The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-09-14
NORTH PACIFIC NEWS
Happenings Of Interest In the
Progressive Northwest.
BRIEF REPORTS or LATE EVENTS
4 Budget Of Items Gathered From
Ati Parts Of Oregon. wash.
Layton sad Idnho.

nudgos 81 ltems OAthere0 From
Al Psrts Of Oregon. Wash.
t.gtOn sud idAhs.
Hood River. Or. has = council com.
mittee ut work devising y sewer snd
drainage system for the town.
The Ilwaco. Wash. cranberry ranch
will yield 1900 barrels Of berries this
year. and they will he worth. 1t is
said. si2 a barrel.
Mr.. Hame's Rogue river cannery has
closed down. after successful season.
The run VI fish was SO large that the
cannery could not pack all the catch.
Hood River. Or. will have fruit
exhibit October aud 8. There will
be all kinds VI fruit on show, but the
far-famed Hood River apples will be
the chief thing.
The new miilrace which is being
built by W. IS. Byers. proprietor Of the
Pendieton roller mills. ut cost Of
$1,000. will be completed within a
week Or ten days.
Sheriff Houser, Of Umatilla county.
Or turned over TO County Treasurer
Kern Monday the sum Of $40. sos. Is.
which he had collected for taxes be-
tween August 10 and 81.
Vale. Or. the county seat Of Nal.
heur county. IL having quite n build
ing boom. Two large fireproof build.
ings are going up. aud hotel TO take
the place of the one recently burned.
A petition signed by many citizens
and nearly aii VI the business men Of
Waitsbarx. has been presented 70 the
city council. asking that the laws re-
garding Sunday closing he rigidiy en-
forced.
Superintendent Lawlcr. of the London
syndicate. received another check for
10000 "Wednesday 10 continue work
ON the Santiam mines. says the Albany
Democrat. The mill is expected at Al
bany in u few days. aud will he run
ming by November Is.
The election TO vote upon the ques.
ton Of consolidating New Whstcom.
Wash. and Fairhayen will b. held
September 81. Little interest is mani.
Tested in New whs,com. as only
have thus far registered.
The Cmatilla Indians are camped in
the valley near Enterprise. Or, await
ing the arrival Of the I-apwais. wher
they will indulge in horscracing
seven up." etc, IL is very doubtful
II the I.apwais visit Wallowa this fall
as they have business to look after n
home.
Professor johnson. collector for tn
+. foresty department of the CDites
States. has found in Cow Greek canyon
n n new species of pine. the eleventh
>. found in Oregon. The wood Of tn
/. new tree is unusually tough. and SAN
|, piles Of the needles in Mr.. johnson
!. posscssion are b inches long.
= The warrants drawn during tn
u month Of August to run the city o
l. walla walla. Wash, were: Fu
u street lighting. 1853. so; general dc
;. partmcnt. eio7.ao: fire department
= tss39e; health department. t's.4i
,, cemetery department. $685.; stree
II department. ssoi.?o; total. es.35a. 81
Because Of trouble in King county
Wash between the coroner and com
i. missioners over the fees that shall
:, allowed the former. the body OF Bah
Hansen was left in the undertaken q
" tabltshmcpt in Seattle for ten day,
awaiting burial. II has not been en-
:, halmcd. bu, was temporarily preserve
=, from decay.
n. The report Of the Spokane Fall
4. Wash. district land Office for ii
month OF August shows the followin
business trapsacted: Two cash sale
~ 1904 acres: one pre- cmption, lo'
be two script entries. 32J; two timh
proofs. $40. sixteen homestead entire
CHI l.&sG,lS: twenty eight homestcs
lie proofs. 3.9s96'.
]. =. McMinn. who lives on Wal
y. walla river. has n fruit dryer in o
GRAFTON that has a capacity Of 800
pounds for twenty. -four hours. He us
little wagons To handle the fruit ON q
platforms and in the dryer. He
b. now drying varieties Of the Italia
"A silver aud French pruncs, and has u
ais tons Of his own, aud has just bong
,r, 100 tons more.
m c. q. White il interesting farmers
he stocking Umatilla county, Or, wi
Is Monaghan pheasants In the vicini
It, OF Milton. the increase has been We
on rapid. L. J. Sommerville put out t,
Of the pheasants a year ago and NJ
~. there are forty or fifty about his pla'
INT There are at least 800. and perhaps
IN. near Milton, all bred during the p'
me year or two.
na Peter Christopher. who lives
49, miles north Of Pcndlcton. lost abb
IN, sixty sacks Of wheat one day last wes
a., The men came about I o'clock in {
an morning. and loaded 1t in a wagon a
.ho drove away and then returned
,on more. Someone saw them when Ii
~. came the second time. and frighter
IA them away. +. Bruce has been
ga. rested. charged with larceny Of
mrs wheat
OK. The postmaster at Oroudo. Was
Gus has received instructions frcm the ~
Office department to the effect &
from Monday. September 9. 1895,
Orondo postofiice will be the mail
y. tributinR center on the route II
cen Orondo to Chelan. and also on
hin route from Wenatchee to Oicndo
our from Waterville TO Orondo. All n
or. Tor Chclan, Methow and OkanonI
lot, valleys 10 ordered to DO transferred
lied the Oroudo postoface to the prc
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