Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-07-09
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES
A Missionary DrOwned-seVefe
Erosts Around MOscOw-A Mys-
teriOus Murder In spokane
Round House Observation-Disclosures
~ Crop Good This Year.

A waterspout struck the VICINITY o
Mission, in kittitas county, few days
ago, striking near the residence OF A D
Burbanks. The path visited by the storm
was torn up badly, and boulders weighing
"a much as a ton and half were tossed
about as if thew were mere pebbles.
A large colony of Dunkards has Jus'
reached the Yakima valley. The people
are from Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Ia
kota, where there are strong settlements
of Dunkards, and they are going TO the
Yakima valley with the plan to build Ut
strong settlement there.
Fire destroyed the round house OF the
Central Washington railway at Coulef
City last week, together with engine NO
697. When discovered it had gained such
Roadway that all efforts to extingulsh the
flames were unavailing. There having
been no fire around the building, the
opinion is that it was of incendiary origin
The stockholders of the First National
bank of Waitsburg have resolved to &c
into voluntary liquidation, and the local
stockholders with Levi Ankeny on Walll
Walla have organized the Merchants
Bank of Waitsburg, with capital OF
$25 900, all subscribed and paid in. This
change was made for the reason that the
National bank with its capital OF $4,000,
and thereby heavy taxes and other eX-
penses, has been an Improbable institu-
ton. The officers of the new bank Will
probably remain the same as in the old
organization.
The last issue of the Colfax Gazette con-
tanned an interview with Sheriff Sims IN
which the latter states he has discovered
positive evidence against Dakota Slim"
which would prove him guilty of the muir
der of Orville Hayden. Two OF the wit
nesses who would give this evidence, the
sheriff says, are in the Philippine islands
and two more in Alaska. A. NJ. Craven,
who defended "Slim," says he has equally
positive evidence that 'Slim" was i'll an
other part of the world when the murder
was committed, but three of his witnesses
are, unfortunately, with Andree IN his
balloon excursion to the north pole and
two others are in Cuba, but he will try
and have them here by the time the sher-
if secures his witnesses from Manila and
Klondike.
Cheney is not famous for fish stories,
but here is one related by II. H. Hubbard.
Last Friday he, in company with Clarence
Martin. +. 2 Fellows and others, tried
novel method of ca itching fish in small
pond near Tyler. The outlet had dried
up, leaving IA great many pickerel en-
trapped in the pond, which was an acre or
two in extent and perhaps three feet deep
at the deepest point. They were polling a
small raft along. The water being muddy,
the fish were unable to see, and in endeav-
oring to escape from the noise made by
the raft would jump out of the water,
light on the raft and become an easy prey
to the fishermen. In this manner one hun
dred or more pickerel about a foot in
length were caught i'll few moments.
The object of State Fish Commissioner
Titles visit TO Dayton was to look up the
feasibility of establishing a fish hatchery
in Columbia County, probably on the up
per Tukanon. On the lower Columbia 1t
has been found difficult to handle the
early run of Chinook salmon, and it $
thought much could be gained by the es-
adjustment of hatchery near the nat
ural Matching grounds. 1t is now the
practice to get the fish into pond nets and
hold them until ripe for spawn. Although
fairly successful this plan is not satisfac-
tory A hatchery is needed at the nat
ural spawning grounds, and if sufficient
number of fish can be obtained hatchery
will be established on the Tukanon this
season. The cost of such an enterprise
will be between five and six thousand dol
lars. Quite force of men will be EN-
ployed, twelve men being required to
handle 100000 spawn.
The almost nude body of young man
was found in the loft of a small barn in
the eastern part of Spokane last Wednes-
day. 1t was in an advanced stage of de-
composition. The body plainly indicated
that murder had been committed the
head having been crushed in with an iron
pin that lay near the body. From the
story told by Mrs. II. F. Mitchell, upon
whose premises the barn stood, it would
appear that two unknown men committed
the deed a week before The dead man
has not yet been identified.
Idaho.
The Nezperce News has suspended pub
! LEGATION.
The Moscow section of the country was
visited by severe frosts two nights last
week The nights were clear but very
cold, and some damage was done to grow
ing products. Garden truck of all kind
suffered the worst, but it is not thought
that wheat or fruit has been damaged
| enough To retard growth