The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-10-09
NORTHWEST NEWS.
wAsAINoroN. IOAAo. MoNrANA.
Notes On the Harvest and building
Of Wagon Reads--oueen of Inter
Mountain Fair Mt BoIse-stoek In
teresan Of Montana.


sold at Pomeroy during the last six
weeka
Gambling has been stopped in Dayton
for while at least. City Marshal zoe,
backed by public opinion, has given the
gamblers no quarter.
During its first year, which has re-
Gently closed, the Chehalis valley cream
cry has handled little over l,000.OOO
pounds of milk, for which about 5000
in cash was paid.
A. p. Lechier Of Lexington, Cowlitz
county, threshed seven acres Of oats last
week which averaged los bushels per
acre. At the present price of oats his
crop will bring him 500, or $S7 per acre.
Almost one half of the new crop of tea
imported from China into the United
States comes through Puget sound. To
be exact 1925 per cent of the entire crop
was entered through the Puget sound
customs district.
The farmers OF niickitat are becoming
awakened to the fact that a good wagon
road to Lyle will be great benefit, and
Mt the eounty's expense a good wagon
road viii be built from the lower portion
Of the klickitat valley to Lyle, following
closely the railway survey.
James ID. Hoge, Jr., who has been for
the past four years manager of the Seat
tie Post -Intelligencer, has left for New
York, whence he will start for London.
After attending to some business there he
will spend few weeks making a tour OF
the British isles and then proceed on a
journey around the world, returning to
Seattle in five or six months.
The state university trouble took on
new phase when it was announced that
President Edwards did not propose TO ae-
quiesce in his deposition by the board of
regents President Edwards contention
is that he has a specific contract to man
age the institution until August /. 1898,
and that the action of the regents is OF
no legal force. The matter will probably
be taken to the courts
Mrs Mary l. Sinclair, one of the pio-
neers of SnohOmish county and Snohom-
ish City, has gone to Skaguay. She ex-
poets to take position as a cook for a
club Of business men there. Mrs. Sin
clair Is a large property owner in Sno-
homish City, and, owing to the excessive
valuation at which it was assessed, due
to the inflated prices, her taxes have been
so large that she can not pay them. How
ever, she proposes to pay her taxes and
IS making no bluff about expensive law
suits. Mrs Sinclair is a lady well ad-
vanced in years, but she is full of vigOr.
UAahA
The free kindergarten at Wallace open
ed with 25 children.
Five thousand rainbow trout have been
liberated in Spirit lake.
1t is estimated that 10000 bushels of
grain have been sold at Moscow thus far
this season
TIVE baseball teams have been organ
lied among the eonvicts in the peniten-
tiary at Boise.
The contest for queen of the inter
mountain fair has closed. The success
full candidate is Miss Bessie Vollmer,
daughter of John p VoIImer of Lewiston.
She received 3SlS votes. The second in
the contest was Miss Rae O'Farrell of
Boise, who received 2OO2 votes.
The death is reported at the soldiers
home in Boise of Joseph lie Grand. He
was born in Germany October Is. 1886
He enlisted in Company C, Fifth United
States infantry, as private April 3, 1855,
and was discharged as corporal February
4, 1868; re-enlisted February 4, 1868, in
Company D, Fifth United States infan-
try, and was discharged as sergeant July
IA, 1865. By profession he was an ac-
countant- He enjoyed a good musical
and literary education and held several
local Offices of importance at Wallace
before surrendering to i'll health. He was
formerly commander of Tecumseh post
No p, Wallace, Idaho.
Montana.
The wire is being strung for the tele-
phone line from LeOnia to Sylvanite.
Preparations are being made to estab-
hsh a telegraph service along the line of
the Montana railroad.
The Florence Crittenden home for way
ward girls, which was started at Butte in
May, 1896, has just been closed.
George W. Gle, Jr., of Smith creek,
has just completed hauling over 300 tons
of hay for this winters feed for his bands
Of sheep.
Frank Hughes has closed up the sale
OF his half-interest in 5000 sheep and two
ranches on the Marias to J. V. Davies
and Frank Cady for $ll 900.
7. j. Fleming of Smith river valley
says the Rock creek roundup has shrunk
from 25 riders TO three, owing to the
changes from cattle to sheep.
The Goodwin ranch on Cherry creek
has been purchased by White Caldwell,
late sheriff Of Gallatin county, from the
administrators of the estate. This ranch
is about $40 acres in size.
Charles Klein Of Miles City says that
of 40 acres he had seeded to alfalfa he
has cut four crops this year, and expects
to get another crop if the weather CON
tinues as good as usual in the fall.
Baled hay is being loaded out from
Chinook in large quantities for Benton,
Great Falls, Harlem, Butte and Malta.
The farmers are getting $3.50 per ton on
board the cars.
From official sources it is learned that
over 5000 people visited the Yellowstone
Park this season, hailing from 80 states
OF the Union and from England, Ireland,
Scotland, France, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Den
mark, Italy. China and India.
British Columbia.
Work will begin Immediately on the
new waterworks at Grand Forks.
During September there were recorded
at KamloOps IL births, marriages and 2
deaths.
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