Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-10-05
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Spokane saloon last week by Lar
ry Cavanaugh.
Children under Is cannot escape
the state law and must be sent to
school.
In future all cars of lumber will
De weighed on scales provided by the
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacture
ers' association before they cross the
mountains eastward bound.
A logging train on the England
t1act, near Castle Rock, ran away
few days ago and demolished the
whole outfit.
Lyle Hornbeck was shot and in
stantly killed in the residence of
Jean Winterstein at Toppenish.
Hornbeck, who was a friend of Win
terstein, went into the latter's house
late in the evening and Winterstein,
believing him to be burglar, fired.
All southeastern Washington and
the Yakima valley joined Saturday
night in the first annual banquet of
the Kennewick Commercial club.
The event was also made the for
nal opening OF the new Kennewick
hotel. The open river was the
theme of the banquet.
Adjutant General Ortis Hamilton,
Of the National Guard Of Washing
ton, has appointed a board to revise
the military code and regulations for
the state.
John T. Kennedy was hurled to
his death into the Columbia river
from the new bridge of the Portland
& Seattle railroad at Vancouver.
A line of boats is to be put on the
Columbia river between Pasco and
Portland, operating with the portage
railroad at Cello as a connecting
link.
Congressman w. L. Jones will be
in Spokane to deliver the principal
address in connection with the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the new
federal building on Thursday, Octo-
Der g.
Justice Palmer of Wenatchee has
closed his fourth docket as police
justice, showing 1900 cases passing
through his hands the past five
years.
Harvest work is near an end.
Jacob KILLER, 81 years old and
pioneer of Walla Walla valley is
dead from stroke of apoplexy.
The week just closed has wit
In
Walla Walla during the present sea-
son. . .r
The twelfth annual state fair Sat
urday night closed the most success
full year in its history. -
Clinton D. Town of Waterville has
been nominated by Congressman
Wesley l.. Jones to fill one of the
two vacancies as cadet at the An
napolis naval academy.
Frank Doyle, aged 20 years,
brakeman in the service of the
Northern Pacific, was crushed to
death under the wheels of freight
car in the freight yard at Tacoma
Saturday. -.--.....-..-.. .......-...-.
The committee of the Toppenish
Commercial club has made a call for
bids for the construction of a bridge
across the Yakima river two and one
half miles north .....
The general opinion of grain deal.
ers in Spokane is that the crop this
year is but slightly damaged so far by
the heavy rains, and that there is 60
Ing to be heavy yield.
The total apple acreage in this state
Is near the 100000, and the trees are
heavily laden. The crop is estimated
by growers and inspectors to be worth
from s9,000,0O0 to $10.o00O0O this
season, and of this more than $4,000
600 will be paid for fruit packed for
export.
Gladys F. Baker, of Seattle, has Sc
cured decree of divorce from Charles
H. Baker on the grounds of abandon
uent.
John Sanger. who recently came
to North Yakima from New York.
where he was a stock broker, has
closed a deal for the purchase of the
P. J. Flint ranch in Parker bottom for
$4,000.
The steam schooner Santa Barbara
bound from Seattle to Valdez, struck
the rocks in Active pass, Puget sound,
tearing a great hole in her hull.
Prosecuting Attorney B. e. Boner
OF Hoquiam has publicly announced
that dance halls must go.
Otto La Budde of Walla Walla
holds the record for the largest
peaches which have ever been grown
in that county. Mr.. La Budde secured
three boxes of peaches from trees in
his yard which averaged one pound
each and measured 10 inches in cir
conference. A few Of the peaches
ever exceeded the above figures.
Next Monday. October Z. the Whit
man county fair and live stock show
opens at Colfax for six days Every
thing is in readiness and all that