Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-02
LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM WASHING
TON, IDAHO AND MONTANA.
Industrial Developments, Crop Re-
ports and Matters Of General
Interest.

Edmond Heustis has been appointed
cashier in the custom house at Port
Townsend. Salary, $500.
George Webster is convicted by jury
in Spokane of numbering Mrs. Andrew
Aspland May s. Two of the jury have
signed a statement saying that they
agreed to the verdict only because the
physical and mental strain of holding out
longer in the jury room was too much for
them.
The Walla Walla public library will
be opened about October l. The directors
voted to purchase $500 worth of new
books.
A contract has been closed by a Los
Angeles, Cal, party to establish large
fruit drying works in various parts of the
state of Washington, with headquarters
in Tacoma.
County Auditor Lewis is offering to
lease all the vacant school lands in Adams
county to the highest bidder for cash.
A shipment of 100 tons of hemlock bark
has just been made from Port Angeles to
a Victoria, B. c., tannery.
The Whatcom teachers have entered
into contract to sell their warrants at
90 cents. This is good deal better than
last year, as most of them received only
80 cents.
The shingle shipments by rail from
Washington for the eight months of 1897
exceeded those of the months in 1896 by
over 100000
A number of fruit growers in the vicin-
ity of Mount Vernon, Skagit county, have
just forwarded a carload of prunes to
Philadelphia.
1t cost $72l6.Sl to run the electric light
plant in Ellensburg for the year ending
September l, 1897. During that time
the collections amounted to $S259.9S.
The pennant for the largest yield of
oats ever produced in Whitman county is
claimed by County Commissioner
Stephens, 10 miles west of Oakesdale. He
threshed II acres of oats that yielded 1875
bushels to the acre.
The city council has fixed the tax
levy of the city for 1907. The rate was
fixed at seven mills, based on the valu
alton, for alfstaXable, property in the
city, of ST 1927 ,953, as returned by the
county board of equalization.
1t is estimated by several prominent
fruit growers that at least 100 tons Of
Whatcom county fruit will be allowed to
decay this fall because of the congested
condition of the market and the local lack
of proper means to preserve or handle
theh enormous surplus, especially of
prunes.
Work is being pushed on the telephone
line between Kellogg and Kingston.
Superintendent Clark of the soldiers
home reports that there are 50 inmates
at the home at present.
The state auditor has finished sending
out statements to the different counties
showing their delinquencies. The total
amount for the entire state is $ll8,5555O
Grangeville reports that the hog rails
ing industry is receiving an impetus in
the way of good markets and fair prices,
theh demand exceeding the supply and
merchants are shipping in eastern cured
meats.
Shipments from Kendrick are being
made daily of prunes and apples to east
ern points. About eight carloads have al
ready been shipped and it is thought
about six more will be loaded. The dry
ers are being operated and large guam
tity of fruit will be dried this season.
Troop F, Fourth cavalry, Captain Hat
field commanding, has left Boise for Fort
Hall Indian agency. There was recently
trouble there over the placing of an In
dian girl in school She had been mar
ried and the bucks thought she should
not go to school longer The girl was
sent to the school room, however, and
now the agent wants help in arresting
the bucks who made the trouble.
Montana.
Livingston.--Th United States geologi-
cal department is conducting series of
surveys in the Yellowstone national park
under the direction of Walter ii. Weed
The Thomas Cruise wool, at Billings
consisting of three seasons clip and
amounting to nearly 100000 pounds, has
been sold to San Francisco buyer. 1t
is said that the price paid was 10 cents
About so men are at work on the new
college buildings at Bozeman-steam Mt
tiers, electricians, skaters, carpenters, ma
sons-and the work is rapidly nearing
completion. With favorable weather the
slate roof will be on in about three
weeks, after which the contractors can
rest easy for the finishing.
Fort Benton-Harvest operations are
progressing satisfactorily on the Shon-
kim Most of the ranchmen expect to
harvest from 60 to so bushels of oats, and
% to 80 bushels of wheat to the acre
The business men of Dillon have decid-
ed that telephone line into the Grass
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