Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-05-11
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re.
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happenings of Interest in the Towns and
Cities of Oregon, WashintOn
and Idaho.


and Alger at the Grand Army encamp-
ment.
The mill at the Robbins Elkhorn
mine, Baker county, Or, is about to
start up again.
In 1892 Tacoma's expenses were
$40, 1916. 92; in 1898, 1924, 234. "a, and
in 1894 only $187, 742.79.
Some 90, 900 pounds of new-clip wool
has come from Heppner, Or. One lot
of IS, 600 pounds brought cents.
Seattle has 200 men at work on its
vacant lots gardening on the Detroit
plan of caring for the unemployed.
Among the subscriptions to the Seat
tie canal subsidy was one from the Sis
ters of Charity at Providence hospital
for $3.50
Roseburg, Or, is making lively
preparations to entertain the state w.
q. T. u, which meets there May 10,
10, and II.
Roseburg's (Or.) marshal has been
put out of office by the city coucil for
turning in bills for killing dogs he had
traded and sold.
A Harrisburg, Or, teacher was
hanged in effigy few days ago, as an
evidence of dissatisfaction with his
severe punishment of boy.
The distillery at Grants, Or, expects
soon to increase its working force. The
establishment now pays tribute to the
government to the extent of 800 daily.
A new shaft has been started at the
Gem mine. 1t will be a double-com
partment shaft, 100 deep, and is de-
signed to drain the mine, as a prelim-
mary to development work.
An inspection of the proposed route
for an electric road from Goldendale,
Wash, to Lyle results in an estimate
that 500, 900 will build the roadbed and
bridges. The grades are very easy.
A lot of ree-milling ore from H. |.
Mattern's mine, the Ophir, is being
run through the Ashland quartz mill
this week, as test. Mr.. Mattern has
a tunnel in some ITO feet on this prop
erty now.
Twenty eight mining claims i'll the
vicinity of Methow, Wash, are run
ming from two to twelve men in de-
velopment work, while the total num-
Der of men employed in the industry
reaches about 40.
Peter Jacobs, well-knOwn brewer
of Uniontown, Wash. is about to die
from taking anti-fat pills and at the
same time shutting off on beer He
Oh Wounds n month
Now he has a swelling Of pus forma-
ton, gangrene has set i'll, and he vOm-
its blooG,
Work on the new cigar shaped raft
at Stella, Wash. is progressing slowly
owing to the impossibility of securing
suitable logs as fast as wanted. The
raft is now about one-half completed
and Mr. Robertson hopes to be able to
leave the Columbia river the latter part
of June, when he expects fine weather
and safe passage to San Francisco.
Arrangements are said to be making
for the establishment of an extensive
paper mill plant at Green Basin, Or,
on the eastern division of the Oregon
Pacific. Some experienced paper mill
men, who have been connected with
the Oregon City mills, propose putting
in a $4,000 plant to make the wood
pulp from hemlock timber, which is
abundant there.
During last month there were sixteen
homestead entries at the Spokane land
office, covering 2,372.71 acres. There
were twenty-three final homestead
proofs, covering 3,670.7 II acres. Three
final timber culture proofs answer for
479. II acres more. A desert land proof
for n. SO acres and cash entry for
7.75 acres make up the list. The total
receipts of the Office during the month
were 81 1872 AT.
The Indian agent at the Siletz has
received official notice from the Indian
department at Washington stating that
the department had recognized the &C
ton of the county court i'll appointing
Justice of the peace and creating road
districts at the Siletz, and authorizing
the agent to abolish the Indian courts
as these Indians are now citizens. The
Indians have all been allotted their
lands, and there remain to be opened
to settlers "a, 900 acres.
Charles Cunningham expresses the
opinion that Umatilla county will be
oversupplied with stock sheep this fall.
While buyers are taking all the fat
muttons they can pick up, they are
not asking for yearling ewes and
wethers. Usually a total of 100000