The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-04-18

1895. IL tes. Is larger than for he d,
vi0us year.
Treasurer Fold. Of Lake county, hs
sent to State Treasures Metscham Ii
state taxes Of Lake county. amosntin
TO %. e07.Sl.
Jones q Miller. cattle buyers, hsv
purchased 800 bead Of beef cattle /,
Rogue River valley. besides 100 hea,
in Lake county.
There 10 q great deal Of apow on Ii
summit Of the Blue mountains. A fsv
persons have tTied 10 cross the rang
with teams. and have met with failure
The Santiam Lumbsring COMPANY
OF Mill City. has purchased / Is. 900, 90,
fest At Berry. on the North Santiam
and o. 8. Berry has the contract d
logging.
The little town OF Waterville. a
the Mckenzie river, has bean having ,
building boom lately. The sawmill
that has been put in there will b run
ming In about . week.
Salem's population, ~ estimated
from the new directory, 10 Ii, 500,
The avearge number Of inmates in the
state institutions added would make I
total population Of ZOO.
The LAwler mines. on the Santiam.
are running day and night. making Z
cleanup every night A number OF
shipments OF gold have been made u
the mint At San Francisco.
The acreage Of oats on the Siletx res.
ervstion will be largely increased this
year over last There will be many
acres sown by new settlers, and the In.
dians are also greatly increasing their
fields
Taxes collected in Benton county
this year. mp to April /. exceeded in
amount those for any previous year.
The number Of receipts issued was ISL.
a. compared with sic for the same per.
iod last year.
A number Of children of Lakeviev
are afflicted with St. vitus' dance.
The disease seems to have been very
sudden in its attacks, A. those who
have been attacked were apparently
well q few weeks ego.
The citizens Of Prospect and vicinity
have contributed seventy-6ve days
work on the Crater Lake road, where
it leaves the old military road to Fort
klamath. This will make the road
much more easy Of access.
The Flanagan brothers, Frank and
Jack. have started ON their annual tour
OF strengthening through Oregon and
Montana They have 20. 900 sheep en-
gagged in Oregon to be sheared by May
l. Seven cents per head will, il il
said. be the ruling figure this season
for shearing.
The ts1rolI Of Clatsop county for
1894 has been closed, and Sheriff Hare
has filed with the county court the de.
linquent list The total amount Of tax
levied was tlI0,03s.77. OF which tsS,.
1855. 50 has been collected The county
tax collected amounts to ISL, 0sa. Sc, Of
which $40. $50 so il in warrants and
$40. 77s. SO in cash.
Postmaster Crossen. of The Dalles.
has finished estimating his receipts for
the fiscal year ending March 81, and
finds that the amount is IS. 20s. 81, or
nearly f2l0 in excess Of the amount
which would entitle The Dalles to be
rated as a second-cla postofice. The
receipts for the year previous were
6.642.46, making an increase of
81 .567.45. But three other towns in
the state are entitled to be rated Sec
ond-class. These are Salem, Astoria
and Pendleton, the last named coming
in only year ago
Idaho.
The Boise Basin, since 1869, has
shipped $50. 900. 600 worth Of gold.
Over seventy five new postofioes
have been established in Idaho during
the past three years
The Black property at Custer has
become a rich shipper Of gold bullion.
The last bar shipped was valued at
IS, 600.
Judge Stsndrod may call q special
term Of court for Bingham county later
on in the season, 70 wind up the bust.
ness Of the docket Of the last term.
The Potlstch country will raise the
largest fruit crop this year since fruit
trees were planted in the section. 1t
will be almost double that Of last year.
The Golden Winnie mill is complet.
ed, and will be started up in q few
days. A trsmway from the mouth Of
Ekoskum tunnel is being built, which
will result in a saving Of sixteen dol.
lars day in transportation charges.
The Idaho immigration congress has
adjourned after three days session.
The Idaho Immigration Association
was formed. esch county being entitled
10 two member The officers are:
Eugene Buchanan. Of Moscow, presi.
dent: J. n. Haines, Of Boise, secre.
sAry; J. o. Baker. Of Boise, treasurer.
Montana.
Ore shipments from the Neihart dis
trict amounted b sixteen cars for the
week past
Work has been resumed on the
lduna mine in the Ground Squirrel
district aud considerable development
work will be done.