Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
4 Review From the States of Wash
Eon-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down to Suit Our Busy
Res ders.
WASHINGTON.


Spokanes history.
Dayton is worked up over the appear
ance of smallpox.
Spokane grocers sign agreement to
obey pure food law.
Spokane merchants report all records
broken in holiday trade.
Clallam county is on cash basis for
the first time in many years.
Smallpox has broken out among the
indians on the Colville reserve.
The Courier-Press Office, a Dayton
paper was Quilted by fire last week.
The Manila bell at Waitsburg will
be hung in the Academy at that town.
Dairymen of the state held well at
tended convention at North Yakima,
One of the strongest known in the
history of Wenatchee valley, blew last
week.
Helen Gorkow has been named to
manage the New York Brewery at Spo-
kane.
The Sedro-Woolley telephone ex.
change now has over 20 instruments
connected up.
Hatton, Adams county and Addy,
Stevens county. have been made money
order offices.
Surveys are completed to supply
Spokane valley farms with plenty of
water from the lakes.
The four steel tanks at the Puget
Sound FIGURING Mills, for the storage
of wheat has been completed.
Unknown persons attempted to pois-
on H. J. Bicknell, prominent fruit
grower of Parker, Yakima county.
1t is reported that Gen. John NJ Ba-
con of Vancouver, is preparing to plant
large orchard of French Wainuts.
During the past two months What
com county treasurer, V. A. Roderer.
has collected $421,931.69 in county
taxes.
The government ordinance depart.
ment is furnishing the forts located on
Puget Sound with some very heavy
guns.
Anderson Wait, Junior, the son of
Anderson Wait, Senior, founder of the
towns of Waitsburg, DAYTON and Elber-
ton, is dead.
The town of Leayenworth on the
Great Northern railroad, is quaran-
tined against smallpox fireman
has broken out with the disase.
By five years of experiment 1t has
been demonstrated that proper cult
walton increases the weight of the Pu-
get Sound oyster 80 to so per cent.
King county commissioners have de.
cided to put the county prisoners to
work on the roads, favoring the inal-
guration of the chain-gang system.
No county in the state has made the
record in the way of convicting crimi-
nails during the past II months that
Walla Walla county has, considering
population.
Remains of Edison butcher were
found in his room at Spokane last week
cause of death unknown, but thought
to have been due to natural causes.
His widow at Tacoma.
A fraternal order of Spanish war vet
Grams will soon be formed in Spokane.
Nearly every state in the Union has al
ready formed or is now organizing or
ders of similar nature.
Two robbers boarded a street car in
Seattle and the passengers drew their
guns. Stranger on the front end
dropped robber. A passenger on the
inside was shot by the other desperate.
The Carbon Hill Coal Company gave
$500 to each widow and 800 to each
child of miner killed in the explosion
of December 9th. Mothers dependant
upon lost sons for support were treat
ed on the same basis as widows. This
donation of the company represents a
total of about $4,000. Relief contrs-
buttons from other sources will amount
to similar sum.
Martin Everette, in Jail at Kamloops,
B. c.. seeks redress for an alleged abb
duction, and sheriffs up in Ferry coun-
ty are to be arrested, as Secretary of
state Hay takes a hand In Everett's be-
half.
Representatives of twenty of the
leading logging firms of this state met
in Seattle and made an all around ad-
vance in the price of logs. entering into
an agreement to maintain the new
schedule or shut down.
IDAHO.
The postoffce at Fort Hall has been
discontinued.
MILFORD o. Ridges has been commits
stoned postmasted at Fairview.
The teachers of Idaho selected Noun.
tain Home as the next place of meet
ing.
A star service has been established
from Murphy, by Sinker. to Oreana, IT
miles and return.
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