An illustrated history of the Big Bend country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington . R. Holcomb, a prominentattorney, said: A person driving out through the countryfor the first time in almost any direction inAdams county, would be most agreeably aston-ished at the evidences of thrift and comfort onevery hand. He would almost be compelled tobelieve that he was in the midst of one of theoldest settled and most populous communitiesinstead of in one of the newest and sparselysettled. In the sections that have been settledfor fifteen or sixteen years, he
An illustrated history of the Big Bend country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington . R. Holcomb, a prominentattorney, said: A person driving out through the countryfor the first time in almost any direction inAdams county, would be most agreeably aston-ished at the evidences of thrift and comfort onevery hand. He would almost be compelled tobelieve that he was in the midst of one of theoldest settled and most populous communitiesinstead of in one of the newest and sparselysettled. In the sections that have been settledfor fifteen or sixteen years, he would find large,commodious houses, barns and granaries,thrifty orchards, wells with wind mills thatforce the water to the barn and into the the more newly settled neighborhoods hewould find houses that would cornpare exceed-ingly favorably with the houses that have ex-isted for a generation in Iowa and Illinois. Hewould see nothing but fat, sleek horses andcattle. He would see large church buildingsand commodious school houses. * * *We have no confidence game to work on un-suspecting people. \Ve have no boom. We. LOADING A TRAIN FROM THE FARMERS , ADAMS COUNTY. HISTORY OF THE BIG BEND COUNTRY. 797 have hoed our own row for a score of years,and one can come to Adams county, or , as he pleases. If any come we want onlythe honest, energetic, intelligent and active tocome. We have no room here for the shiftless,lazy, or dishonest dregs of the east. Our so-ciety and environments are good and we wishthem to remain so. We spend very little com-paratively, for a county of 6,000 inhabitants,feeding prisoners or paupers, and those we dofeed are generally transients, and we wish themto keep it so. Of course, the poor but honestand energetic are always welcome, and theiropportunities will be improved by cominghere, both by natural conditions, and the treat-ment of our people. Concerning diversified farming the book,Adams County, published by the RitzvilleCh
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