Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-10


ber yard here can realize a comfortable
fortune from the investment, providing
his nature is not entirely swinish. There
is great and growing demand in this
line, consequent upon the immense
amount of building being done through
out the country. And there is no
"boom" " on, either.
The friends and acquaintance of
A. T. Fariss (and they are legion) will
rejoice that he has been SO handsomely
elected to represent the county in the
next Legislature. There are few men
who can carry almost-solid democratic
precincts, as Mr.. Fariss did, in general
election year-but, then, those who real
ly know him don't wonder at it. He
will make a good Legislator, sure.
A gentleman representing party
of Eastern farmers and stock-raisers WAS
in Pullman this week, negotiating with
one of our real-estate agents for the
cash purchase of a large body of land,
improved and unimproved, for agricul-
tural, stock and fruit growing purposes.
The amount of soil wanted aggregated
1850 acres, and the "dicker" will un-
doubtedly be consummated. So much
for advertising the town and county.
We are not at liberty to give names at
present.
The latest device for swindling is un-
der the cover of an advertisement in the
Portland papers "to those just married,
or contemplating marriage" promising
to send for one dollar only to any ad-
dress, carefully sealed and secure from
observation" work which no newly
married couple should be without, etc.
Hundreds of letters were sent in to
the address given, each containing the
dollar To each applicant was sent
cheap testament, costing perhaps, with
postage, about ten cents. A couple of
Pullman parties were among the victims.
Still, it would be hard to say wherein it
did not fill the bill
Several rooms in the Palace Hotel
were entered by sneak-thief last We'd
nesday night and the clothing of the oc-
cupants relieved OF valuables. R. D.,
Fred and Ben. Mcconnell each lost
watch 1.-TWO of them gold) and sums of
money varying from Sc to SO. The Of
fec of the livery barn, was also visited
by the thief and Julius Christianson,
one of the employees sleeping there,
robbed of a certificate of deposit in the
Bank of Pullman for 1925, his pocket
book containing about so, and watch
and chain. The certificate was num-
bered 271, and dated Aug. 4, 1888. Ev-
identity the intruder was well acquaint-
ed with his victims and the surround
.o1s. and as his identity is suspected it
is llN5-- e. WI. he oollared shortly. OF
ali thleYes' 3 " sneaker Is LIE neauest.
1t takes live i-an to -s,.liga
town. Dead men are only fit to n4e
cemeteries. If they are decentIy dead
dead all over-we tenderly lay them
away to the sleep of the tomb; but if
they are dead to all enterprise, outside
of the narrow plane Of their own inter
ests, and yet persist in walking around,
moving their dry bones and calloused
hearts and consciences where real estate
is wont to throb with vigor, they are on
ly like the drone bees-in the way until
they are stung to death and dragged
outside the hive of legitimate industry.
Twenty real live men are worth more to
town and the public generally than a
round, full thousand of useless material
that lies around like rubbish in a rising
stream which is aching and foaming to
turn mills and factories. Yes, live men
bless and dead men curse town. The
advertising columns of newspaper gen
orally show who live men are, especially
those in business. Cheney Sentinel.
The postofice officials keep on pro-
mitigating the most idiotic "decisions
regarding mailable matter. The latest
is, that potato sent through the mails
as second class matter, if stitched up in
white cloth, is subject to letter postage,
on the ground that the contents of the
envelope cannot be readily examined.
OF course it is implied by this that the
average postofice employe cannot be
trusted to distinguish by the touch be-
tween a potato and live mud turtle
sewed up in white cloth. Again (and
this removes the dilapidated linen from
the shrubbery): If a stamp rests on
both the wrapper and newspaper, the
newspaper becomes subject to letter
postage! We are aware that the amount |
of whisky consumed by government Of
ficers at Washington is considerable, but
We were not prepared to realize that it
was being absorbed in such immense
quantities as this decision indicates.
The next ruling will be that private let
ters must be cleft open at one end," so