
a military interest are now at an end.
Captain Alum, the Norwegian military
attache, is returning home. Indeed, so
great is the eagerness of continental
residents to quit the Transvaal that
both the German and French steamers
are unable to cope with the demand for
berths.
It is rumored here that the Cape rebel
leaders who are now serving with the
Boers are anxious to escape to Europe,
and that several members of the Cape
parliament are waiting on the borders
for a favorable opportunity to start.
The Economy is what its name im
pliee—means good goods, bought in the
best markets, and handled in the most
economical manner. The cheapest and
best to the customer. Opposite Gazette
office. See Gamep o
H. W. Goff writes reliable Insurancf.
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RECORDS FOR THE WEEK.
History of the Transactions in Whit
man County Land*.
Patents.
U S to Napoleon Bourbonnie, nh se qr and
eh sw qr 4 13 44.
U S to Johu A Churchill, sh sw qr 15 17 45.
U S to Thos Stewardson Its 3 4 5 se qr dw
qr 6 IS 41.
U S to Margaret N Bosworth sw qr 32 2039.
Deeds.
O D Stevens to Public, water rights,
sw qr 28 14 40
Wm A (Jill to J VV Joy pt sw qr 21
17 45 IS 00
James McCoy to Smith & Robinson 1
0 b 3 Oakesdale 200 00
Albert Schlemlein to John Raymond
1 5 b 3 Oakesdale
C 11 Erwin te 2nd Natl bk Coif ax 1 17
b 15 Perkins & Prescott's ad to Col
fax: also tract adjoining
Hannah E Standley to D W Potter 1
4 b 12 Colton 250 00
Fred Robinson et al to C H & L N
Matlock, wh ne qr 12 IS 42 800 00
Second Nat Bank Colfax to AE4
E H Kirkland, nh nw qr 35 17 43.. IGOO 00
Alfred Coolidge to A E &. E M Kirk
land, sh nw qr 45 17 43 KJOO 00
Ida M Dunlap to J H Thompson, 1 (>
h 11 Lawrence & Holbrouk's ad
Pullmar 300 00
Northern Pacific RR Co to Farming
ton, J int b 58 Railroad ad Farm
ington 125 00
Mary Penny to Harry W Hall 1 f> b 2
Pullman 075 00
N A Wilson to W E Wilson £ int n hf
and sw qr no qr and se qr nw qr 17
13 45 l<»00 00
Susan J Warren to Hardy Warren s
hf ne qr and n hf se qr 8 1!) 45 3200 00
Ist Natl Bk Pullman to Albert Rean-
ey nw qr nw qr s 20 c bf ne qr 2 ne
(\r 83 qr 1!) 15 40 c hf se qr and w hf
sa qr 24 15 4.") ;{SOO 00
Albert Reaney to Ist Natl Bank Pull
man nw qr nw qr h 20 c hf ne qr
and ne qr se qr VJ 15 40 and se qr 24
15 45 3500 00
John J Miller to Public water rights
ne qr 15 14 41
Harry Cornwell to Oliver P Shawgo,
se qr nw qr, eh sw qr, nw qr se qr
10 10 40 1000 00
Edmund W Gragg to Wm P Syron,
pt ne qr 25 IS 44 <)5 00
H E Cave to W E Eastman, 1 1 b 3
Jas H McCoy's Ist ad Oakeedale 50 CO
Chas H Waller to John W Raymond,
1 f i b 3 Oakesdale 225 00
Roberts & Anderson to A & R W
Martin, ne qr 24 20 43 2800 GO
Henry C Hasting to Sarah E Hast
ing?, sh sw qr 0 19 43 & pt se qr 1
16 4? 2000 00
Heal Mortgages.
John A Churchill to Deming Inv Co,
sh sw qr 15 17 45 700 00
John A Churchill to Deming Inv Co,
eh sw qr 15 17 45 84 25
Lucy A Cunningham to W A Mosier,
1 8 b (5 Tekoa 400 00
Ezra Monlux to Balfour Guthrie Inv
Co 1 1 and se qr ne qr and ne qr se
qr a 3 Its 3 4 and s hf nw qr s 2 15
43; sw qr a 13 se qr s 14 c hf and sw
qr s 23; nw qr sw or 8 24 14 44.... 12000 00
1-zra Monlux to Ist Natl Bk Colfax 1
1 and se qr ne qr and ne qr se qr a 3
Its 3 4 and a hf nw qr a 2 15 43; sw
qr s 13 se qr b 14 c hf and sw qr 8 23;
nw qr sw qr s 24 14 44 14887 73
Henry J Young to Knapp, Burrell &
C° T n T e qr s2oßWqrs24 14 43 3987 48
N B Hunsperger to M Dallas, pt ne
qr 11 17 44 400 00
Oregon Mtg Co Ld to Nelson Andrus
agr sw qr 20 19 43 1200 00
Oregon Mtg Co Ld to J M Hubbard
W h Wilson to N A Wilson n hf sw
qr ne qr se qr nw qr 17 13 45 550 00
Oliver P Shawgo to J H Tallman, se
qr nw q, eh sw qr, nw qr Be qr 10
19 40 SQQ QQ
W S Games to Frank Bales, 1 7 8 b6,
McCoy's ad Oakesdale 800 00
Chattel Mortgages.
