The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-09-07
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS
Happenings of Interest in the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS

BRIEF REPORTS OF LATE EVENTS
4 Budget Of Itsms Gathered From
AL Parts sf Oregon. wash.
isstes snd Idaho.
Already the farmers around Colfax.
Wash. have begun hauling their grain
il from the fields.
The average price for twelve cay uses
sold At the North Yakima. Wash.
pound the other day WAS ti.75.
Assessor jackson has assessed the
Southern Pacific roadbed at 10000
per mile in Jackson county, wherest
the railroad officials are considerably
exercised.
The officers Of the Salvation army in
Washington aud Oregon. forty or fifty
IN number. will celebrate the harvest
home festival in Tacoma September 20,
81 aud %.
The war in Oskslaie. Wash. over
COWS running ut large in the city.
seems At AN end. as the court has il.
sued = mandamus TO the mayor 70 sign
the ordinance.
The point has been raised that Wash.
ington is not iegally represented in
congress because the legislature has
failed 70 divide the state into congress.
sional districts.
A petition has been sent 70 Gov.
ernor McGraw from Spokane for the
pardon Of William Matthews, who 10
IN the penitentiary for ssssulting Dep
uty Sheriff Pugh.
The appeal bond In the case OF the
state va Cummings has been fixed ut
IS. 600. Cummings is the man who
NOT long ago was found guilty Of kill.
ing his hired man.
Friday. November !. Is the day set
by Judge Hume. Of Seattle. for the exc.
cution u Henry Craemer. convicted Of
numbering MrS- Philippine Mueller and
her baby boy Fritz
Noun, Baker. Wash, was visible
Sunday evening for the first time in
eight weeks, the smoke nj the forest
hrcs having died away. The new
peak. whether the the work Of ava.
lsnche or volcanic eruption. is still
there. 80 that IL Is certainly no, com.
posed Of soft snow. says the Reyeiile.
The sawmills up the north Santiam
are all busily employed at present get.
ting ont lumber and ti,nbers for the u.
G. Il T.. railroad. The Santism Lum.
herring Company. at Mill City. will
pu, in n night shift and run day and
night. getting out bridge timbers The
force Of bridge carpenters is to be
largely increased.
Reports from Haytsack. Or, are 60
the effect tina, Siegrist. the victim Of
the recent stabbinR anray. is getting
along all right. aud has no intention
81 dying at present Young Swift.
who did the stabbin., was among the
prisuners who recently attempted 81
escape frum the Canyon City Jail.
However. he was rccsptured.
The superintendent report shows
that there were in Thurston county,
Wash. during the school year $40
school children between 8 and 81 years
II aye. $50 males aud .,oI females.
There wep 2.a;s enrolled in the pub.
lie schools. and ass in private schools.
leaving 6as o! school age who had no
schooling. The average daily attend.
sncc in public schools was .ssl.
Some o! the old residents Of Marsh.
ficld. Or. claim that grading for the
new school building will disclose the
graves Of a few whites and Indians,
who were buried there about thirty
years ago. The site at one time was
used as a cemetery. but most, II no,
all, u the bodies were removed e.
Whist is now known as the old grave.
yard. when the lot was decided for
s,hool purposes.
Prosecuting Attorney Stewart ha.
filed suit against ex-Trpasurer Clumr
and his bondsmen for t36. 900, the full
amount Of the funds that should have
been turned over by Clump to his sue
cessor. says the Port Angeles. Wash.
Times. Tribune. He ignores the settle,
tutut utaut Wy Wv WltI
the First National hank. which, IL al
lowed. would leave Clump's shortage 4
little over $4,000.
Tho civil service commission a,
| Washington has ordered an examina
ton held at the customhouse in Port
Townsend October /. commencing at !
o'clock A. NJ, for eligiblcs for tn,
positions Of clerk, day inspector. nigh,
inspector, messenger and boatman IL
the Puget sound customs district. Onl,
citizens Of the United States can be ex
amincd. No application will be &C
ccpted unless filed with the secretar,
Of the board Of examiners at Por
Townsend. in complete form on tn,
proper blanks before the house Of clos
ing business September II, 1898.
The wheat crop in Wasco county
Or. IL turning out much better tina,
was anticipated a few days ago. TIL,
cool weather has allowed tho berry I,
ripen slowly, and very little shrivele,
wheat will I've harvested. Max Voight
who has large ranch fifteen mile
from The Dallcs, will harvest $50,
bushels Of wheat from his place, whe,
two weeks ago he only counted on get
ting about 800 bushels. One Of tn
largo warehouse buildings Of II. Field
man & Co.. Of Marcus, WASH, wa
burned Saturday night, resulting in
total loss Of the building and %, so,
worth Of groceries stored therein
There was no insurance The origil
Of the fire Is supposed tn have been in