Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-24

and japanese were united by an Amer
lean.
Mr.. Sweeny has. bought the Echo Mill
property at Spokane for $4,000. VIII
soon commence operations.
The Eastern Washington and Oregon
Flremans tournament will be held in
Dayton four days during June.
A party of ten immigrants have arri-
we'd in Walla Walla directly from Okla
homa. They expect to locate in that
vicinity.
The early vegetables are on the Wal
la Walla markets, and large shipments
are being made daily to Spokane and
other eastern points and also to the
Sound.
At recent meeting of the board of
directors of the First National Bank of
Pullman, Levi Ankeny was elected
president.
Dayton has been in need of dairy
for some time, and at last the luxury
has been secured. George Clark has
established route.
Body of young Morrell riddled with
bullets at Goldendale, dragged behind a
plow. Farris gave himself up to the
officers two days after the shooting.
The Washington delegation has sue
ceeded in having about 100000 acres of
valley and foothill lands in Clallam
county excluded from the Olympia for
est reserve
The poultry business has received
wonderful impetus since the Walla
Walla poultry show, and as a result
several parties are going into poultry
raising at Huntsville.
Representative Jones has for some
time been endeavoring to get certain
townships of land, now included in the
Waterville land district detached
therefrom and attached to the North
Yakima district.
A free summer course for teachers at
Pullman when all branches of science
will be taught, is the action agrlcultu-
raj college regents made the announce
ment at monthly meeting just closed.
1t is reported that another big sale
of oyster land is about to be consum-
mated. A. J. Smith is said to have CIV
en- option to parties on his % acres of
oyster land on Oyster bay, the purchase
price to be $4,000.
The eighth dividend has been paid
the creditors of the Spokane Savings
bank of a per cent by F. B. Grinnell.
The state fish commissioners forth
coming annual report will show that
nearly 80 per cent of the salmon pack
of the state is credited to Puget sound,
and that the entire pack of Washing
ton is one-third that Of the entire Pa
cific coast.
The largest funeral ever held in Pa
louise occurred when the remains OF
Melvin H. Daily, who died in the Phil
ippine islands while with the First
Washington volunteers, were Inferred
in the Palouse cemetery.
A proclamation opening for settle
ment the northern portion of the Col
vile Indian reservation in Washington
has been prepared but has not yet re-
ceived the signatures of the secretary
of the interior and the president.
Paul Mohr will be ready for business
by the first of July, a big cut in rates is
announced that will save two millions
to the farmers east of the Cascades.
Five boats now secured and contracts
now made that will cover all expenses
for two years.
The work on the Dragon cutoff
from the Spokane Fans & Northern to
the Great Northern track has been pro-
ceeding rapidly, but the bad weather
has delayed operations a little. 1t is
thought trains will be running over
the track this week.
w. H. Cooper, three miles west of
Enumclaw, whose $4,000 lumber, shin
gle and planning mil! burned in Octo-
Der, has a $4,000 shingle mill cutting
$4,000 shingles per day in operation
near the site of the burned plant. This
spring he will put up an $4,000 lum-
Der, shingle and planning mill on the
site of the burned property.
MONTANA.
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