Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-12-15
Territorial Topics.

The Cascade tunnel Is to be lighted
by electricity.
Pickles & Mutton are firm of archi-
tects in Tacoma.
Walla- Walla city is overrun with Grim
inals of high and low degree.
The official efforts to suppress gamb-
ling in Tacoma don't seem to "pan out
well.
DR.. German, North Yakima phYsi-
clan, has been arrested for committing
rape on a young German girl. -
The new Pacific hotel in Spokane Falls
is said to be the best hotel west of st.
Paul. 1t is Sc day house.
-f6e postmaster general has ordered
the establishment of free delivery at
Spokane Falls and Walla-Walla.
And now Spokane Falls bakers have
formed trust" and raised the price of
bread from to 10 cents per loaf.
The secretary of the navy has ap-
pointed three prominent naval officers as
board to select-a site for navy-yard
on Puget Sound.
The Knights of Labor, brotherhood of
carpenters and joiners, and the typo
graphical union have formed trades
council at Spokane Falls.
While the eastern states are suffering
from snow storms and billiards, we are
enjoying mild, pleasant weather, with
an occasional shower to enliven things.
A petition is being put in circulation
addressed to the next Congress, asking
for an appropriation for the improve
ment of the Columbia river from Priest
rapids to the Okanogan river.
Washington territory leads every state
and territory in the Union in its wheat
yield, the average being 1875 bushels to
the acre. Oregon comes next with a
yield of 1853 bushels per acre.
The Northern Pacific coal company are
contemplating running the mines at Ros-
Ign night and day, also Sundays, to en-
able them to catch up, they being far
behind in orders and unable to- supply
their own wants. Private parties are
able to get but little coal.
The Walla- Walla valley is noted the
world over for its great crops of grain
and fruits, but when local merchants
import eggs from Portland, which eggs
by the way come from Iowa, it looks as
if there was a lack of something some
where or somehow, says the Union.
The Palouse City Boomerang urges
the citizens of that place to see that al
least 100000 feet of logs are deliv-
cred to the mills of that place next
spring. The advice is good. There
will certainly be market for more lum-
Der than the mills of that place can saw
One of the prominent Spokane citi.
zens has this to say concerning the ad-
mission OF Washington: 1.-THE name Of
Washington in my opinion, should be
changed to some other, as it would con-
flict with that of the city of Washing.
ton. Tahoma would be good name
from Mt. Tahoma, the highest peak in
the territory"
No portion of the Palouse affords 6
better view of Steptoe heights thar
Pennington. During the day she looms
up in the distance like an Egyptian pyr.
amid, while at night when the large
lights are trimmed and burning on the
heights, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and ever
the man In the moon are laid far in the
shade.
i The editor of the Spokane Chronicle
was attacked the other day by three mer
who were displeased with an item thai
| had appeared in the paper of the day
previous. The assailants were all armed
and mad, but. the editor held them of
with his fists until his employees came t
his assistance and fred tho intruders in
! to the street.