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- The Great Soil Debate of 1897
A Washington agricultural expert challenges the common practice of summer-fallowing, warning that the method is depleting the state's soil nitrogen and threatening long-term fertility.
- A Grain Warehouse Collapses Under 60,000 Bushels of Wheat
At Guy, Washington, the Pacific Coast Elevator Co.'s store gave way under the weight of the harvest—wrecking the building but leaving the elevator standing.
- Fire Eats a Five-Story Dormitory at the Pullman College
A brick residence hall at the Washington Agricultural College burns to the shell, taking $3,000 of students' clothing and furniture with it — and the editor cannot resist a word about the building's own bad design.