The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-08-24
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS

Happenings of Interest In the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE RvDNTS
Bsdgst u ltsms GsthsrsA Yrss
Aii Pssss 81 Osssss. wash.
isss~s s.a idaho.
II 10 said that 10000 trout are an.
nually caught from Trout Lake In
klickitat county. Wash.
A good many Whatcom, Wash. :,
ladies have been made quite i'll BY the
heat aud smoke from the nearby forest
irea
The Whstoom county. Wash. bank
has paid dividend Of 8 Per cent. az.
gregating $1,000. The bank failed
early in the year. Another dividend
will soon follow.
A controversy 10 raging In the valley
papers n 70 the champion hicc0ugheT.
George W. Harris. Of Albany. Or. sp.
pears to be entitled to the belt. with .
record Of nine days and nights.
The Gold Beach. Or. Gssetts 10 b.
ing moved across the river 10 Weddsr.
burn. Mr.. Hume's new town. The
building ID put on wheels and rolled
onto = scow. then towed scrosA
Tho next session Of tbs Wallows
county. Or. circuit court begins Sep.
teinber 10. The docket IL unusually
long. and includes several criminal
casas- -Four prisoner are in Jail. aud
others out On bonds.
Tho q. A. X. Of Port Townsend,
Wash. proposes 20 have an eocamp.
ment ut tho grounds Of ths abandoned
military station in September. and q.
A. K pnsts throughout the state arc to
b invited 70 participate.
The proposed SOLDIER and sailors
encampmcnt. 70 be held at Old Port
Townsend. Wash. the week Of Sep.
t-mber 3. seems 70 be go. Several
organizations Of Western Washington
have proimsed % attend.
State Senator d. L. Leach, Of the
Yakima and kittitAs district, who ID
-msnager Of the famous Mckee farm, on
which $50 acres are planted in hops,
says the hop crop in Yakima valley.
Wash. premises better than last year,
but growers are discouraged At the
prospective low prices
China Jim." the venerable dad.
dy" Of the Chinese colony at Gold
Beach. Or. left ON the schooner Ber.
wick Tuesday. bound for China. He
10 over 20 Year, Of age. and has been
away from China just forty -four years
With tears streaming down his cheeks.
he said he was going back TO die in his
native land.
The machinery for the new salmon
cannery for the Silets has been pur.
chased in Astoria. and the materials
for the buildings. along with the ma.
chinery. will be loaded ON the steam
schooner and taken to the Silea in q
few dsyA The canncry will furnish
employme 90 many Of the Indians
who would not work At any other EN-.
| plcymenL
Oscar Tom. Of Alsca, Or, the king
becraiser 81 Benton county. has thirty.
thrce stands of bees. and the honey
Produced Is as fine a. 10 made Mr..
Tom il also . grower Of goats. and has
q hand 81 geo Of them. His band this
season averaged i-a pounds. and the
wool shipped Melted him 50 cents per
pound. or ti.s5 per head. He fceds
his goats but little. and besides clear.
ing up his land they improve the pas.
surc and range.
Tho Pacific Coast Elevator Com.
pany IL making extensive improve.
mcnts upon its buildings throughout
Whitman county. Wash, They are
also building some new structures.
They recently completed . l50x40.foot
addition to the Guy elevator, from
which little town there ID q large
amount Of grain shipped. The Pull.
man cle-ator has been renovated and
put into shape for handling q large
amount Of grain this season. At Glenn.
wood there il being constructed a 1909
40.foot addition. In fact every eleva
tor in the county has been put in read
incss to handle big amount Of grain,
and an enormous crop IL expected.
To go South = as missionary vessel
il the object Of a small craft which
lies at Seattle wharf. The boat 10 r
receive general repairs, and carry q
crew Of Christian workers. who will
act upon the plan Of the old steame,
Evangel. which cruised the Sound, he,
owners holding meetings and spread
ing the gospel among the loggers and
millmen Of early days, Charles Fri
au Is in charge Of the present cxpedi
ton. and with his wife. will 20 down
ON the Mexican coast and carry sup
plies for the missionries. besides him
self doing whatever 10 In his power :,
teach Christian principles among tn,
people Of the Pacific islanda The yea
eel has no name, snd the owner has n,
special creed Of Christianity.
Judge Eakin. Of Union. Or, Of tn,
circuit court, has issued an order tenn
porarily enjoining the Oradcll Cana
Company. the Peoples Irrigation Com
pAny, City OF La Grand and q numbc,
Of private citisens from using the wa
ters Of Grand Ronde river In the west