Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
4 Review From the States of wash
ingtOn, Idaho, Montana and Ore
EOn-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down 10 Suit Our Busy
Res dePn.
IDAHO,

Wardner has experienced sure but
steady growth this winter, amounting
almost to a building boom.
Senator Shoup will introduce a bill
increasing the limit of the cost of the
Boise public building from 100000 to
100000
Small & Emery have purchased site
for their mill about a mile above town
to the east. They will move their
plant sometime during the next month.
Burglars at Lewiston entered
three buildings but got small booty.
Four revolvers, few dollars and sledge
hammer comprised the spoils of the
night
Four new smallpox cases have devel-
oped in Moscow during the past week,
and the situation is becoming serious.
Mrs. Fred Heir, living on Third street,
has the disease.
AS the results of row on the Neg
Perez reservation Lee Phinney, half
breed, is in serious condition. John
ny Low welded a rifle and skipped.
George Woodland gave himself up A
! joyous trio.
Acting for the State Land Board,
Ben Gray has made sale of 400 acres
of land in Blaine county, IL miles below
HALEY, to Frank r. and T. II. Gooding.
The land brought from $40 to $13 per
acre, the total amount realized being
$4,000.
A comparison of the records of Sho-
shone county for the past two years
shows a wonderful increase in 1899,
particularly during the last six months
OF the year, after the authority of the
state had been invoked to bring order
out of chaos which had existed here so
long.
Section Director Blandford of the
weather bureau has completed his re-
port of the meteorological conditions
! prevailing in Boise during the year
1899. 1t is shown that the highest
temperature reached was 1872 In July,
and the lowest degrees below zero in
February.
Ploughing has been going on in Lew.
iston valley during the entire winter.
Hank Trimble, one of the largest wheat
farmers in that vicinity, reports wheat
sown during the last ten days is sprout-
! ing. Mr.. Trimble has 1900 acres in
grain. and looks forward to the harvest
ing of big crop this year.
The state treasurer has notified Miss
| French, superintendent of public in
struction, that there is 81 ,368.39 on
hand for the semi.annual apportion-
ment among the counties of the state
for school purposes. This is $3,20745
more than was ever before available IN
January for this purpose. This re-
suits from the effective work done last
year in leasing lands In the north for
wheat growing purposes.
! Although county taxes become delin-
quent on the first Monday in January,
Assessor Daily, following the establish
ed custom, has not yet added the penal
! ty. So far something over $4,000 has
been collected. The total amount of
the taxes is 100000. The commits
sioners will decide how much time will
elapse before the penalty will take eff
| feet
WASHINGTON.
The town of Pennington has no doc
| tor.
Robberies are quite frequent in Spo-
kane lately
A new sewer system has been start
ed at Walla Walla.
poultry show will be held in Walla
Walla in February.
All the houses in Walla Walla are be-
ing numbered even to the suburbs.
During the year 1899 there were $50
notarial commissions issued by Cover
nor Rogers.
An early closing movement of bust
ness houses has gone into effect at Cen
tralia-
Col. John w. Pinkerton, for many
years a prominent citizen of Tacoma,
is dead
Charleston is now the name of the new
postoffice in Vineland, formerly known
as Concord.
Ethel Perry, of Walla Walla, has been
ordered committed to the reform
school by Judge Brentz.
Spokane police court paid a profit
last year. The fines collected there ex-
ceeded police expenses.
Hot lunch is being served daily at the
Spokane High School for the benefit of
the pupils and teachers.
Orville, Okanogan county, Wash,
has been made a money order Office
with Spokane as its depository.
The depot of the Washington & Col
umbia railway burned to the ground at
Waitsburg. causing total loss.
There are now $50 students enrolled
at the Washinton Agricultural college,
! the highest number In its history