Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-16
Robbed Three Saloons


Robbed Three Saloons
Three masked bandits help up and
robbed three saloons in less than an
hour Thursday night in Centerville,
a suburb of Butte. Mont. They OBJ
tanned about $27 in cash and several
watches and other articles from the
customers of the places.
Rig Price For Five Toes
In the case of Frank II. knuck-
ley against the Butte Electric Rail-
road company the jury at Butte,
Mont, Thursday granted the plain
tiff judgment for $25 200 for the loss
of five toes through the carelessness
of the company's employees
Grays Harbor lumbermen have in
augurated a campaign for the Sc
curing of an additional approp"ia-
ton of SG00,dO0 from the govern
ent for the improvement of the
lower waterway.
Secretary Eallinger is on his way
to the west, where he will examine
the irrigati' work of the govern
ment and will secure data for the
apportionment of funds of the var
ious irrigation projects.
Surveys at the mouth of the Col
umbia have found 26 1-2 feet of
water in the channel at dead low
water at the annual soundings. This
is considerably more water than was
reported a year ago
Weiser, Idaho, men are planning a
great irrigation scheme to reclaim
200 acres of land. A company has
been organized and plans entailing
the expenditure of some $1,00O,O00
have been made. The plan will be
a reservoir and bitches.
At a meeting OF the directors of
the Idaho National Combine Har-
vester Co., last week, it was decided
to establish the factories of the COM
pany at Moscow. Four large stone,
cement and brick buildings will be
erected at cost of about $4,000.
COWlitZ county, WASHINGTON, is
preparing to advertise vigorously at
the A.-Y.-P. exposition. Representa-
tives from the commercial organiza-
tons at Woodland, Kelso, Kalama
and Castle Rock will go to the fair to
assist at the exhibits and dispense IN
formation.
Dayton, Wash, reports crop con
ditions of all kinds excellent. The
grain harvest is but a week away.
Farm help is expected to be suff1-
cient.
Last week &c was paid for new
crop hops. A prominent grower and
dealer has agreed to deliver 10000
pounds at this price. Foreign crop
news is discouraging to buyers.
A farmer of Wallowa, Ore, esti-
mates that an acre of strawberries
yielded $4,000. He had $4,000
plants and he. secured two quarts
from each plant.
Vancouver, B. c., dispatches re-
port the prices fixed by British Col
umbia packers this year on the Fra
ger river at IL lie per fish during
July, and 10c in August. No sock
eyes have appeared yet.
The cheese yield of Tillamook
county has increased greatly this
year. Carl Haberlach handled $3.50
600 worth of cheese last year. This
year it will run to $4,000, and the
total output of the county will run
over half a million dollars.
l.. Solomon, who has been engaged
in clam canning operations on Will
lapa harbor for the past twenty
years will shortly commence the con-
struction of a building 30x1O0 feet
at North Cove, in which will be oper-
ated a thoroughly equipped clam
cannery.
The big salmon cannery at Chuck
anut has been reconstructed and is
now ready for operation. having a
capacity of 1000 cases a day, in
stead of 1900 cases before the fire
which wiped it out in April. D.
Campbell. owner of the cannery,
states that he expects to make
large pack the present season.