Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-12-25
Through The state.

O6anogan county this year than last
owing to the large increase in valuation
and asessable property.
A large body of Onyx living south Of
Lake Chewelah has been discovered. 1t
viii take on fine polish, and auarrvinp
this stone wall, in the future, be one Of
Stevens county's important industries
The waterworks question at Medical
Lake is now the most prominent among
contemplated improvements. and it will
be submitted to vote as soon as the
preliminaries can be arranged A sur
vey to establish plans and Specifications
has been ordered and will be made at
once. At present the supply of water is
short
Centralia citizens are greatly troubled
by thieves. The other night nearly a
thousand fruit trees that were "heeled
in" for the winter in a private garden
were stolen, and the next night several
bushels of apples were stolen from "a wId-
owls barn. Hoboes do not steal such
things as these Centralia evidently has
a dishonest resident.
The number of exterior lights that
may be burned when necessary at the
several posts in the department OF the
Columbia will be as follows: Dapart-
ment headquarters depot grounds al
Vancouver barracks, q; Boise barracks,
10; Fort Candy, u; Fort Sherman, 36;
Fort Spokane, 81; Fort Townsend; g.;
Vancouver barracks, -; Fort Walla Wal
la. %.
The businesses Of the Olympia United
States land Office for November is sumar-
lied as follows: Nineteen cash entries,
205S.26 acres, SI266.92; twenty-three
homestead entries. 1912 II acres, fees,
$500.83; SIX final homestead entries,
943.45 acres. fees, $64,99; two coal land
filings, 800 acres, fees IS; timber land
applications, 1l2O Total acreage, 1888
IS, receipts, $4637G3.
The telephone line between Winiock
and Toledo has been abandoned By the
proprttors rather than incur expensive
litigation with The Sunset company,
which claims the franchise for the STATE.
The Centralia News says that arrange
mcuts are now being perfected for con
Meeting the line with tho one already
established between Centralia and Win
lock. Long distance phones have al
ready been ordered Tor tha5 purpose.
The new process Of prvitic smelling is
said to be an unqualified success. The
process dispenses with the lead as a Aux
and makes matter containing the silver,
gold, copper and iron, instead Of the lead
bullion. The fax consists of barren
limestone and iron pyrite. aud to Thirty
five tons of o { sixty-tive tons of fax is
used. The ore treated runs over 81 per
cent SILICA. The experimental works
are situated IN the Black hills.
The body of Jake Won Bremen was
found in the Columbia river near Water
vile, il the Big Bend country, weighed
doan with rocks. He is the man who
killed his two brothers some time ago
The superstition is that he tied himself
to the rocks and then committed suicide
This belief is strengthened by the TACT
that he had been tracked nearly to the
place he was found at by the sheriff a
few days after he had killed his broth
ers.
Saws the Sprague Advertiser: 'Lircoln
county S financial condition is certainly
not the worst. With a population of
10000, she has at present an income of
S7&,22l, with new lands coming in for
taxation each year. Her assessed yalu-
alton at the present time Is 1852, 439,
with floating Indebtedness of $45. 900.
But few counties in a new country like
this have as good securities as Lincoln,
and she should be guarded with Jealous
care and her expenditures kept within
bounds of her income"
There is a greater amount of develop
ment under way and in prospect in Ok
anogan county this fall, than at any
previous time in the history Of the
camp. The country is full Of mining
men and experts, and deals Of more or
less Importance are becoming almost a
daily occurrence. There ara d number
OF enterprises OF the utmost Importance
10 the mining interests Of kanogan
county now in process Of organization
the particulars of which will be reported
on later Okanogan Outlook.
a new swindIe has developed al Ros-
AHA. The rogues watch the newspa pers
for estray notices and one Of them goes
and looks at the animal. Or course the
unsUsPeetin5 iyFmer, on application,