D W McConnell to Alexander &
t £T aTl d 8? n \2" 3 crop 8W rlr 10 18 44.. 150 00
L. N Matlock to James Cairns, horses
farm mach wagon etc .. 30Q qq
McGuire & Petty to Ist Natl' Bank
Pullman, crop se qr s 34, eh sw qr s
35 16 45, nw qr nw qr 2 15 45 420 00
J B Crawford to E H Letterman, j
int 00 acres sw qr 27 15 45 ... ' 158 40
Robert S Bacon to Charles Grob nw
qr2GlB 41 0 0 00
Geo V Hume to 2d Natl Bank Colfax
eh ne qr 20 17 44 ' 1200 00
A E Kirkland et al to 2d Natl Bank
Colfax, nw qr & bw qr 35 17 43... 2700 CO
: Adam Luft to Adelbert Hilton, 10
horses, crop sh s 12. nh sl3 15 41.. 600 0
Perry Larkin to R M Angell, nw qr
36 16 42 ......... 240 00
Geo O Jones to R Livingstone, crop
cc qr sw qr, bJi cc or, ne qr se qr
28 20 42 l 00
Ezra Monlux to Ist Natl Bk Colfax
horses cattle farm mach etc 70IG %
N Bourbonnie to Ist Natl Bk Colfax
crop nhfse qr and ehfswqr4 13 44 200 00
Mrs M Johnson to R Livingstone Tr
crop se qr 20 15 45 300 00
Herman Kennel to M B Larrick stock
furn fixt store b 2 Colfax
S B Siler to John Berger, crop eh nw
qr & 1 1 2 4 & se qr sw qr 31 20 43.. 1 00
J H De Busk to J A Miller, 2 3 crop
11 23 31 17 40
B F Harm to James Cairns, cattle ... 55 00
Releases of Mortgages.
Paul 1 honey to Myron Sheldon, chat
tel 255 CO
C S Smith to Myron Sheldon, two
chattels
Levi Ankeny to Ezra Monlux 15000 00
Home Savings & Loan Assn to Philip
Davis
C F Huling to Sam'l Worwock 1250 00
Amos Lausch to J H Lauech .. 550 00
U L Ettinger to Mitchell & Slate 1100 00
C F Huling to W M Clutter 700 (V)
Levi Ankeny Tr to Ezra Monlux . 1250 00
Levi Ankeny to Ezra Monlux KiOO 00
Gideon Mecklem to Roland E Reid.. 300 00
Oregon Mtg Co Ld to Albert Reaney 2250 00
Albert Reaney to Thomas S Flowers 700 00
Mrs Dora Morgan to N S (lames. .. (100 00
Harry Ctrnwell to W N Ruby 300 00
Harry Cornwell to Mary M Watson 150 00
Jas H Tallman to Mary M Watson 1000 00
Levi Ankeny to Geo Tuttle, 2 megs
SIBOO and §11,023 29 13,423 2!)
Ann P Stiles to Edwd O'Boyle. 1375 00
Perm Mtg Inv Co to Henry J Young. 1000 00
Vermont L & T Co to Henry J Young 2250 00
Bills of Sale.
J L Harris to Chas M Miller, cream
separator 107 00
C A Shank to lstXatl Bank Pullman,
750 bu wheat, 200 sks oats 350 00
Dewey's Claim Reduced.
Washington, May 29.—The Inited
States supreme court today decided
Admiral Dewey's bounty claim against
the admiral's contention. The effect is
to deprive the admiral and the men
engaged with him at Manila of half the
amount claimed by them. Justice
Harlan rendered the opinion of the court
which turned on whether the words
"superiority'" or ''inferiority had refer
ence to the support of the enemy's ves
sels by the land batteries, mines and
torpedoes. The original claim of Ad
miral Dewev and his sailors was for
about $400,000. The court of claims
reduced it to $100,000. That decision
is sustained by today's decision. The
admiral's personal claim is reduced from
about $20,000 to $10,000. Chief Jus
tice Fuller and Justices White and Mc-
Kenna dissented. Counsel for Admiral
Dewey and his men filed a petition for a
rehearing.
Printing Without Ink.
A company has been formed to control
the process of printing without ink, by
ueing electricity and chemically prepared
paper. In a short time, it is expected,
this innovation will be completely intro
duced, and old methods revolutionized.
