The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-11-02
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
condensed Telegraphie Re.
ports OF Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
"srpssisgs sf Interest in the rov.. ..A
Cities u Orsgss. wsshisgtoa
and ldnhO.

happenings u Intsrsst In the Towns and
Cities Of Oregon. wsshissto.
and Idaho.
The tax levy in Spokane county.
"ssn.' Tor state and county purposes
ID 10 mills.
A mass meeting was held in Seattle
recently to work up popular sentiment
70 demand strict observance Of Sun.
day.
The tax levy Of Whateom county.
wash. Tor state and county purposes
ior the year 1895 has been fixed At IA
mills.
Company l. Of Wallis Wslls, is re.
,oicing because Of the order issued for
the reorganization Of that disbapded
militia company.
II Is claimed that the Wallows coun.
try has produced and shipped more beef
this year than any other like territory
in the state Of Oregon.
! The bridge across the Wenatchee
H'er near Its mouth. connecting Kitti.
tAs river and Oanogsn counties. in
Washington. has been completed.
There Is n movement on foot in
rendieton. Or. TO start up the foundry
plant In case the plans are carried
cut. the water power from the Una.
tilla will be us,d.
The motion for . new trial in the
case Of Strsub. the Blakeiey island,
Wash. murderer. will he argued No.
'ember 80. Straub is now in Jail ut
Whstoom. for aafe keeping.
The statement Of the financial condi.
ton Of Marion county. Or. on Septen.
Der SO last showed the amount Of war.
rAnn outstanding and unpaid to b.
$40. iss. and funds applicable 10 the
payment Of warrants. tI7,569.
The depositors Of the Baker City Ma.
tionsl bank will receive from Receiver
Beard their third dividend, about No.
rembes !. The dividend will be 10
per cent. which will make SO per cent
paid out since the institution closed.
A crew Of eight men Is working on
the telephone line between Grants
Pass and Crescent City, Or. and ex.
pccts 90 tnish this season. Heavy
twenty five foot poles are being put in.
A branch Office will be located at Smith
river.
There was a strike the other day at
the Beaver Hin. Or. coal mines, a few
Of the negroes leaving. Those Of the
negroes remaining have signed a con-
tract, good until June !. 1896. at prices
made by the superintendent Twenty
white miners have also been brought
IN from Washington.
Pupils Of the Ocosta, Wash. public
school complained Of the water given
them 20 drink. The directors had the
well frum which the water WAS drawn
opened. and were shocked TO find the
remains Of about fifty rats and mice Of
all sorts and conditions One Of the
rats was found in the pump valve itself
The contract for finishing the Astoria
water works tunnel has been let to II.
&. Campbell. representing the Pacific
Bridge Company. Of Portland. The
contractors propose tn drive the rest Of
the tunnel through the rock by the aid
Of electricity. and have begun putting
in the apparatus
Three bridges across Wilson river.
or. built chiefly 10y private enterprise,
have Just been completed at an expense
Of $500. These structures make win.
ter read between Forest Grove and
Tillamook. An effort is being made
to have the Wilson river road designat.
cd a. a mail route.
There Is proposition before the La
Grande, Or. Athletic Club to change
the name to the Commercial Club and
make IL business organization. The
promoters Of the new movement do not
propose TO do away with the athletic I
and social features Of the present OF.
giant IA ton. but rather to enlarge and
extend them.
c. d. McFarlin harvested his Gran.
berry crop. near Coos bay. last week,
and was rather disappointed in the
yield Of berries, the crop amounting to
only 500 bushels North slough. where |
his cranberry bog is situated, il close /
to the ocean. and the weather was I'M
usually cold there this summer, which |
accounts for the shortage.
Fish Commissioner Crawford states !
that the prevailing opinion that the
Nooksack river il not included in the
provisions Of the law for a close season
10 erroneous That the closed season
on the Nooksack 10 from October IS to
November Is, and that It is his duty to
riRidly enforce the law. Fishermen
are therefore requested to govern them.
selves accordingly.
Suit has been begun in Seattle
against w. II. Heaton, a commissioner
Of King county; Fred Anthony and
John w. Maple, as treasurer Of King
In which the complainant
charges that at some time since January
1, 1925, Heaton and Anthony unlaw.
fully entered into conspiracy to de
fraud the county out Of money in the
hands Of the county treasurer by falsely
TO have performed work on
the county roads.
The General Electric Company has
begun suit in Tacoma against Receiv.
ers Mitchell, Of the Tacoma Railway
& Motor Company, to restrain them
from paying Ave interest coupons ON
the ten frst.mortgsge bonds Of the
company, issued April 1, 1890. The
Farmers' Loan & Trust Company,
Miles G. Moore, the Baker. Boyer Ma.
tional bank. Of WallA Wslla. and the
Pacific National bank, Of Tacoma, are