Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-06-02
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NORTHWEST NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

their July session will act upon the prop
osition to fund the county's indebted
ness by issuing bonds,
The Latah Times plant has been re-
moved to Tekoa, and is now used IN the
publication of the Tekoa Blade, }. L,
Nessly, one Of the brightest newspaper
men Of the Palouse, is the editor.
Spokane, Walla Walla and Pendleton
are bidding for the location OF the
Union Pacific shops, which were burned
down at Starbuck recently. 1t Is quite
likely. however, that they will be rebuilt
on the old site
Joseph Williams, aged Is, has left his
home near Davenport without word OF
explanation. He had considerable
money, which be had earned last harvest
and this lie took with him. His mo-
Their Is very anxious to learn of his
whereabouts.
Alfred Riedel, editor of the now de-
funct Belhngham Bay Post, had made
somewhat unique departures he announ-
ces that he will return to each subscrib-
er the amount due him by reason of the
suspension Of the paper.
Another man has discovered or rather
invented a perpetual motion machine
This one lives at New Whatcom. The
Falrhaven Herald SAYS his name is with
held at his own request. He is alto
gether too modest. There have been
many discoveries of perpetual molten
before him and many will come after.
George b, Hinton, of Ellensburg, has
a brave 6-year. old boy. His 5-year-old
brother fell into a stream and would have
drowned but for the presence of mind
and prompt action of the 6 year-old lad.
That boy has wiped out the record OF a
multitude of scrapes in advance, SO far
as his parents are concerned.
The Ellensburg Localizer makes this
report: Every grain of wheat that
was at all covered of the spring sowing
has come up and there has never been a
better stand than the crop shows at this
time, 1t is an unusual occurrence for
the wheat to come up SO regular. 1t Is
owing TO the soil being in such fine con-
dition to sprout the grain
William Miller, an old-time resident
of Crow valley on Orcas island, has
among his curios an antique threshing
machine. 1t is of the old sweep class,
and was imported from England to Vic
toria by the Hudson Bay Company In
184S. Four ears later Mr.. Miller pur
chased 1t from the company and took 1t
to Orcas island, where it did good ser
vice continuously until 1889.
The lumber business is picking up.
Whenever big timbers are wanted IN the
east, Oregon or Washington lumbermen
get the order, Recently an order was
placed for the timbers for new dredge
boat at West Superior, Wis, some Of
the sticks being so feet long. The i'm
provements at Duluth for coal dock and
dumps have taken great many car
loads of lumber from this coast, and
more will follow.
]. Wayland Clark, of the Fairhaven
foundry, is something Of horticultural
list. He has a fruit ranch on Orcas island
in which he intended to take great pride
Last fall he carefully planted go fruit
trees as starter" This spring when
he visited his ranch with some ex-
pectation of finding the trees in healthy
condition, he found that some party
wanted the trees SO much that every
last one of them except three had been
stolen
Ernest Kirby, lad of Pomeroy, Gar
geld county, was strvck on the back of
the head with a hammer which young
Peter Gearhardt threw at chicken.
The boys we're several feet apart and the
chicken between them, when Peter, in
his anxiety to slay the fowl, evidently
lost sight of his chum and threw the
hammer, winch missed the chicken, but
struck the boy. The wonder is that the
boys skull was not fractured.
A. F, P. Anderson, formerly treasury
official, tells the Port Townsend Call:
ut is we'll known in Washington that
the smuggling of Chinese and opium
fourishes in the Puget sodnd region,
and inst as soon as one trick is discoy-
cred another is invented. What is
termed an opium combine is reported to
be in full working order in Canada.
Silks from China are ballad with n o,a,