Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-01
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
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Minneapolis.
The Spokane ordinance to fund the
waterworks Indebtedness was passed by
the council over Mayor Belts veto.
Assessor Zumwaldt estimates the
population of Curry county, Or, at
$500, double what it was five years
ago.
Hannah Pease of Seattle, has de-
manded of d. B. Denton, through the
courts, that he pay her $4,000 for
breaking his promise to marry her.
Rev. DR.. Cooper, of Plymouth, Eng,
who recently visited Gray's harbor,
says he will send to the harbor a col
ony of Cornish fishermen.
About 900 Seventh Day Adventists
from Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
attended the general assembly confer
ence at Walla Walla recently.
Judge Stallcup, of the superior court
of Pierce county, has dismissed the
iurymen in his court because there are
no funds with which to pay them.
The Concentration of Monte Cristo is
now running steadily and sending two
or three carloads of concentrates to the
Everett, Wash. smelter by every train.
A party of engineers is inspecting
the Okanogan river for persons who
contemplate putting in line OF light
draught steamers between Virginia
City, Wash. and the boundary line.
Mrs. Crouch denies the story of the
death of Jonathan Disc by starvation
in Eden valley, Or. She says Mrs.
Disc is very much alive, and living with
Mr.. and Mrs. Crouch i'll Camas valley.
A proposition is informally being
considered among some of the Tacoma
councilmen for the calling of a conven-
ton this summer to revise the charter,
under the provision of the new law on
the subject.
Engineer Burrows is having plated
the lines of the Wishkah river, i'll
Washington, to present them to the
state land commissioner when the ques-
ton of tide lands on that river comes
up for decision
County Treasurer Young, of Union
county, Or, gives notice that he has
funds on hand with which to pay all
outstanding warrants which were pre-
sented and Endorsed by the county
treasurer up to the first day of Septem-
Der, 1890
James G. Kidwell, of Walla Walla,
has taken a carload of twenty-five polo
ponies to Philadelphia and disposed of
them at good prices, finding an active
demand for them. The ponies were
raised near Walla Walla, and partly
trained near that place.
Cordwood dealers who float their
wood to the boat landings in Astoria
by water chutes, some of which extend
four miles back into the hills, have
completely knocked the small dealers,
who have heretofore hauled their wood
to the landings by team, out OF the
business.
The last sections of the gates have
arrived at the Cascades, and these Will
be put i'll position as soon as the water
will permit. The gates that have been
erected keep the water out of the canal
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contractors are pushing forward the
Improvement as rapidly as possible.
William D. Humbert, a wooden mill
man who has been interested i'll the
mills at Bandon, Coos county, Or, has
been in Ashland in consultation with
the owners of the Ashland wooden mills
property, and looking over the field
with view to starting the mills up
again if satisfactory arrangements can
be made.
The Hood River, Or, strawberry
crop gives promise of going far ahead
of any previous year. A scarcity OF
pickers is feared, as nearly everyone
has determined not to use Indian labor,
and so far but few Indians have put Ill
an appearance. Growers expect TO pay
1-2 cents per pound and good plckers
can make 81 per day.
The rayages of the caterpillar III the
orchards in various parts OF Whatcom
county is assuming alarming proper
tons In the vicinity OF Ferndale,
Lummi and Fort Bellingham, Wash,
whole orchards are stripped OF their
/ foliage and the trees are dying. Inc
/ Allen orchard at Marietta, has been, 1t
is said, completely ruined
ED. Boyd, of Pendleton, has filed his
first report in the administration of the
estate of Robert Sargent, deceased. 1t
shows the total receipts from all sources
TO be 81, 700. AS; total disbursements,
81 e66. 40: balance ON hand, $7S9. 06.