Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-08-05
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges OF the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-outlook 10 Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


Preparations for harvest work are
being made and many machines begin
the seasons run this week.
Horticulturists of Stevens county re-
port that the orchards are growing an
abundant yield of late fruit.
From the school census nearly COM
pleted, Ballard figures out a popula-
ton of 1000, or more than double
what it was five years ago.
Operations are progressing rapidly
on the Northern Pacifc's new turn
table at the Spokane roundhouse. The
new turntable complete will cost $4,000.
Thomas Warren, a pioneer, who
crossed the plains from Kansas before
railroads were thought of west of the
Missouri river, died recently at North
port.
The members of the state board of
health are reported as fearing an cpl
demic of typhoid fever in certain sec
lions of the state where the disease
has been prevalent for several weeks
Gus Deluge, truckman employed
by the Grimmer Truck company, at
Spokane, was instantly killed in the
basement of the Rookery building Sat
urday afternoon by a boiler rolling
on him.
Archie r. Cannon of Spokane sus
tanned a compound fracture of the
right arm and other injuries by being
caught in the betting of a threshing
machine recently.
That early estimates of damage
done by the hot wave were eXagger
ated is now conceded by many of the
best posted farmers and grain mer
who have been examining the grain
and crop conditions.
The announcement is made that j
OBJ. Scobey, receiver of the Olympia
land Office and a politician of stats
wide reputation would soon resign
his position and remove to Portland
to enter the land law practice.
More than 20 experienced telegraph
operators have been employed by the
Northern Pacific railway for duty OF
the line between Tacoma and Port
land within the past two weeks, neces
STATED by the installation of a com
plete block signal service on the soutl
end.
Nearly four score mountain climb
ers, men and women of the Mazamt
club, with the added forces of thu
Sierra club of California and the Ap
palachian club of the east, have spen
two weeks in Paradise, and have &C
complished the feat of climbing the
great Rainier-Tacoma peak.
Lester Richardson, of Seattle, l!
years of age and son of respectable
parents, was arrested recently for bur
glary and confessed that in the las
two months he has looted 90 room!
in various hotels in the city, securing
money and jewelry, which he lavishet
on his friends. From one room Rich
ardson stole $500 that he spent il
two weeks.
Just across the Columbia river nortf
of Wenatchee lies fiat of land con
tanning nearly 5000 acres, which a
the present time is only dotted here
and there by an occasional shack o
the homesteader. This land is know
as Columbia valley, and it is now
settled fact that at least 5000 acres
will be irrigated.
A sudden drop in temperature, bring
ing with it a severe hail storm, accom-
panied with thunder, swept suddenly
over the Dalles Sunday afternoon. The
storm was entirely unexpected ant
after the drop in temperature had oc
Cured the thermometer again took {
jump and the heat was almost as OPP
pressive as before. A hail storm fol
lowed of a peculiar nature. Small If
regular chunks of ice, differing entire
ly from the regular stones, poured
from the clouds.