The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-07-27
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re.
ports OF Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Hsppeuings Of Interest In the Towns aud
Citiss Of Oregon. Washington
sMd Idaho.

Wash. promises to be success this
year.
Sheriff Ply. Of Union county. Or.
has collected and turned over An addi.
tional sum Of $4,000 Of delinquent
taxes.
Ransom Stokes, whose murdered
body WAS found near Sunnydale last
week. had % 900 ON deposit in Seattle
banks.
The fruit dryer now being built at
Orcas. San Juan county, Wash, will
have a capacity Of 5000 pounds every
"a hours.
The superintendent Of schools Of
Lincoln county has -. 93l.s0 to dis
tribute among the school districts a.
soon AS the census is completed.
Major Weed. of Portland, is ON a bi-
cycle tour Of the Willamette valley,
with the object in view Of starting an.
other advertising car East this fall.
The grasshoppers are working in the
grain fields Of the Columbia hills, in
klickitat. Wash. aud are said 10 have
cleaned everything up TO Wedge.
woods
Linn county, Or, il in line with =
statement showing u saving Of more
than 81. 900 under the salary system As
compared with the last year under the
les system.
comparison Of the salary law with
shows n saving under the former dur.
ing the past year over the latter in
1894. of t7.5s7.s7.
The Spokane county court house is
10 b- lighted by 6a2 incandesoent
lights Of Is candle-power. AT cost Of
is cents per candle power. or IS
cents a lamp a month.
An inspection Of the mineral bearing
resources Of school section 10 in Ia.
cotna. the land involved in the Nc
Bride case. Is being made by an expert
uf the interior department
Deputy County Assessor Beeson. OF
jackson county. estimates the populs.
ton Of his county this year at Is. 900.
He thinks the total assessed valuation
will b. less than last year.
q. W. Tribb-y. Of Marshfeld. Or,
has spilled for patent for mower,
his invention being a double sickle
working eccentric to each other. and
thus, ii IL claimed. doubling the speed
Of an ordinary mower.
Interest at 3 per cent a month is no,
usurious in Washington. according q
n decision handed down by the suprcm,
court. reversing the ruling Of the lower
court in the case Of &. 4. Brundage Va
H. &. Burke and Emma Burke. from
Seattle.
The purchasers Of the Yoncalla, Or.
school district bonds have refused q
take them. because Of their illegality
) and demand the return Of their money
} The outcome is uncertain. but Yon
! Gala will not have y new school houss
! this year.
The Oregon Fruit Union, of Tn,
Dallos, is maxim. preparations to shiI
peach plumx Already the crop is b.
ing gathered. and the manager expect,
TO ~rnd a carload East about July 81
, This. IL il said. will In the first ship
ment from Oregon. and the fruit is il
excellent condition.
Ra,,lcsnakes arr said to he unusuall,
numerous this year on Mckay creek
Or, probably on account Of the dr.,
season. On Thursday last George Nal
colin lost horse from the effects Of
!, bite. and on Friday his two little chill
drcn. preceded by dog. were walkin,
, along a trail near the house, when tn
. dog was bitten.
The first electric sawmill on the Pa
c,ic coast is being fitted up in tn
building formerly used by the Fox Isl
:, and clay works. at the foot Of Fiji
. tenth street. Tacoma. The plant is
r.saw mill. and will IL run as brancl
Of the Olympia Lumber company. q
= Olympia. Wash. A l6-horse powe
electric motor, with city power, viii
run the m machinery, which at prescn
consists Of a rcsaw, planer, sticker an
j, turning lathe.
. The school trustees Of Asotin, Wash.
;. received eleven applications One q
/. these came from Indiana. Five wante
A the high school principalship, fou
i the intermediate department. and on
!, the primary. The board made the fol
;. lowing selections; For the hig
school, J. b. Jones, Of Asotin; intel
"a mediate department, Mrs Halle Ro,
n inson. Of Montgomery Ridge, and fo
!. the primary grade, Mrs Blanche Rich
A ards. Of Asotin.
- Several samples Of lumber manufaS
r. tured on the Pacific coast have bee
!. sent to the navy department at Wash
:, ington. where they will receive after
- ton when the consideration Of ne'
% gunboats is taken up by the authoritie
n The samples are furnished by Pacif
>. coast parties, who propose TO put
=, bids on the building Of the gunboat
a and who want the authorities to q,
"A the kind Of lumber that will he used
the vessels.
The squirrels in Whitman count,
Wash, are beginning to hole up" Z,
Ne the winter. They have done va
A. amount Of damage in the last few day
n, Farmers two weeks ago consider
e. their fields almost safe from the sQui
" rels, and they had quit poisoning, Al
ct were resting in ease. Sunday nun
r. Der Of farmers found their fields teri
Of bly, rssed by the squirrels II appears
u be the opinion Of the most experience
~ farmers that the pending hot wealth
H. will drive the pests into hibernate
in week or ten daya