The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-08-07
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NEWS ITEMS EROm wAsHrH0ToN.
MONTANA AND HDAMO.


Ane NV mourning mtu Dulldlng ~
Asotin Is completed and ready for the
machinery.
The Seattle Post Intelligeneer has been
sold TO George y. Piper and his brother,
Edward ,. FIper, for 100000. The Pip
ers have for several years been connected
with the Oregonian-
Representatives Of eastern hop buying
firms have been in Chehalis displaying a
great deal Of eagernezs to make contracts
for the 1897 crop.
Tacoma reports that sockeye salmon
have started to run unusually early this
season and the run promises TO be extra
ordinarily large.
The new school directors Of district
No. !, In Thnrston county, have made .
horizontal cut Of SIC in the salaries Of
teachers In the public schools.
The contractors for the government
lighthouse at Westport have the fOun-
dation for the keepers house about com
pleted.
The lumber yards Of RitzvilIe are un-
able 70 Gil their orders, owing TO the fact
tnat nearly all the farmers are doing
more 90 less building.
Several parties are making arrange
ments 70 erect dry house near Sterling
in which to take care o. the surplus
amount Of fruit raised In Skagit county
The penitentiary at McNeill's island
win be condemned and the federal GOV
eminent viii make arrangements with
the state to keep its prisoners at waliA
WalIa-
There Is in Spokane county 81, 229, 3Bl
worth Of real estate and improvements,
according to the assessment just CON
pleted BY County Assessor Daniels. OF
this 90. a6l ,sl3 will be taxed and 81 EOS,
OIL will be exempt, being government
land, school land, church property, etc.
The value Of real estate and improve
ments Of Spokane city are $l7yOl4,9OS
Judge Carroll Of the superior court al
Tacoma has issued an order denying the
legality Of the collection Of delinquent
taxes prior 10 june 30, 1895, the court
holding that the debt came under thu
statute Of limitations and could not be-
collected. The loss TO the county Is
about 100000. The supreme court vii
pass on the matter.
Judge Williamson Of the Pierce coun
~ superior court has filed an opinion
on the new mortgage law, passed bs
the last legislature. which would impl,
that the law was unconstitutional and
without effect By this ruling the court
has ordered the sheriff TO act under the
old sale law In the foreclosure of mort
gagged property where the contract was
made prior to June 0, 1897. The opinion
il much the same as that rendered by
Judges Prather and Richardson Of Spo-
kane county and Judge Mcdonald Of
Whitman county, sitting en- banc.
IaaAe.
A joint teachers institute Of Kootenai
and Shoshone counties will be held at
RAthdum beginning August l6 and end.
ing August 20 inclusive.
Harry l. Smith, brakeman, lost his
life AZ Nampa while switching. He caught
his foot in frog and fell under the cars,
one leg being terribly crushed. He died
about two hours after.
l. S. Pond Of Gentle valley, Ban
mock county, and Thomas Preston Of
Weston, Oneida county. have been
spending few days in Boise. The gen
tlemen are elders Of the Mormon church
and their mission h TO establish a Nor
mon church in that city.
The Sunday school convention at
Boise elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, II. E. Neal. Boise; secretary, L c.
Cook, Boise; treasurer, Mrs. Burton,
Boise: corresponding secretary, Junius
Wright Boise; drst vice president, Mrs.
]. II. Barton. Caldwell; second vice presi-
dent, +. F. Kirkland, PocAtello; third
vice president, ]. ). Schwartz, Moscow.
The incorporatoTs Of the Snake River
Valley Telephone Company held a meet
ing 1t Rexburg and elected olRcers. The
old telephone poles which were set In the
ground three years ago have been pur-
chased and the system win be in opera.
ton inside Of 60 days. The following
points viii be reached on tas line; Me,
nan, Rexburg, Salem. MILFORD, Teton and
st. Anthony. Other connections will be |
made as fast as possible.
Montana.
Attorney General Nolan holds that bet. |
ting on horse racing l. not gambling in |
the eyes Of the Montana law.
The Helena Independent has passed |
into the hands Of John S. n Neill, the |
former surveyor general Of the state.
p. J. Moore Of the Little Xix, ON the |
d better than Il has been for - years. |
About 500 men are at work in the |
mines at Aldridge and about the coke
worlcp at HOr. Everything Is running |
fun blast.
At Great Falls the brewers license l. |
raised for those Of the first class to SIS |
per quarter. The license Of the wholesale |
liquor men ID raised 10 the same - that
Of the retail saloons. ESQ per quarter.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction L. |
A. Carleton holds that the school districts |
that have adopted free text books are not |
obliged, under the law, TO purchase high |
schOol books.
The contract for grading eight miles |
Of roadbed between the Rocky Fork |
branch and the Globe coal mines has been |
let The coal company will build the |
grade and turn 4 over to The Northern |
Pacific. the consideration being that the |
latter company shah lay the track and |
operate the road.
At the state university grounds az |