The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-10-26
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial and Financial Happenings
OF Interest to the Growing
Western states.

Western states.
b'so h Heinitzi, the alleged coal
II, "salter," is loiyei in the coun-
ty Jail, at Olympia, in default of
81, 900 bail. His trial will occur at
the November term of court. The PEN
atty for the offense with which he is
charged is a fine of $50 to $1,000 and
Imprisonment from one to five years.
Heinitzi protests his innocence of salt
ing the mine in the most vigorous
terms. On the strength OF the show
ing made at the 'salted" mine at Bu-
coda, a corporation was organized and
considerable money put up.
George Vincent, of Butter Creek,
Or, tells the Heppner Times that he
purchased SO head of beef cattle which
had been raised on Camas prairie, but
were in very good condition. He
turned them into field of green alfalfa
and after - days they had increased in
weight on an average of p pounds
per head. No other kind of grass on
earth would produce such a result, and
Mr.. Vincent says alfalfa grass has as
much nutrition as corn.
The Olympia Olypmian says that
Secretary of State Jenkins, who was
asked to pardon Emo Bly,, now under 90
years sentence for murder, would have
granted the pardon had he been con-
WINGED that Northumberland Dan
iels was out of the state. jenkins, as
a memebr OF the state board of pardons,
recommended the pardon of Bly,, which
was refused by Governor Rogers.
About 25 settlers are affected by the
action of the Northern Pacific Railway
Company in placing lieu land scrip on
the even-numbered sections in town.
ship IA, west, in Washington. Some
of these settlers have been holding
down their claims for eight years,
waiting for the government to survey
the land and open it for settlement.
1t is probably they will unite and fight
the company.
The sensational suit brought by Ro-
bert and Maria Chatham in the San
Mateo county superior court, at Red
wood City, Cal, to secure acknowledge
ment of the claim to be considered
children of the late capitalist, Robert
Mills, ended with verdict in their
favor. They are now entitled to share
in the division of his $1,000 estate.
Considerable excitement exists at
WOODBURY., Or, over the report of sew
eral cases of smallpox at Shaw, on the
Woodburn- Natron branch of the South
ern Pacific. +. L. Campbell, postal
clerk, reports four cases and many ex-
posures. Strenuous efforts are being
made with postal authorities to quaran-
tine against the mails at Shaw.
The boys at the Washington reform
school are making 100 suits of clothing
for the inmates of the Steilacoom asy-
lum. A quartet from the school is to
go to Orting to help furnish music on
the occasion OF the laying of corner
stone for new building at the Sol
diers' Home early next month.
Wesley Schultz was convicted in the
superior court at Chehalis, Wash, of
stealing COW near Little Falls, at
hop-picking time. He butchered the
animal, putting the meat on sale at
Patterson hopyard. He has already
served term in the Walla Walla peni-
Tertiary for cattle stealing.
j. NJ. Clapp, United States engineer,
has force of dozen men ut work
widening the channel through the big
jam in North river, Wash. From 5000
to 81 900 will be expended. 1t is pro-
posed to make a channel at least so feet
wide.
Dallas, Or, now uses ~ 2,000-can-
die power street lamps until midnight,
for which it pays 81 per month each.
A proposition for continuing the lights
all night has been asked for, and, if
satisfactory, the council will order the
improved service.
The sale of the Sutro electric road at
San Francisco, was formally consum-
mated after some spirited bidding in
Judge Coffey's court, the purchaser be-
ing the Sutro Street Railway Company
and the price to be paid S2l5, 700.
Beef cattle are becoming scarce in
the Long Greek country, in Oregon, the
ranges having been pretty we'll cleaned
up by buyers. Three hundred fine beef
steers were sent to market from the
Prairie City section last week.
In the Powder river valley, Wash,
considerable damage was done by last