Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-08-13
ITEMS FROM THE NORTHWEST
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
happenings Here and There In
Washington. Idaho and Montnn"
-Wheat. Fruit and Wool Promise
Well This Season.

Gun near Pullamn, and the gram Is tuIll-
ing out better than was expected j..
X. Ripley threshed seven acres OF red
Russian wheat which averaged AZ bush
els per acre He has 50 acres OF this
variety, the seven acres threshed yester-
dav being the poorest OF the field, and
Is certain the 81 acres will average 10
bushels per acre. The grain is OF excel
lent quality.
Theodore Rixon has been appointed by
the secretary of the interior to make a
geological survey of the Olympic forest
reserve He will be accompanied in his
travels by Arthur Dodwell, Northern
cruising Northern Pacific timber lands
for the last two years and is county sur
yeyor of Pacific county.
Fruit Inspector w. II. Brown of Seattle
has condemned as utterly unfit for use
nearly 400 boxes of pears and apples,
mostly the former, which reached the
steamer dock from San Francisco The
pests in and ON the fruit are the codling
moth and San Jose scale. The pears are
of the Bartlett and Alexander varieties
and aside from the worms in them looked
fine.
County Treasurer A. b. Dorsey of Port
Angeles has completed his financial state
ment for the year ending June 30, 1898.
A comparison of the financial statement
for the year ending June 30, 1898, with
the previous year shows a gratifying in
crease in receipts and marked decrease
in liabilities. The figures are as follows:
Collections, 1898, 1913 ,28S OF; 1897, $52,-
5l7.9l; total debt, 1898, $405, 624 05;
1897, 1926, 020 So; net debt, 1898, $l24,-
l99 80; 1897, $l69,lO5 ,6o.
The Hypotheekbank of Spokane, which
owns about $50 acres of land on WILDLY
island, north of La Conner, has just COM
pleted the construction of a $4,000 dam
on its property, which reclaims from the
tides over POO acres of valuable tide land
which has been of no account for the
past two years, owing to the washing
away of the old dam. The new one is
200 feet long, "a feet deep, with a 90foot
base, and its construction used up over
800 cords of brush fascines, $50 tons OF
rock, $500 sacks filled with dirt and some
10000 cubic yards of loose dirt
Three of Seattles society women have
Quilted and sailed for two years So
iourn on the Yukon, and they are Mrs.
and Miss McGraw, wife and daughter of
Ex-Governor John II. McGraw, and Mrs.
Carr, wife of General f. NJ. Carr, formerly
brigadier general of the state militia.
Governor McGraw is now awaiting the
party at St Michaels. He and General
Carr have valuable mines on Little Mi
nook. The ladies will be accompanied
on their voyage by General Carr, who
returned from the district some weeks
ago,
Engineers Stirud and Nasten of Sc
attic have two large parties in the field
under the supervision of Mr.. Nasten,
working on government surveys They
have recently made corrections on town
ship IS, range %, which includes the
town of Loomis, which was surveyed last
season, but found slightly defective. They
have also made corrections in township
40, range Is, which was also surveyed
at the same time. These townships are
very populous and have been in abey-
ance since 1890 for various causes, and
their completion and acceptance will be
a boon much appreciated by the settlers
IDAHO.
The county jail at Boise has its first
female prisoner girl whose downfall
Is attributed to the morphine habit
The county commissioners at Blackfoot
have fixed the salary of county attorney
ito be elected in November) at 5000 per
year
Hucllleberry pickers report a fairly
good crop well up the mountain sides
near Wallace, the berries on the lower
ground having been killed by the late
frosts.
For the first time in years Lewiston is
being visited by gang of hoboes. The
building of the railroad in this vicinity
is bringing them. Several arrests have
been made and chain gang organized,
which is engaged in improving the
streets.
Superintendent McBee has issued an
announcement to the teachers of Koot-
enay county of a joint institute of the
teachers of Kootenay and Shoshone coun-
ties to be held in the school house at
Wallace, beginning August 10 and ending
August 10.
The last legislature of Idaho changed
the date of holding annual examinations
from the first to the last week in August
IN order to enable teachers from other
states to take the examination without
so great loss of time from the date of
the examination TO the time of opening
school on the first Monday in September
A comparative statement prepared by
postmaster Kress of Lewiston shows the