Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES
GENERAL BUSINESS POINTERS.
Columbia River Fishermen Receive
u...er Prices Than for Several
Years-Idaho Stockmen Becoming
Apprehensive on the Subject OF
cross-Items From All Around.


Iontesano from Portland the other day,
and the animals will be put on ranch
near here to help clear of the land.
South Bend business house Is getting
ready to ship 5000 gallons of fresh Wash.
notion oysters to Klondike. They will
mack them in ive-g gallon cans and freeze
them solid. The oysters will come from
w;Ilapa harbor. Oyster bay and Samish.
Public improvements now proposed In
Seattle. exclusive of the construction OF
tho Cedar river water system, aggregate
:, estimated cost almost $4,000
The action of the board of Stevens
ountv commissioners in raising the sa-
loon license from $500 to 5000 is causing
considerable comment.
Columbia river fish buyers have become
..,,oIved in a rate raising contest as
"a sult of which the salmon market on the
LEVER river exhibits decidedly buIiish ten
Iorc;e.. and the few fishermen who are at
oil are receiving better prices for their
catches than at any previous time IN sew
eal years.
franklin C. Purdy, one of the oldest
pianeerS OF MaSoH cou''J' VIM -
~ the Skokomish river nearly hall
..,,,v Is dead. He had been in failing
It'll for two wears He represented the
a,,ntv in several territorial legislatures,
~ was one OF the charter members OF
ma Union City Masonic lodge, under
.hose auspices he will be buried Sunday.
Tho first gun for the defense of Puget
Point
nhore the United States Notifications are
:. oorrse OF construction. The gun will
b. nlaced in position as speedily as pos
All The gun is of l0-inch caliber and
= !. etated that another gun will arrive
N 10 days
RE indications are favorable for a live
ime in Cowlitz county. The outlook
shingles will put in operation all of
Ie nine shingle mills at Castle Rock. Sill
Yer Lake and Ostrander. In fact, all ex-
/cept two or three are already going full
4 time, and by the first of next month
these will be in operation too.
Information has been received to the eff
feet that Fort Townsend will be reoccu'
pied by soldiers within the next six weeks
q ttcr1naster. L. S. A, has arrived and is
engaged inspecting the post and nothing
needed repairs. A short time before the
post was vacated. three years ago, fire
DESTROYED the large mess hall. and the
q erection of another will be begun at once.
4 Lawrence Lyons, an old resident of Van
d 4couver, died at his home in this city the
81 9th dow 90 NJ
age, and went TO Clarke county in 1850.
He was born in Carey county, Ireland,
a and came to America in l849 He en-
listed in the artillery service from New
York in the same year, and served 10
3 years, participating i'll Indian wars in
Florida, and later in Oregon. In 1889 he
Y fenteIed the service of the United States
Il in the quartermastcr's department at Van,
eouver barracks and held this position UNI
til incapacitated by age, since which time
ne has lived a retired life
E Hon. Charles Henry Aver, judge OF the
superior court Of Thurston county, whose
death occurred at his home in Olympia
Wednesday night, was born ON farm
near the historic town of Saybrook. Conn
4 April %, 1862, the third member of the
family of five children of Edwin Aver
dis boyhood days were passed on the
farm and in the educational institutions
l OF the vicinity, and at the age of 20 he
Asraduated from Saybrook institute The
~ ~ year he entered the law department
Geo. NC Where he graduated in 1884. In
y@o, young Aver settled ia Olympia.
"'efe he opened law office
Montana.
wv men who set out from WiIliston,
4 iro'to Dakota. short time ago, intend
70 reach the Klondike, gave up the
n pa' Fort Benton and are now engaged
building boat in which to float
home. '''' ''''' - " punt "''''0 "a
Aafies kpenig, who left Anaconda
NJ Two years ago for Mexico, has re-
nea from Vera Cruz Mr.. Koenig has
uciling in horses and cattle. MAKING
Pnenfs from Kansas and Texas to the
tI'e''of OF Mexico, and has become so
so ~n adapted to the customs of the
'tn country that he will return and
Nc mexico his home. He left the city
company with Chas. King. who has
Ivy Plantation near Vera Cruz, and who
setllng his business in shape to make
lot of money.
tue beginning of March there was
sn balance of $75,OSl.lG in the county
Amy at Helena. During February
3o, was paid into the treasury SAL
E'i' and S3G,209O2 was paid out The
sou balance nm boo1 - ~ 1..
was SG9,395.27. The receipts
laXes, $7495.S2; licenses. $500;
~ officers fees, SI23O.69: other