Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-05-28

large quantities VI PO''''0N9 ~
other states
O', Tbresbing is progressing nicely north
% maritime in Lincoln county, and con
Siderable of the grain proves to be but
.Tgbtlv damaged or not damaged at all.
The members of company B, First regl-
,ont n. c. W., at Seattle, have organized
nv electing c. II. Crane captain; John
= Carroll, first lieutenant; Thomas IL.
Gamble. second lieutenant
Whatcom county reports that pros
meets for a large fruit crop could not be
Eetter, and Judging from the appearance
If the grass the yield of hay will surpass
in quantity all expectations
Frnit prospects were never better than
IN this portion of the Yakima valley, Is
tho report from North Yakima. Pros
meets are that growers will have to thin
down the crop by at least one-half. Spray
mo for the coddling moth is now going
on
Lumber shipments by water from Grays
Harbor points during the month OF April
amounted to $4,000 feet, divided as fol
lows: Hoquiam, ten cargoes, 3,S52,0OO
feet: Aberdeen eleven cargoes, 3,3So,OOO
feet Cosmopols, six cargoes, 100000
feet.
Notice has been given by Mayor Nick
eus of Tacoma to the commissioner OF
nublc works, the chief of police and the
chief of the fire department to notify all
men in any Of their departments that any
of them who enlist may have the assur-
ance that their places will be reserved
for them and restored if the war should
close within the life of the present city
administration
Thomas Lynch, an old soldier, and for
number of years resident of Golden
dale. is reported to be with Admiral Dew
ev on the flagship Olympia. 1t is gen
orally believed he is serving as barber.
Lynch served as drum major and bugler.
Edward Lynch, his son. is said to be
sailor on the battleship Oregon, having
enlisted while the Oregon was ON Puget
Sound.
At the annual meeting of the State Den
tai Society at Tacoma, the following Of
ficers were elected: President p. II. Car
lyon of Olympia; first vice president, W.
+. Bukhart of Tacoma; second vice pres
-
J. T. Banks of Yakima The following
we're elected delegates to the National
Dental Association OF North America to
convene at Omaha in August: b. i.
Esheman, w. L. Burkhart of Tacoma
B. S Scott of Ellensburg; G. A. Holmes,
f. D. Andlus of Seattle; p. H. Carlyon
of Olympia.
A party of Is surveyors connected with
the Vancouver, Nlickatat & Yakima rail
road, are in the vicinity OF Trout Lake,
at work locating an extension Of the road.
They are on three weeks survey over
the proposed line of the road, The prin-
cipal object Of the trip is to mark out
practicable route through klickatat
pass it being the announced intention OF
the company to make considerable eN-
tension the present year \ portion of
the crew are working toward tins city
along the line OF the old Hunt survey.
The war with Spain has made two va
cancies in the family circle of the Rev.
AIyron Eells, the we'll known missionary
at the Skykomish Indian reservation, and
writer of consderaule prominence, espec-
tally on early life in the Northwest, In
dian customs and languages. His son,
Arthur H., who was i'll Ellensburg when
the call for volunteers was issued, was
one OF the first to respond, and informs
his parents by maui that he will 90 to the
front when his company gets orders. An
other SON. Chester, at school in Coupe
vile, has also joined company there and
Is drilling daily, hoping to be called.
Reports received from different parts
OF Clark county show there are most ia
Vorable prospects for an enormous crop
OF prunes and all varieties of fruit the
coming season. The climatic conditions
so Tar this spring have been all that could
De desired and contrary to the general
rule, no discouraging reports whatever
nave up to this time been received from
any section. In the orchards near the
columbia and in the lower ATTITUDES the
pfunes are said to be already advanced
beyond all danger of damage by frost
OF cold rains, and those on the higher
lands, remote from the river, where the
,rult season is from one to two weeks
iater, the damage is past
Idaho.
Inc sixth annual convention of the
Momans Christian Temperance Union of
North Idaho district, will convene at Lew
lston on the first, second and third of
June
Two Indians accomplished a perilous
Undertaking the other day on the Clear
water at Lapwai. They were anxious to
CroSs and not wishing to take the time
70 90 down the river five miles to the
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