Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-27

Buyers have bought up about all of
the choice apples in the vicinity of Gen
esee and as result the local market has
advanced sharply
The c. f. DeBow 200.acre farm near
tennessee has been sold to Charles Grei-
ser for $4,000 The demand for land is
quite brisk and the price is advancing.
The assessor of kootenai county re4
ports that tax money is coming in at an
encouraging rate. During the month of
October more than 5000 was paid in. as
against about 500 during the same
month last year.
State Superintendent Anderson has is
sued call to the county superintend-
ents of the state for convention to be
held at HALEY for three days next,follow-
ing December % This will be at the
time of the regular meeting of the state
teachers association.
Practically all the grain in the burned
warehouse at Genesee has been shipped
out and as soon as Mr.. Spicer receives his
weights from shipments made settle
ment will be made with all those who
had grain stored. A rough estimate
places the returns from salvage at $685.
600, and from insurance companies at
$4,000, which materially reduces the
first estimate of the net loss. which it is
now thought will be in the neighborhood
OF $4,000 aluing the contents of the
house at the time of the fire at 100000,
4 10 Il l.. II
An enterprise is being set on foot in
kendrick which promises to solve diff
cut problem in connection with putting
the timber that lies east of here on the
market in much less expensive way
than by either a railroad or improving
the streams and running it down the Pot
latch. The proposition of huming the
timber down to Kendricll is being care
fully looked over by outside parties, who
are now at work making surveys with Il
view OF ascertaining the probable cost
The intention is to construct a flume OF
a ' shape, with four foot sides along the
Potlatch river, tapping the white pine
belt about 10 miles east of here. The sup
ply of water is sufficient to fill such a
ilume and the engineer in charge says
the plan is feasible. \ company has been
formed and as soon as arrangements can
be made work will be commenced and
everything put in shape TO have timber
running down by April /
British Columbia.
a corps of the Salvation Army has
+ cot Ial af Il oclo fo,. "a ,-;pfo,.
Justice McCreighth resigned his posi-
ton as judge of the supreme court OF
British Columbia.
SLOGAN City reports the bonding of the
Bachelor group for $4,000.
Hiram S. Sweet died at Kaslo suddenly
of pneumonia lie was known all over
the northwest as a marine engineer, H,
was a pioneer in the Kootenay, having
, arrived in 1889 to act as engineer of til,
, first steamboat on Kootenay lake.
{ The first snow at Nelson in 1895 fel
; on the 9th of November In 1896 TIN
| same day saw the first of the unwelcom,
| visitor This year it was a day later. On
, Sunday last. the eth, few flakes came
hurrying round about p. M, but it was
not until early morning of the Sth thai
the regular fall began.
c. A. Jones of Grand Forks, who has
been employed in helping to make Tho
survey for the Columbia & Western Rail
way for the last few weeks, reports that
the party he was with encountered great
hardships from deep snow and cold late
ly in the vicinity of Christina lake. The
survey party is now working in the Ar
row lake section.