Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-09-24

W. c. Jarron was in town from his
fine farm east of town Wednesday.
A. A. Heidrick. Of Seattle. has re-
turned to school.
O. A. white, president of the John
son Union Warehouse Company. at
Johnson. was in town on business
" Wednesday.
Samuel Ellis, county commissioner
from the Third district, living near
Colfax, was in town Wednesday.
Miss Elva Deane Smith, who has
been absent several weeks owing to
the illness of her father, Lillis f.
Smith. a farmer living near Endicott,
has returned to Pullman and re-
opened her art studio in the Mott
building.
MIR. and Mrs. George Whitcher ex-
pect to leave for Spokane early next
week They have two residences in
Spokane, but will probably not locate
there until they have spent some
time in travelling.
Cal. Simmer has returned to Pull
man after an absence of several weeks
and will take a permanent position in
the cigar store and pool room form
erly conducted by Whitcher g. Gle
land.
The following bunch of Spokane
ties registered this week They are
nearly all athletes. Rex Gardner,
basket ball; Merle Monroe, track;
Ross McClurg, football; Frank An
derson, Ed. Keinhoiz, a brother of
the new coach; and Art White. Spo-
kane has a larger representation
among the new students than ever
before
Tuesday morning while taking
flash-light picture of the College
book store, Robert Burns exploded
the fash-light and set the drapery
and decorations of the show window
on fire. There was considerable ex-
element for a short time, but the
fire was extinguished with do dam
age, but the consequences might have
been serious.
The Yakima Fruit Brokerage Com
pany, of North Yakima, has opened
headquarters for the purchase and
packing of apples at Pullman. Mr..
A. F. Carpenter, a well-known fruit
man is in charge of the work The
firm has bought two carloads of ap-
plies here and expects to get a num-
Der more. The apples will be packed
In the corrugated iron building Just
north of The Herald office.
Steve Davis, formerly farmer
and stockman near Pullman, was in
town Wednesday. Mr.. Davis is now
located near Great Falls, Montana,
where he has taken a homestead and
is delighted with the country. He
went from here to ColfaX and left
there Thursday with a colony of
landseekers who hope to get home
steads in that part of the country.
Mr. Davis thinks there is a great flu
ture before that part of Montana.
Wheat hauling is at its height
this week. The receipts at Pullman
have reached 5000 sacks in a single
day. 1t is thought that by the end
of this week two-thirds of the grain
tributary to Pullman will have been
delivered at the warehouses here.
The roads are in excellent condition
for hauling since the recent show
ers.
Il. W. Frazier, of ColfaX, was in
town Monday, and visited his farm,
two and one-half miles southwest of
town. Mr.. Frazier has decided to
not take possession of his farm again
this fall, as he had contemplated, but
has rented it for another year.
Lovers of music and fun have a
treat in store for them when That
Nifty Song Show, The Sunny Side of
Broadway" with that funny Hebrew
Comedian, Max Bloom, plays here
Saturday, Septem Der %. The sup
port is strong, the costumes beauti-
full, and the novelties and the cleo
trical effects, including The Pazaza
Plant" number are unsurpassed by
any production of it's kind.
Professor H, j. Lechner, instruc-
tor in agriculture in the Pullman
high school, has a class of 16, of
whom four are girls, and these are
all taking deep interest in the work.
1t is Professor Lechner's intention to
have the pupils write a thesis on ag-
ricultural subjects and these will be
published in The Herald and the Pa
cific Farmers Union. At present the
class is studying the potato and the
boys and girls are showing much in
terest in the work A trip to the
college farm is planned for the near
future.