Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-23
NORTHWEST NEWS
Condensed Telegraphic Reports
of Late Happenings.
TAKEN HOT FROM THE WIRES

Plans have been prepared for new
Episcopal church at Aberdeen, Wash.
A carload of salmon is being shipped
East from Gray's harbor, WASH, daily.
The expert examining the penitentiary
books makes the shortage of the late
Warden CoblentZ $12, 467 "a
The second week of the Farmers
school at Pullman, Wash, opened with
more than 200 names on the roll.
The stockmen of Klickitat county,
WASH, are considering the desirability
of organizing registry association.
The Pierce county commissioners are
considering the question OF setting the
prisoners in the county jail at work.
A twenty-stamp mill will be erected
on the Champion mine in the Bohemia
district as soon as the roads are open.
The establishment of creamery and
sugar beet factory are the questions now
interesting the citizens OF Palouse, Wash.
The capacity of the wool-scouring mill
at Pendleton, Or, is to be doubled. 1t
is expected to handle 100000 pounds
OF wool the coming season.
Two thousand cattle are being fed for
market in the vicinity of North Yakima,
and Ex-Governor Moody is having 5000
sheep fed in Cowychee Valley.
The estate of Mrs. Maria Bernhardy
Jasous, the Tacoma woman who was
killed by falling off a train near Ash
land, Or, has been inventored at $780,
s42.30.
w. NJ. Adams, father OF John Adams,
the young man sent to the penitentlary
recently from Pendleton, Or, for per-
jury, has commenced an effort to secure
his pardon.
w. w. Saunders, who was pardoned
from the Salem penitentiary by Gov
ernor Pennoyer, has been admitted to
the bar at Spokane, Wash, upon the
recommendation of George w. Belt and
J. +. Fenton.
The La Grande, Or, Athletic Club has
elected the following trustees j. r.
Robbins, j. 0. Gulling, DR.. f. ID. Stein
camp, William Ericsson, f. S. Stanley,
A. V. Andrews, Thomas II. Cox, DR.. r.
l.. Lincoln and A. G. Miller.
M. F. Backus has resigned as receiver
of the Rainier Power & Railway Com
pany at Seattle, and Frederick Bausman
has been appointed. The road has
passed into the hands of the Third
sUTc6U N SuUuIDdll IOdiIWdy SOI
The Washington senate passed Sena-
tor Van Houten's bill appropriating 49,
024 to pay Architect Prusce for furnish
ing plans and specifications for the agri-
cultural building and also Senator lde's
$1,000 deficiency bill for public printing.
J. ]. Holman, proprietor of the Ha-
vana cigar factory of Seattle, was stand
ing at the window of his store Saturday
morning when he heard the glass break,
and bullet whistled by his ear. He
Jumped to the door and opened it, but
saw no one.
The Pendeton, Or, Commercial AS
ISOLATION has negotiations pending for
the establishment of a vinegar factory.
The plant will cost 81, $50, and will turn
out 100 to 800 gallons of high grade
vinegar per day. 1t is thought that
grapes raised in the Milton, Or, neigh
borhood will supply suitable raw ma
terial.
A petition is in circulation in the ex-
treme northwestern portion of Lane
county asking that a small portion of
Lane and Lincoln counties, Or, laying
along Five Rivers and Lobster creek be
annexed to Benton county. This would
take from Lane county two townships OF
land that paws no taxes. The county
authorities seem to favor the move
Ment.
The project of the county court of
Umatilla county, Or, to lease the road
running through the southern portion of
the county to the John Day river is
strongly objected to. This road was
built by state appropriation of $4,000,
supplemented by private subscriptions
and the people OF John Day object to
paying toll upon it.
In order to obviate doubt that seems
to exist as to the right of rrigating COM
panies of Washington to own more than
5000 acres of land Senator Lesh of Yak
ina, Wash, has introduced bill to au
thorize corporations heretofore or here
after organized to hold, acquire and
possess real and personal property to
the extent and amount as may seem
meet.
In the United States circuit court the
New York Guaranty x Indemnity Com
pany, as trustees, brought suit in equity
against the Tacoma Railway & Motor
Company and Edna l.. Mitchell. The
complaint alleges that in July, 1892, the
defendant road, for the purpose OF secur-
ing the payment of the series OF first
mortgage bonds for 81, 500, 900, executed
and delivered to plaintiff first mort
gage on its property and equipment in
Tacoma. January l, 1894, default was
made in the payment of the interest.
The plaintiff asks that the first mortgage
held by it, as trustee, be foreclosed and
the company's property and franchises
be sold by master in chancery under
the direction of the court as an entirety,