Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-01-07
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WASHINGTON.
The Olympia fire department is to be
reorganized.
The postoffce at Forks, in Clallam
county, has been made a money order of
! fee.
Dwelling houses are now scarcer in
Rockford than they have been before in
years.
Munroe Wyckoff of Port Townsend has
been appointed deputy state fish com
missioner.
All of the merchants of Palouse have
signed an agreement to close their stores
at $50 p m, beginning Jan, End.
The bondsmen of the defaunlting Walla
Walla banker, j. X. Edm:cton, are being
sued by the state for the sum of $20,OOU.
Mining companies are now being incor-
porated at the rate of three or four day.
Most of the properties are located in Re-
public camp.
The First National Bank of Olympia
has been purchased by George NJ. Heller,
of Tacoma. The consideration is said to
have been $4,000
Spokane's city council has adopted an
ordinance aimed at travelling merchants
by establishing their license to do bust
ness at $l20 yearly.
Workmen are now engaged in sewing
the carpet for the senate chamber at the
state capitol. Altogether 400 yards of
new carpets will be land in the building
Chehalis county has more standing tim
Der than any other county in Washing
ton. 1t has lS,570,O58,OOO feet Skagit
county comes second Win 1882 APP, 1899
feet.
Herman Dubois, Boisfort farmer, shot
and killed himself the other day while
hunting. Three weeks ago the son-in-
law of Dubois met death in the same
manner
Travel to Alaska has set in with greater
magnitude than has ever been known for
this time of year. Every departing
steamer is loaded to its capacity with pas
sengers.
Joe Henderson, an employee of the Ia
coma DrydOck Company, was drowned
Sunday. He fell from the Dlydock wharf
striking a pile in his fall. Henderson
leaves family.
William Morgan, well known smelter
employe at Northport, was found dead
a few days ago in the front stairway of
Shea's hotel. An inquiry showed that he
he'd died a natural death.
w. c. Hancke, who was injured in a
threshing machine belonging to w. G.
Babeock last fall, has commenced suit for
$4,000 damages against Babcock in the
Walla Walla superior court.
HOquiams new water system was given
an official test in the presence of the city
; officers and larger property holders. The
plant is conceded to be one of the best on
the Coast 1t was accepted by the town.
Judge Hanford, presiding over the fed
eral court at Seattle, has fined Orville A.
Bemis of Cathlamet, Or, 500 and costs
for sending obscene matter through the
mails, in violation OF the postal regula-
tions.
A couple of divers from Vancouver, B.
c., will examine the steamer Ainsworth
and ascertain whether she will be worth
raising None of the bodies of those lost
in the wreck of the steamer have been re-
covered.
The Walla Walla Electric Light Com
pany has submitted a proposition to fur
nish light at the rate of 1888 per month
on basis of 60 lights. Additional lights
over 90 are to be furnished at So per
mouth.
The Spokane Street Railway Company
presented eaeA of its employees with a tur-
key for Christmas. 1t took las turkeys
to go around Lester Notbohm, superin-
tendent, was the recipient of handsome
diamond pin from the employees.
Archie Hutton, II years of age, acct.
dentally shot and killed himself the other
day while duck hunting. He pulled the
gun towards him over a seat in his boat
His head was blown almost Off His home
was at Anacortes.
, There is a plan on foot to organize a
new county in this state, which plan will
come up before the legislature for action
at its coming session. The proposed new
county will include portions of Lincoln
and Douglas counties. 1t is proposed to
divide Lincoln county by line running
north and south at point west of Dayen-
! port and just east of Harrington. The
western line of the new county will be the
Grand coulea