Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-19
NORTHWEST BREvITIt0
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT OF
THE COUNTRY'S RESOURCES.
New Industries and Matters of Cen
eral Interest in Idaho. Montana
and Washington.

The new town of Nelson in Stevens
county already has 20 buildings.
La Conner is shipping two tons of
salmon daily to Seattle.
There are about u, OOO. 900 feet of logs
in the bay at Shelton and 100000 feet
in the Port Blakely boom near New
Kamilchie.
Grasshoppers are causing some DAM
age in AsOtin county.
Variety theaters have been closed by
the city authorities at Spokane, and
the proprietors of gambling resorts no
titled to quit.
The Aberdeen postoffice will be made
an international office after July 5
next.
Within the last two weeks 270O head
of cattle have been sold from Mont
gomery ridge and AsOtin creek ranges.
Total collections at the custom house
at Tacoma for the month of May were
$505986.
The Homeopathic State Medical AS
ISOLATION at its annual meeting at Ia
coma elected the following officers.
President, DR.. w. w. Misner, Tacoma;
vice president, DR.. Sturgis, Nashon;
secretary, DR.. Baldwin, Seattle; treas
urer, DR.. Kimball, Seattle
Blaine is to have new cannery with
company will not operate any fish traps
this year, but will buy their salmon
from the fishermen for the seasons
output.
Governor Rogers of Washington has
appointed J. L. Baker of Tracyton
Kitsap county, horticultural commits
sioner; w. 2. Adams, New Whatcom
commissioner of labor; William Black
man, Seattle, assistant commissioner OF
labor. The two, with one other yet TO
be appointed, will compose the new
bureau of labor.
During May the Chehalis Valley
creamery received 10000 pounds OF
milk, from which 4377 pounds of butter
and $500 pounds Of cheese were MADE
The farmers are paid for their milk on
butter basis at 81 cents net. Inc
MAY payroll was almost $1100 says the
Chehalis Bee.
1t has been discovered at South BEND
that the leaf of the record book in the
county clerks Office which contained a
copy Of the bond of eX-County ITeasur-
er Lockwood for $4,000 mas peen cur
out The original bond has been miss
ing for some months. Suit has been
pending for nearly two years to recoN-
er from the bondsmen.
Assistant Attorney General vance
has advised Auditor Clieatham that ne
is authorized to issue certificates OF
Indebtedness against the penitentiary
revolving fund and the state grain IN
spection fund. There have been no
appropriations made by the leglsia-
tllre to pay expenses which should be
paid out of those funds.
SHIT has been begun at Seattle by A.
A. Denny against the Northern Paclt1c,
Yakima and Kititas Irrigation Com
pany John Collins, NJ. V. Is. stacy ana
George Brown and T. B. Wallace of Ia
coma, as administrators Of the estate
of Paul Schulze, deceased. Mr.. Denny
large
money, and now asks for judgment
against Stacy for $64, 702.02 and interest,
against Collins for $50, 650.81 and inter
est, and against the irrigation COM
pany for $4,000.
Idaho.
William Alley, Boise, United States
deputy surveyor, has left with gang OF
eight men to work on a surveying con-
tract in the northern part OF Boise coun-
ty. embracing three townships.
A project is on foot to raise the Lap
wal Indian school from an agency
school to a department school, with au-
thority and facilities to receive pupils
from all reservations IN the Paclhc
northwest.
Two prisoners in the county Jail at
Pocatelo broke out the other after
noon. The prisoners were in the jail
yard exercising. Jailor Cunningham
was with them, but they suddenly
the Jail fence and made dash that
carried them to freedom.
The supreme court of Idaho holds
that failure to take out license by a
mortgage company does not 1nValldate
a mortgage, but simply makes the com
many liable to a fine. The court also
finds that the interest coupons bearing
interest themselves from maturity are
compound interest and contrary to law.
Montana.
Merchants National bank will be or
ganized at Glendive with capital or
$4,000.
The close of the second school year
of the Montana State university at MIS-
soula shows an enrolment of 176 stu
dents. an increase of Al over the first
wears enrolment. There is every IN
dication that the number will be large
Nv increased during the next school
year. ,,.o
decides that the law requiring NUM-
Qualities to purchase existing water
plants before going into the water busi-
ness on their own account is unconstl-
tutional and void. 81,
Jacob Leob has been presented with
a Veterans jewel by Excelsior lodge NO.
of Helena, of which he has been
member for many years. Mr.. Loeb was
the first Odd Fellow initiated in Mon
tana. He joined the order 30 years ago
in Helena and has remained MEMBER
in good standing ever since.
Acting Governor A. E. Sprlggs mas
appointed three delegates at large
To represent Montana at the Farmers
National congress which will be, held
in St. Paul August 81, September, l, 2, 3,
4, 5. 6, next. The delegates will serve
two years. They are: Caldwell Ed
wards of Bozeman; State Senator Alex
Metzel of Fuller Springs, and Henry
Whaley of Canton. e.
The police report of Butte, FOR
May shows that there were 4s5 arrests
made. 327 males and 1853 females. "
this number $50 were for violating CITY