Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-08
LOCALS


successful bidder for the construction
of four of the new bridges to be built
by the county this spring. The
brigdes Mr.. Walk will build and the
contract price, are the Fair Grounds
bridge, steel. $Sl42; Winona bridge,
steel, 1924: Mcclure bridge, combined
stone and wood, $2275; Endicott bridge,
wood, 1920.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Young, with
their daughter, Miss May, and son, T..
c., left Wednesday for Los Angeles.
California, where they will visit for
some weeks. Mr.. Young will return
in time TO oversee the spring work on
the farm, but the others will likely
remain in the south somewhat longer
the trip being made for the benefit of
T. C.'s health.
Another snowfall Thursday night
covered the ground to the depth of
three or four inches. but as there was
no frost in the ground it has been rap
idly melting. and the water is nearly.
all soaking into the earth. The roads
are not being improved by the condi-
ton. but it's the proper thing from
the point of view of the farmer.
The triennial meeting of the
county camp, Modern Woodmen of
America. will be held at Rosalia. on
Wednesday, April LIST. The local
camp will be represented at this meet
ing by Harry Douglass, Ira Allen and
w. A. Cave, these members having
been elected delegates at Tuesday
evenings meeting.
Mayor Carpenter is in Walla
Walla, the faculty representative from
the State College at the intercollegiate
conference, representatives from the
\ faculty and the student body of each
big college and university of the
northwest being in attendance.
R. B. Bragg, who has been here
the past week making transfer of the
Bragg grocery store to the Watson
Mercantile Co., has been confined to
the home of his sister, Mrs. M. E..
Kitchen. with a touch of Palouse
grippe.
The successful bidder for the con-
struction of the new barn to be erected
on the college farm was E. c. Martin.
of Spokane, his bid being $5975. A.
Walk, of this city. was the next near.
est bidder, his figure being $4,000.
Grant Story, the we'll known
farmer living west of town. is in the
Belmont country this week in the in
terest of the Houser- Haines combined
harvester, for which he has the agency
The receipts of the local postoffice
on account of stamps and box rentals
for the month of January last were
sl4O0.56, as against sits. OF for Janu,
airy 1907. gain of $224.54.
The basketball team from the
University of Oregon will come t.
Pullman next Wednesday, and meet
the W.S.C. five at the gym. that even
ing.
-Oakesdale is having more than it!
share of trouble. 1t returned to a we
condition at the December election
and now has smallpox in big doses.
Professors Timblin, Sampson ant
Calkins We're judges at the debate be
tween the high school teams of Collfa3
and Rosalia, at Colfax, last night.
%. E. Young and family are liv
ing in the Henry Young residence il
the city during the absence of the lat
ter in California.
Farmers Institutes are being he'll
this week in the Charleston and Asoti
districts by men from the college.
Clyde Hupp, until recently wit
the First National Bank, is now book
keeper for A. B. Baker.
Mrs. T. J. Welty was over fro,
Colfax Tuesday visiting her son, Da