Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-01-05

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the offenders.
The Florence (Or) West has come out
for new county to be formed from west
. ern Lane and Douglas. There seems to
, be no opposition so lar to the project.
A logging engine of the largest pat
tern made has been ordered in New York
by George l.. Davis OF Hoquiam, Wash.
1t will be the largest at work on Crrays
Harbor.
The old organization known as the
Chamber of Commerce OF Fairhaven
will take steps to dissolve the corpora
ton, as it is now merged into the Com
mercial Club.
The steamers belonging to The Dalles,
Portland and Astoria Navigation Com
pany will tie up for repairs January 6.
As soon as possible the daily service will
again be started.
The State Treasurer of Washington
has called for warrants on the general
fund, Nos. 1851 to $685. inclusive. The
amount OF the call is $4,628, which ma
lures January B, 1898.
1t is reported that jack rabbits are
very numerous in the country around
Wilbur, Wash. this winter and are be-
ginning their destructive work of Cir
ding young orchard trees.
There are about 1000 Indians on the
Klamath reservation, which contains
over 900, 900 acres. They raised enough
wheat last season to keep a threshing
machine busy for two months.
Colville Valley, Wash, has surplus
of hay, and Flathead Valley in Montana
! has a surplus of cattle. The Colyille
J people have written to the Flathead peo-
pie, offering to trade 100 tons of hay for
cattle.
Claude L. Vawn of Vaughan, Wash,
the forger, was sentenced to term OF
six wears at Walla WaIla. Vawn went
bv the name of l. B. MINIS at WalIa
Walla. and was dishonorably discharged
from the Federal army post at that place.
Venison is now quite plentiful about
Puyallup, Wash. George Siegel recently
secured four fat deers from the woods
adjoining PuyaIlup; Carey Stewart and
f.. Bartlett shot seven. and Malcolm Nc
Larty four. Venison retails in PuyalIup
at to II cents.
The Klamath Falls roller mills is one
of ninety-harrel capacity, the one at
Tule Lake is sixty capacity and the one
at Keno thirty-fve capacity. The 1865
capacity of Klamath county has been
fully tested this year, and the mills are
hummlng yet.
OF the latest two beneficiaries of ex
ecutlve clemency Arlington was SEN
fenced to three years and had served
one, and Nicholas Jones, the slayer OF
Abraham Hans borough, was serving a
life sentence. H. had been in the pen
itentiary two years.
The Everett Herald announces that
the Rockefeller interests will begin opera
tions to develop the Monte Cristo camp
Oh a large scale. Hundreds of men will
no doubt he given employment as their
plans materiaIize, while the Everett
smelter will receive the product and in
crease its output.
An Eastern syndicate has secured con-
troll of the old copper mine located near
the headwaters of Clover creek, Union
county, Or. 1t is said that large num-
Der of workmen will be employed this
winter in development work. The mine
is one that was discovered several years
ago, and, although rich in copper, it has
never been extensively operated. 1t is
twenty miles from Baker City, and all
supplies are purchased there.
An illustration of horses eating their
heads off was given last week at North
Yakima, Wash, when Sheriff Simmons
sold seventeen lead of work horses and
mules belonging TO +. G. Burlingame to
satisfy a Judgment of 1923 in favor of
the Mckee Company for feeding the an
finals for about one and half years.
The highest price realized was $50 and
the lowest IS. The aggregate from the
receipts of the sale amounted to about
half OF the judgment.
The colored coal miners imported for
Coos county people made quite sensa-
ton at Roseburg. There were two car
loads OF them, about fifty in all; more
than had ever been in Roseburg before
at one time. They were much put out
\ at the prospect of the trip over the Coast
mountains, and said they had been told
the mines were only eight miles from the
railroad. Those who had families finally
refused to go, and have been shipped
around by way of San Francisco and
steamer to Marshfield, Or. They came
from Mcdowell county, w. Va.
H. E. Heppersett tells the Roseburg
Review that the stories of restitution
among G.. w. Hunts railroad employees
at Fort Bragg, Cal, circulated by Wal
la Walla newspaper are pure fabrlcatlons.
The men are being furnished good board
in the railroad camp or at the hotels,
and will be put to work just as soon as
some right of way difficulties can be set
tied, which will not be long. Mr.. Hunt
has $120, 900 constructing outfit on the
ground, and proposes to push the work
when he gets started. Mr.. Heppersett
understands the business arrangements
we'll enough to know that the company
backing the enterprise means business.
Fort Bragg is situated on the coast, and
the nrnnnsed road exfenda through a