The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-11-19
Cree Indians. EIterminate Game
in Montana.
ROBBED BY NAN HE BEFRIENDED.
Beautiful Black Fire Opals Discovered in
Eastern 0regon-San Pedro as
4 Harb0r-Etc.

oonoo Tor water WORKS In the NIL dis
tYicts.
The section about Coquille City, Or.
10 greatly excited over the smallpox
cases at Coquille.
The assessed valuation Of Portland 10.
1899 il rs, 466, 7S2, more than 81, 900
les than for 1891.
1t 10 reported the United States engi-
neers favor San Pedro ~ . harbor
against Santa Monica.
Tho Indian Commission has effected
the purchase Of 10000 acres of land
from the Siletz Indians in Oregon.
At Santa Barbara, CAL, burglars are
doing . very good business. There have
been many daring and successful rob
berries the past three months.
Attachments agsregating so, 1872 we're
tiled at Helena, Mont, against Russell
B. Haxrison's newspaper, the Helena
Journal, BY three Montana bankA
Turnkey Howard French Of the peni-'
Tertiary at Boise, Idaho, was severely
bitten BY . mailman, and there are some
approximations - to the effect Of the bite.
Steamboats, ascending the Yamhill
river is expected to Be . welcome sight
again during the winter. Distractions
in the river In Oregon are being rapidly
removed.
It il claimed that the Cree Indiana
have during the past summer com pletely
exterminated the game in Big Hole
River Valley In Montana, region which
formerly abounded with game of al
kinds.
R. c. Brown and George W. Brown,
newspaper men at Tucson, have been
fined and imprisoned for making An at
tack on the court and jury, which had
found indictments against them for
criminal libel.
The Bradstreet mercantile agency re-
ports fourteen failures in the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the past
week, - compared with nineteen for the
previous week and thirteen for the cor
responding week Of 1891.
The Northern Pacific's steamer Fam
best will probably have to take
back to China thirty Chinese who
were refused passports at Port Town
send because their certificates did not
have photographs attached a. required
by law. Most of them were bound for
Portland.
One OF the cases that will come up be-
States Supreme Court from OREGON win
Be that Of the Eastern Oregon Gold Min
ing Company, plaintiffs, represented BY
John Mullen and F. V. Drake, attorneys,
vs. G. s. Miller. This suit involves some
Of the best mining property in Eastern
Oregon, located in the famous Green
horn Mountains. Mr.. Miller has thus
far been victorious.
Recently the Oregon Board of Rail.
road Commissioners heard the case of
W. z. Loughmiller 4 Co. Of Silverton
vs.. the Southern Pacific Company for
overcharge and shortage, and found them
entitled TO q, rebate Of $3.50. The rail
road company was given notice of this,
but has a. yet failed to pay complainants
tie amount found to be due them.
Loughmiller & Co. now AJAX the commits
sion to bring suit against the railroad
company to recover the over charge.
The State Board Of Railroad Commits
sioners is now engaged in the compila-
ton OF tables showing the average as
sessed valuation Of all railroads in Ore
gon and other States, which will include
all personal and real property belonging
to said roads. The average assessed val
uation Of all railroads in Oregon for 1891
il SIG, 650.84 per mile, including swamp
lands, city and town lots and oil per
sonal and real property belonging to the
roads. There are l, 32s.S4 miles Of rail-
roads in Oregon, and the aggregate val.
uation 10 $21O, $40 1859.
G. K. Brinkley, . we'll known capital
list Of Los Angeles, who caused the ar
rest OF his quondam bosom friend, |
Claude Hill, has filed q second com plant
against Hill charging him with embez-
element OF 1900 which Brinkley had sent
him to pay for some furniture. Hill |
was picked up some months ago BY
who took pity on him, as he
was poverty-stricken, and has since cared
for him. The result was Hill spent all
Of Brinkley's money that he could get
hold Of, and is accused Of being the
means Of breaking up his home.
j. G. Hill, q wellknown mining man
of Weiser, accompanied by party of
several gentlemen, Colorado capitalists,
70 now engaged in prospecting the bars
IN Snake river, below Huntington, for {
inc gold placers. Mr.. Hill has already
ocated his party on 800 acres Of gold. ,
bearing lands, and it 10 the intention of
he company to employ in the working .
II their mines . new machine, particu. :
arly constructed for the saving of fine I;
old. Mr.. Hill says the new device will
handle and save the gold from ninety-
light cubic yards Of dirt and gravel per
,our. Q
1t ID possible that the seven mile ditch
p at Fort Klamath will not only irrieste 6
asst grain fields, but also grind the corn. !.
il now about six miles long, and will
AIRY 5000 inches OF water when COM
leted. As all the grading and scrapipg v
Tiil be completed this fall and eaYfy in o
be spring, nothing will be left by next L
lay but to clean it out. The fall of .
'ater 10 about ten feet TO the mile, and !
about . mile from the head OF the b
itch 10 q very convenient millsite, with
lenty Of fine timber close at hand. q
here 10 but little doubt that q Touring s
ill will rise up at that point in the v
ear future. "
In the case Of the State Of OREGON va. n
harles Mills, who was indicted by the a
rand jury. Of Lane county, Or, for %. 81
lult with intent to kill, for piling rail. el
nd iron and ties on the track near
igene few weeks since, the Jury re- OF
t.ed = verdict Of not guilty. The en-. N
re jury was satisfied that the man OF
ills placed the obstruction on the track. r
At Judge Fullerton instructed them "
lst, ~ tho man, after doing the crime. 9,
Nd repented and informed the railroad 2
hcixls Of his act, the law would 70
1t permit Of his conviction. A special pl
atute 10 cover attempts at train. wreck m
Z seems TO Be ne dsd in Oregon. 70