The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-08-10
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphie Re.
ports OF Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
HsppsRtags u Intsrsst In the Tsvas ssd
Cities u Oregon. Washington
nnd Idaho.

Happenings u Istsrsst In ths Tsvas ssd
Cities VI Oresss. wsshingtes
A committee Of fifty has been organ
lied In Port Townsend, Wash, TO pro
mote the welfare Of that city.
Lawrence Gronlund, the socialist
is ON visit 70 Seattle. to try to make
converts TO his way Of thinking.
A party Of copper-miners has beer
inspecting copper mine on Bear creel
IN WallOwa county, that IL said to b
quite rich.
George Edgar. who administered Il
Ada Myers, III Baker county. has beeu
held In $500 bonds TO answer to the
next grand jury. On charge Of man.
slaughter.
The Port Townsend. Wash. Herald
has suspended publication. 1t is un.
derstood that the plant will be moved
10 North Yakima. where \ daily will
10 established.
The total valuation Of all property
in King county. Wash. Is placed q,
sac. $40. 6ss by the last assessment.
This Is u. 64s.250 less than the assess.
'nent Of last year.
The A. p. As Of Pierce county.
Wash. have decided 70 have = paper.
70 be called the American Citizen.
The first number will appear sbou,
August 10. and the paper will be pub.
iished weekly.
IL Is claimed that the orchard Of z.
H. Hanford. adjoining the townsise OF
Oaksdsie. Wash. and. containing ego
acres. is the largest in Whitman
county. ifcnot in the state, owned by
one man and in unc single tract.
Hopgrowers from near Salem arr
said to be out after pickcrs at 20 cent.
box. agreeing TO come and get them,
when a wagon load Of pickers can b<
gathered together. and 70 return them
back home after picking Is over.
The first tunnel at the Santiam, Or.
mines has been run in forty feet. and
free gold ORE has becn struck Consid.
cradle activity is apparent in the San.
tam region. and the hills arr being
thoroughly prospecsed for new claims
The Baker City national hank is now
ready to pay Its second dividend TO de.
positorA Twenty per cent or sbou,
$4,000. will be PAID out Receiver
Beard hopes To he able 10 pay 100 cents
ON the dollar 10 depositors by the time
the Affairs Of the bank are closed.
There seems 10 be little evidences
against W. ID. Alfred. who WAS arrest.
ed and brought to klamath Falls, Or.
charged with the Agcr. klamath Fall,
stage robbrrics So far. the driver
opinion that he recognized Alfred,
voice il all the evidence amounts to.
Judge Parker. Of the superior cour,
of Pierce county. Wash. has decided
that in the collection Of delinruen,
taxes the Treasurer must not retain the
full amount Of the penalty and intcres,
in the general and salary funds, but
must divide Il proportionally among
the funds specified by law.
II IL feared that the watermelon croy
Of Yakima. Wash. will be a small one
this year. says the Republic. In the
Mckee valley. from where 70 many big
loads of luscious melons came last sea.
son. thcrc vii be hardly enough to sup.
ply the producers. The cold, back
ward spring Ia said to he the cause
and even replanting failed.
| Stewart johnson. the Lake Chelan,
Wash, stcamboatman. says that from
about the first Of September on till
snowfall hunting will be the best. The
big game will then be gathered In
droves and herds ON the middle tide
lands: bear will be fattened on the
late berry patches and grouse will b
plump and plentiful as blackbirds in q
tuls berry swamp
Benjamin +. Manning. county treas
urcr Of Whitman county. WASH. say,
he does not think the county will re
sumo the issuance Of warrants THU
year. October II, 1894, the commits
sioners found that the legal limit o.
indebtedness Of the county had beer
Exceeded by about $50, 900. since which
time no warrants have been issued ex
ocpt on the salary and emergency fund
The trial Of John Mcdowell for kill
ing his son.in.law, John McCalbe
February 30, 1895, at the Summit
Or, was completed at Toledo the othel
day. The jury returned a verdict o.
guilty Of granddaughter. and JudR,
Fullerton sentenced Mcdowell to tw,
years in the pcnitcntisry. Mcdowell
IL 90 years Of age, and the reports o.
the murder when IL happened were de
cidcdly against him.
According 70 the Salem Journal
prices for wheat vary considerable,
among the six Touring mills Of Marion
county, Or. During six months tn,
highest price paid by the Salem mill
was ~ cents, lowest 81; while tn,
lowest price paid by the Aumsvill,
mill was 40 cents and the highest 90
The average prices were as follows
Salem. 40 cents; jefferson, 45 cents
Aurora, 80 cents; Sidney. - cents
Gcrvsis, a. S.l; Aumsville, IS.
The state grain commission will 60
tablish the following grades: On
club. blue stem and other varieties o
wheat there will be four grades-first
second, third and rejected. On bar
ely there will be brewing barley, No
feed, No. . feed and rejected. Tn
rejected does not mean that 1t will b
excluded from the market, 40 IL ma,
mean wet wheat or very light shrunk
en- wheat. and the dealer will b guild
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