Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-01
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WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Many clearing house certificates
have been raised at Hoquiam and the
perpetrators of the fraud have reaped
something Of a harvest
Seattle friends OF q. =. Search, who
was killed In the railroad yard at ri
lensburg October %, are Offering a re
ward of $50 for the recovery OF his in
surance Identification card.
The managers of three theaters at
Bellingham have ben arrested on the
charge of violating the Sunday closing
law
The danger of a strike on the part
of the longshoremen at Seattle is past
AT a recent meeting it was decided to
sign the scale proposed by the ship
owners.
The authority of Superintendent
Harry T. Lston of the Puyallup Con.
solidated Indian agency has been Off
cially suspended. The government
will proceed to adjust Mr.. Listens Off
cial affairs
In a brand new $4,000 train, the
equipment of which is declared by
competent judges to be the finest and
most modern that could be bought, an
excursion party of 200 representative
business men of Spokane, Occur
dAlene City, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake,
Newport and other nearby places, and
a few visitors from a distance, made
a trip from Spokane to Newport and
return over the new Idaho & Wash
ington Northern railroad Saturday as
guests of the company.
Shipments of all classes of products
from North Yakima last year totaled
54,7S5 tons, an increase of 22S5 tons
over 1906.
Horatio Daniels was stealing a ride
on the pilot of a locomotive recently
near North Yakima when the engine
struck COW, In the ensuing mixup
Daniels suffered several fractures and
internal injuries. He managed to
hang on until the engine stopped
The Japanese and Chinese language.
together with the history, literature,
religion aud commercial customs of
those nations, win be taught at the
University OF Washington next year.
according to present plans
George w. Ragsdale, proprietor of
the FaYorite saloon, who struck and
killed Dusty" Dean in a fist fight in
an argument over money matters. was
found guilty at Spokane of manslaugh
ter.
Mrs. c. o. Browder. widow of the
late c. o. BroWder formerly auditor of
whitman county, died recently.
Decisive steps have been taken in
Wilbur toward the organization of a
commercial club for their town to fur
Their market day plans.
Case & Esbach, the North Coast con
tractors, have been awarded the con-
tract for a dam to be built by the
Pleasant Valley Irrigation company in
the East Selah valley. The company
will irrigate about 1900 acres of land
for fruit culture. The dam will be
90 feet high and 500 feet across.
On the eve of his retirement as
pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church,
Seattle. a suit against the Rev w. G.
Jones by Elmer E. Poole, a Boston
ieweler alleging alienation of his
wite's affections and asking SIS. 600
damages therefore, was dismissed.
AT a recent meeting of the La Crosse
local No. 3, Farmers Educational and
COOPERATIVE union, farmers bargained
for 10000 grain sacks.
Clifford Baker. lad 10 years old oil
North Yakima, had his left hand com
pletely blown off while fooling with q
shotgun.
During the last year the gross re
ceipts of the Wenatchee postoffict
amounted to SASH, gain of 22.7 Del
cent over the year 1906.
Charles Eastman was shot and atal
ly wounded by Policeman Durham il
Sedro-Woolley while resisting arrest.
Practically all of the single mills il
Washington will resume operations il
March, after a shutdown of from tire,
to six months. There are AIS mills il
the state, and all but about 4 per cen
are closed down.
E7erett's postofiice was entered b,
cracksmen Sunday morning, ForcinI
the vaults. they secured $1,000 il
lamps, as we'll as $3.50 cash which wa
in the till OF the cash stolen. SIP
belonged to a clerk in the department
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