Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-02-11
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-OutIook is Bright.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

JOIlH u. blduy, SOfCl uOl VI AldShd
was in Spokane last Friday.
Colonel A. J. Blethen, editor of the
Seattle Times, is reported ill.,
An effort is being made to reorgan-
ize the Pullman commercial club.
Senator-elect S. II. Piles will prob
ably visit Spokane on February 16.
The session of the legislature was
half over Tuesday, but thus far few
bills have become laws.
Senator Foster has introduced the
interior department bill providing for
opening the south half of the Colville
reservation.
A new Office, representing the pur
chasing cOmmissary department of the
United States army has been opened
| in Seattle.
The annual meeting of the Retail
| Lumbermens association was held in
| Spokane Tuesday, Wednesday and
| Thursday.
Orders have been issued by Chief
of Police Waller of Spokane to saloon
rustling must cease.
Preliminary work to raise the $780,
! 900 for the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation building to be erected in Wal
la Walla is progressing.
| Scott Hively, rancher, living near
Everett, was sentenced to II years in
the penitentiary for attempted murder
of his wife last December.
The Washington fair commission
was not satisfied with the site given
by the Lewis and Clark fair manage
ment and a new one was chosen.
G. M. Landerkin, aged 35, and chief
engineer of the tugboat Juneau is said
to have attempted to kidnap Ellen Bas-
kett, aged Is years, at Seattle recently.
Fire in the tule swamp at the lower
end of Lake Colville, about 10 miles
west of Sprague, caused a good deal
Of excitement in neighboring towns
last week.
1t has been decided by citizens of
Colfax to unite with all the towns of
Whitman county in preparing and
maintaining a Whitman county exhibit
at the Lewis & Clark exposition in
Portland this year.
Loyal Branham, IL year old son of
Charles Branham, living five miles
/ north Of Pullman, had the sight of one
of his eyes destroyed recently, when a
playmate threw a nail which struck
him in the eye, destroying the sight.
Detectives are securing the country
for Arthur Ansorge, the missing assis-
tant cashier of the Alaska Fisheries
union Of Seattle. He left about a
month ago and was, according to the
report of the bond company, about
$1,000 short
Recently Anthony Rockhill of Day
ton celebrated his S1st birthday by
inviting his children to a big dinner
prepared by Mrs. Rockhill. This old
couple have As grandchildren and 20
great grandchildren and are still hale
and hearty.
The fourth annual assembly of the
Inland Registered Stock Breeders as
ISOLATION, which met in Pullman We'd
nesday and Thursday, was the biggest
meeting in the history of the season.
Stock breeders from all parts of the
Inland Empire were present.
The Bellingham police have captur-
ed gang of three counterfeiters, who
have been operating there for the last
two years. The men give their names
as Walter Packwood, Fred Smith and
Fred Miller. They have been ostensibly
working as shingle weavers.
The proposed legislation limiting the
amount of contingent fees to be col
lected by attorneys to 20 per cent and
fixing the maximum amount to be re
covered in case of death through acct
dent at $4,000 was denounced at a
recent meeting of the Spokane bar as
ISOLATION.