The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-18
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Items Of General Interes
From All Sections.
DRvELOPAENT AND PROGRESS
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A new schooner for the Lumbar trad,
70 being constructed at Acme, on Ii,
Siuslsw river.
The farmers Of the Kittitas vale,
are increasing their wheat screas,
greatly over last year.
The Spokane Athletic Club expects Il
have membership of 500 - soon a,
the Nance before the directors are acted
upon.
La Conner ID agitating for . bicycle
tournament this spring. 1t 10 estimst.
cd that there are 200 wheels in Skaei,
county.
/ Spokane's monthly meteorological
summary for March shows il was one
OF the dryest Marches in the history OF
the city.
number Of Hollanders passed
through Ellensburg last week, bound
Tor WILDLY island. where q COLONY il
to be established.
During March there were shipped
from Mccoy IS hogs and !. 500 sheep,
all the hogs and s24 Of the sheep being
sent away BY Kelly Il Reese.
The city Of Olympia has secured 4
verdict against the Port Blakely Mill
Company for t7S6. due a. special -.
sessment for street grading.
A roundup Of horses was made ne.
Gently at Montgomery Ridge. Asotin
county, and owners state that the loss
during the winter 10 practically moth.
ing.
]. b. Tabor. leasee Of the Snake
River Fruitgrowers' farm At Wswai.
wal. says that the prospect for an enor.
nous fruit crop this year continues ex.
cellent
The docket for the April term OF
court at North Yakima is larger than
il has been for a year and . half.
About fifty civil and a dozen or more
criminal cases are booked.
Fred W. Butler has been awarded
the contract TO deliver on board the
cars At Sultan 1000 cords of cotton.
wood and 500 cords Of spruce for the
pulp and paper mill at Lowell.
The lie Roi Mining & Smelling Com.
pany decided to declare q dividend Of
$4,000 at the meeting in Spokane
This will make tl25. 900 thus far paid
IN dividends within the past few
months.
The subscriptions for the payment Of
the claims against the late town of
Hiilyard have all been paid, except for
the saloon license. Some subscribers
refused to pay because the courts de.
clAred the incorporation illegal
The commissioners Of the Walls
Walla penitentiary have awarded the
contract for furnishing beef for the
next year to the Washington Dressed
Meat Company. whose bid was:
Steers. t2.S7. and cows. tl.65 per cwt
Preparations are being made At the
Rochester quarry, near Elk City. in
Lincoln county, to begin operations at
an early date. A plant has been or.
dered. and the quarry has orders
enough to work on during the next six
months.
The fishermen on Willapa harbor
have been busy taking out pound net
licenses. and the sum paid to the fish
commissioner will run up into the
thousands Of dollars, which is supposed
to be used for the artificial propaRa.
ton Of salmon.
The Port Angeles chamber Of com.
merce is plaintiff in an action brought
in the superior court to enjoin Auditor
j. W. Troy and the county commits.
sioners from issuing any more general
fund county warrants This action is
taken on the grounds that the county
has already passed its legal limit of in.
debtedness.
The spring race meetings, which
will be held at Locmiston on the 18th
Of next month, promise to eclipse any.
thing Of the kind ever held in the
county heretofore. says the Okanosan
Outlook. 1t is understood that the
citizens Of Orc are arranging to have a
series Of races during the latter part Of
April. and from there the meetings
will be adjourned to Conconully, where
a first.clsss program will be prepared,
as a wind up Of the seasons racea
A writer in the American ARricul.
turist says: Whitman county farmers
burned nearly all their straw last fall
and rs hay had been poor sale at hardly
the cost Of production during the past
few years, very little over the farmers'
needs has been put up, resulting now
in straw and hay shortage, compelling
the man in town for once to pay a de.
cent price for such articles of feed. II
seems to me that farmers should take
lesson and use more Of their own poul.
try and butter product for themselves;
am satisfied that the other half would
then not glut the market and bring
just a. much as the whole Of il.
Oregon.
The receipts Of the county clerk Of
Lane for the year ending March 81, ex.
ceeded the expenditures by tals.sa.
The cyclists Of Baker City have ef.