Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-11-04
WASHINGTON.


Several mild cases of smallpox are
reported at Doe bay.
Sneak thieves robbed several stores
in Aberdeen recently.
The first bank in Castle Rock began
business last week.
Many home seekers ore coming into
this state over the several railroads.
There is some talk at New Whatcom
and Fairhaven of building joint high
| school.
Hog cholera is making big inroads
into the herds of swine near Walla
Walla
The disappearance of Little Ruth In
man of Creston is still shrouded with
mystery.
Henry Kampeter of North Yakima,
has shipped IL carloads of potatoes to
the Sound.
An unknown man was killed at Bad
ger on the westbound overland while
stealing a ride last week
The prune crop this year in Yakima
county has been more satisfactory than
any season for the past 10 years.
The mysterious disappearance of the
4-year-old son of George Miskin, a
rancher near Sequin, is causing general
excitement in that section.
A wild deer came out of the woods
at Centralla, crossed the depot plat
form, where there were a number of
people, and escaped unframed.
The Touring mill at Yakima City,
which has been idle for several years,
has been purchased by Spokane mill
men and will soon be in operation.
The hop growers near North Yakima
are much disappointed with the mar
ket up to the present. They are now
planning to organize and to hold their
hops.
The section of country east of Gar
field was visited recently by a severe
hailstorm, some of the stone, it is said,
measuring two and one-half inches in
length.
Lou Spader shipped 33 boxes of
peaches of the Wonderful variety from
Chelan. They were so big that they
packed in the boxes four peaches wide
by seven long.
Mrs. Eva Llewellyn, keeper of a lodg-
ing house, at Tacoma, was awakened
by a burglar ransacking her room.
Springing out of bed, she ordered him
to put up his hands and relieved him
of several articles he had stolen from
her.
The 5-year-old daughter of Joseph
Giskra, of South Bend, was nearly
crushed to death last week by slabs
falling upon her.
George Parks, of Quinault, harvested
the following products from one acre
of ground: About l ton of good tim
othy hay, tons of potatoes, 200 pounds
threshed oats, sacks onions, 1000
heads cabbage, 1000 pounds carrots, be-
sides much kitchen-garden truck.
Wallace Whitmore has been in Pom
eroy buying horses for government use
in the Philippines. To fill the bill a
I horse must be from IA to Is hands,
weigh from 900 to 1850 and be of solid
color. Mr.. Whitmore says such horses
are hard to buy at the prices he is au-
thorized to pay, which range from $50
to $50.
The Sound salmon pack for this sea-
son will be nearly 100000 cases, says
A. G. Little, state fish commissioner.
Added to this is the frozen, sailed and
dried fish, which will amount to what is
equivalent to a quarter of a million
cases more, and it would be safe to say
that the total output of the Sound for
the season will reach value of $4,500,-
900. That is nice little item to be
added up in the list of products of the
state, and does not include the Column
bia river fisheries, which until recently
were considered of far more Importance
than the fisheries of the Sound.