Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-04-16

Judge Rudolph Gulchafd OF Naila III
Ia is dead.
" Cowlitz county has IA single and six
saw mills.
Eastern families are settling in Puyal-
Ian ot tbe rate of one and more per day.
Mare are coming, largely from Michigan
and Wisconsin.
Tho money order business of the Che
hollis postoffice is growing. 1t is nearly
twice as heavy now as when Mr. Lillpop
tool, the office. 1t amounts to from Sl7OO
70 $4,000 a week. Mr.. Lillpop says he
thinks it will soon average $1,000 week
the year around
Word has been received at Vancouver
e fbe death at Dyea of Sergeant Major
Kpllv of the Fourteenth infantry. lie
died on the evening of March 10 of cere-
bro.spinal meningitis, after an illness OF
only three days. A letter from Dyea says
that he was strong, robust and healthy
nm to the hour of being taken with the
disease.
At meeting of the board of directors
Of the Y. NJ. C. A. at New Whatcom a
few nights ago it was decided to employ
secretary to take complete charge OF the
institution for one month and see if it
could not be put on substantial enough
basis to pay the running expenses OF the
building
For the past two weeks, or ever since
the heavy frost passed over the country,
there has been general cry among a Ger
tain few that the fruit crop of the Inland
Empire was ruined by the frost, and that
even the fall sown wheat was badly dam,
aged. Several of the prominent commits
sion houses of Spokane, who have CORE
spondents in all of the tributary districts,
have taken the trouble to thoroughly IN
vestigate the matter, and their finding IS
that not only is the fruit crop not mate
rally damaged, but that in MANY sections
the frost was more of a help than hin
drance.
John p. Anderson, more familiarity
pete" Anderson, one of the Puget sound
pioneers, died the other day at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Lee Rogers III Al
hngton. Mr.. Anderson was an ola sIeaih-
boat captain on the sound ana served d
term several years ago as surveyor u 'oli,'-
hom'sh county ne WAS one % Inc pam
mdeiS Oh thaC county oel"s l''nl'l'' -"
every square mile OF It's territory ana loi
several years mas Iolio"eu 'll''oe' q 'i9'iiS
anu PIIN"te survey lI9' ne le"''9 4'''1 q
"lge l"il"y VI c"iloie'.' an Si'" H. ms
WE nav my "ieo several Yeas '50' ~
was ABOUT u years o,u
"iil'"!" ZONES Vi wan" " 'I''' p''s -
rne heaviest gram ole'''o's Il, 'i'' ''''''''',
Empire, was III Tacoma lie olnef daA anu
~ 'oil' e. S'tion "l'i ielo'' y. 7''','
i"eie - li.'ie 70 say 'oi'''., '''''@ ,'''
wheat Sluu''Iloh except ',i"' inc "ii'ei
""e"U crop mas come r'iio"S" Il, i'''e
,"aPe' we Snail nave al increased area
II" NheaI OF ABOUT ~ OF ID per cent o'ei
"'' year Ihere Is conNlderaple gram YET
un'old' ana some OF the large holaefs VINO
nave been very bulllsh since early last
season are stu carrying thelf wheat al
though the price Is now about 40 cents, as
compared with 50 cents last fall.
Idaho.
racing meeting is to be held at Weis-
er beginning June !.
Inc ". >. H. halfway 90. mas Just palu
$4,000 delinquent taxes into the Blaine
county treasury, as the result of recent
court decision
The Lewiston Light and Power Com
pany has commenced work on the con
Struction of a ditch on Asotin creek The
ditch will supply power for their new
plant, which will be in operation July /.
The site of the power plant is 10 miles
from Lewiston, in the state Of Washing
ton.