The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-05-25
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re-
ports OF Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

| Cittss sf Oregon. wssIsistoa
| sna Idaho.
The last Spokane grand jury severely
condemned the present fee svystem.
The Sunday cases. cost Walla
Wsllacounty. Wash. ti.059. and the
expenses Of the Hoyt trial were $3.50.
The South Pslouss is dwindling. and
the pioneers say such an action Of the
stream is proof positive that the Pslouse
country needs rain.
The taxpayers of the La Grande, Or. :.
school district are talking over the pro.
position Of buying the Blue Mountain
university property for t2. 500.
The Fort Klamath Indians have is.
sued general invitation TO the Pitt
river Indians TO celebrate July Fourth
ON the klamath. Or. reservation.
II appears that the building of the
Blaine Lynden d Sooksack railroad
can be secured il the localities inter
ested put up = subsidy Of $4,000.
Twenty thousand fruit trees have
been planted in the vicinity Of Lake
ChelAn this spring and a great deal
Of ground is being prepared for next
seasons planting.
William fetros. the Yakima, Wash. :.
Aheepman. has driven II 900 sheep 10
the Columbia opposite Umstilla. and is
now shearinR. The wool will he sold
in Pendleion. Or.
The Saisop. Wash. skimming sta.
ton in operation only since the LIST Of
this month, Is receiving upwards Of
2. 600 pounds Of milk. and the quaint
ity il increasing daily.
John Stewart has men engaged in
Lane county buying up 500 COWS which
he 10 to deliver st Squaw creek, in
Crook county. Or. He will start the
drive acr,ss the mountains about June
let
Sheep shcaring is now in full blast
about Wailula. Wash Shearers com
plain Of the low price paid or shearing.
9 cents aud board themselves. when
cents with board was the former
price.
The city council OF Spokane has
passed an ordinance to bond the city for
e37s. zoo, 20 complet. the new water.
works The vot. was Is TO 2. !; is
not known whether Mayor Belt will
approve OF veto the ordinance.
An order Was made by Judge Buck
at Spokane "Wednesday. for Receives
Drumhcller. Of the Falls City Manu-.
featuring Company. TO pay the general
creditors Of the corporation 25 per cen,
Of all claims approved and allowed.
Upon the petition Of 53. citizens Of
Benton county. Or, the county court
in session there last week, ordered tina,
the sheriff he allowed only one deput,
st $50 per month. and the recorder q
deputy at go per month-Just one.hali
the former allowance
Benton county. Or. had to pay tn,
state tiia.sS interest ON the state take,
due frum this years roll. After Treas
urcr Clark thought he had the taxes al
paid, he received a note from the stat,
treasurer demanding an additional
tfia.2s. He RENTED the amount Sat
uriay morning. and now for the frs
time In three years Benton county owe
the state nothing.
The extensive operations that hav'
been carried on at the Black Jack mine
near Hornbrook. Or. on the klamath
river, have been closed down for III,
present. at least. and all but four Of tn,
thirty TO thirty five men who had beci
employed were discharged. This mine
which il a gravel deposit similar 10 tn,
Jillson mine adjoining, was original,
owned by Messrs Cooley Ryan an'
Burckhaltcr.
. The Fletcher mill, near Weston
, Umatilla county. Or. is now being rui
, at full capacity. and later one depart
ment. the manufacture Of fruit boxes
. will be running day and night Tn
/ mill will run all summer. At presen
! fourteen men are employed. but tn
force soon will comprise forty good
) lively hustlers, who will turn out 90
| 600 feet per day. Now 1000 feet ar
, being sawed. The seasons output !
expected to aggregate between 1900
900 and 1000, 900 feet. Mr., Flctche
requires about twenty yoke Of cattl
/. when everything is going full blast.
1t il estimated that the acreage O
: potatoes planted in Whitman county
WASH. this year, says the Harrington
Leader. will reach 9. 600 acres Count
: ing on 900 bushels per care. which il
most sections In considered small
= crop. there will be raised this year n
less than 400, 900 bushels. or 1890
tons Of potatoes OF these not NOR
than 1900 tons will he required 70
u home consumption, and perhaps les
than 1000 tons more for the market
in the immediate vicinity.
n No season ever opened more auspic
i iously in the Palouse country. Wash,
4 says the North Idaho Star. than thi,
4 To begin with, the little snow this
A fell in the winter disappeared earl,
x Farmers got early at work in thei
y fields The soil was in suberb cond
o ton. Flowing was early completed
}. and the ground which had been summer
fallowed worked up rs mellow as gal
den. The weather remained dry unit
Is the sowing was done, and then cam
h the welcome rains, and the great fo
V ward leap Of grass, and grain and frui
'e The prospect is for forward year, an
N the outlook IL for an abundant crop I
N everything the Pslouse soil produce
I, Tho grain fields indicate a large yiel
10 and the orchards promise prolific =