The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-04-27
STATE NOTES.
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/ Governor Mcconnell has appointet
Mr.. A. b. Baines Of Bonner's Ferry I,
a position on his staff. Mr.. Baines vii
be paymaster-general of the state mill
tia, with the rank Of colonel.
The memorial windows which schol
ars Of the Episcopal Sunday school pur
Chased in memory Of Hazel Bobo, hav,
arrived and been put in place, in tn.
front Of the church in Fillmore.
The quail which were ordered from ,
Kansas party by the Latah County
Sportsmen's Association could not be
secured. The society will now import
Monaghan pheasants for distribution
instead Of the bob whites"
Uniontown Gazette: Camas Prairie
still continues to attract settlers to its
fertile fields. This week a large mum.
Der Of wagons have passed through here
bound for that section, laden with
household utensils and other parapher-
MALTA Of ranching.
Mrs. Mary Josephine Curtis having
been appointed aide on the staff Of the
national president Of the Womans Re
lief Corps, also instituting and installing
officer, has reorganized Phil Sheridan
Corps No. l, W. r. c., at Boise, with a
large number Of charter members.
A ditch meeting has just been held
in the Hemingway school house, six
miles above Weiser. The meeting was
attended by several business men of
Weiser and number Of farmers who
are directly interested. Messers FOSSIL
man and Randall Of this place, in con.
nection with eastern capitalists, have
hopes Of being able to complete ditch
this season to be taken out of the Wei
ser river four miles above town, and
will cover between 5000 and 5000 acres
Of the prettiest land in Idaho.
Genesee News: A German family,
numbering five members, just from
their native country, arrived here Tues
night and departed next day for the
Camas prairie country, where they have
acquaintance. Being unable to speak
English they had been referred to Hen
ry Stracker, who sought to interest
them in this place, but they were
anxious to reach the home of their
friends, and so FASTENED on. They are
well fixed, and if they like it here, will
be followed by ten more families.
Ex-Congressman Sweet met with an
ovation upon his return to Moscow.
He was met at the station by yery
large audience and welcomed by Nav.
or White, ex-Mayor McCarson and a
number Of prominent citizens. He was
then conducted, amid the firing of can
non, to a carriage, appropriately deco
rated, and the procession, headed by a
drum corps and the Moscow band pro-
ceeded up town to the Hotel Moscow.
Mr.. Sweet there took place upon the
balcony, and, after a few words of in
PRODUCTION by Mayor White, spoke very
briefly, expressing pleasure at the cor
diality Of his greeting and cursorily
dealing with several topics Of personal
interest to himself and his hearers.
There are several UNEMPLOYED mineral
districts in Idaho which are worthy of
from the prospector, says
the Montana Mining and Mining Re-
porter. In Lemhi county, the Salmon
mountains; in Idaho and ShoshoDe
counties, the Bitter root range, with its
spurs; in Kootenai county, north of
hootenai river, all afford rich fields for
The search of minerals. There are two
districts which deserve especial mention.
.hese are the Clearwater country, in
Idaho and Shoshone counties, of $500
iqnare miles, and that district in Kcot-
mai county which lies between the
ahk river and the west line, of 800
quare miles. Both these districts,
While very little known, have been
PROVEN to be mineral bearing.