The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-27
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
paOoaEss ~ BUSINESS CIRCLES.


ing Of . lack Of cars.
A tribe Of Red Men has been organized
At Hoquiam with 90 charter members.
The city council Of Seattle has elected
4. J. Humes mayor to succeed w. ID
Woods.
Three prisoners escaped from Jail at
Mount Vernon by locking in the jailer
when he brought their supper.
The attendance at the public schools
Of KendFiek has reached los.
William 0xley was killed at Delta,
falling from q wagon and breaking his
neck.
The Banner Mining Company at Wal
lace has completed its cabins and has
two men facing up for the tunnel until
the contract for running it is let
The telephone line which is under con-
struetion between kendrick and Pierce
City and Nez Perez will be completed as
far as Leland at once.
The experiment Of shipping apples to
Honolulu on a sailing vessel is being
tried at Port Townsend.
The hveliest demand is reported on the
part of eastern railroads for Washington
FIR for car building.
The years shipments Of salmon, cod
fish, oats, lime and shingles from Ana
cOrtes to points outside Of this state foots
up in value to $6SO,OO0.
FlAthead county, Montana, raised 4OO,-
900 bushels Of wheat, 100000 bushels of
oats and 100000 bushels of barley the
past season, valued at total Of nearly
half n million
Warrants on the special school fund for
any particular year, it is held by the at
toney general, must be paid in order of
issue from any funds in the special levy
fund in county treasurers' hands to the
credit OF the district
Editor +. A. Hazeltine of the South
Bend Journal finds himself and wife
somewhat affected by the recent passage
OF civil marriage law in the Peruvian
congress. About three years ago Mr.. Ha-
zeltine married a Methodist missionary
then located in Peru, the marriage being
considered Illegal there, as neither party
was q Catholic.
Eleven Hollanders and two Frenehmen
have formed a colony to file upon land 25
miles from North Yakima. There are SO
children in the settlement The head Of
each family contributed $25 towards
sinking an artesian well, work upon
which will be begun at once. The land
selected is wonderfully fertile More
HOllanders from Michigan are expected
Montana
A car load of horses has just been ship
ped from Hamilton to Eastport, Kan
Missoula's wholesale merchandise bust
ness has been unusually heavy this fall
Work has been begun on the railroad
south Of Whitehall known as the Parrot
3 Ruby Valley.
1t is estimated that between 1000 and
200 fruit trees have been delivered in
Beayerhead county this fall.
The wolves and coyotes continue in
great numbers in the upper Sand COules
country, and are very Troublesome to the
ranehers and stoekmen.
While hunting at Potato Hill lake.
near Phillipsburg the other day, Burt
TAR got within rifle range of q flock Of
10 wild swan, and succeeded in shooting
one Of them, which weighed 10 pounds.
The supreme court has sustained the
eOnstitutionality of the inheritance law
passed by the last legislature. The Law
imposes a tax of per cent on bequests
to any beneficiary not a relative, where
the estate amounts to over 500.
The report of the Lewiston land ofiee
for the month of October shows 3,757
acres entered under the desert land act
and final proof made on ! $50 acres under
that act; % homestead entries aggregat
ing 1888 acres, and nine homestead
proofs aggregating LAO acres; two tim
Der culture final proofs agrregating 32C
acres, and one sale of public lands, in
cluding III acres.
Good prices for sheep and cattle have
had the effect of almost clearing tht
ranges in eastern Montana, and both cat
tie men and wool raisers are alarmed, a,
they do not know where they will get q
new supply.
Recently 1903 Indians from the Fort
Peck Indian reserve went up into th'
third, fourth and sixth points, on tn,
Missouri river, and killed enough deei
TO feed the wards of the government fol-
the next 10 years In one day, out o.
one point, they butchered something like
200 deer.
Probate Judge Clinton Of Elmore eoun
ty holds the game law invalid, declaring
that the law had not been passed in con
formity with the constitution, as con
strued in the fee bill case
Buyers have bought up about all Of
the choice apples in the vicinity of Gen.
esee and as a result the local market has
advanced sharply
The c. E. DeBow 2OO-aere farm neal
Genesee has been sold to Charles Grei.
ser for 1880. The demand for land il
quite brisk and the price is advancing.
The assessor Of Kootenai county re-
ports that tax money is coming in at an
encouraging rate. During the month Of
October more than 5000 was paid in, as
against about 500 during the same
month last year.
State Superintendent Anderson has H.
sued a call TO the county superintend.
ents OF the state for a convention to be
held at HALEY for three days next follow.
ing December 2s. This will be at the
time Of the regular meeting Of the state
teachers association.
Practically all the grain in the burned
warehouse at Genesee has been shipped
out and as soon as Mr.. Spicer receives his
weights from shipments made a settle
ment will be made with all those who
had grain stored. A rough estimate
places the returns from salvage at S35,