Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-16
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
A Review From the states of wash
tngton, Idaho, Montana and Ore
gOn-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON.

The Episcopal convocation meets
in Spokane June 10 and 20.
The Pierce County Bar Association
has just received 33 new members.
The new steam ferry is ready to run
through He'll Gate on the Columbia.
Sprague proposes to raise upward of
$1,000 for Fourth of July celebration.
The old soldiers annual encampment
at Garfield last week was a great sue
cess.
The people of Republic have decided
to celebrate July in an appropriate
manner.
The proposed telephone line from
Coulee City to Orondo and Chelan is
soon to be built.
The drowned man who went down the
river at Spokane recently has been identi-
fled as Jim Murphy.
The first annual meeting of the old
settlers of Adams county was held at
the courthouse in Ritzville last week.
Two carloads of cigarettes arrived
over the Northern Pacific at Tacoma
the other day for shipment to Hong
Kong.
The logging camps of the Whatcom
Lake Logging Company are now put
ting logs into the lake at he rate of
100000 feet per day.
Prof. l.. H. Leach, deputy state SUI
perintendent, has rendered his resigna-
ton to Superintendent f. j. Brown. to
take effect on Aug. 1.
A fnrpa nf man Itnday Tho
of the United States geological survey
has arrived in North Yakima to begin
work in surveying the Cascades.
A telegram has just been received
stating that William Strahney, boy
about years old, was drowned in the
Wenatchee river near Leayenworth
last week.
May shipments of coal from Seattle
to San Francisco by water amounted
to 10000 tons, or half of the total
amount of coal received at that port
during May.
1t is estimated that during the past
month various railroad corporations
have placed orders for 20 100000 or 30
O00,0 feet of Washington fir, mainly
in bridge timbers, dock stuffs and ties.
There are several cases of smallpox
in the lower Columbia valley, but all
are under strict quarantine and there
is no danger Of the disease spreading.
1t is of mild form.
The small fruit crop is heavy and of
excellent quality and much earlier than
usual. Much fruit will be wasted I'M
less drier or cannery is established
at Kettle Falls or lower down the val
ley.
Hon. William L. Jones has notified
the people of North Yakima of the pas
sage of his bill appropriating $4,000
for the erection of a reservoir in the
Wenas Wiley.
During the last week William Jones
has bought over 100000 bushels of
wheat at Walla Walla, great deal of
it being of the 1898 crop. The price
paid was near Al cents. The last large
deal was 10000 sacks bought from SEN
ator David Miller at 49H cents clear
Most of Mr.. Miller's grain was of 1898
crop and of exceptionally fine quality.
Milton Pittenger has received his
commission as postmaster at South
side, Douglas county F. N. Criswell
has been appointed postmaster at Kan
Okla, Lincoln county, vice John N Hop
kins, resigned. Hervey Randolph has
been appointed postmaster at Tampico,
Yakima county, vice c. NJ. Bartlett re-
signed. The postoffice at Clark, Lincoln
county, has been removed half mile
north, with Agnes A. Cline as postmis-
tress.
Following are the republican nominal
lions in Spokane county, made in the
recent convention: Senators-Herman
d. Crow, Frank P. Witter. Representa-
tiyes-G. w. Nease c. G. Brown, N. A.
Meservey, Storey Buck, Harry Rosen-
haupt, F. D. Shaw, B. F. O'Neil, A. Har-
rison. Judge-Millard r. Harrison.
Prosecuting Attorney-Horace Kim.
ball. Auditor-H. H. Hubbard. Treas
urer - A. l.. Smith. Assessor-A. P,
Williams. Sheriff.. w. Doust. Clerk
E. X. Erwin. Surveyor-John Wet
eel. superintendent of Schools-ElmeI
Drake. Coroner-Dr. n. NJ. Baker
Commissioners-Jas. P. Campbell and
William NJ. Dean. Justices for Spo
kane-H. l.. KEENAN, and j. d. Hinkle
Constable for Spokane-Rolla Hartford
IDAHO.
Nampa is to have a $4,000 hotel.