Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-03-18
WASHINGTON NOTES,

week.
Honey Melody is going to night wl,n
Jerry Mccarthy of Butte on st. Pat
rick's day.
Spring seeding is farther advanced
in Whitman county than for many
years at this season.
The glee club of the Washington
State college, Pullman, is on its annual
tour of eastern Washington.
| The last legislature passed many
bills, but there were comparatively few
in which the state as a whole will be
concerned.
Since the passage of the bill Great
ing Benton county, with Prosser as the
county seat, there ere prospects of
quite a building boom.
Cyrus Victor came into Wilbur. on
his return home from Davenport. after
being declared not guilty of the muir
der of Charles Thennis.
| For the second time Frank TAYLOR
has been found guilty of murder in the
second degree in the killing of B. A.
Mcintyre at BOssburg, July % last
The Whitman county commissioners
have appropriated $4,000 to prepare and
maintain an exhibit of their county pro-
ducts at the Lewis and Clark fair.
J. NJ. Snow of Spokane has been ap-
pointed highway commissioner under
the new road law. Mr.. Snow is the
present surveyor of Spokane county
w. H. BabcOck, the well known
wheat man of Walla Walla. says the
new wheat is in fine shape on Eureka
flats and in the Columbia river district
Bee Hive Rebekah lodge, No 70, of
Walla Walla celebrated the 10th ami
7ersary of the establishment of their
order at the l. o. o. F. temple last
Friday
The Hastings single mill at Sumas
burned recently. In addition to the
plant, 100000 shingles were destroy
ed. The loss is placed at $4,000 with
small insurance.
County Fruit Inspector Frank Morse
reports a large number of spraying
outfits at work in the various parts of
the county spraying trees with sulphur
aid lime for San Jose scale.
Governor Mead honored the requisi-
ton of Governor Vardaman, of AAissis-
sippi for William McPhay, a negro
wanted in Pike county, Miss, for a
murder committed three years ago
Five school boys of Georgetown, a
suburb of Seattle, have been arrested
charged with robbing many houses
and boats in the town They range in
age from II to 10 years and all con-
| fessed.
With his neck broken by fall from
the sidewalk bridge to the gulch below
| Il. A. Carpenter, aged 55 years, an
inmate of the soldiers home at Orting,
was found dead near the Tacoma &
Eastern depot.
The Walla Walla land Office has re-
ceived a telegram from Washington or
dering township 9, range 43, which is
Is miles south Of Omeroy, opened up
to enable the squatters who have set
tied within 10 years on forest reserve
to receive title to their homesteads.
The chess tournament between the
Anaconda Chess club and the CONNER
cial club of Mssoula resulted one
game for each club with the
third draw. The games were played
by long distance telephone, and three
chess boards were used in the game.
Not a single member of the congress
sional delegation will attend the
launching of the cruiser Washington
at Camden, N. j., next Saturday, and
the only representatives of the state
present will be those designated by the
governor to participate in the chris
tening.
The Prosser city council has instruc-
ed the marshal to strictly enforce the
cigarette ordinance, which provides a
fine of $25 and 10 days in jail for any
boy under 81 years of age smoking or
having cigarette material in his peck
cts. The same penalty prevails for
dealers selling the goods to minors.
Charles Loriensky, the travelling min
strel Snowman arrested on the charge
of attempting to kidnap the daughters
of j. j. Dawson of Zillah, was releas-
ed. The father refused to appear and
testify against the prisoner, saying he
had enough notoriety over the affair.
He also refused to permit the children
to testify.
The site for the new school for
feeble minded at Medical Lake will be
selected by the board of control and
Governor Mead this week. On the
same trip the site for the new detached
wing of the eastern Washington insane
asylum at Medical Lake will also be
selected. The legislature allowed $685.
900 for this wing.