Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-04-13

Attorneys Stearns and Harvey drove
over to Coltax Tuesday.
A son was added to the John Oleson
household Monday.
Cash n. Gaddis is having the lots
around his residence graded.
"A train-load OF cattle went east via
the O. X. & N, from Moscow, Tuesday.
The roads are exceptionally good for
this season OF the year, and bicycling is
all the rage.
Prof. Saunders has returned from
the east, where he accompanied the re-
mains OF his wife.
M. w. Drinkwater, who dispenses
Justice in this city, has been tickling the
soil on his farm the past week.
The property around the Methodist
church is being graded and sodded, and
presents handsome appearance.
The farmers of the Palouse country
have had favorable spring for seeding,
and are now well along with the work.
Garden making is in full blast, al
though some of the more energetic report
peas, lettuce and other truck already up.
One of Geo. Henry's boys had his
face considerably bruised by Kicking
horse this week. No bones were broken.
-Councilmen Wallis and Baker were
at the county seat Wednesday, driving
over in the morning and back in the ev-
ening.
A stereopticon entertainment will
be given in the Methodist church on
Monday evening, April 10Th. The ad-
mission will be Is cents.
Andrew Hardwick, who is now teach
ing in the public schools, proposes to
spend the summer in the mountains OF
Idaho following the seductive calling and
varying fortunes of "gold miner" He
will seek for recreation and gold in the
same pan.
Petitions are being circulated which
will, when sufficient signatures are OBJ
taned, be presented to the city council,
praying that the saloon licenses in town
be revoked, and that Pullman be allowed
to 90 "dry." The petitions are circu-
lated by w. G. T. U. members.
Geo. N. Henry is one of the progress
sive farmers of the state, and he pro-
poses to know Just what method of farm
ing will bring the greatest returns. This
spring he has sub-soiled three acres of
land, one acre of which he will plant to
beets, and the balance to other products
of the farm, and will note the difference
in yield in crop OH land treated this way
and in the general manner. George is a
whole experiment station by himself.
AT the last regular meeting of the
Woodmen of the World, the members,
by unanimous vote, conferred on Mr.. j.
H. st. Lawrence an honorary member
ship. By doing SO they not only con-
ferred an honor on themselves, but on
one VI Oul uIO5C hOlIiy dHu 6SGcCLlcu
citizens. The success of the order this
winter has been phenomenal. Starting
out early in the season by handing quite
liberal donation to the directors of our
high school, and at intervals since their
surprise parties have been the talk OF the
country and lent social charms to many
a pleasant evening. Their membershiF
is increasing rapidly.
The frost of the last week occasioned
some alarm among fruit growers of this
valley but later developments and closer
observation establish the fact that no
real damage will result. Mr.. Porter is
alone now in persisting that his peaches
are badly injured. 1t may be possible
that his location, which is generally re-
garded as a most favorable one, had
forced the fruit buds to such an advanced
stage that a smaller degree OF cold would
kill them. At any rate it is fact that
the peach crop OF the valley, taken as a
whole, is uniniured. The apricots are
perhaps damaged more than any other
crop and it is probable that the more
tender varieties will be total failure.
This fruit, however, has never been a
favorite crop with our growers, and
therefore their loss will be only slight
should total failure result. The cher
ries. even the most tender varieties, are
not damaged and OF course the pears and
apples are all right. The prospect for a
large crop of small fruits such as berries