The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-14
THE EVERGREEN State
Chronicles Of Recent Important Events
10 The Northwest.
LOSSES BY The GREAT FLOOD.
Montana Cattiemen Purchasing
Cattle I'm This state-The Mistake
OF the Great Northern-D unka I'd
Colony Coming.

Horsemen will be interested to know
that last week the famous stallion Black.
bird Second, valued at 10000, died at
Spokane. He was the property Of Felix
Pugh.
Albert Smith, aged II years, one OF the
commonwealers who was engaged 10 the
fracas in this city, and who received a
short sentence for the same, lost leg at
Tacoma last week while trying to swing
onto the truck Of a moving passenger
train.
1t will take the Union Pacific three
months to rebuild the track along the
Columbia river, while the Northern Pa
ci6c, Great Northern and Canadian Pa.
cifc will each require a month to repair
damages. The Northern Pacific sustained
the least damages Of any OF the northwest
roads.
Two hundred families Of Dunkards
will leave Pennsylvania in AugL.. fl,
this state in search OF new homes. The
Dunkards are religious order of Ger
mans who have reputation Of being
thrifty, Woodworking honest farmers. J.
Kaufman Smith, of Chicago, is at the
head oil the colony.
Samuel Creger, former citizen OF Yak
ina, is in hot water. He and his brother
formed the Washington State Mercantile
company, of Spokane, and made an as
signment or were closed out. In some
way he obtained possession of the bank
rupt stock and took it to Davenport to
dispose of it. There it was attached by
G. Carson, of Spokane, and Creger was
arrested for perjury.
1t having come TO the knowledge Of
Governor McGraw that the farmers of
eastern Washington were compelled to
pay from 80 to So cents per pound for
Irvine with which to sew their sacks last
season, he has ordered sufficient guam
tity of sewing Irvine to be manufactured
at the Washington state jute mills, and
sold to actual consumers who are resi-.
dents and citizens Of the state Of Wash
ington, at ten cents per pound.
The Spokane Smelter company has
been reorganized, the claim being made
that it is backed by the Standard Oil
company which handles large part Of
the lead ores mined in this country. The
steel for tracks has been shipped and
the smelter will be put in operation by
September /. In place OF big white
elephant Spokane will gain heavy pay
roll and an important commercial indus
try which will prove Of material benefit to
the entire northwest in general and the
mining interests in particular.
Montana men are purchasing large
droves Of cattle in this state for the Mon
tana ranges. Joe Scott, president Of the
Montana Cattlemen's association, Frank
Robson and Henry Tuster, Of Miles City,
and j. T. Boardman, of Deer Lodge, have
already bought Is, 900 head in Whitman.
Garfield, Columbia and Asotn counties,
and in the Big Bend. They want 10000
head and they are paying an average Of
$40 for yearlings, SIS for two-year-olds
and $40 for three-year-old bunch grass
steers.
The Union Pacific railway is without
doubt the heaviest loser on the Pacific
coast by the present flood. Superin,en-
dent Baxter says that the track for
distance of 100 miles east of Portland ia
almost totally destroyed, and to rebuild
and put it in first class condition will
cost in the vicinity Of s2,000,O00. The
loss to the company's docks, shops, ware
houses, rolling stock and the Interrupt
ton to business lie estimated at or near
81 100000.
Ellensburgh Localizer: William Dona-
hue says that the wind storm on Satur-
day night swept through Horse canyon
with great force, leveling streak Of tim
Der about onefourth OF a mile wide, and
the trees in McCallum's field were all
OiO"h w" anu tic IOdu hDOtt bltAhl-
lum's house was made impossible by the
fallen trees tapping across each other in
all directions. Some trees that the storm
did not uproot were twisted off thirty or
forty feet above the ground. He says the
country Whereabouts presents horrible
and ragged appearance.
Vancouver Register: Mr.. Hamilton,
engineer for the Portland. Vancouver &
Northern railway, accompanied by S. p.
White, have gone to the north fork OF
Lewis river to spy ont the route for the
new railroad across the mountains. On
their return this week they go by steam
er to White Salmon and from there to the
nearest pass in the mountains. Mr.. w.
II. Schofield is expected to join 10 the re-
connoitre. Alter the reports are all made
up, work on the line is expected to follow
very soon thereafter.
The grand lodge Of Knights OF Pythias
in session at Olympia last week elected
the following officers: Grand chancellor,
NJ. NJ. Martindale, Spokane; grand pre-
late, ]. ]. Weisenberger, Whatcom grand
keeper Of records and seal, A. Beamer,
Sprague; grand master OF exchequer,
Michael Harris, Olympia; grand master
at arms, s. c. Henton, North Yakima
grand inner guard, C. c. Thornton, Sno-
homish; grand outer guard, L. h. Sohns,
Vancouver; trustees, r. q. Parks, Walla
Walla; John Forbes, Tacoma; Thomas
Gordon, Seattle. The next meeting Of
grand lodge will be held in Wallis Walla
on the third Tuesday in May, 1875.
The Tscoma Union in speaking of the