The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-03
NORTHWEST BREvITIE6
PROGREss IN nEVELOPMENT OF
THE CouNTRY's RESOURCES.


l NNAtNS A<SVt y PtVAAuNA " NNA.-'
dead, aged So.
Two new shingie mills are under con
struction at Porter, in Chehalis county
The Seattle chamber OF commerce Is
collecting an exhibit of the mineral
wealth OF the state.
Gail Latin, ON trial at Colville, Wash,
for the murder Of ). l.. Moody, has been
convicted Of manslaughter,
The volume Of farm products Of Lewis
county promises to be greater this year
than ever before.
Work ON Seattle's Magnolia Bluff army
post site is to be commenced August !,
the available installment appropriation
being $4,000.
The Pierce County Fair Association,
among other improvements, will build
third OF a mile track, 40 feet wide at the
home stretch and 25 at the back.
The fruit crop in southern Mason eoun,
ty will be somewhat light this season, but
in the northern part Of the county there
will be good crop OF apples, pears, cher
ries, plums and prunes.
Captain j. Nj. SkidmOre OF South Bend
organized the Indian war veterans OF II,
waco and vicinity into post, which II
named in honor of Ex-Governor |. |, Stew
ems. L. b. Stone is captain.
Spokane county warrants are still in
ereasing in value. Offers made by brok
ers at 9S cents have been refused by hold.
ers OF blocks aggregating amounts suili
eient to justify bidding
A lagoon in Sequim bay IS being pre-
pared by the Park Oyster Company Tor
the cultivation OF eastern oysters. \ dam
has Deen built across the mouth Of the IA
COON and seed and Gull oysters are on
their way from Baltimore
The Lewis county commissioners at
their latest meeting decided To postpone
indefinitely the proposition TO issue fund
ing bonds to take up the eOunty's loLt
| ing Indebtedness
Material for the new Northern Pa. life
depot at Chehalis has arrived, and most
Of il h now stored in the old building o.
ON the tracks in the yards
In Lewis, Cowlitz, Clarke and Skamanla
the showers Of the past week have been
very beneficial, and there has not been
too much rain. Cherries, raspberries and
blaekberries are ripening prrnes anil
apples appear To be doing wen, In Clarke
county haying has been intrrfrrrd With
by the rains; clover Is somcw hat light.
Potatoes are fair.
Secretary Of the Interior Bliss has Ill.
patched two members OF the tnitrd
states geological survey-G. l.. Fletcher
and Thomas q. Gerrline Washington
for the purpose Of making a report upon
the Cascade forest reserve. one Of the
tracts set apart by eN President Cirvr.
land, with view 10 the Modification, and
possibly the complete rcyo,utiou Of the
order as 1t regards this reserve.
Montana.
More than 2JO,OOO pound, Of wool are
already in tine Northern Pacific ware.
house at Big Timber, and II is being re-.
ceiyed at the rate VI 5000 pound. daily
The register Of the Montana state land
office has completed hi, iabors in Bo,e
man, having leased 81 tEaeta Of land.
amounting 10 6OOO acres, for about $500,
and sold 30 acres for SJttU.
Tom Cooper Of the Northern Pacific
land department -ays that conservative
estimate Of the amount oi railroad Llnl
disposed OF in Lewis and Clarke county
since the first Of the war would b. IOU,
900 acres, while he believes that about
5000 acres Of Northern Pacific Lands To-
Gated in Choteau county have been sold
in that time
What will be important news 10 the
large lumber companies who have been
cutting timber ON public lands under .t~.
eial permits from the government b..
been received at the Helena Land otlisr IN
the form Of an order from Commissioner
BInger Hermann. Heretofore 1t has been
the custom to allow the companies the
right to eut timber from no more than
tour sections, or $500 acres The navt
mum has been reduced To IGD a.rrs. =,
quarter of a section, and restriction. are
to be placed upon the granting Of permit.
even for that acreage
Idaho.
II Is expected that the telephone line
between Salmon City and Gibbonsyille
VIII BE- IN working order July |.
The report Of Superintendent McC.inty
OF the soldiers home for May show. the
total expenses for the month were s7Gs. a.
The total appropriation available was
so'b31. The saving for the month VA.
therefore SlG7.Ss. For the frat Eve
months Of the year the expenses were
s952.77 less than the available appropria.
ton.
Work on the hot water well at the bar.
racks at Boise has been resumed. Tbe
funds were exhausted short time ago
lust when success seemed 10 be within
sight. 2 good sized flow having been on
rountered. Senator Shoup was commu
nicnted with and he at once secured nm
order authorizing necessary additional
r. !. Perkins Of the geological survey
IL on his way to the northern mart Of ,ho
state. He goes there to run the linc Lc
tween Montana and Idaho from the "a,
adam boundary southwark, about -
Plles, to the summit Of Bitter Root noun
tains. The line is the Both merida,
west from Washington. II haa ncvcr
been surveyed, and there Ia now mus,
confusion arising from the uncertain,