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


The Huntsville (Wash) mills are
turning out 100 barrels of -four daily.
A gray eagle measuring feet inches
from tip to tip was shot near Pendleton
recently
Ice seven inches thick is being cut and
housed at The Dalles, Or, at the rate OF
Fifty tons day.
The mills of Ashland and Medford,
Or, are purchasing wheat from the
Umpqua Valley.
Pendleton, Or, has received an INSTALL
ment of 400 books for the public library,
making 1920 in all.
A nugget valued at $75 was picked up
in placer mine on Oscar creek, Joseph
inc county, Or, last week.
The business men of Whatcom are
considering the question OF establishing
a fruit and vegetable cannery.
The La Dow block at Pendleton has
been sold to John d. Wilcox and B. NJ.
Lomb bard of Portland for $50, 600.
The capacity of the Sprague (Wash.)
roller mills has been nearl Y doubled, and
the mills are running on full time.
Ten carloads of cattle were shipped
from Baker City to Omaha this week,
the first of series of shipments to the
same market.
Too much liquor and no City Marshal
is converting Heppner, Or, into Don
nybrook fair, where fights are kept con-
stantly Oh tap.
An effort is being made to get post
Office for a stock settlement on Snake
river in Wallowa county, Or, twenty
miles east of Park.
The stages have been taken off the
route from Roseburg to Myrtle Point,
Or, for the winter, and the mail is being
carried on horseback.
The sale of $42, 900 bonds for water
system for Ballard, Wash, has been
completed by the City Council accepting
the offer of Boston house.
The citizens of Monroe, Or, held a
mass meeting recently to memorabilia
the government to remove distinctions
to navigation in the Long Tom river.
John Macy, who died at Gold Beach,
Or, January H. was one OF the first TO
enter Rogue river in the early '5Os. lie
was on whaler that was trading along
the Coast.
Guy Hopkins, a lad living at Grants
Pass. Or. fell from a horse, and was
dragged for some distance by his foot
catching in the stirrup. He was severe
ly bruised.
F.P. Nutting has assumed sole pro-
prietorship of the lbany orr Democrat,
T. J. Sites having been appointed post
master, Mr. Nutting has been part
owner of the paper for twelve years.
Mrs. f. F. Jacobs, Mrs. F. S. Stevens
and the latter's daughter were run down
by team in Tacoma and trampled un-
der the feet of the horses. All were in
iured, Mrs. Jacobs the most seriously.
Justice Davis of The Dales, Or, has
received some beautiful fossils from the
rich beds of the John Day. The ami
NAL and plant specimens from the MI
ocene and piiocene periods are very
fine.
The Seattle Salvation Army has
equipped g. large building for feeding and
lodging and for repair shops and basket
factory, with wood yard attached, and
will give food and lodging in exchange
for work.
The Whitman (Waeh.) College Ath-
letic Association b; 0 reorganlZed, and is
working under a lev constitution. r.
A. Paul is President and Byron Letcher
Secretary. The association will enter
track athletic contests and have a ball
nine.
John Considine, the variety theater
manager OF Seattle, wants to open SIM
liar theater in Spokane, and the Good
Government Club has protested to the
City Council, claiming that he has been
run out of Seattle. A license has not
yet been granted.
Len Morton has the boss way of kill
ing rabbits. He has a wire-net fence
around his haystacks near Ontario, Or,
and leaves the gate open Tor the rabbits
to enter. When the yard is full he shuts
the gate, and goes in with club and
kills from fifty to 100 rabbits at one
slaughter.
The citizens along the Mckenzie river
above Hendricks ferry have determined
to make a strong pull for a bridge across
the river at that place. The Commits
sioners' Court of Lane county has partly
agreed to build the bridge provided all
materials to be used in the construction,
except iron and paint, are furnished by
the citizens.
An unsuccessful raid was made some
time Tuesday night by burglars on the
store of John Witchen OF Turner, Or,
dealer in general merchandise. The
store was entered and the outer door to
the safe removed, but the thieves were
unable to remove the inner door. The
blacksmith shop of Neal Hershback was
also entered. and there the tools were
got with which the entrance to the store
was effected.
1t is reported at Cornucopia, Or, that
the O. G. Nj. Co.'s l00-stamp quartz