There is one thing however tbat has re
sisted all innovations; that is Hostet
ter's Stomach Bitters, which has many
imitators, but no equals as a cure for
etomach, liver and bowel troubles. This
peerless remedy has been the standard
medicine of the American people for the
past fifty years. It is a wonderful medi
cine for dyspepsia, indigestion, bilious
ness, insomnia, constipation and
nervousness. It also prevents malaria,
fever and ague. It keeps the stomach
in good condition, and the bowels regu
lar. Try it, and you will not be dis
appointed.
The Whisky Without a Headache.
Wm. Schluting, proprietor of the New
Castle, has just received direct from the
J. W. McCulloeh distillery, Owensboro,
Ky., a shipment of the celebrated Green
River whisky, the whisky without a
headache. Selected for its purity and
superior quality by the government for
exclusive use in the U. 8, army and navy
hospitals. This goods is put up full
measure and is recommended for family
use.
Tailor made suits, prices as follows:
35 at $15, 36 at $IG, 62 at $18, 53 at
$20, 44 at $22. Many others in Prince
Alberts, sacks, cutaways, anything you
want, $25 to $30. The Economy. "See
Games,
Axle grease, only 6c a can. See Gamee 0
AARON KIJHN,
Colfax's Greatest Store,
There is a Tide in Dry Goods Buying
Which if Taken Leads on to Saving.
TJiat tide is running full and strong now at tbia store and reDrweati the
greatest indaeeinenta to all well posted boyen to leave their mSSTy here iS
exclmn K e for reliable dry goods at dose price*. "
Unparalleled Values | Dress and Apron
Values that■surpass anything and every- A good quality, full width Apron Check
thin* that has been offered in tin* city Gingham, in all size checki ud colon,,
Ladien fast black Cotton Hoae, full Bold everywhere for 6*c in this u!e a
eeamlera, the usual 15c quality -in this Kuhn'd, per yard
sale at KuhnV, per pair .. BJo I
m.ju ' r *vi i n l „ .r A splendid lot of striped or plaid Gine-
Chidren - fast black Cotton How, IXI ham, ja,t the thu,. f,,r ' , ln.se, or
ribbed, doable knee, sole, toe and heel, wawta, 12* c ud 15c qualities in tbia
a lo^c quality- m this sale at Kuhns, Bale at Kohn'a, per yard Rle
I>er Pair BJ C . l
, . . . . And many nmro womlorfnl bargains, which
See (hs { )lay in show window. | lack of ipace prevenU quoting.
AARON KTJHN,
Colfax's Greatest Store,
Colfax, Washington.
Largest, most reliable and quickest mail I A portal mailed to ua w;ll secure you a lino
order house in the State of Washington. | of samples.
Engines
V?«E§£p// Traction or Portable, Simple or Com-
* pound, Wood or Straw Burners.
"Cyclone"
Threshers #^w-
Automatic Stackers, Wind Stack kIIQxC! Si
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It will pay you to examine
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All sizes up to 3% tons capacity per hour.
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Best Grade 52.25, Buckskin £2.00 per cord, by carload
NOTICE
That the Board of County Commis
sioners Will Receive Bids for
Building County Bridges.
Notice is hereby given that the board of ((uni
ty commissioners of Whitman county, Wash
ington, at its office at the courthouse iii Colfax,
the county seat of said county, will on Tuesday,
June ">, 1900, at the hour of .'f o'clock p. m. of said
day, receive sealed bids to furnish all materials.
necessary and to construct bridges of the dimen
sions hereinafter specified, and at the places
hereinafter specified, ltids will also be received
at the same time and place which shall state
the price per lineal foot for building the neces
sary approaches to each of said bridges.
The bridges for which bid| are herein invited
are to be of the dimensions Hereinafter specified
and are to be built at the places hereinafter de
scribed, to wit:
One bridge across Cache creek where the Hor
lacher road crosses said creek, said bridge to be
a twenty-four foot span and to have an eighteen
foot roadway.
One bridge across Tnion creek at the foot of
Hamilton on Union Hat, said bridge to be
a sixty foot span and to have an eighteen foot
roadway.
The piers for each of said bridges to be of such
height as may be determined by the county sur
veyor of said county, or by the member of the
board of county commissioners in whose dis
trict either of said bridges may be built.
The flooring of each of said bridges shall be
four inches thick, and each of Bald bridges
shall be combination bridges. Kach of said
bridges shall be completed and ready for use
not later than the first day of August, I'M).
Each bridge will be paid for in cash as soon as
completed in accordance with the plans and
specifications under which the building of said
bridge shall be let.
Each bidder shall furnish plans and specifi
cations showing the kind and size of all ma
terials used, and the actual strength of each
bridge bid on, and all things relating to the ma
terial and construction of said bridge. Each
bidder shall also state the price at which each
of said bridges shall be built by him, which
price shall include the furnishing of all mater
ial necessary in the construction of said bridge
and the complete building of said bridge.
