Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
P. B. johnson. elitor Of the MalIa

of towa, and made trip here on pur-
pose to see the lot and tho city Of flow
ing wells,'' of which he had heard so
much. The Herald acknowledges a
pleasant call
-Almota has had a very prosperous
grain season. L. NJ. Ringer, the prin-
cipal grain buyer Of that place, was in
town this week, and stated to a HERA1D
representative that the entire amount OF
wheat to be mari ted there tins season
would not he less thaa 5000 tons; that
there arenou 1900 tons on the wha7fs
awaiting shipment, and that at least
2,GG0 tons would lay there during the
winter as the boats would not be able to
carry it all out, The fruit season was
also a very prosperous one. AImota is
one Of the most beautiful places in the
West, and during the summer months is
a wilderness Of flowers, aud as soon as it
gets a railsoad Will, no doubt, make an
important city.
Word was brought to Mayor
Windas Thursday evening that a sicl;
man, unable to help himself, was lying
in the bastes Iear own. lhe mayor,
in company with Dr. White, went to Tire
place designated, where they found a
man named Kelly, who is known in
Pullman, in a bad condition with delir-
ium tremens, and an attack Of pneumo-
MIA, the latter having been brought on
by the exposure. The two diseases com
bined placed the man in very serious
condition and the chances Of recovery
are greatly against him. He was
brought into the town and placed in the
tJail, tie oily unoocdpi-d room in the
city, where lie is now receiving the best
Of care Kelly had been in the bushes
for some time, and as long as his money
lasted was furnished with whisky by
some of his comrades.
School was commenced in room No.
,, of the public school, last Monday
morning, with Miss Cynthia Farisg as
teacher. The higher grades, under
Principal Harye.E. n ! E-oeeppY tha room
just fitted up stairs. The room was
fitted ulder the personal supervision OF
Nj. Harvey, and persons WHO have seen
it say that there is mono better in the
country. It is neat and arranged with
especial thought given TO the comfort OF
the pupils. With three rooms the school
is crowded, and it is a matter of but a
short time when another must be added.
The town should make every effort to
keep the school up with the advance Of
the other institutions, to which end
Prof. Harvey is o4erting himself ad-
n.rably
The Colfax Commoner is Habla to
have a libel suit on its hands, as the
following from the Portland Oregonian
would show:
Thomas Kitchen caused something OF
a sensation in Colfax to-day by annoGnc-
ing that lie intended to bring 8 5Z0,G00
libel suit against the Commoaor, the
democratic organ OF this section. In its
last issue, that paper came out with an
item implying that Kitchen had defraud-
cd Jasper Wbatsel, owner Of the town
site Of Guy. out OF $500. Whetsel sold
Kitchen sixty-fJur lots in Guy for $1,000
and Kitchen is alleged to have given in
payment therefor $500 in cash and his
note Of hand, with Endorsement, for the
remainder. The deed is on file in the
auditors Office, but no mortgage has
been fled by WheJssl up to date.
Whether there is ground for the Com
moner's story is not known beyond the
reports and !acts abov= stated There
is a probability that til matter viii be
comprou ised, bat Kitchen has blood in
his eye to-day.
j. D. Layman, who made a trip to
Virginia t1is fall, brought Us a sample
Of the wheaa raised in that country, with
some OF the fertilizer which is used to
produce it. The wheat, a sample Of
which can be seen at this Office, is small
shrunken stuff, a dozen heads OF which
does not contain as many grains as one
head Of FaIouse country wheat, and the
entire county Of Augusta, Virginia, il
which Mr., Lagman visited, only pro-
duced nine bushels per acre. These
nine bushels were produced on land
worth from e75 to 500 Ter acre on
/ which is used a bone fertilizer costing
| $50 per ton, at the rate of from 200 to
300 pounds per acre. As the Virginian
/ farmer owns farms ranging from so to
/ 60 acres ii can readily BE- seen that his
profit for a year Is not very great. The
/ farmers would como 10 TINS country with
( rush i they could only Dispose Of
/ their eastern farms fer ANYTHING like
/ what tLey are worth, although the Pa
Iouse country has never been very ex-
/ tensivelv advertised III the remote east.
! The advertising done for Washington
( has been mainly for tie Sound country.
It more uen like BIr. Layn1;.n could 90
east. where they are known. armed with
samples of tie products Of this country
as he was, they would do an immense
amount Of good. ME. Laynlan says
that the reports CT the yields which be
told would rot have been believed had
be been stranger to the people.
/ While gone Nr. Layaan was Ii twelve