Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-04-27
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.


claims is the strongest Ia Gro Sc team il
the state.
The Kittitas Rod and Gun club, o.
Ellensburg, is preparing to prosecute
with vigor all offenders OF the game laws
An interesting feature of the mass
meeting demonstration at Kalama, in
favor of bonding the district for S5u0C
for a new school house. was a procession
OF 100 children with flags AT banners
In the grain fields around Ldtah SONS
of the spring sowing is already up and
looks well. Fall sown grain is two or
three inches high aud covers the ground
thoroughly. The last winter was fav-
orable one for fall grain.
The Grsy's Harbor Commercial Com
pany is filling an order for $4,000 feet
Of fir and spruce finish to go into cruis-
er which the Cramps, shipyard at Ches-
to-, Pa. is getting ready. This Is the
first order from them.
The .. s. department of agriculture
has stationed a weather signal station at
Elberton. Flags have arrived and every
thing is satisfactory. The reports come
in every morning by telegraph. II. @.
EiJel is in charge.
At Endicott Wednesday night, the
postoffice, drug store, saloon and rail-
road station we're broken into and good
deal of plumber was taken. Two tramps
were found and most OF the stuff was re-
covered Other members of the gang
are being looked for.
After being out five hours, the jury in
the Wilson case at Spokane came in Sat-
urday morning, with verdict Of murder
in the second degree against young Ben
ton Wilson, and not guilty against his
sister, Mrs. johnson, wife of the muir
dered man, and Charles Wilson, the
father.
The school board OF Spokane has re-
duced the wages OF teachers in the pub.
lie schools Of that city. The board
claims that salaries in all trades and pro-
fsssIons have been reduced during the
bard times, and that teachers should al
SO be willing to bear some OF the bur
dens now borne by others.
The big pump, which is to propel
water from the 40-foot excavation near
the jute mill up t. the penitentiary
building, on the hill, arrived at Walla
Walla Thursday, and is being placed in
position. Its capacity is 100000 gal
Ions in six hours. 1t will furnish water
for every mechanical purpose on the
grounds.
Farmers around Garfield are deyoting
every hour of daylight to blowing, the
late harvest of 1893 having retarded that
work. the acreage sown this year will
probably be much less than formerly
owners of wheat farms having to depend
largely upon their own labor. The pro.
IosaI to pay for labor with wheat has
not been acted upon there.
Joseph Anderson of Elma, has brass
token about the size of quarter dollsl
which he found on the river bank. Or
one side in the center is the picture of {
beaver, around which are the wordl
"Northwestern Company" ana on th,
reverse is vinette of John Jacob Aston
above which is the word "Token," ant
under it the date, 1920.
This paragraph from the Reveille will
give an idea of tie bitterness with which
the Waldron case is viewed at Whatcom
"Sixty- weight thousand dollars is no
much for Whatcom county to lose. TIT
taxes can be raised so as to make up tn,
deficiency in one years time. Thos,
that are short of money to pay theil
taxes can mortgage or else turn thei
property over to the county"
Fred Cummings, one of the wood. cut
tiers for the Port Blakeley Railroad Com
pany, was killed at Simpsons logging
camp by large block of wood nearly
five feet through, rolling on him; just
how it VAS done, no one knows, as he
was working alone. His wife went Out
with q lun,h to him about 2.30 anc
found him dead with the block on hi
body. He leaves wife and two child
rem.
The decimal point Is a mischievouI
little imp. 1t got misplaced in the fig
uraa IN fha World oIpaanao r,u;.- 9.