Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-08-31
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE.
Choice selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
Harvesting IL in Full Blast-Big
Crops Assured - Many Accidents
Occur--personaIs.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The steamer Selkirk is again on the
river. running to Brewster.
Wenatchee section is shipping about
1000 boxes of fruit day now.
The pack of Whatcom county Gamer
les reaches the enormous figure of Ga
900 cases.
A new line of railroad to tap the
country east of the Yakima river Is
also under advisement.
Charles w. Nordstrom was hanged
In Seattle for the murder on November
81, 1891, of William Mason.
National guardsmen who fail to fire
fifty rounds in practice between June
/ and Nov. are to be dropped.
Prunegrowers of Clarke county are
making active preparations for gather
ing and curing the seasons crop.
The Seattle cricket eleven defeated
the Portland eleven in Seattle in an
interesting game, with score of 1875
to 112.
A new passenger service, "the Column
bia Flyer" is to be inaugurated Sep
tember between Dayton Walla Walla
and the Sound
Word comes from Riparia that bold
holdup, which nearly resulted in MUIR
der, occurred in the railroad yards at
that place recently.
After October 1st, saloonkeepers of
Walla Walla will pay 1866 per annum
license. If they sell to minors their
licenses will be revoked.
From the reports of threshing opera
lions 1t is estimated that the wheat
yield OF Adams county this year will
not be less than 100000 bushels.
Phenomenal yields of wheat similar
IL not In excess of those reported from
Whitman and Walla Walla counties are
reported by prominent farmers in Pom
eroy.
John w. Decamp who was terribly
burned while searching in his blazing
home in Seattle for a servant he sup
posed to be imprisoned in her room,
died last week
BY charter and purchase, Dodwell &
Co.'s Alaska feet, operated as the
Washington & Alaska Steamship COM
pany has passed into the hands of the
Pacific Coast company.
The Is months old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ramsey. living on a milk
farm just north of Colfax, was proba-
bly, fatally injured recently by drink
ing quantity of concentrated lye.
In the falling contest of loggers at
the Elks' carnival in Tacoma J. H.
Bode of Olympia and George Digs Of
Shelton broke the worlds record, fell
ing 81 inch tree in minutes 914
seconds.
A murder is reported to have been
committed on the Yakima Indian reser-
walton. Charley Honnewashe Is miss
ing, and the Indians believe he has
been killed and his body thrown into
the Yakima river.
George M. Forster, of Spokane, has
been elected one of the vice presidents
of the American Bar association. The
other vice presidents from the north
western states are as follows: William
II. Wood, Idaho; Charles H. Carey, Ore
gon John w. Cotter, Montana, and P.
l.. Williams. Utah.
The observation of the first STRAW
day" in Walla Walla county seems to
have been successfully carried out. 1t
was nothing more nor less than a COM
bined effort on the part of the farmers
to improve dusty roads by laying straw
on the thoroughfares most frequently
traversed and in this way make travel
ing more comfortable. 1t has resulted
in decided benefit.
IDAHO GLEANINGS.