Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-12-21
NORTHWEST NEWS
Condensed Telegraphic ReOo,..
of Late Happenings.
TAKEN HOT FROM THE wrD :.

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Patience" '0'iearslnl
About $4,000 bushels of wbo..
stored at Helix, Or. '"' are
1t costs a sheep pelt to be marrio,,
fore Judge Goddard OF Talent, Or ''u De-
The corporations of Brownsviro
North Brownsville, Or, are tbinb;naa ana
uniting. Of
NJ. Costello, Tekoa saddlar h..
ceived 50, 900 back pension and r nas. re-
nent allowance. perlna'
Several well-to-do families rooo.,
from Nebraska, have bought farms vsV aa
McMinnville, Or. ms neaf
A term of winter school for FARM.
will be given at the Pullman Agricnit bs.s
College, beginning in the latter nart u Y
| January. P"'' Of
Mr.. Rasmus, who recently filed -,
pit at Palouse City, has gone into p a
show business, and is rehearsinn' Tue
amateurs in Damon and Pythias y SUA'
Last Friday deal was closed bv wbi..
the Hotel Medford became the nro rn%u
of Captain j. T. G. Nash of C'or UpIi9
Or. The consideration was about $S I o0s'
A wind storm the other night non.s
about several of the buildings at 't Ha
mission at the Umatilla agency, Thu ,o
windmill and tower of the water nlan,
were wrecked. fN"'
The fisheries of San Juan. Wash a..
assuming considerable importance T.,
| the first time this season. The Fr;do.
Harbor cannery, which commenced on.
erations last spring has put up nearly
II 900 cases of salmon.
Mediord school district has an indabt.
edness Of $500, on which it paws SS5o
interest annually. The directors have ave
had an offer to take the whole indebted.
ness at s per cent interest, and are max.
ing arrangements to fund it.
A / ,100-pound horse was sold at anc.
ton by the Corvallis Chief Of Police
Tuesday, and brought the sum of 81 and
no more. The horse has been in the
city pound for five days, and the bill for
his feed was $3.50, in which sum the city
is duly horsed."
The Spokane National Banks affairs
are being rapidly wound up, the last
chapter of the settlement being the sale
at auction of the various notes, iudc.
ments, stocks, furniture, etc. The con-
Germ has already paid about 80 cents on
the dollar; SO depositors will not lose
much.
The Walla Walla farmers made mess
of their contribution to the Pullman
College tests of sugar beets. Instead Of
| sending in those OF average size, as in.
structed, they picked out the largest,
| One weighed 1876 ounces. The result
was that their percentage OF sugar and
purity was very low.
The Puget Sound Lumberman for De-
Gem Der says a Washington cedar shinge
company with a capital of $780, O0 is be-
| ing organized to control the shlngIe trade
OF the State of Washington. The scheme
includes leasing all OF the shingle mrs
| in the State, mum bering 234, the produ'I
to be handled by the company
Persons arriving in valley towns from
Newport on Yaquina Bay state that
J Monday the tide rose to the extraOrdl'
nary height of twelve feet, sweeping
away several sidewalks and cross TslSs
along the water front and dong oIhst
damage. The usual tide is about SIX
feet and when it touches the elght-loU
mark the inhabitants in that section DE-
| gin TO think a tidal wave OF no slnan
proportions is coming.
Mrs. Anna Churchman, aged o., dle0
at Ashland a few days ago from peCu'
liar cause. In handling stick oil Stove,
wood about week before she ran
small silver into one thumb. Shortly
aiterward she washed out ciotn 'nas
had been used III a case OF tonsliiVls aua
it is supposed that some OF the PoIiGn
found access to the blood through JIM
slight wound on the thumb. she grew
worse and her death resulted. !,
A first-class $4,000 diamond drlll w ".
boiler, engine and 200 feet oil PIPE E,;I u
arrived at Port Townsend on the ME-
ton for Captain Henry +. Morgan ms s pii% sot
at Scow Bay, where bore OF ozV ~.
through sandstone and shae torlna.lOu
has already been made with every PiVo
pect of reaching a superior qual! y.
coal in 800 to 1000 feet, ana pelna abo
less. Boring will begin as soon ~ , T.;
desired bonds are given Tor ieaVe W ol tiles
the coal if it appears in paying qi'll''
J. T. Totterdale of Genesee;,. L. iJ ior
was in Astoria looking for sue os ITO
brickyard, which he proposes. 10 tn yr,
lish. He has the machinery io[ i .u,n
out 10000 per day ready for sn 1ppment
He expects to perfect his arran We ri:
in the course OF few days ana 'a ahp b
plant there as quickly as IL oar
shipped. Mr.. Totterdale is a lpd Ii N the
brickmaker, having been engag;e = arnect.
business since boyhood, ana II ls ehighly
ed that his venture will prove no
successful. onnr
The specifications for bids fo r;S op'i ian
a channel through the North rlu pal q |
in Washington call for chai There ID
minimum width of fifty feet % "sa1iorI
a government appropriation Oh tr-aiIabe
this work, of which 1920 is av nnt anyl
1t is considered impossible 10 p ~ su1
! kind of a channel through for ll RAJ viii
and it is not expected that any p dor dfy
be made. The river is navlgaple ~ i ID
miles above the jam, ana t tnear TO It |
immense body of timber un'SSditionSI'
, Congress will be asked Tor al au'