The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-10-30
GLANCE OVER NORTHWEST.
NEWS OF CROPS AND BUSINESS.
sanr stien of MortEages-Lumbe her
rsae Of the sosnd-The Mineral
tsmsaissionsrs Are MT work In
h"ntana-AsheFeft Water Work..


Age Increase OF 10 per cent as compared
WIN the travel year ago.
EA'etate Senator b. G. Van Houten has
been appointed deputy United STATE.
marshal with headquarters at Seattle:
harvest Is progressing rapidly and fully
~ per cent Of the wheat ia the northern
Pst Of whitman county has been cut.
hr Loop, living in Whateom county.
estimates that 1900 people have passed
his ranch en- route for the Mount Baker
gold mines.
ny vote OF 10 10 I, the Tacoma city
council has passed an ordinance making
u imperative for women to remove their
Aals In places Of public amusement.
The Wenatchee- Twitsp state road is
nov open IN manner 10 the mouth Of
'ee M-'hoM river, and the presumption is
that work has commenced on the upper
end.
The road that the Kiickitat county
commissioners are having built from
hArtlAnd TO Lyle Is TO he surveyed with
grade that can be used fOr a railroad
b~d
party OF surveyors has left Northport
TO run permanent lines for the railroad 10
the boundary cI-ek country. in behalf Of
the CoTbin interests
From September !, ls96. TO October 90.
1890, hte satistAriions Of mortgages were
hlsd With the Columbia county auditor.
During the same period for 1897 there
have be~n "a recorded, and only q small
percentage 81 the years crop sold.
The lu'nh~r business ON GrAy's harisor
Is IN noarishing condition. and nearly
al the saSmiils are improving their |
plants With rieN TO Increasing their out. |
put, and AT" figuring on running overtime |
10 supply stock ordered.
nsntaaa.
slA hundred members ARE said 10 have /
t~~n added to the butte Miners union /
during the pas, siA months
W H. Rndgefs has been appointed ,
assistant nil~d States district attorney
10 suoo"nd George =. Shelton. recently |
tesigned
The United State. mineral land com.
missioner arc al work examining and |
classifying hnds on the Upper yellow.
stone
Polio~maH Samuel Lynch, Who left /
hsleRa last spring for the north. is nov 4
al Junoau. Hhcrv he il working in the
company store for the winter and l. lay. |
ing by a stake 10 so through with in the 1
spring.
Newt Chatiin. pho lives about eight 1
miles south d SteSrnsyilie. shot aud Kill. /
81 mountain lion measuring over six 1
irst 10 tip Of tail In his front yard the /
slhrt day.
Tho kAlispell Industrial Company Is
The name 81 a ncw organization which has /
-rnt articles Of Incorporation 10 the secre.
isty II state. The company is capital. |
tsrd iur Ss00o. and its object is 90 build 4
and run = Touring mill and engage in
other enterprises u desired.
The famous collection Of gold nuggets
held ioT a long time by the First National
bank II Helena. has been sold by the nc.
reiSrT oi the institution TO A. J. Davis |
81 Butte. sOn 81 the late millionaire Of the
same name. for 5000
the scarcity of ,.rds this month. and they |
all report Indifferent shooting all over the
county. In the Clearwater valley. which |
has always been one Of the best regions |
for duck. there are not many this year.
last winter the farmers of the Flat |
head valley became disgusted at the low |
pricc then paid for pork, and nearly all
81 them went ont Of the business. There |
are not enough hogs in the valley this |
year 10 come anywhere near supplying |
the local market. and pork Is selling for
u ccnts
Sam Livingston, one Of the Oldest set |
tiers in the northwest territory, and well |
known in northern Montana, dropped |
dead in Calgary a few days ago. He
was 50 years Of age. lie went 70 Alberta |
from Fort Benton In early days and &C.
ouircd a considerable fortune by trading
with the Indians OF late years he has
occupied a ranch on Elbow river and has
watched with interest the growth and de
velopment Of the northwest, on both sides
Of the boundary line.
Idaho.
The wardncr Citizen has suspended
publication.
The Juliaetta tramway company IL now
running its cleaner night and day.
Harvesting Is completed In the Pot
latch and many farmers are hauling their
grain 20 the warehouses.
r. A. Hardwick. a former Pullman
school teacher and son Of w. ID. Hard
wick Of Nez Perce, has crossed the Skag'
nav trail and IL now on his way TO Daw-
spn City.
For the first time In several years there
il not a vacant house in Occur d'Alene,
and several families are compelled 10 take
rooms in the brick blocks.
Charles Halstead and two companions
have returned 20 Lewiston from a two
months trip into the mountains near the
hpadwaters Of the Clearwater, and were
driven out by snow They made some
Vood mineral discoveries and will return
next spring.
BFItlah Columhia.
A branch Of the I. O. o. +, IL to be e.
tablished in Nelson.
The money for the Ashcroft waterworks
has been raised and is In the Bank OF
Montreal to the credit OF the company.
The Kaslo city council has petitiOnsd