Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-06-20
WASHINGTON Items

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All four national banks OF sno..
show a decided increase in tho oaane
which has been prepared for tho o1 pO'l
troller OF the currency.
Just $3.50 for each meadow
what two birds cost Leo Denzo, Is
John Hopkins, two young men ~ Guy suu :
kane, for killing the birds. 'pO-
Reports come from the Horse r..
en- country that the wheat crori ~
this year is practically ruined =,
hundreds of farmers will be ru, aas
| financially. "eu
Officials of the new Occur d,Alos.
& Spokane Street Railway comno1e
have received $50 carloads of rails my
materials for the new line, from D..
eblo, Col.
Contracts are soon to be let for a..
construction of an irrigation svstans
which will furnish water for 226 49,
of land owned by that companv ~
Kirby.
The recent rain was general through.
out nearly all parts of the Inland I'm
pire, according to reports from tba
principal towns, and was of great valno
to the growing crops.
The dead body of a man was forra
in the Yakima river recently 20 miloa
below Kiona. 1t is supposed to bs
the corpse of a section hand who foil
into the river at Ellensburg.
Governor Mcbride has named R q
McCroskey of Garfield, Wash and
Frank j. Barnard of Seattle as regents
of the state agricultural college. Both
men succeed themselves and each win
serve a term of six years.
Horatius won the second Seattle
Derby on a slow track, against field
of eight starters, in 2:12b coming IN.
der the wire two and one-half lengths
ahead of Polonius, with Fossil third.
killed off in the early pace.
The dry kilns of the Monarch Shin.
gle company at Blaine were DESTROYED
by fire recently. Six million Shingles
were burned, entailing a loss of be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The insur.
ance is about half the loss.
A leading hop buyer of North Va.
kima who went over the valley on
tour Of inspection reports that he
| found the hop fields in better condi
ton than at this time last year, with
good indications of a crop equally as
good as last year.
A 20 year old son of Simeon Evans,
who lives in 7 obinson canyon, near
Ellensburg, while driving to the cream.
cry recently fell off the wagon and the
wheel, striking his head, completely
scalped one side. The glancing blow
saved the boys life.
Charles Billings, former sheriff Of
Thurston county, selected to succeed
Jesse Mills, who has been appointed on
the state board of control, has declined
and Edward McClarty a veteran of the
Spanish-American war, has been aF
pointed in his stead.
The directors of the Seattle National
bank and the Boston National bank
have each adopted resolutions to con-
solidate these two institutions, form
ing new one with a capital and sur
plus of 100000 and taking the name
of the Seattle National bank.
Major Silas Wolf of the Nineteenth
infantry will be the battalion COM
mander of the four companies of that
regiment which will be quartered at
Fort Wright at Spokane to succeed the
two companies of the Seventeenth, that
will leave for the Philippines on the
goth.
A number of the members OF the
Spokane Rod and Gun club will attend
the shoot at Dayton on June 26, "
and %. This shoot, given by tne
Sportsman's Association of the North-
west, is the biggest event of the year
in gun circles. Shooters from Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, Utah, British Column
bia and Washington will take part
Governor Mcbride will speak at the
Elberton picnic week from wen.
asdaV. Spokane county has by lai
the greatest number Of rural free ue-
livery routes in the state, If not II
the northwest.
Smallpox is getting fresh start IL
Walla Walla, eight patients being ~
ported here. Five of these are III tio
pesthouse, which is now under coun9
control.
The recent electric storm at we
natchee. Wash, caused the hills anu
mountains to reverbrate in SOUNDS u
cannonading.
John F. Dore. one of the best Known
~iminal lawyers in the nortn"esS -,
died at his home in Seattle recehu'
of fatty degeneration of the heart
The cold Settlers club" OF loNo'