Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-12
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES.

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Sheep within "a Radius of Eight
Mile. of Nampa, Idaho-chinese
Pheasants for Montana.
Timber and timber lands appear to be
in good demand throughout Snohomish
county. ..y..ss
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 Q. @. White, has gone to Dyea,
where he and his brother viii establish
a newspaper. E
n The Josephite Mormons, or Latter Day
7 Saints of Jesus Christ, have been holding
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 as high as %
cents A few months ago the highest offer
! was rs cents. e@s
! Il School warrants are now selling at 100
! Ecents on the dollar at Centralia, while
county Warrants sell for 81 and SO cents
readily. Two years since school warrants
could not be sold for more than 80 cents
and county warrants We're sold at the
same price,
The taxpayers of Pullman are organic
: inc for the purpose of making united
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,. 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 in
healthy man who has only one lung.
FRESHMAN Adams of Spring Creek lost one
lung, as a sequel to pneumonia, when o
! child. but he does not find its absence in
/. convenient unless he. wants to run, and
!. can't get breath enough. t&s
County Attorney Dysart of Lewis coun-
i ty has been in Tacoma and Portland on
business in connection with the Northern
i Pacific tax case. He says the county will
4 90 ahead and reassess the lands of the
. company for. 1891, the year in, dispute,
!, and collect the same with the 1898 tax.
i. The United States supreme court has de-
!. cided that this can be done in such cases
N The railroad company owes Lewis county
It now upward of $4,000.
u John C. Ellison of assessor of Kittitas
\ whose eata,roceurred at Ellensburg the
= other day, was one of the early settlers
n of kittitas valley, took a prominent part
n in the Alliance, and when the peoples
O party was organized in 1901 he at once
d took a prominent part in it, also, and
h from that time up to the time of his
q death was considered a prominent figure
+ He was candidate for county treasurer
on the populist ticket in 1894, and in 1896
S was elected county assessor He was
e an elder of the Christian church at the
4 time of his death. and had been for some
1 years. q.a+4... 8sa+..tz 5sas.
r Fruit Inspector P. w. Tonneson has re-
3 Gently heard many complaints on account
of the arrival and sale at Tacoma OF Cal
a ifornia oranges infected with the Fred
scale,v 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
t 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
D dealers, who should refuse to accept such
l shipments. *@9 s.a
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
emit, 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 60 without
spraying. $40 F rts
So fr' Idaho.
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