Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-12
NEWS NOTES.
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES.
Demand for Timber ana Lumber
Lnnds-CaIifOrniRO Oranges Infect
ed With the Red Scnle-75,00O
sheen Within Radius of Eight
Miles of Nnmpa, Idaho-Chinese
Pheasants for Montana.

Miles of Nnmpa, Idaho-Chinese
Pheasants for Montana.
Timber and timber lands appear to be
in good demand throughout SnohOmish
county.
The gamblers have paid into the city
treasury of Seattle through the munich
pal court over $4,000 in fines in two
months.
Ray Russell, for long time an EN-
ploye of the state printing office at Olym-
pia under 0. c. White, has gone to Dyea,
where he and his brother will establish
"a newspaper.
The Josephite Mormons, or Latter Day
Saints of Jesus Christ, have been holding
a series of meetings at Castle Rock, Cow
litz county, and have made some con
verts
Stevens county warrants issued for the
present term of court are being sold for
95 cents. one party offering Is high as 90
cents. A few months ago the highest offer
was rs cents.
School warrants are now selling at 100
cents on the dollar at Centralia, while
county warrants sell for 81 and 50 cents
readily. Two years since school warrants
could not be sold for more than so cents
and county warrants were sold at the
same price.
The taxpayers of Pullman are organic
ing for the purpose of making united
effort to secure reduction in taxes.
There is great complaint because of the
/ 1897 assessment, which many claim is
higher than in any other town in Whit
man county.
Klickitat county has not only the tall
est man in the state, but curiosity i'll
healthy man who has only one lung.
Freseman Adams of Spring Creek lost one
/ lung. as a sequel to pneumonia, when q
child, but he does not find its absence in
convenient unless he wants to run, and
can't get breath enough.
! County Attorney Dysart of lewis conn-
tv has been in Tacoma and Portland on
business in connection with the Northern
Pacific tax case. He says the county will
60 ahead and reassess the laads of the
company for 1891, the year III dispute,
and collect the same with the 1898 tax.
The United States supreme court has de-
cided that this can be done in euch cases.
/ The railroad company owes A-syis county
now upward of $4,000.
/ John c. Ellison of assessor of Kittitas,
whose death occurred at Ellensburg the
other day, was one of the early settlers
of Kittitas valley, took prominent part
in the Alliance, and when the people 8
party was organized in 1891 he at once
took a prominent part in it, also, and
from that time up to the time of his
death was considered a prominent figure.
He was a candidate for county treasurer
on the populist ticket in 1894, and in 1896
was elected county assessor. He was
an elder of the Christian church at the
time of his death and had been for some
years.
Fruit Inspector P. w, Tonneson has re-
Gently heard many complaints on account
of the arrival and sale at Tacoma of Cal
ifornia oranges infected with the "red
scale" also because of the frost bitten
fruit being sent here for sale. He says he
can not interfere in the matter, because
the diseased oranges show they have been
treated by fumigation, as required by
law. He explains that it is beyond his
power to interfere to prevent the sale of
cheap, frost bitten and otherwise low
grade fruit, and that the remedy lies with
dealers, who should refuse to accept such
shipments.
A majority of the fruit growers of
Clarke county have been busy for several
weeks past pruning their orchards, Feb
ruary being generally considered the most
favorable month for performing this i'm
portant work. The orchards throughout
the county are in good condition at pres
ent, the weather during the winter having
been most favorable, and from present in
dications, there will be big crop of fruit
the coming season About March l the
spraying season will commence, and while
there are very few orchards in the county
which can be said to be infected to any
extent, few will be allowed to go without
spraying.