The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-01-19
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Istsrsss - RseiAs Csass People.
The annual cut Of wood It Meacham,
Or, IL 5000 cords.
The Dalles, Or, boasts Of unsurpassed
coasting On the hills.
Mis- Emma Driscoll has been elected
City Librarian 1t Spokane.
Eugene, Or, IL collecting Q carload Of
provisions for the Nebrasks sufferers.
The Tacoma Poultry Associations first
annual show will Be held from January
Is to 10.
Proposed amendments to the Spokane
city charter would reduce the salary list
by $16, 600.
The Astorian predicts great activity in
road construction BY the Clatsop county
farmers next spring.
The A. p. A. will establish State head.
quarters 1t Olympia during the session
of the Legislature.
According to Librarian Gilbert's re-
port the Warrington State library has
over 20, 900 volumes.
Suit has been brought at Seattle BY
Dexter. Horton 4 Co. for Sci, LAB IS
against William 4. and Anna B. Har-
rington.
The first Southern Oregon State Board
of Agriculture will hold its annual meet
ing and election Of officers 1t Ashland
on the 14th instant.
Afemale deer, driven cute the mount
aims by the storm, was seen quietly
browsing in Max Pracht's orchard In
Ashland few days ago.
Umatilla county, Or, figures out Q
profit during the first elk months Of the
ealary system, as compared with the fee
system formerly in vogue.
The Tacoma Rod and Gun Club has
ordered four dozen Monaghan pheasants
to be distributed in Pierce county. It
has also drafted . new game law.
The Tacoma Land Company has COM
menced suit to set aside an assessment
Of $26, 404.97 for street improvements
upon technicalitiee in the Council pro-
ceedings.
A fairly we'll authenticated report
comes from the Nasel country to the eff
feet that Weyerhaueer syndicate has
that section Of Washington.
]. ]. Kaufman has been elected Chief
OF the Walla Walla fire department.
The retiring Chief, Y. c. Blalock. was
presented with . gold match safe by the
members of the department.
A petition to the Oregon Legislature is
being prepared At Eugene, asking for
legislation preventing Indians from
hunting deer of the reservations, as they
are rapidly exterminating the game.
A hunting party in the Olympic
Mountains report having seen 500 elk,
in . single day without attempting to
shoot any Of them, because their pack
animals were already laden with game.
Piling for an extension of the Harris
mill wharf at South Bend, Wash, lie be-
ing cut. The wharf will be extended
twenty feet farther into the Willapa river
and made 600 feet in length. There will
then be depth Of thirty feet alongside.
Dell Lashier, representing the A. p.
Hotaling Company of Portland, Was
taken from the State Hotel in Walla
Walla to the Jail recently, having . vio-
lent hallucination that persons were en-
deavoring to kill him. 1t was the result
Of . protracted spree.
The Grand Ronde donation to the Ne
braska sufferers 10 ready to be shipped.
1t consists of four cars from La Grande,
one from Island City and one from Ell
gin. The value Of the subscription can
hardly be estimated in dollars and cents,
a. il consists except the -four donation
OF .,roduce that has no stated price in
the market, but probably worth 81 SOC
At fair valuation.
The annual meeting Of the Roeeburg
Building and Loan Association was held
the other night. Secretary Sykes re-
port shows that the association has been
running six years and the gain to the
stockholders has been $l0,S56. The
value Of each share ie $l03.75. 1t is ex.
pected that they will mature in two and
. half years. Miss Carrie Sykes was re-
elected Secretary.
A meeting of the taxpayers Of the
Roseburg orr school district is called
for the 2lst instant 70 consider the Ques-
ton Of building . new echoolhouse to be
located in the southern part of the city.
| The present schoolhouee will accommo-
| date 500 pupils, but it's capacity has
proved inadequate. The proposition 10
meeting with general favor, and q two
mill tax will doubtless be voted for that
| purpose.
The trial Of Adolph Selheim, who was
CHARGED with the murder of William
Smith ut Spokane, was concluded by the
| jury bringing in . verdict of acquittal.
The verdict was surprise to every body.
The Taxpayer League is to take up and
discuss the question. Selheim shook
hands with the jury after the verdict,
and Immediately invited them out to be
dined and wined. Selheim shot and
killed William Smith In . saloon No
vember II while Smith WAS unarmed.
He is wealthy rancher and old pioneer.
The biennial report of the Superin-
tepdent Of the Eastern Washington Asy-
lum for the insane, situated At Medical
IAse. has been issued. Superintendent
Sempie reports 207 patients. The death
rate during the past three years has been
comparatively low, - the climatic intiu-
ences are good. Il IL . noticeable fact
that the proportion Of melancholics 10
less and the number Of maniacs greater
| in this hospital than in several other in
| situations where comparisons have been
made. This state Of affairs Is believed
| to be due to the clear, dry atmosphere.
| No case Of epidemic disease has occurred
| in the hospital for the year; no suicide
stitution, and but one dangerous attack.
Many improvements and additions have
been made. About twenty acres Of new
land have been cultivated; 1000 addi-
tional strawberry and 1000 raspberry
plants have been planted. Mr.. Semple
earnestly advocates the examination oil
persons suspected Of insanity by conn.
tent physicians instead Of the Superio
Judge, the examination to b conducted
viii privssy.