Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-09-15
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The Photographers association OF
the Pacific northwest elected w. G.
Emery president
The Masonic fraternity will lay the
cornerstone of the new Y. M. c. A.
building at Spokane.
Considerable grain has been de-
stroyed in the vicinity of Palouse in
the past few days by fire.
There is still vast amount of har-
vest work to do in all parts of the east
ern half of Whitman county.
The state school for deaf and blind
at Vancouver has re-opened with a
largely increased attendance.
Franklin B. Gault of Tacoma has
been elected to the presidency OF the
state university of South Dakota.
The headquarters of the Occur d'A-
lene Indian agency will be removed
from DeSmet mission to Tekoa, Octo-
Der 1.
Palouse city council has fixed the
levy on all taxable property in Palouse
at Is mills on the dollar for municipal
purposes.
The Hotel Donnelly at Tacoma was
partly destroyed by fire recently
There was a panic among the guests,
but all escaped in their night attire.
The Northwestern Woodenware fac
tory at Tacoma was destroyed by fire
recently. One dry kiln and one boiler
room were saved. Loss, $20,000 in
surance, $4,000
G. e. Rusk of Chelan and A. l.. Cook
of Lucerne have returned from trip
during which they made the success
1 full ascent of Glacier peak, the fourth
3 highest mountain in Washington.
State Fire Warden ]. r. Welty re
ports that the rains of the past few
days have closed the season of active
field work, and he is now checking ur
to find how his Office stands fnan
cialy.
Mrs. e. G. Stanly, wife of music
dealer In Walla Walla, received WORD
that fortune amounting to 100000
had been left her and five other heirs
In Germany Her share amounts tc
about $500
Terrified at the burning OF theil
homes, and by threats made agains
their lives by the Bridges on VashoI
island, thirty miles from Seattle, prom
inent citizens of that place have Sc
cured warrants for the arrest of the
band.
N. e. Christie, a farmer from Iowa
has purchased the old Steineger farm
one and one-fourth miles northwest o
Addy Wash, in the Colville river val
ley. This is one of the most interest
ing historic farms in the state.
The home industry building at thu
Spokane fairgrounds huns like hiv'
these days, for in that building thu
floats for the carnival parade that Il
to be held the opening night of thu
fair, September "a, are being built.
number of soda water dispenser
in Walla Walla we're caught recent,
for $25 each when Internal Revenu
Collector w. e. Blow swooped dow
upon them for dispensing claret witt
their soft drinks without first procur
ing license.
Railroad contractors have been IN
formed that the plans and profile o
the new Union Pacific road from Por'
land to the Sound can be seen at tn
Union Pacific engineers Office in Sc
attic, and contractors are invited I
submit bids on the work.
Federal Judge Hanford has granite
temporary restraining order forbid
ding the state railroad commissio
IRON interfering with the o. R. & \
or other state railroads in an attemE
10 enforce the joint wheat rate ordel
The temporary restraining order wi
continue in effect until the case can b
heard on it's merits.
According to Professor J. 8. CottoI
VINO has represented the governmeI
at Ellensburg for several years in tn
I matter of conducting experiment
4 looking to the restoration of range
timothy has shown itself to be pr
emlnently superior for renewing raj
ges' excelling all other grasses in II
hardness, tenacity and general adap
ABILITY to adverse conditions. Red to
/ tne professor finds to be a close Sc
Ono' He has concluded that these tw
are the ones that must be depende
l upon to restore depleted ranges.
zen cars of steel rails, part or
freight train, west bound, Sunday at
1 elhoon, were derailed at the west en-
VI the G. N. Camden tunnel. No or
1 was injured. The cause of the derai
neht was a broken fange on one
L ene wheels of boxcar near the frol
onu Oh the train. The debris eollecte
& aoont the scene and workmen wei
gue 10 work clearing it away at ono
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