Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-03-31

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600 and assets $4,000, The company
mill was burned some time ago, causing
a loss OF $40 900, and other unfortunate
circumstances assisted in the trouble
which finally ended in insolvency. Mr.
Mccormack expects to be able to pay all
debts in full within year.
OREGON
Hundreds Of acres OF hops are being
planted in the Willamette valley.
Work will begin on the new Catholic
church at Pendleton as soon as the lum-
Der ordered from Portland arrives.
Antoine and Joseph Vey, brothers,
the well-known sheep men, are having
some legal tr uble at Heppner. Joseph
has had his brothers herders arrested
for trespass, and Antoine retaliated by
causing Joseph's arrest for keeping
scabby sheep.
One of the first missionary stations
built in the Northwest was located at
The Dalles. There is new nothing left
to mark It's site but a depression in the
ground, which was once cellar The
building, of rough whip sawed lumber,
was destroyed by fire many years ago.
Captain J. II. ID. Gray, of Astoria, has
an Oregon Spectator published IN 1916
From it is learned the fact that in 1910
there were in Oregon 26 American set
tiers; 26 married women; ID Law pro-
testqnt ministers; ID Methodist, or
dained; | Presbyterian, ordained; b
Congregational, ordained; 80 American
women and 80 children.
The Hood River Glacier makes this
important announcements: 1t has been
reported in The Dalles that we have
withdrawn from the race for the regis
tership of the land office at that place.
We wish to give this statement an en-
phatic denial. We propose to stay un-
til the authorities at Washington either
appoint us or the other fellow, and then
we propose to stav four years longer.
George w. Goode, an attorney at
Condor, was arrested one day last week
on a charge of forgery. The complaint
was sworn to by Ernest Seekman, WHO
claimed that Goode had changed a note
given him for attorneys fees from $40
to Sl75. Goode was taken to Airing
ton and examined before Justice Zleg Ter,
who dismissed the case stating that
there was n. evidence of forgery having
been committed.
Up to the present time the weather
has been very unfavOrable for lambing
and there are reports of losses from the
sheep regions, says the Pendleton East
Oregonian. In some bands not over
| 60 per cent. of the lambs SO far dropped
were saved Still the lambing season is
not yet fairly under way, and the
warmth and sunshine now prevailing
offer much encouragement for sheep
growers, who count on good per cent.
of increase.
A scene in the passing OF the red man
was Witnessed in the early morning at
The Dalles the other day. A proces |
sion of Indians wended its way up the
railroad on Front street, two members
of which bore on a board dead body
wrapped IN blankets. They were en-
route to one of theil islands, where they
bury the remains of their departed
friends, in a firm belief that from these
places the spirits will be escorted to the
happy hunting grounds.
Jason Wheeler, of Albany, was Indian
agent at the Warm Springs agency I'M
der Cleveland's first reign, and when he
went out of office and made ID settlement,
he was reported $500 short, A bill was
presented for his relief, but somehow
was never acted upon. Now comes
Senator Mitchell, who has succeeded in
having the matter re-examined in the
interior department, and as result it
is now claimed the government owes
Wheeler $3.50.
r. r. Tibbets, of Pendleton, went
duck hunting with a double barreled
shotgun and a wealth of confidence. a
flock of ducks arose, and Raleit h turned
loose both barrels. The effect was fear
full. When he recovered consciousness
a few moments afterward he was lying
on the cold ground, with the shotgun
ten feet away. He went home without
any ducks, and thinks the cartridges
must have been charged with dynamite.
Miss Belle Ogg, of Pendlston, who