The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-08-17
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS
Happenings of Interest in the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS
Budget Of Items Gathered From
All Pssts sf Oregon. Wssh-
tngtOn and idaho.

An Psrts u Oregon. wssh.
isstsa sna Idaho.
Tacoma has . ladies' cycling club.
with = membership Of twenty-five.
Seattle has raised in cash and pro.
visions more than 81. 900 for the relief
Of Sprague. Wash.
The total taxable property OF Spo.
kane county, Wash. less exemptions,
il valued Ut t2l. 732. 1858.
The Spokane Chronicle says that the
small white butterfly is damaging the
pine forests in that vicinity.
There is talk Of annexing Fidslgo
island 70 San Juan county. Wash. and
making AnacOrtes the county seat
Douglas. county. Wash. is sgitating
for permanent exhibit Of its re.
sources and products at Waterviile.
Ramor has it that the raft builders
will build another raft ut Stella,
Wash. and also one in Coos Bay. Or.
Prairie chicken shooting is said 70
be excellent in Eastern Oregon now.
and hunters come back laden with the
birds
Ex-Governor L. X. Church. OF
Washington. has been appointed re-
oeiver Of the Puget Sound National
bank Mt Everett
Frank Patton. Of Astoria. has made
proposition 70 the people Of Nehalem
10 rebuild the saw mill there, IL q
sufficient subsidy is raised.
+ Sheepherders report that the grass ON
the Camp - a:snu mountains. in Ore
gon. is very poor. s.i that some sheep.
men have been compelled " ..rive their
sheep out.
&. Is. johnson Was sentenced by
Judge Buck at Spokane TO six years in
the penitsntixry. johnson was arrest.
cd four days before his sentence and
pleaded guilty.
There are 100 children Of school age
On the Warm Springs. Or. reserva-
ton. but the school building will &c.
oommodase but sixty. A new build
ing is being erected.
The grasshoppers are reported to
have done damage TO crops in some in
stances In the upper portion Of the val
| ley above Ashland. Or. particularly
where the harvesting was delayed.
/ The Monte Cristo. Wash. school
| district has voted % issue &; 900 worth
Of twenty year school bonds. This
district is the largest in Snohomish
county.
! Most Of the women out camping at
the Toilga,e and salinx's camp, in
/ walla Walla county. Wash. have
adopted bloomcrs A. a costume for fish.
ing. hunting and camp duties
/ X. ID. Shut. teacher at the Chchs
lis Indian school. near Yste City.
Wash. was saved from drowning in
the Chchalis river last Saturday by
some of the Indians in the vicinity.
In a few days the cable from the
mainland to T,llamook rock light.
house will be laid. A force Of men
and one Of the lighthouse tenders are
busy with the work Of making con.
nccttons
Cnsnbstantiatcd charges. that will
probably be investigated. have been
made Of improper conduct on the part
Of those charged with the manage.
mcnt Of the House Of the Good Shcp.
herd in Seattle.
The farmers around Oaksdale,
Wash. are prcparin. to make an OF.
gantzcd fight against the Chinese
thistle. They claim the weed is brough,
by thrcshcrs from Walla Walla. and
Northern Oregon counties.
This season seems to be particularly
favorable Ia figs in Southern Oregon.
A tree in General J. NJ. McCalis LOT
in Ashland has fair crop Of ripe and
green fruit. the ripe ones being As per.
fcc,ely maturcd as II grown in Su
natra. says the Tidings
Mrs Ethel Pitts, in her suit for d.
vorce from Henry Pitts, brought in
Tacoma. alleges that while living al
Kalama. July 81, 1891. Pitts compelled
her to accompany him before a justios
Of the peace and marry him agains,
her will. he telling her the replies I,
the questions asked in the ceremony
. Pitts il a negro.
The Ollala postofiice was robbct
some time ago. and a reward Of &iOt
was offered for the capture of the rob
hers. The postmaster, W. r. Wells
arrested two men, Dean and Miller
who turned out to be the guilty parties
The government, however, refuses {,
pay the reward, claiming that the Law
does not apply to a postmaster VIII,
captures the robbers Of his own Office
The Gold Beach, Or. Gazette re
lates that Charley Bailey and Dav,
. Frame. while fishing two weeks ago
saw a very brilliant meteor. which
, reached the earth just west Of Doyle
house, on the north side Of the river
The aerolite showed very whit
light as IL descended, and when nea
the ground It exploded with a loud re
port. emitting blue fame. The par
ticles fell just west Of Doyle's house
+. and close to the county road.
A In the year 1861 a man by the nam
I Of John Chapman located a quartz
{ section Of land where the city @
! Union, Or, now stands, says the Re
4. publican. and in the following year h
employed Dave Thompson. now tn
Portland banker. but then a surveyo,
to lay IL out in town lots. II being a
Q that period in the history Of our cour
q try in which those questions which lie
Q up to the civil war were being warml
. discussed, Mr.. Chapman. in deferens
;. to his patriotism and loyalty to hi
country, named his now town Uuiox