Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-08-04
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest states
of "a Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

TE was 10 in the shade one day last
week at Chelan Falls.
Not trace has yet been found of
w A. York of Walla Walla.
Spokane is to have some good base
Call games August 4, and 6.
The Columbia continues to fall very
East and early low water is looked for
Several cases of typhoid fever are re-
serted in the country around Ritzville.
Principal Miller expects a large at
tendance this year at the Cheney Nor
Eaal school,
The accidental death of Roy Miller
Sy tree having fallen upon him on
yashon island, in this state, is re-
ported.
Frank Stanton, the Spokane burglar
recently captured, received two years
in the pen.
The preliminary steps have been
taaken at RitZville towards organizing
. BRASS band.
Wong Yee'is innocent of the murder
of Ching, the Chinese gambler killed
IN Colfax, May 81.
This is the last year of the switch
sack on the Great Northern Trains
are expected to run through the tunnel
IN October.
A new broom factory has been estab-
aished at Sunnyside the result of an ex-
periment in trying to grow broomcorn
in Yakima county.
Every day now sees a string of har-
vest hands headed for the Big Bend
harvest fields, where haying is on and
harvest soon to follow.
The low water in the Matches river
Is causing much trouble to ditch man.
ayers in keeping the current near the
Banks, so the flow may be tapped.
George Spudley, a resident of Cakes
daie, committed suicide last week by
seyering his jugular vein with a COM
mon jacknife. He was under arrest at
the time.
The Okanogan river has been i'm
proved since last year, as navigation
is more safe. The work unfinished on
the lower river can be completed for
tess than $4,000.
The fruit of Chelan and vicinity is
exceeding all previous years in quality
and quantity, and the grain ware
houses are making preparations for en-
3arging their structures before the next
crop is ready.
The paramount question before the
farmers and leading business men, not
a1nly in Walla Walla, the immediate
vicinity and the Walla Walla valley,
but to farmers and business men of
-.
Of grain rates.
Fire at Buckley last week destroyed
40 buildings and the greater portion
of their contents, causing a loss of $780,
600. with little insurance. The fire
started in Banks livery stable, where
u horses were burned, and spread to
the Standard hotel and the Pioneer
restaurant.
Huln Bros. of Colfax, have the
SQiiding for their new fruit dryer near
ay completed. The roof is being put on
and it is hoped to have the building
completed and the dryer in working
S1rNier by August 5. The dryer will
nave capacity of II tons of green
Ivuit every "a hours.
The State Press Association at its last
meeting chose Grays Harbor as the
next place of meeting and elected the
Following officers: President John
Null of Whatcom; first vice president,
+. NJ. Day of Fairhaven; second vice
president, w. H. linus of Kalama; sec
rotary, Grant Engle of Shelton treas
1rer, l.. M. Wood of Seattle; orator.
Mrs. Minnie Sargent of Pullman; poet,
Frank c. Teek of Whatcom.