The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-11
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Progress and Doings In the
Pacific States.
CONDENSED BUDGET OF NEWS
srss All Tie Citiss ssA Towns 81 thu
Pseiae Stssss asA Tsrsitsrfss
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lra 8. Lehman, who died recently
In Ritsvills. was over 30 years old.
Forty acres Of tho Meeksr hopyard,
at Puyallup, are being plowed up, and
will be planted 70 barley.
Governor McHraw's secretary sayl
that o. Il. Harrington. now In thu
penitentiary. will be pardoned.
Whatoom Lands arc said to yield
four tons Of hax straw TO the acre
This quantity Of straw makes 1 Ii
go1o VI UOotCOou uUoI.
Some SPOKANE hoodlums have beer
breaking into . powder house Just out
side the city limits. and have carried
Cd several cans Of gunpowder.
The dimculty in the normal school
in Cheney has resulted In the circuls.
tion Of petition asking the governo,
for the removal of Principal Sutton.
A logging road il being put in abou,
two miles above Kalama. The road
will be about one and q half miles il
length and taps An excellent body o.
timber.
The Whatcom County Single Al
ISOLATION has passed q resolution to thu
effect that the price Of shingles should
be advanced i've cents q thousand, x
take effect April Is.
In the suit at Spokane Of the Edison
General Electrical Company Vs. L
Walter. involving the Cheney electric
light plant, decision has been RENDERED
in favor Of the company.
The big ground squirrels Of Whit
man county are said to be leaving fol
the south while their places are being
taken BY the little spotted stub-tailet
squirrels from the lower country.
William Powell pleaded guilty n
New Whatoom to smuggling into tn,
country q large bundle Of bear akin
and other dutiable goods and has beez
sentenced TO pay fine Of 500 and Il
serve six weeks in Jail.
The farmers along Asotin creek, be
low where water for the Lewiston Fla
irrigation ditch is taken out, held /,
business meeting last week and re
tanned counsel 70 look after theil
rights as riparian owners
County Clerk Shaw, of Walla walla
has compiled q statement Of the re
oeipts and expenses Of his ofIice durinI
the year Of 1895, which shows that tn,
amount Of fees earned and cash receipt
exceeded the expense by ts.5
The people Of Roslyn have offeret
ta00 for the arrest Of the murderer O
DR.. Lyons, the city Of Roslyn offer
$500. the governor adds to this $50
and Kittitas county $500. making q re
ward Of $1,000 for the arrest Of tn
party or parties to the crime.
Thirteen petit larcenists were re
leased from the King county Jail las
week. because Of an error in the Law
Of 1885 SO, which sought to repeal tn
act of 1881 and make the maximum
dpe for that class Of offenders ii
months in Jail and fine Of 500.
The Sunset Telephone Company hs
contracted with Tacoma contracto,
to rebuild the line from the Sound I
Gray's harbor. setting cedar poles q
equal distances and doing away wit
the present plan Of hanging the wiz
to trees or other convenient poin,
along the line.
The warrants ordered drawn by tn
Whitman county commissioners in pay
ment Of all back claims which hav
been audited, are ready for deliver,
These warrants are Of a new issue, an
will draw per cent interest 1t is e,
pected they will be quoted at 80 cen
on the dollar.
Range cattle seem to be in deman,
Buyers are in the country about Wal
Walla and in the counties along q
Columbia valley below Wallula. tt
prices paid are an advance on tho
that ruled Last year. The cattle a
desinged for shipment east. The bu,
ers are mostly from Montana ami Mi
nesota.
The Alaska Packers Association h
about fifty men employed at Blail
and at the fishing grounds gettir
ready for the seasons work. II
company 10 fitting up the steamer Pu,
tan to send to Alaska for use at one
the oAnneries there, while q small
boat, now mp there, will be brougl
down. making three steamers in q
this season.
} Work has been started ON the Asot
irrigation canal. which 10 being hui
by . company. Of which T. H. Lib
10 president A contract has been |
for 100 carloads Of Oregon DR. timb
10 the Western Lumber company
Portland. The contract has been
and the work 10 to be completed
May Is. The amount involved in d
timber and grading contracts is Is,
900.
Oregon.
The citisens Of Dayton are rustli
TO secure the location Of . bank thel
The melting mountain SHOWS q
causing the Umatilla river 10 Gro,
. it, bankA