Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-04
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting collection of Items
From the Four Northwest states
of a Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
w ASHINGTON.

A strong cut in rates is looked for
to Alaska points.
A move is on foot to install elevators
in the school house being erected at
Seattle.
The Great Northern engineers have
completed their preliminary survey
through Kettle Falls.
A fire occurred at Mount Vernon last
week, destroying six business build
ings, with loss of $4,000.
The prospects for an abundant fruit
crop in the fertile gardens of Washing
ton, Idaho and Oregon, are exceeding
ly bright
The sixth annual meeting of the
Washington State Bankers association
will occur in Spokane Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, June 81 20, %.
The Vancouver bank books fail to
show an alarming shortage. L. M. Hid
den, director, believes the assets will
equal the liabilities.
The republicans at Spokane nominal
ed the following last week for city Off
Gals: Mayor. DR.. Charles. G. Brown;
comptroller, John J. White; treasurer,
Captain Joseph M. Moore.
The two women now in the peniten-
tiary, Mollie Vaughn from Seattle and
Alma Williams from Snohomish coun-
must remain there as the governor re-
fuses to intercede.
All property, real and personal, Of
every description in Clark county be-
longing to the Portland & Puget Sound
railroad has been levied upon by the
sheriff in accordance with q writ of ex-
ecution issued out of the superior
court.
The free clinics of the veterinary de-
partment of the Washington agricul-
tural college, in which horses are treat
ed free of charge to the owners, are
becoming quite popular with the farm
ers and other owners of horses.
Ross r. Bratton, Spokane boy, will
sail from Tacoma May to take the
position OF assistant superintendent of
Tung Wen institute at Annoy, China.
This is an imperial institute founded
to instruct young Chinese officials in
western methods.
T. G. White and G. S. Garfield Of
Humboldt, Iowa, are making a tour Of
the Big Bend country with a view to
locating permanently. Both are men
of means and are considering the pro-
position of buying a tract of 10000
acres if a suitable location can be
found.
The city council of Davenport last
week refused to grant saloon license
to Leonard & Farley, turned down the
proposition of the Big Bend Electric
Power company to bring in light and
power from the Spokane river, raised
the saloon license from $500 to $1,000
per year and wound up the session by
Indefinitely postpOning the street
sprinkling proposition.
The board Of naval officials recently
appointed by the department at Wash
ington to investigate the feasibility of
fresh water basin in Seattle locality,
have done so and the members of the
board we're most favorably impressed
with the splendid facilities Of these
bodies of water.
The following lands in the Washing
ton forestry reserve are thrown open
to settlement from the date of the pro-
clamation: Township 81, north, range
20 east; 80 north, range %; 33 north,
range %; "a mort, range %; "a mort,
range 81; 35 mort, range 81; the north
half of township 33 north, range 81;
the south half of township 80 north,
range 81; three sections of township
35 north, range % east, and nine sec
lions in township 35 north, range 20
east. These lands are all in the Me
thew region, in Okanogan county.
IDAHO.