The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-01-12
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Geographic Re.
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Ds1gst ~ Nsvs YsSEasy Dlgessaon Ersn
Ds1srsst Pasts q ths states ~ WISH.
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I.tsrsse - Pseias CeAst People.
Spokane built 400 houses In 1894 ct Q
cost Of something like t760, 900.
A. Fetsch, . Nedlord .Or.) tailor,
drew $500 in . lottery last week.
Fred Hartford Of Paths ID experiment.
ing with nav current wheel, for which
he has secured . patent 1t 10 for irriga-
tion purposes.
"Uncle Billy" Gillian IL circulating
IN initiative and referendum petition
in Morrow county, Or; also one for .
new State constitution.
A very pleasant family reunion was
held at the residence OF J. p. Humph-
reys in the Waldo Hills near Macleay,
Or, ON Christmas day. There were
present seven children and twenty-six
grandchildren.
The Pendleton Wool Securing and Pro-
ducing Company has fled supplemental
articles showing that its capital stock
had been increased from &l2 900 to &c.
600. T. B. Wells, T. z. Fell, E. w.
Boyd, W. d. Hansford, R. Alexander,
G. 8. Jackson and II. Shutthis are de
rectors and incorporators.
Ten years ago the thermometer at
Baker City, Or, fell to 40 degrees below
zero. and 60 degrees below At North
Powder, Or. Weather prophets predict
. regular Dakota winter during the next
few weeks. A visitor at Pendleton from
Haines, Or, reports 9 degrees below zero
At that place day or two ago.
]. W. Hockersmith will ship six or
eight cars of cattle ont of Southern Ore
gon to the San Francisco markets this
week. Half . dozen carloads, mostly
gathered from the Apologize stockmen.
will be loaded At Medford, Or. G. w.
Dunn of Ashland, Or, will send one load
of fat beef with the shipment
Lizzie ]. Anderson arrived at Lake
view with her witnesses from Bowden,
Or, last Saturday to prove up on her
land in that section. Bowden lie about
200 miles east Of Lakeview in the ex-
IRENE southeast corner Of the State, and
ae they had to travel in q roundabout
way, they Travelled over 400 miles and
| were more than . week on the road.
A year ago Uncle Billy Wright of
Salem attended the Congregational Sum
day School at Albany. Or, and offered
] 81 to every member Of the school who
| attended every Sunday in~-the-.e>
Last Sunday he was present at the school
to keep his word. 1t only cost him 81.
| He has made that promise several times,
and the most it ever coet him Was S.
Lane county farmers are not well
pleased With the weather OF the past
4 swh in, trV1
the ground froze several times to depth
of two or three inches, and then next
dsv would thaw out. This lie the worst
thing that could happen to fall-sown
wheat, and the farmers either want snow
or warmer weather. There is . large
acreage OF fall wheat in the county.
The Oregon State Board of Equaliza-
ton met recently for the purpose of
comparins the roll as prepared by the
Secretary and witnessing the President
and Secretary attach their signatures
thereto. This completed the big table,
which WAS filed with the Secretary OF
State and soon afterward transferred to
the State printing Office. The Secretary
was instructed to return to Salem No
vember Is and begin the work OF max
ing preliminary tables for the session oil
the board Of 1895.
Initiatory arrangements have been
perfected for . novel feature in Oregon
journalism. The Salem Statesman ten
dered its January - edition to the ladies
of that city, they to do all the office and
reporting work and take the entire pro
ceeds that day for charitable purposes.
\ meeting of the ladies was held. the
po.ition accepted and the following
Eminent ladies elected to carry out the
project: Mrs. Judge Bean, bushes,
manager; Mrs. Olive England, editor
Mrs. William Brown, city editor; Mrs
Patterson, society editor. The remain
der of the staff will be selected soon.
Loewenberg Bros. of Spokane hav'
transferred al their stock and property
, including the dry goods business, tn,
, Loewenberg building, where the Louvr'
Theater lie, and the residence OF Mr.
Loewenberg to J. n. Glover as trustee o
. large number OF creditors, among then
the Merchants National Bank of Port
land, of which julius Loewenberg i
President. Julius Loewenberg Withdrew
from the firm OF Loewenberg Bros. Octo
Der l, 1898. His claim against the firm
!, at that time WAS $50, 900. 1t 10 elaine,
that this has been increased to O,oOO
William P. Simpson Of the Soutl
? Bend broom handle factory, has foun'
u that hemlock, 60 common in that region
{ ie the best material yet discovered 70
broom handles. Alder has heretofor
: been considered the best, but handle
made OF hemlock and sent to customer
in Portland and San Francisco have bee
pronounced by them superior to alder
The hemlock is whittier, polishes better
: is lighter in weight and is equally a
= strong. Mr.. Simpson says he has mar
: ket for all the broom handles he ca
make, and expects . premium on thos
, made Of hemlock.
b Judge Hanford in the United State
o Circuit Court ct Tacoma has appointe
e President Paul Schultxe, Joseph 5. Al
: len of Spokane and John Donald {
: North Yakima receivers Of the iakim
Investment Company, which is the sue
cess,r OF the Northern Pacific, Yakim
, and KittitAs Irrigation Company. Tn
receivership lie granted on the applica
c ton of o. F. Paxton OF Portland, reprs
q senting the California Safe Deposit an
Trust Company Of San Francisco, whic
. holds a. trustee Of the Yakima Invest
ment Company mortgage given in lSs
+, to secure Q 500, 900 bond issue, whic
= WAS to be cold to an English syndicats
Later the syndicate failed to take tn
bonds, causing complications. The con
pany lie said to have q floating indebted
ness Of $3.50, 900. and $45o. 900 Of tn
bonds are outstanding. part Of them b
= ing pledged to secure indebtedness. TIL
. compAny's assets are valued ct 1880
600 10 100000. They include 81 ,0C
c acres OF land In the Yakima Valley. fo
i ty-four miles Of mainline canal, know
. - the Sunnyside canal, and $50 miles I
lAtsrsls, branches aad bitches.