Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
Review From the States of WASH
fngton, Idaho, Montana and Ore
ROn-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down to suit Our Busy
Res dePa.
WASHINGTON.

ne present winter Is the mlldeSt in
Spokane's 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 a 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 Watsburg 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. ]. Bicknell, a prominent fruit
grower of Parker Yakima county.
1t is reported that Gen. John M. Ba.
con of Vancouver, is preparing to plant
a large orchard of French Walnuts.
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 Fiber
| ton, Is dead. "
The town of Leayenworth on the
Great Northern railroad, is Quaran
tined against smallpox A fireman
has broken out with the disase.
BY five years of experiment it 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 tc
work on the roads, favoring the inau
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 a robber. A passenger on the
| inside was shot by the other desperaro
The Carbon Hill Coal Company gave
$500 to each widow and 800 to each
child of a 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 Eyerette, in Jail at Kamloops
B. c., seeks redress for an alleged alb
duction, and sheriffs up in Ferry coun.
ty are to be arrested, as Secretary of
state Hay takes hand In Eyerett's be.
half.
Representatives of twenty of the
leading logging firms of this state met
in Seattle and made an all around adj
vance in the price of logs, entering into
an agreement to maintain the new
schedule or shut down.
IDAHO.
The postoffice 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, II
miles and return.