Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-07-17
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Owen Mckusker, Seattle chauffeur,
is held under $500 bonds charged with
manslaugher, having run down and
killed Raffela Sega, street cleaner.
the other day. Sega leaves a widow
and nine children.
H. J. Hogden marketed the first
load of new wheat at Washtucna Mon
day. 1t graded No. l. and is making
30 bushels per acre. The yield in the
Washtucna neighborhood is much bet
ter than was estimated two weeks ago.
The crowd took exceptions to the
decisions Of the umpire in baseball
game at American lake last Sunday,
and both the umpire, and his wife,
who came to his defense, were ducked
in the lake.
At meeting of farmers held at
Harrington Monday, the same scale of
wages as paid last season was adopted
as the scale for the present season.
Steptoe lodge No. 259 is the latest
addition to the roster of Odd Fellow
lodges in the state. and the organiza-
ton was formerly indicted into the
ranks of Odd Fellowship Monday night
by Ed Won Soehnen of Colfax, special
deputy grand master, who installed the
following officers to serve until the
next regular election: W. R. Ellis,
noble grand; M. B. Turpin, vice
grand; c. A. Williams, recording sec
rotary. and F. c. Hampton, treasurer.
Declarations of candidacy were filed
Monday with the secretary of state by
William Goodyear, democrat, of Col
fax, for congressman; Alonzo Rice,
Centralia, superior Judge, Pacific,
Lewis and Wahkiakum counties;
Francis w. Cushman, Tacoma, con-
gresham, Second District. Of the
nine declarations filed here by candi-
dates for state senator, but five are
pledged to vote for high man for Unit
ed States senator.
Eugene Tausick, democrat, was elect
ed mayor of Walla Walla Monday over
W. ?. Mexican, republican. A re-
publican council was elected
Maiden. the new town in Whitman
county, has organized a fire depart
ment, Sunday school and a Taft,
Sherman and Jones club.
A petition over forty feet long. con-
tanning 1000 signatures of citizens of
North Yakima, will be presented to
the city council next Monday evening
asking that all saloons be abolished
from the city.
Harold Slorah aged ten years, died
at the home of his parents at North
Yakima Saturday as the result of a
blank cartridge wound in the palm of
his hand received July 4. The injury
was not serious until Saturday. when
lockjaW developed.
The anti-saloon agitation has COM
menced at Harrington.
Mrs. A. M. Kettle was killed in a
runaway accident at WalIa Walla last
week.
j. W. elise, of Seattle, has just
received shipment of a. Ayrshire
cows and heifers from Scotland.
Seattle suffered loss of from $780,
900 to $3.50, 900 by fire Monday.
Governor Mead has honored the re-
QUESTION of the governor of Illinois for
Louis Rankenburg, wanted at Chicago
for the alleged theft of SPAS from the
United States Brewing company. He
is held at Colfax.
The bids for the sos, 900 water bond
issue were opened at Wenatchee Mon
day. The bonds are of face value of
$1,000 each, bear interest at the rate of
five per cent. and are payable July LIST.
1928. There were four bids in and the
state of Washington, through its board
of finance, presented the lowest bid,
taking the bonds at par value, inter
est at four and one-half per cent.
A mysterious case came to hight at
Conconuly last week when a deed was
received by mail for filing with the
county auditor conveying to May Shan
non of Seattle 100 acres of land near
Ophir, and worth $4,000. The consid-
Grafton named in the deed is 81. The
peculiar part of the transaction lies in
the fact that the property was con
veyed June % of this year, and the
conveyor, Frank c. Haddorf. has been
considered dead for over nine years and
the state authorities have been hunting
everywhere for his heirs. Steps were
being taken to have the property re-
vert to the state when the deed turned