Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
NEWS OF THREE STATES.
THE SOUND TONNAGE FIGURES
Inst Years Montana's Mineral and
Live stock Production Equal to
$3.50 Per Capita-Latah County,
Idaho. to Import Pheasants From
Oregon.

Pomeroy is shipping about Is carloads
of wheat daily.
Washington wheat in considerable
quantities is to be shipped east
The new steam evaporation at Ferndale,
Whatcom county, has daily capacity of
two tons of fruit or one ton of potatoes.
Adams county is considering a propo-
sition from the Northern Pacific to COM
promise $3l 900 back taxes for $4,000.
Bishop Earl Cranston being present,
5000 was raised to pay off the debt on
the NJ. E. church at Davenport
The treasurer of Skagit county gives
out the information that within the past
two months he has collected 100000 due
on taxes. $27 900 of which has been out
standing as far back as 1885.
The aggregate ocean tonnage en- route
to the sound from various ports of the
world amounts to 10000 gratifying
showing over that of the two last years.
Many loggers and ranchers who had
logs in above tidewater in Chehals coun-
ty are rejoicing that the big freshets
brought down their forest crop into the
booms. whence they can now be easily
marketed
II. NJ Ingraham was elected fruit in
spectOr of Lewis county at the recent
meeting of the county organization Com
missioner Baker addressed the Centralia
meeting and says that much interest is
a
Lewis county.
Pacific county commissioners have en-
ployed w A. Potter to expert the books
of the auditor, sheriff and clerk since 1898
at So per day. Mr. Potter is one Of the
heaviest taxpayers in the county and is
now engaged in the dairy business, though
he formerly was an expert bookkeeper in
California
The Whatcom county teachers associa-
ton has appointed a committee who are
now corresponding with teachers and ed
ucators in the northwestern part of the
state. with a view to advancing the inter
ests of the Whatcom county normal school
in the next Legislature.
Col. j. H. McLoughlan, deputy Unit
ed States marshal for the Seattle office
has resigned the position. In letter tC
Marshal Ide the deputy assigns the rea
sons for his action in part as follows
After "A fair hard trial of five months
find it impossible to make a living for my
family.
The British ship Ditton, which has th'
honor of having the largest tonnage OF any
three-masted sailing vessel aflOat in any
sea, has just cleared for Queenstown from
Tacoma She carries wheat cargo o
73.4l5 bags, or l59,602 bushels, valued al
$l25,000
The recent freshets did considerable
damage in the valleys of SkamOkawa. The
shifting stream invaded the home OF j
b. Mcdonald at the midnight hour anc
caused his family to make a hurried exit
to a nearby shed. Mr. Mcdonald, with
his oldest son, has been taking down the
house the past week, and preparing tc
build a more secure home on the bench
land.
Henry Craemer, the condemned muir
derer of Mrs. Muller and babe, who is SEN
fenced to be hanged March %. has been
removed from the north corridor of the
King county Jail to the condemned cell
off the jailers Office. The death watch has
been placed. A few weeks before the day
on which Craemer is condemned to die the
death watch will be increased to prevent
all possibility of suicide. As things are
now there is little danger of Craemer max
ing any attempt to take his life. He does
not believe that the order of the court will
be carried out, although his ideas as to
Just what will prevent it are rather vague.
He spends the day in making picture
frames out of cardboard.
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