The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-08-21
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ITnals FR0M WASHINGTON, IDAHO
AND MONTANA.
As.essment Figures. naiiaiAg OPERA
lions and other IntsPeating
Gleaningn.


county is STAT SIS, and Of Chehaiis cOun.
~ $l.426.3S5.
The concrete foundation for tho light.
house at Westport is about completed.
The Stevens County Fair Association
will hold their annual fair at Meyers
Falls September %, 30 and October i.
The current school fund Of the state
has been increased Sci ,020lS since April
I, this year, by rents collected from
leased school lands,
The board Of audit and control has
passed upon the July pay roll for the
Penitentiary, amounting to $2lO9.34
Eighty-fve carloads Of hay were ship
ped from Ellensburg in July, most Of it
going to the sound, 1t is still being ship
ped at . lively rate.
A survey Of the mouth Of the Gull.
hyute river is being made to ascertain
the cost Of the improvements that viii
be necessary to make it 4 deep water
harbor.
The Eastern Washington Hospital for
the Insane purchased 100 barrels Of -four
at s3.49 per barrel, and the penitentiary
laid in a supply Of 2O4 barrels at $32S.
both just in time to save the recent rise
Of 10 cents barrel
The railroad company estimate that
they will move about $500 cars Of grain
from POmeroy, while there viii be about
500 60 to Snake river and be taken by
boats to RiParia and there shipped by rail
to Portland.
H. V. Bayley Of Port Townsend, who
for years past has operated n pack train
at Cook inlet, Alaska, has with others
purchased the 60 ton schooner Norman
Sunde, which they will send to Cook in
let at once with a cargo Of provisions, TO
return with miners who wish 10 come
south for the winter.
IaahO.
Boise is contributing funds for 4 state
fair to be held in that city in Oeto-
/ Der.
The date Of the annual teachers ex-
animation in Latah county has been
changed to August 20.
I A new saw mill is to be erected at
the head of Lapwai creek, near Mason
butte on the Nez Perez reservation.
Lewiston reports that the peach crop
owing to some climatic condition, Is not
up to the standard of excellence Of past
years.
The o. R. L n. company has put an
other boat in service on the Snake river
The traffic demands this additional ser,
vice.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
| - kka w,,loa e.. A.
new line between the Occur dAlenes and
Spokane.
The Short Line is after the box ear
fare collectors and within the past few
days about a dozen conductors and brake
men have been discharged for forgetting
to turn in such fares.
Henry 7. Ray. who has been Auditor
Bragaw's chief deputy for the last seven
years, has resigned his position and in
company with George Z Roberts, well
known merchant of Clark's Fork, have
left Rathdrum for the Klondike.
1t is estimated that 100000 or 10000
bushels Of wheat will be shipped from
Genesee this season There will be a saw,
ing Of q cent and a half bushel in freight
opened at about "a cents it is almost
double that this year.
1t is found the reports of the asses4
ment Of sheep is very unsatisfactory
Boise county is the only one that Ia,
reported in the form contemplated By
the new law. 1t reports the numbel
of sheep grazed in the county twe
months, the number three months. and
50 on, while the other counties either
average the number or neglect to make
any reference to the sheep grazed only
a portion Of the year.
Montana.
Placer mining has been resumed on the
river bar south OF the fair grounds ai
Livingston.
Recent discoveries Of mica in the up
per Bitter Root are attracting atten
ton.
There have been 542 quartz and placer
locations filed for record with the county