The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-12-03
OCCIDENTAL MELANCE
An Excellent Article Of Tobacco
Raised in Oregon.
NEGROES ENGRAVING TO IDAHO
Preliminary Surveys for Storage Reser.
roirs and Irrigating Canals on
Indian Greek. Idaho.

United States troops have been sent I,
the Navajo reservation to arrest Blaci
Horse.
The fourth big log raft has LETT For
Bragg for San Francisco. 1t contains
,600, 900 feet OF lumber.
The Governor OF Arizona has offered &
reward OF 5000 for the death OF Kid
the notorious Apache, and 800 for each
OF his companions.
A fire at Flagstaff, A. T., consumed all
the buildings in the Central block and
Railroad avenue except sig. which were
brick and withstood the flames. The
fire originated in Knights saloon.
The court-martisl of Captain Lam bton
and Staff Commander Bowden OF II. NJ.
S. Warspite. just closed at Victoria, b.
G., resulted in their being reprimanded
for not paying sufficient attention to Of
fetal notes on navigation.
The Pacific Cable Railway Company
OF San Francisco got verdict at Butte,
Mont, in the United States Circuit
Court, against the Butte City Cable
Company for infringement of a Patent
canle-car brake owned BY the Plaintiff
hC SURVEYS IOf Tie large
storage reservoirs and irrigation canals
to be constructed on Indian creek, about
twenty miles from Boise, are now being
made. The three reservoirs to be built
will cover l, 200 acres OF land each. and
about forty miles OF canal will be dug.
A man about 40 years OF age COM
mitted suicide at Los Angeles. He was
well dressed and his face was pitted with
smallpox. He tried to etfaee all traces
that could lead to his identity and left a
statement OF sensational nature. the
truth OF which lie generally discredited.
The Pataha Fdrmer states that the
opal onyx mines near that city have
been opened for a quarter Of mile, and
several slabs valued at $500 each have
been taken out. As soon as a dressing
mill is erected the stone will I'm lou b,ed-
ly come into general use in fine build
ings.
Colonel A. E. Isham OF Sitka, aid on
Governor knapp's staff, who as listed
Ivan Petroff to take the census OF Alaska.
believes that Petrof is thoroughly hon
est, but that subordinate officers per
mitted the errors through carelessness.
He believes that Petrotf's mind is uu-
balanced.
Black john" the mysterious stran-
ger who committed suicide at Los An
geles, is now said to be 40. Homo. " the
tramp who was in Jail at Tom bstone, A.
T., two years ago, and who refused TO
wear any clothing. His conduct creates
much talk at the time. No one ever
knew who o. Homo was.
The Navajos, who are reported 10 have
placed Northeastern Arizona in alarm.
have had peaceful record for many
years, and are quite thrifty, owning
nearly 200, 900 sheep, and the wool clip
is worth 500, 0C0 a year. The trouble
originated in an attempt to force In liam
children to attend school.
The San Diego onion has sensational
story telling how Cinnamon were round.
ed up in Lower California, taken across
the line and delivered to United States
officers charged with being interested in
a scheme to defraud the government.
The Chinese were even robbed of the
money found on their persons. Mexican
ofhcials are said to have been in the con-
spiracy.
In Caldwell, Idaho, some families have
been experimenting with some negro
servants, and the successful results have
far exceeded their expectations. The
negroes went to Idaho from one of the
Southern States. In response to a de-
mand for their services, large number
OF negroes, both men and women. will
go to Idaho from the South in the course
OF few weeks.
William Smith on farm near Nish-
awake, Or, has produced an excellent
article OF tobacco. the leaves and flavor,
when properly cured, being in every way
equal to that grown in the Southern
states. He supplies the home market
in the Sehalem Valley, both for chewing
and smoking, at a reasonable cost, and
says that the soil OF Nehalem has all the
elements necessary for the production Of
the plant.
Mayor Hazard of Los Angeles proposes
to veto the contract with the smelling
and refining works TO build smelter in
side the city's limits. Los Angeles is 4
city OF homes, a"d he does not intend to
permit without protest the destruction |
to animal and vegetable life such az |
would follow from the fumes and smoke |
OF the smeiter, beside the poisoning of
the water OF the river, which ia used in
some cases for domestic purposes.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
first section OF Professor loves noun
tain railway at Pasadena. There will be
a continuous cable in the mountain, and
the gravity plan will be used, the de-
scending car raising the ascending one
The balance will be further maintained
by water tanks, from which water will
be slowly discharged on the downward
trip. Electricity will be the motive {
power from the Terminal road To the ,
loot OF the inclined plane. I
The Shoshone Falls of the Snake river
of Idaho, which have body Of water
700 feet wide with fall OF 2l0 feet. are :
% be used for developing electric power
or irrigating purposes. A large number
II water wheels will be put in. and t
stations operated by electric I
motors oil large capacity will I've estab- d
!shed at suitable points. By this means
he water will be elevated TO canals.
trough which it will be distributed to h
snds in the adjacent valleys.
An old trapper, who resides in the !
'lue Mountains and knows every foot of !
ne coun ry between the Union Pacific c
abroad and Snake river, tells the Milton /
'agie that there lie desperate band of e
robbers and murde -ers n
'sking their rendezvous between the d
inks OF the Umstilla and Walla Walla
vers. There are secluded mountain A
treats in that section, where stock can n
} successfully hidden until all search v
/ the part OF the owners lie over. Then e
le stock lie run off and sold. Men who /,
ave mysteriously disappeared are be- /
sved to have discovered the secrets OF d
lis outlaw band, and their bones now h
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