Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-01-25
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the general land Office at Washington,
ID. c.. and will return to this state so
that he may make the race for the re-
publican nomination for governor.
A full grown cougar has made its
appearance in the vicinity of the Lew
is Cochran farm, six miles northeast
OF Colfax, and is terrorizing the people
oil that community.
After celebrating about two hours
the jury ian the Gertie Griffin murder
trial at Ritgyille returned verdict OF
not guilty.
The Spokane high school debating
team Friday night outpointed the
Wenatchee high school team in the
state nteTscholastic contest.
Graduates of the Spokane high
school who have completed the four
years course satisfactorily will in the
future be permitted to enter the Ar
mour Institute of Technology without
first taking the examinations.
John Half of the cruiser st. Louis
is dead at Vallejo, Cal, from the eff
fects OF drinking wood alcohol. Half
is the third sailor 70 succumb, two 9th
ers are totally blind, and five others
will never again be fit for active SER
vice
As a result OF the tong war being
wagcd in San Francisco, Lung Chow
was fatally shot recently. Two assas
sins attempted to kill Jung Dang
whose life was sought, but the bullets
went wild and killed Lung Chow
The new cruiser California went to
sea from San Francisco recently for
her final trial The navy trial board
was on board and it is intended to
keep the cruiser at hard work for two
days before an official opinion is
formed
J. j. O'Connor of Wenatchee drove
the first team aud rig across the big
Columbia river bridge at Wenatchee
1t consisted Of a sleighload of people
among whom was Judge X. S. Steiner
OF Waterville
George Lucas, Il well known pioneer
OF central Washington died at Cheney
Saturday night. He located on Cow
creek, southeast of Ritzyille, so years
ago, and resided there until four years
ago
Richard David Harrington, aged 81,
died at the hospital at Fort Stella
COON recently, where he had been
since his health failed some two years
ago Mr. Harrington had lived 81
years of his life on the Pacific coast
At the annual meeting of the State
Bee Keepers association at North
Yakima recently H. H. Cole was elect
ed president; l., r. Freeman, secre-
tary, August sipp. treasurer, and
Jesse ". Thornton, vice president
The recent assessors convention
was The most important gathering of
assessors in the history Of the state
Il records the first determined step
toward a uniform taxation system for
the entire state.
An increase in the jobbing business
of WalIa Walla for the year 1907 over
1906 amounting to 25 or 80 per cent is
reported
The plant OF the suspended morning
edition of the Seattle Times has been
bought by r. F. Radebaugh of Tacoma.
who will take it to that place
The body of Lillian Pratt, aged %.
who mysteriously disappeared from
her home in Tacoma on May 81 last,
was found in a dense thcket on the
outskirts of the city recently by sur
yeying crew.
The New York police and private
detectives have been asked to look
for Horace W. Randall, vice president
OF the Hoquiam Lumber company OF
Hoquiam Wash, who went there sew
eral weeks ago to visit friends, and
seems to have mysteriously disap-
peared,
Henry Brook, a Spokane pioneer,
died on the steamship Roanoke on the
Columbia river, January Is, while on
his way to California.
First chloroforming A. c. Finley.
who was asleep in his room upstairs.
two yeggmen recently dynamited the
safe in the ]. c. Calder general mer-
chandise store at Silver Beach. a sub
urb Of Bellingham. and escaped with
$3.50 in cash and checks.
After five year lease of state land
has been once renewed for similar
period, no more renewals are permis-
sible. under the law, according to an
opinion rendered TO the state land
commissioner by the attorney general
The Exchange bank of Blaine has
closed its doors
The problem of the unemployed has
already begun to trouble the public
authorities in Seattle.
Tacoma jobbers of feed announce
a reduction of / ton in the price Of
oats and alfalfa and timothy hay. Oats
are now quoted at $50 aud s81 tor
and alfalfa at s14 and SIS and timothy
at s24.
The board Of health unanimousl,
do 81