Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-01-18
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Mrs. C. H. Pomeroy. 81 years old,
wife of a well-known lawyer. and a
popular hostess of the houseboat col
ony at Lake Washington, was drowned
in the lake recently.
The second day of Sunday closing in
North Yakima found the saloons tight
ly closed.
Bitten in the throat by a vicious
young horse, j. Ii. Adams, farmer II
miles from Kirkland, bled to death
within two hours after the attack.
BY an overwhelming vote, following
three hours of heated discussion, the
state federation of labor went on rec,
ord as opposed to the Sunday theater
disease that is supposed to be hog
cholera has been the cause of the
death Of more than 100 fine porkers
in the immediate neighborhood of Pa.
louise
Murdered. the body of Keevil AL
bring. the 20-year-oid son of A. J. Al
bring, Tancher, living three miles
northeast of Mead. 10 miles north of
Spokane, was found recently
Fire broke out early Sunday morn
ing at the farm residence of Joseph
Kelly, 10 miles south of Walla Walla,
resulting in the death of Benjamin, the
17-year-old son, and the severe burning
of William A. Kelly oil Spokane, an
uncle of the dead boy.
The Wenatchee Milling company re-
ports that it has shipped $50 cars of
flour during 1907 This represents
close to 100000 bushels of wheat.
Three sets of twins and six other
children have made Henry Clay Max
well of Wapato one of the proudest
fathers in the state.
State general fund warrants need
not be discounted, declare members of
the state board of finance, although
some state banks are shylocking on
these, President Lord of the Capitol
National bank announced today he
wnI cash at par all such warrants, as
he has done since mo fund" warrants
were issued
Promptly at 12 o'clock last Satur-
day night every saloon and variety
theater and restaurant in Spokane
stopped the sale of liquor, in compli-
ance with the order of the mayor The
shows will not reopen.
More than 100 young and middle
aged men have registered in the Jen-
kins' institute, the Y. Nj. C. AS edu-
cationai department just opening
Mary / AndargCu Of Dac.I{, tn1
petitioned the superior court of Whit
man county to admit the will of her
late husband, d. f. Anderson, who
died at Rosalia recently. to probate.
AS result of agitation by the
sheepmen using the Rainier forest re-
serve. more sheep will he permitted to
Craze on the reserve.
Two powder houses at p. Welch &
Co.'S camp No. 3, near Cheney, We're
blown to atoms by a dynamite explo-
sion recently.
j. W. Wesley and John Peters.
wealthy sheepmen with interests
around Prosser and North Yakima,
and c. A. Goggin of Seattle. state
manager for the Loyal Americans,
who left Seattle on March 20, 1907.
bound for Durango. Mexico, to pur-
chase land, have not been heard from
for many months, and it is feared they
have met with foul play
The State Federation of Labor
unanimously voted TO put the Alaska
Yukon-Paciflc exposition in Seattle on
the unfair list.
Rural route No. has been ordered
established April 1 at ST Andrews,
Douglas county, serving 800 people
and rs families.
Forty loaves of bread for one dollar
at Spokane is the new wholesale price
at which the STAFF of life is now being
offered