Each bidder shall state the price per lineal
foot for building the necessary approaches for
said bridges.
Any bidder may bid for the building of any
one of said bridges or for both of said bridges,
but each bid shall state separately the price for
each of the bridges bid on.
All bids shall be sealed and marked ''Bids for
County Bridges,' and shall be addressed to and
filed with the clerk of the board of county com
missioners of Whitman county, Wash., at Col
fax, in said state, not later than 2 o'clock and
forty-five minutes on Tuesday, June 5, I'JOO.
All bids will be opened at the hour of '■', o'clock
p. m. on said Tuesday, June 5, 1900.
The aforesaid board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal as clerk of
said board, this 14th"day of May, 1000.
JOHN F. CORNER,
Auditor of Whitman County, Washington, and
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of
said County.
- By Mark E. Tant, Deputy.
Notice for Publication.
Augustus Miller.
Laud Office at Walla Walla, Wash., April 17th,
l'JOO.—Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
thrttsaid proof will be made before \Vm. A. In
man, U. S. commissioner, at Colfax, Wash., ou
Saturday. June 2d, 1900, viz: Augustus Miller,
who made pre-emption declaratory statement
No. 7422, for the northeast quarter of Sec. 21,
Twp. 15 N. of R. 42, E. W. M. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continuous res
idence upon and cultivation of said land, viz:
William Byrd and William Chamberlain, of
Wilcox, Washington; Joseph Canutt and Frank
Smith, of Colfax, Washington.
JOHN M. HILL, Register.
Colfax, Washington.
That the Board of Conntj Commis
sioners Will Consider and Deter
mine the Necessity of Baildlng a
Bridge across Union Creek.
Whereas,many citizens <>f Whitman county
have represented to this board, thai a county
bridge should be built across I'nion creek at
l.citrhville, and,
Whereas, there is now in the road and bridge
fund of said county, sufficient funds to build
said bridge without incurring any warrant in
debtedness cm said county, now,
Therefore, in accordance with law, notice is
herebygiven that the said board, will, on the
•Ith day of June, I'.KK), at the office of said board
at the courthouse in Colfax, the conntyseatol
said county, consider and determine the I
sity tor building said bridge. Said bridge t<> be
a combination bridge with seventy (7m foot
span, and to be at least 18 feet in « Idth.
All persons who are Interested in the building
of said bridge may appear before said board at
said place at said hour of said day, and then and
there Show cause, if any there' be, why
bridge should not be built.
Done by order of the Baid board of count.
commissioners.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal ;is clerk o'i
said board, this 10th day of May, I'.xmi.
[skal.J JOHS F. CORNER,
Auditor of the aforesaid county, and 1 x
ollicio Clerk of said Board.
Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Walla Walla. Wash., April m
1900.—A sufficient contest aiiidavit having been
filed in this office by William C. Headlee con
testant, against Umber cnltnre entry No SJ96
made April 25th, 1889, for the NK 1 , Section IS
Township 15N., Range 40 E, by John Muir con
testee, in which it is alleged that: John Mulrnor
his heirs have cultivated to crop or otherwise
any part of said tract during the second third
or fourth year after making said entry, or Ht all:
that they have failed to plant ten acret of said
tract to trees, seeds orcnttingi during the thlid
and fourth years after entry, or at all: that they
have abandoned said tract since the year l-'j)
and up to the present time; said partieß are here
by notified to appear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a m on
June 2, 1900, before Wm. A. Inman. U. 8 Com
missioner, at bis office in Uolfax. Washington
and that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock
a. m. on June 9, I'.HK), before the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land Ofliee in
Walla Wnlla, Washington. The said contestant
having, in a proper affidavit, filed Feb. :;, 1899,
Bet forth facts which show that after due dili
gence, personal service of this notice can not
be made, it i> hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and proper publi
cation.
Notice of Settlement of Final Ac
count.
In the superior court of Whitman county.
state of Washington.
In the matter of the estate of S. I. Brockway
deceased. '
Notice is hereby given that L. T. Brockwav
administrator of the estate of S. I. Brockway
deceased, has rendered and presented fur set
tlement and tiled in said court his final ac
count of his administration of said estate and
that Monday, the2sth day of June, I'JOO, at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. in. of said day. at the court
room of said court, in the City of Colfax, Whit
man county, state of Washington, has been
duly appointed by the said coon for the settle
ment of said account, at which time and place
any person interested in said estate may appear
and tile his exceptions in writing to said ac
count and contest the same.
Dated, May 21st, 1900.
W. W. RENFREW, County Clerk.
By Ev. Kennel, Deputy.
Chadwick and Bryant, attorneys for estate.
NOTICK.
Contest Notice
Heaillce vs. Muir.
JOIIX M. HILL, Register
