Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-09-29
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acoi-
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fall Trade ls Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

in the city of Wenatchee.
Hereafter no more girls will be en-
ployed in the postofice at Tacoma.
Another attempt to burn Watervill
has been discovered by Night Waite
Hall.
The big roller skating rink at Matt
forum park was burned to the groun
recently.
The school house in district No. 81
Snohomish county. was burned a fey
nights ago.
1t is said freight trains will be NOV
ing over the Spokane Internationa
railway by the first of November.
Seattle Odd Fellows may, befor,
long, have a capacious and handsome
lodge building for their own use.
Judge Huneke of Spokane has Sc
October 8 as the date of trial of Sid
ney Sloane for the murder of his ia
Their.
A logging train and a special freight
on the Interurban line between Seattle
and Tacoma, collided at Milton re
Gently.
Warehousemen say that IS bushels
of fall and 30 bushels of spring whea'
an acre is a fair estimate for the dis
triot around Tekoa.
SO rapidly is North Yakima increas.
ing in population that about a dozen
more teachers will be employee in the
schools this year than last.
John G. Ross, aged so years, fell
from the upper deck of his steamer,
the Mizpah, in Oyster bay, near Ia
coma. recently and was drowned.
The secretary of the interior Is ad-
vertising for bids for the construction
of the main canal for the Tieton irri-
cation project nea North Yakima.
AT a meeting of old settlers held at
Wenatchee steps were taken which
will lead to a permanent organization
of the old settlers of Chelan county.
Avis Ray, the IL year old son of E.
B. Ray of Tacoma, was fatally injured
at North Yakima by being thrown
from a horse. His skull was fractured.
Peter Foley, the man who was IT.
jured a few days ago while working
or the Spokane & Inland grade, died
at ColfaX without regaining conscious
ness.
Sam Marsh of Lamona was killed a
short distance out of Downs on the
Great Northern track Friday night.
He had been conducting a saloon at
Lamona for M. S. Hugh.
Charles Gottschalk, % years of age,
was run yer by a Northern Pacific
freight train in the yards at Spokane
Saturday night and received injuries
that may result in his death.
The Waverly sugar factory has put
on a large force and is making brown
sugar out of syrup held over from las
year. This brown sugar is to be work
ed over into white sugar later.
The horse men are again securing
the range for stock which was no
gathered in the big round up las
spring, and several shipments will b
made from Wilson creek in a fey
days.
William Peterson, aged 81 years
builders apprentice at Moran & Co.
ship yard, Seattle, was instantly xii
ed in the tool sharpening room recon
ly by being struck on the head by
piece of emery wheel that had broker
The hop house owned by Charlie
MeAllister at Yakima City, containin
10 tons of hops, was completely 4,
stroyed by fire recently. The loss
estimated at $40, 900, with no insu
ance. The fire was caused by an owe
heated kiln.
The state convention of Hiberl
ians on Sunday elected the folloV
ing officers: President, John Cannc
of Seattle; vice president, Jam,
Martin of Walla Walla; ~secretar
William D. Gleason of Tacoma; trea
urer. P. Fitzpatrick of Seattle; cha
! lain. Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Dea of Seattl
They will meet next in Walla Walla
A bloody murder was revealed S,
urday morning at Sprague when Z
/ mutilated body of an unknown M
! was found in a boxcar on an N.
i freight train. The dead man is {
scribed as small, 5 feet Az inches
j height, apparently about 80 years o
dark complexion and black hair a
mustache. On the left arm the lette
&c. W." are tatooed. The end of
p thumb on the left hand is missing.
Auditor Burch has completed an
stract of the assessment of real a
personal property Of Garfield cour
showing the valuations fixed by I
board of equalization. Exclusive
town and city lots there are 1876. 922
acres OF improved land. the value
which is 81. AT ,440. The lmpro
ments are $146,955. The average v
uation per acre OF improved land
1852, and the average value of
improvements Is 40 cents an acre.
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