Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-18

NV ISOV CIoSS-cul was tnduc
on the Little Maiden. It showed
ledge of remarkably fine ore with width
of fifteen feet.
OF the Pierce county Legislative dele
CATION, the following oppose an extra
session of the legislature: Senators J.
s. Baker, Henry Drum, C. E. Claypool,
c, NJ. yesterday; Representatives J. d.
Caughran, J. L. Murray, W. d. Tillot-
A Seattle dispatch says; Captain j.
Il. Winslow was found dead in his room
in the Maitland house last week. He
was manager of the King County Insur-
ance company and agent of the Cascade
Fire and Marine Insurance company.
Heart disease was probably the cause Ct
death.
The Spokane smelter has a capacity
OF $50 tons of silver lead ore per day
1t Is the intention Of the smelter peopl
to devote considerable attention to til,
Kootenai and Okauogan mining dia
tricts, and to establish sampling worl.
in both of them to act as buying
agency.
Cannerymen are preparing for a largo
pack the coming season. The Chimes,
crews have arrived at Cathlamet and ar,
busy making cans. The Oregon fish
commissioners have outlooks on guarl
in Portland and strict measures are be
ing taken to prevent fishing during tie
close season.
The Chehals Bee says that smalI
gangs of men are at work clearing IL
right way of the Northern Pacife
road to South Bend and driving pile +.
for the Chehalis bridge As soon as tn
bridge is finished and the weather clear.
0OO men will be put to work on The
grading and construction will be rushed
In regard to the recent Northern Pa.
cltic land decision, it has been announce
that the company will receive at one,
81, 100000 in cash and the balance O,
the unsold land. A special committee
has been appointed to take into consid.
Grafton the purchase Of preferred stool
with the proceeds.
Elk. Governor Miles c.. Moore. Wall
Walla, says: Everything is looking
well IN the eastern part of the state
The crops in which we are chiefly inter
ested, have been wintered with unusual
success, and there is promise of very
large yield Of wheat. As that grain is
now bringing big price in the market
we are all happy at the bright outlook
son, S. J. Smythe, Byron Barlow. Sen.
ator L. F. Thompson and Representativ,
Il, F. Garretson favor an extra session
Senator Thompson holds that the need
Of an extra session is to do something
about state school and granted lands
and Mr.. Garretson thinks the Legislature
should not have adjourned without
adopting the Hill CODE
The colored men of Tacoma have form
ed an immigration society with John Con
ma of that city president and William
Lynch of Port Townend, secretary
The state has been divided into ten dis
tricts, Spokane being in the seventh
with Douglas, Stevens, Okanogan ant
Whitman counties. A committee has
been appointed for each district to lool
after colored immigrants. G. W. Schru-
betum and R. B. Scott are the committee
Of the tenth district.
Citizens at Euensburg are loudly pro
testing against the action of the govern
ment engineers in expendlng the appro
priation in working on Priest rapids al
the expense of the Upper Columbia
They claim that if the rapids at Roct
island are cleared, boats could navigate
above the Okanogan river distance o
over 200 miles, thus opening the Bis
Bend and Okanogan districts and othel
tributary country to cheap transporta
ton, rates and materially help Elens
burg, while the completion of the worl
now going on will benefit no locality, as
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Rock island will have to be cleared be
fore navigation will amount to anything