The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-04-20
STATE NOTES.

Lewiston will have a telephone ex-
change.
An Epworth League is being organ
lied at the Methodist church in Wal
lace.
The experiment station of Idaho has
quantity of artichokes which will be
distributed to the farmers for trial.
Lewiston Sporting Association have
raised about $1,000 for the races to come
of at that place commencing May 81.
Idaho World: \ petition is being
circulated asking the county commits
sioners to bond the Indebtedness of this
unity.
Edward Lalk, expert accountant, has
been selected to go through the books
ard apportiOn the indebtedness of
Blaine and Lincoln counties.
Montpelier Examiner: The telephone
line from this place to Paris is at last to
be rebuilt. The Bear Lake Telephone
Company will begin Immediately to re-
build the line, and they hope to have it
in operation within 30 days.
About score of Neg Perez county
fruit growers, representing some 1900
trees, petitiOned the commissioners not
to appoint deputy horticultural in.
| spector under the new law, thus avoid
ing what they deem unnecessary
/ expense.
! The Pocatello Tribune says the road
/ is lined with white canvased wagons
steering for the valley of the old Snake
opposite the city Of Blackfoot. Most all
Of the people are from different towns
in Utah, and will make that desolate-
looking country blossom like the rose.
The 4year-old son of Henry Lisch Of
Pocatello about three weeks ago fell and
broke his leg, and is now in a very sad
ly crippled condition. The child's bones
are as brittle rs glass. lie has had his
leg broken three times before, both
arms broken, his shoulder blade broken
and three ribs broken.
| J. NJ. johnson of Mountain Home HI s
purchased and shipped 225,OOO pounds
of wool during the past week; other
parties about $1,000. and there yet re,
mains on the platforms about 5000
pounds. This is about one third of the
amount Of wool that will be shipped
from Mountain Home this season.
Messrs. A. W. Crffield, Jasper Spen-
Ger, +. L. Williams, Bob Crocharon and
and Z. L. Ballard, the parties who sue
ceeded in capturing the Nampa stage
robbers last July, have signed and ar
ranged the final papers in Silver, pre-
paratory to securing the reward of 81.
oO which was offered for the capture OF
the robbers.
Captain Edie. who has just arrived at
Boise from several miles up the river,
says the bills are literally covered with
young crickets, Matched out much soon
er than common, in consequence of the
un l5ually dry spring. He never saw
such myriads of these pests. Every hill
and mountain side bare of snow was
black with them.
Edwin Lauer met with a painful ac-
cident Wednesday afternoon. He lad
been doing Il job Of plumbing and had
started home. just as he gathered up
his lines the team sprany forward.
throwing him backwards onto his tools
lying in the bottom of the wagon.
Among the things was castiron oiler
with a 31a inch spout sitting upright
This castiron spout ran into the larger
portion Of his thigh its full lenghth.
slancing off the thigh bone, says the
Payette Independent.
Nez Perce county commissioners have
decided to bond the floating indebted,
ness OF the county and hereafter run it
on a cash basis. The late legislature
passed law authorizing the board Of
commissioners to do this, and also max.
ing provision for the counties to be
Kept on cash basis. The necessary
SSN' '''Po wiz oc ldhen dt once ana
bids asked for Nez Perez county bonds
to the amount probably of $4,000. 1t
Is thought 20 year bonds bearing per
cent. interest will bring premium,
says the Lewiston Tribune.
Considerab lie activity is reported at
HALEY, owing to the rich strikes at the !
Camas gold fields. Camas No. 9, loca-
ted about IL miles from HALEY, has
been in operation for several years, but |
until recently has not been paying /
Later developments, however, indicate .
that the region may become among the
most important gold districts in the
state. The property is owned by Thos.
Tootle and N. A. Reed, capitalists of