The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-01-05
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Geographic Re.
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Budget 81 News Fer Easy Digestion From
Different Parts Of tbs states Of wssh-
isstss. Orsses ssd Id.ho-Itsms Of
Istsrsss - Pseins Coast People.
The oyster beds at Bay Center, WASH.
being systematically robbed, and
reward Of SIS il out for the conviction OF
the offenders.
The Florence (Or.) West has come ont
for . new county to be formed from west
ern Lane and Douglas. There seems to
be no opposition 90 far TO the project.
A logging engine Of the largest pat
tern made has been ordered in New York
BY George L. Davis Of Hoquiam, Wash.
1t will be the largest at work on Gray's
Harbor.
The old organization known - the
Chamber OF Commerce Of Fairhaven
will take steps TO dissolve the corpora
ton, - II is now merged into the Com
mercial Club.
The steamers belonging to The Dallee,
Portland and Astoria Navigation Com
pany will tie up for repairs January 8.
A. soon ~ possible the daily service will
again be started.
The State Treasurer Of Washington
has called for warrants on the general
fund, Nos. 8, 95i to 5.as5 inclusive. The
amount Of the call is t4,62s, which ma
lures January s. 1895.
1t il reported that jack rabbits are
very numerous in the country around
Wilbur, Wash, this winter and are be-
ginning their destructive work Of CIR
ding young orchard trees.
Hank Barrett, the veteran mail car
rier between Gardiner and Florence. has
been carrying mail along the beach for
upward Of thirty years. Some of his
experiences with storms and Quicksands
are more thrilling than tales Of fiction.
Claude L. Vawn OF Vaughan, Wash.
the foryer, Was sentenced TO . term OF
six years 1t Walla Walla. Vawn went
by the name OF L B. MINIS at Walia
Walla. and was dishonorably discharged
from the Federal army post at that place.
venison is now quite plentiful about
Puyallup. Wash. George Siegel recently
secured four fat deere from tine wouds
adjoining Puyallup; Carey Stewart and
Z. Bartlett shot seven. and Malcolm Nc
Iarty four. Venison retaiis in Puyallup
At 8 10 IL cents.
The Klamath Falls roller mills is one
of ninety.harrel capacity, the one at
Tule Lake 10 sixty capacity and the one
at Keno thirty-fve capacity. The 1876
capacity Of Klamath county has been
fully TESTED this year, and the mills are
humming yet.
OF the latest two benefciaries Of ex-
ecutive clemency Arlington was sem
tened to three years and had served
one. and Nicholas Jones. the slayer OF
Abraham Marlborough, Was serving a
life sentence. He had been in the pen
itentiary two years.
Oaksdale has shipped 4o2, 600 bushels
Of wheat, barley and oats by the North
ern Pacific and $1,000 by the Oregon
, Railway and Navigation. Some 2l9.oOl
bushels are yet stored. About $751; 4f
has been paid for freight. Farmers have
sold about oil their crops.
J The low prices OF hops and the pros
pective profit in apples induce fakimi
man to uproot hop field and set 1t ou
in apple trees. 1t might be just as wei
for him in the long run to raise botf
hops and apples. This view OF the stu
alton should not be overlooked.
Several hundred head Of cattle have
, died lately at the feeding ground nea
. Ritxyille, Wash. They are believed I,
have been poisoned by eating . plant
concerning which nothing definite i
known. Samples Of the plant have beeI
! submitted to botanical authorities 10
classification.
The Everett Herald announces tina
d the Rockefeller interests will begin opera
: tons to develop the Monte Crieto cam
I on . large scale. Hundreds Of men vii
no doubt be given employment as thei
o plane materiAlize, while the Evere,
: smelter will receive the product and in
crease its output
: An Eastern syndicate has secured cor
!, troll OF the old copper mine located mes
s the headwaters Of Clover creek, Unio
county, Or. 1t lie said that large nun
Der Of workmen will be employed tn
% winter in development work. The mir
:, is one that WAS discovered several yea
- ago, and, although rich in copper, it hi
3 never been extensively operated. 1t
le twenty miles from Baker City, and a
n supplies are purchased there.
!, An illustration Of horses eating the
- heads off was given last week at Nor,
i. Yakima, WASH, when Sheriff Simmer
IS sold seventeen head Of work horses ar
n mules belonging to E. c. Burlingame
. satisfy q judgment Of $62S in favor
the Mckee Company for feeding the al
4, imals for about one and halt year
Al The highest price realized was $50 al
ID the ioweet 60 me sss'sss, ~ :,
halt Of the judgment.
The colored coal miners imported Il
p Coos county people made quite sens
r. ton at Roseburg. There were Two ca
loads OF them, about nifty IN ali mo
than had ever been IN kosepurH oe,o