The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-09-17
Indians Suspend HopPicking to
Engage in Gambling.
THE SIUSLAW SALMON RUN LIGHT
Wardner Union Miners ReleaSed-An
Attempt to Betray the Salt Lake
Chamber Of Commerce.


one mile east OF Klamath Falls, Or.
p. S. Smith, q merchant. OF Iavina,
Mont has been arrested, identified as q
stage robber.
Rattlesnakes are unpleasantly numer-
Gus In Linn county, Or, in the foothills
OF the Cascades.
The government commissioners are
examining the different sites Tor deep
water harbor on the Los Angeles coast.
Twenty-nine candidates for the Off ee
OF Fish Commissioner, to be filled by
the next Oregon Legislature, are already
reported.
Heavy night fogs in Southern Cali
fornia have retarded fruit drying along
the coast. The weather has been warm
and clear in the interior.
The Lane county, Or, Hop Growers
Association have agreed to pay for pick
ing this year 40 cents for 7-bushel boxes
and so cents for g. bushel boxes.
One hundred and thirty-five miners
under arrest at Wardner, Idaho, have
been released, but the indictments
against them have not been dismissed.
In q canvass of Washing ton on the
question OF selecting a State hJwer, the
rhododendon was largely the fsvorite. re-
ceiving 1904 votes out of q total Ct
14,4i9.
1t is estimated that the apple crop OF
the Pajaro Valley will reach 25O,OuO
boxes this year. 1t will take about 4oJ
cars to take that amount OF fruit to
market.
At Flagstaff, A. T., Jailer Henry Banta
was seized by the prisoners in the county
Jail, bound and gagged, and all but two
OF the men escaped. The six now free,
1t Is thought, will soon be recaptured.
Fishing on the Siuslaw is now in
progress. Two canneries, those of Myer
Kyle and G. Tmmons, are running.
The salmon run, as yet, 10 light. The
cum OF % cents each is paid for large
salmon.
There will be $4,000 spent on the
Poso irrigation system; $60, 900 on the
East-slde Canal 500, 600 on the Seventy
eight Canal, and about $50, 900 on lateral
canals in Kern county within the next
six months.
As the result OF one week. picking in
the Holmes hop field near Salem sixteen
acres yielded q, 600 boxes of nine bush.
els each. This will give 2,lOO pounds OF
dried hops. The sum of 500 was re-
quired to pay the pickers.
Ed. Tewksbury, who is charged at
Phoenix, A. T., with the killing OF Tom
Graham in Tonic Basin, has been held
Tor trial without bail. This has tended
fomewhat to quiet the feeling against
Tewksbury, whichis very strong.
Several hold ups" have taken place
at Fresno since the McWhirter assassina.
ton. in one OF which Harry Doble.
prother OF budd Doble, was relieved OF
watch and chain, diamond studs and
several hundred dollars in money,
The widow Of Lawyer McWhirter at
Fresno has offered an additional reward
OF Slo,OO for the arrest and conviction
OF the murderers OF her husband. and
her family have added IS, 900 to this
amount, making a total OF $Z5, 900 in re-
wards.
An attempt to be.ray the Salt Lake
Chamber Of Commerce was discovered
In time to prevent any serious damage
70 the interests OF the merchants. S.
w. Sears, Jr., IS accused of negotiating
for the sale Of damaging evidence OF
overcharges against railroads in posses
sion oil the Cham Der.
Two Zuni Indians caught a Mexican
bov. named Thomas Memetera, who was
herding his fathers sheep in the western
part o. Valencia county, n. NJ, and
killed him. The boy angered the In |
dams, and they threw the lad to the |
Rround, cruelty mutilating him, and |
then hanged him to the limb f a tree.
Oregon big red apples are being appre-
ciated even at home this year. saws the
Oregonian. They are usually left on the
trees unpicked, and in the early fail the
orchards are covered with de aging fruit
but not 30 this year. Apples are
scarce and are retailing in many places
at 81 per bushel. They are usually
worth about IN cents at this season OF
the year.
Work on the Snake river improvement
has a ready begun. The principal work
of the gJvernment boat will be in clear
ny the channel OF rocks dangerous to
navigation in low water. The work In .
De done will be a continuation OF the
work done las; season with the same
boat. The work on the river between
lewiston and Riparia has already begun.
md better and more extensive improve,
nents will be made there.
The main ditch at the Myrtle c,eek
mines has been extended q mile and a ;
quarter to tap more small streams
ashing is not now in progress. bnt
everything is being put in readiness to :
Begin operations es soon as the fall rains
begin. Scarcity Of water has alwavs
been drawb back to mining Operations I
n southern Oregon, but the Myrtle y
Creek Company is doing a large amount Il
D. ditching to provide water TO run the +
giants the year round, if possible. o
The project OF lowering the water in
he upper Klamath Lake, Or, thereby
&c Calming a vast area OF agricu ,tpral
and, seems to have at last taken definite
'hape, and the lawyers OF Klamath Falls C
ire awaiting developments in the courts l.
BY those calming water privileges. as S
'oon as the work begins, At a cost al V
everal thousand dollars for work tn no Il
lone, and perhaps $l0, 600 in attorneys, f
ees for litigation resulting, it is thought ii
i least 70, 600 acres OF rich land can he o
eclaimed. v
Hop picking near Ukiah WAS ans
'ended Sunday, and the Indians. 10 the p
lumber OF quite SO, congregated in n
jkiah. Having plenty of money. thev n
allied near the Court House, and coon r.
banking game was running, owned bv q,
,ur Indians. On complaint of the a,
luaws the game was stopped and the A
'ur Indians arrested. Jim Ball, an In. A
Ian. explained that 1t was almost an 4,
rem thing bstween the dealer and bet- "
u, and on this showing the Justice In
Oh the case under adyiaement a.