The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-05-29
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whatoom county looks forward to an
abundant frnit CROP
The long distance Telephone Win be en-.
tended from Everett 70 Arlington.
The Island County Times reports 4
great increase In tine potato acreage this
year.
The annual meeting Of the washington
Pioneer Association viii be held IN ~
attic on June TO-
About 1900 head o. cattle. purchased II
shipped last week from spokane 10 tbs
ranges Of Montana and WyOnoing.
As0tln county et0ckmen complain that
their most valuable geidings are missing
from the ranges. and aver that q whole
lot 81 stealing has been going on dnrins
The Beayeriand wooigrowerg Assocla-
ton has decided 70 pay shearerg 6 cents
per head With beard or cents per head
without board. the shsarsr 70 tie the
The brickwOFk Of the state normal
school ~ Dillon . flnished ana the ROOF
o. the tower h being put on.
The state land commission has GRANTED
IL leases Of school land ~ various parts
IN eastern Washington since May and
many applications are pending.
a Blaine man ts endeavoFtng 20 interest
4
utilizing the refuse from the salmon can
neFtes and dog hsh for the manufaetnre
Of commercial fertilizer.
II 4 entimAted that there viii be up-
wards OF LOO men employed IN the fishlng
industry In Whatcom county this sum
mer. There will be over % tKMps In oper-
alton In the vicinity % Point Roberts. II
h expected that several hundred RIIl nets
WIN be used Ia the gulf below Point Rob-
erts and Lnmmi island.
Sixteen horses wesA sent from Port
TOWNSEND last year 10 the Cook Inlet
though thsy had plenty o. food eight head
died frotn the effects OF the cold during
the winter. Another company operating
n horses At the same place lost the entire
OUTFIT The horses were common cayusen
ana II is said they pai1 for themselves and
their Transportation north 10 times over
before suncnmbing 20 the cold
I'll Hathaway, who was q merchant ia
Whafcom In iGH, u trying 70 get the gov
eminent to pay him for property destroy
ed BY indiana During an resurrection in
that year. Air. Hathaway LEFT his store
and vent out 10 nght the Indiana. and
while ne vas away the store was burned
20 the ground. when congress passed q
law anfhQrixing the court Of claims to ad-
3ndtcate al Indian depreciation cases.
Mr.. Hathaway failed 20 fiIe HIS claim nm
III after the expiration OF thu time limit.
Comrades Of the 0fnnd Army. deparf-
nsnt Of Montana. Wlfl 80 20 the national
onrampment NJ Buffalo In Considerable
numbers this pear.
cinsinnAti capitalists have q Coco acre
tract eet aside In the Big Horn basin
which they propose 70 cover Nith q ditch
that will cost about s7keo0
The supreme court holds that the anti
scaipers Law passed by the third Moniana
legislAtuSS. In iHU. which IL Etiil on the
statute bookA. IL constitutional
Ftockmaslern from Teton county say
that the lamb crop OF this season d the
greatest N the history OF the sheep indus
try OF northern MontAnA. and that the In
crease In many bands will be more than
100 per cent. while the loss is practically
nothing
The outstanding warrants Of Helena
tA1x3s making the entire Indebtedness
or the city ~ the form Of bonds and war
rants f5&SIa.& There are due 70 the city
from suspended banks 81 sS2I7
The Maftaa roundup has gathered most
Of the cattle that drifted aouth OF the
Missouri during the winter. the outfii Ag-
GregAt;ng some 600 head The cattle are
IN very good condition for this season Of
the year, = circumstance which leads
Htoekmen to the conclusion that they with
have early beef shipments for Iess.
idaho.
Hope people are catching fine trout
Priest river valley Il alling up with set
tiera
Ranehera are bccomIng uneasy over the
rising waters In Pend d'oresIle lake.
The AMseaNmcnt rsils Of Alluras county
figure up total OF Ses7.771.A
There has already been received this
season az Mountain Home over a half
million pounds OF wool
The trustees o. the CTlttenden home
have negotiated loan o. 500. with which
they expert 70 be able 10 complate the
home BY the nrst OF July
gambler has been aned $50 by the
probate judge at Boise for violating the
eameiins law. The aefefdane lmuedl-
ately applied for = writ Of habeas corpas.
and the Law vii now be tested In the
courts.