The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-10-12
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS
happenings of Interest in the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS
"""sst u items Gathered From
All Pssts u Oregon. Wash
isEton aud Idaho.

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The books Of the city Of Walla
Walla are to be exported.
Neah Bay is the wettest place in the
country. the annual average rainfall
being 1928 inches.
The Parker single mill. at Law.
renee, Wash. which was burned
lew weeks ago, has been rebuilt.
Many tons Of chittim wood bark are
weekly shipped from Hslsey. Or. to
San Francisco 10 lie made into bitters.
Baker City. Or. will endeavor 10
nave the next session of the grand
lodge knights Of Pythias Of the state
held iii that city.
Spokane war well-behaved last
month, fewer arrests having been made
than ever before for one month in the
history Of the city
New Whatcom. Wash. papers claim
there are seventeen residents of that
place who will testify that they saw
seaserpen, iii Bellingham bay.
The city of Wha,com, Wash, has
btough, sui, against the Bellingham
Bay Improvement Company Ia collect
$3.50. 81. claimed a. be due on street
assessments
Before leaving the Sound. the Alba.
truss will make thorough exsmina.
ton 81 the waters Of Beliingham bay
"hd Ficinity, to ascertain whether or
not shrimp can be found in sufficient
quantities TO Ia profitable as food
product
la the condemnation suit brought in
the federal court III Tacoma by the
government, 10 secure title 10 a light
house site AT Peterson point, Che.
halls county, the jury assessed the
damages for the appropriation of the
land al $500.
The regular monthly report Of the
shcT1r 81 Vase county shows that he
has collected during the month Of Sep.
ternler taxes a. follows From the
rolls Of 1880. 1891 and 1899. $500. os;
from the roll of 1898. $500 %. and
from tina, Of 1894. g. .o33l7. OF total
u eS.S259 80
The indictment, against Judge Chiles.
Of Josephine county. Or. charges tina,
In April. 1895. he obtained g. piece
ot scrip trSm J. &. Root. at dis.
count The judge has not employed
AN attorney. and saturday he pleaded
mo, guilty" to the charge. evidently
relying On full stAtemen, of the mat.
ter Ia clunoraie him.
The famous log chute at La Grande
or. one snd one. half miles from top
Ia batom. has served it, usefulness
and the lumber in II will now he cut
into cartiwoad. More than 3. 400, 600
toct Of logs were sho, down the chute.
and II WAS a financial success The
timber immediately tributary to the
chute has all bc-'n cut away. 80 the
chute will 10 cut up
The Home. charitable ins,itu-
ton at Walla Wslla. where homeless
children are taken and cared for, has
suffered the loss II several little ones
within the Las, few days A post.
IN or,em held by several Of the physi.
clans pronounced the cases to have been
cerebral meningitis Great care Is be.
ing taken that the disease does not
spread throughout the city.
Dr. T.. q. Smith. who has just re.
turned from a trip to the Santiam min.
ing district. Oregon, SAYS that the ma
chlnory will soon arrive at the mines
and will include a dynamo Ia furnish
light and power to run the drills. A
vast amount Of free milling ore has al
ready bccn placed ready for work, and
more is constantly being added as tn,
development work is pushed forward,
{. r. Avcrill has the largest tie con
tract ever let on the Palousc river. In
the next thirty days he will have loo
men and teams at work cutting and
hauling logs and ties =. He intends {,
put in about 3, 900. 900 feet Of timber
?, 600. 900 for the Northern Pacific Rail
road Com pany. and 1000, 600 feet 81
saw logs for his mill at Elbcrton
Wash. He is engaging all the No.
tie. hewcrs he can get, but says their
are plenty Of them who are looking fo
work.
The Oregon Fruit Union has fittet
up the old Flocd warehouse in Tn
Dallcs. and has begun receiving. grad
ing and packing fruit The union ha
contracted with box factory for tn
manufacture of 10, 900 boxes for drie,
prunes. These boxes are made neatly
of uniform size, and will he labclc,
with registered trade mark as Oregon
prunes. packed by the Oregon Frui
Union. This is a worthy enterpris
aud will doubtless ultimately establish
the reputation Of Oregon prunes the
50 much deserve.
} The members Of hunting part
that have just returned to Ashland
Or, from the Curry county mountains
saw that deer sk,nners have been a
work in the mountains all summer an
make no pretense Of covering up thei
business. Ii is known that over 90
deer have been killed in that scctio
this summer solely for their hides. i
good trail leads from these mountains
, which abound in deer now. to the coas
at Checto, where. il is said, the skin
: ners find ready buyers for their hide
and enjoy profitable business undis
turbed. The members of the party sa
IL was not unusual to come across
dozen carcasses Of deer during a day
, left to rot upon the ground by thes
law violators.