The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-08-03
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphie Re.
ports OF Late Events.
BRIEP SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

pOrtS OF L0te CVe0I8.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Happenings Of Interest In the Towns ssd
Cities Of Oregon. wsshisgtos
and Idaho.
The wool clip Of Curry county. Or.
this year was about so. 900 pounds.
A Wilbur. Wash, fruit raiser offers
to sell his peaches At his orchard for 81
bushel.
The teachers' institute for Okanogan
county. Wash. will be held 1t Concon.
ully ON August q. Q and Z.
Hop buyers are Offering TO make con.
tracts for the new crop in Marion coun.
ty. Or. At Z i.2 20 s cents.
Negotiations are said to be pending
for the sale Of tho Simmons group OF
mines ut Cornuoopis, Union county.
Or.
The original cost bill for the trial Of
Banker Edmiston showed the total COST
Of the trial TO be ts.2l6. but this was
cut down by County Attorney Orms-
bee 70 t2.555.
The normal school board ut What.
com. Wash. has decided to advertise
for plans for the building. the oompe.
tition 70 he open 70 architects in the
state. and 20 no others.
Myron loft. who was arrested in
Portland Monday and taken 70 The
Dalles 70 answer y charge Of larceny Of
grain. was held in 500 bonds 70 await
the action Of tho grand jury.
The foundation Is already laid for .
81. 600 public schoolhouse 70 be built
by the Burns independent school dis
trict- The money for completing the
building Is in the hands Of the treas
urer.
Over In Calamity. Or. in the Nal
heur country. they are raising swine on
the crop of crickets that infest the
country. and are making n SUCCESS Of
the venture. too. says the Grant Coun-
~ News
Salmon are reported to be working
their way up the straits in great mum.
ters. and the beach west is covered
with them. Apparently we are going
To have them as plentiful as they were
two years ago. says the Port Angeles
Tribune Times.
The receipts Of the Umatilis county.
Or. toll road On the North fork Of the
John Day were as follows: May,
$780, 40: June. tIl5. This makes u
total for the two months Of sass. as, or
tiS5. IS 10 the county after all expenses
Of the road are paid.
The remains Of AN unknown man
wcrc found in the woods near Sedro
Sunday. The body had lain - long
that Identification WAS impossible. IL
! is thought. however. that il may be
that Of a bartender who disappeared
from woolcy. Wash. two years ago.
The Dalles Times. Mountainecr is in =.
formed that very fatal disease pre-.
walls among horses in the neighborhood
Of Wapinitia, Or, and several valuable
animals have died. Il resembles moth
| ing that has becn known in that vicin.
! ity before. and the state veterinary
may hc called upon to make a dag.
nosts.
4 4. A. Rnuthe. OF Valley station. on
the Spokane 4 Northern road. says
that grouse are morc plentiful around
his place than they have been for years
and they are exceptionally large for
this time Of the year. Near his place
few days ago Ave fat young grouse.
nearly full.Hrown. were killed with
ruckA
Dealers in Dayton, Wash. report
good sales Of grain sacks last week.
IL is said that IL all the sacks already
sold in Dayton. come back filled with
wheat, IL will crowd the ware houses.
II shipping does not commence with
harvest This is good indication Of
an over.avcrage crop in Columbia
county, says the Courier.
Contracts for heading grain in Whit.
man county. Wash. are being made at
from u TO ell Is per acre. as compared
with tI,25 to u. so for the same crops
last season. and thrcshinH will be from
half cent to cent cheaper. Wages
for harvest hands will be correspond.
ingly reduced. As compared with
tI.25 to ti,'5 last year, some men are
being hired for 81 and ti.25.
The Maid Of Erin mine, owned by p.
Long. was sold in Baker City. Or.
Tuesday for tio. 900. and the greater
part Of that amount being spot cash.
The purchasers are Antoine Dragovich,
Ia c.. E~.srs.-s-~ - ~,
and H. g. Baker. Of Ogden, Utah. The
mine Is on the Union county side OF
Powder river on the Baker City Seven
Devils road, near the site Of the bridge
that was burned about a year ago.
The highest peak on the divide be
tween South Coos river and the Co
guile has been selected as a point for
a government signal, and has beer
called Cathcart Park. A topographica
survey Of that section IL being made BY
w. ID. Griswold. The highest peak
are being located. and will be used IL
the survey to be made later on by the
detail men. The Csthcart peak is Wis
ible from MarshAeld. Or. and il abou,
fifteen miles from that place.
Jade Switsler commenced last weel
delivering the big band Of horses h,
has sold to the Portland Horse. Mea
Canning Company, says the East. Ore
gonian. He has sold his entire band
and the number will run from 8, 600 4
5000. Last week 800 were swun
across the Columbia river for loading
on the train on this side. He will