Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-07-20

SAIUhDA1,. .JUL1 ZO, 1908,
Work has commenced on the new
elevator on the Northern.
A. L. Mills and A. J. Perkins, Of
Colfax, were in town Friday.
Tho Hopkins TELEPHONY system will
be extended to Genesee in August.
E D. Priest, of Pampia, was visiting
friends and relatives in Pullman this
week.
-Rubo Scott, of Pampia, returned from
Corral, Iowa, this week, accompanied
by his bride.
Miss Lula Neighbor, one of Whe-
lan's fair daughters, is visiting friends
in town this week.
Two Advance threshing machines ar
rived Tuesday, from Portland, over the
Northern Pacific Railroad
C. l.. Ford and family left last Tues
day for Milton, Oregon, where they ex-
pect to locate permanently.
We acknowledge receipt of com
plimentary admission ticket to the Puget
Sound Chautauqua assembly.
-Messrs. Mckenzie & Bayrd, of Guy,
have commenced the erection of thirty
barrel grist mill at that place.
j. B. Thompson, who settled near
Guy in 1872, has returned after an
absence of five years in Arkansas.
The HERALD is in receipt of the
Rules of the convention" through the
kindness of Delegate Hungate. Thanks.
Mrs. c. S. Mason, who has been con-
fined to her room for several weeks with
bronchial trouble, is now convalescent.
George w. Ford, the rustling hard
ware merchant, insurance and real estate
agent, etc, of Staley, was "a town on
Wednesday,.
The demand for dwelling houses is
greater than the supply. A few neat
cottages well located would be good
Investment.
-Grasshoppers and crickets are said to
be Matching out in large numbers in the
Camas Prairie, country, and fears are
entertained that they will eat up what
there is left of the crops.
During the last three months five
families have located in and around
Pullman, who were influenced to come
here by reading the HERALD sent them
by friends. 1t pays to send papers east.
Crippled, sick and MANNED veterans
of the war have a powerful ally In Cor
poral Tanner A man who is compelled
to stump through life on two cork feet
is pretty apt to have active sympathles
for fellow sufferers. Tribune.
An exchange remarks ut is easy
enough to stand and shoot your mouth
Oft at newspaper and tell what 1t ought
to do But the probabilities are that
YOU would. if actually engaged in pub
fishing newspaper, fall far short OF
your ideal"
Tho tinc will come when beets will
be the chief crop of the Palouse country.
All that is necessary 70 make this crop
aproftable one is a. home market, and
undoubtedly this will be supplied by a
sugar refinery at Spokane Falls. A little
effort is all that is required to get capital
TO invest in the enterprise.
A new series of postage stamps is
to be introduced soon, which will be one
eighth of an inch smaller each way than
the present size. The colors are also to
be changed throughout, the green OF the
present two-cent stamp being exchanged
for metallic red; the blue of the one-cent
stamp for dark blue, etc.
On July LIST, 1887, the deposits in
the Bank of Pullman were $4,000; in
1888 they were $4,000; While this year
thev are 41,000, or over five times what
they were in 1887. This amount OF sur
plus funds indicates prosperity enjoyed
by few of the towns in the Palouse coun-
try. It also shows that Pullman is
marching upward in wealth at no small
pace.
J. E. Carpenter, well known in this
vicinity, and Mr.. Nye, of Garfield, have
formed partnership and will engage in
the hardware business at this place,
They have rented the Prentice building
and expect to be ready for business
about August LIST. Being men of large
business experience, and well acquainted
with the needs of the country, we pre-
dict for them asuccessfnl business career
at Pullman,