The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-07-09

on the Neg PIERCE ceded lands. The In.
creased value, owing 70 the established
prOductiyeness Of the reservation lands,
has caused much land jumping this
spring. Contest case hearings are almost
e0ntinu0us at the land Office.
Dr.. p. DanfoFth Of Standpoint has the
honor Of having two sons, Clyde L. and
William IL Danforth, in Troop c, Roose-
yelt's Rough Riders, which made such q
gallant fight near Santiago Dc Cnba last
Friday. The boys were enlisted from Arr
zOEla.
The new war revenue measure struck
Wallace, the past week, when an agree
ment was reached by the scent beer
houses 10 raise the price 10 l2i cents. II
is evident in this ease who pays the tax
p. @. Gates, expert timber estimatoI
and appraiser employed by the etate to
estimate and aPpnise the timber ON the
white pine lands in the northern part Of
the state, has arrived in Boise from Ar
kansas. Mira Gates accompanies him.
They are guests Of Secretary Of State
Lewis. Mr.. Gates will 90 north in few
days to proceed with the work. lie viii
be accompanied by some members Of the
state land board.
A letter drOm Camp Merritt. San Fran
eiseo 10 the Boise Statesman contains the
following paragraph: sour beautiful flag
arrived on the 18th and Mrs. A. II.
Boomer carried ii through camp amid
the cheers Of all the boys. And right here
trra ..,am& 40 aa.v ahaf kh1.. -. 49,. -, -.
that has eqnaled Mrs. Boomers attention
and work for the regiment. She has been
deservedly named the Mother of the Reg.
iment" Today Major Higgins IL calling
On the boys for q small donation with
which he intends 10 get . remembrance
for Mira Boomer, and il is with joy that
the boys respond"
On the lower hills near Wallace, there
10 an occasional ripe huciIeberry found.
and Il will not be long until there will
be plenty Of them. Higher up the mount.
aims they are later and ripe ones can be
found at any time from now until hard
frOsta come next fall The crop promise,
TO be an abundant one, the bushes ey.
erywhere being loaded with green berries
II Is only once in two or three years thai
there Is = full crop, the frost usually kill.
ing them except in favored localities.
In good seasons they are found almost
all over the mountains, and they may be
gathered for 50 long . time that the crop
IL one possessing considerable value
There is little likelihood of any weather
10 injure them after they are as far along
a. now.
Montana.
At the Episcopal convention al Hell
ena, Bishop Brewer said that cOntribu-
tiOns for ParochiAl objects during the yeaI
were about 5000 more than for the pre-
vious year.
For the FIRST time in the history Of
the city Of Butte, the city council has
appropriated money for a Fourth Of July
celebration, voting $500 from the emer.
gency fund for this purpose.
Clark Bros. have fled their bill Of dam.
ages against the Northwestern National
hank at Great Falls. The total IL $751;.
OAS 50. This amount makes the suit the
largest ever tried In this county.
w. II. Cochran, on his return "trip from
the Big Hole basin, encountered grizzly
near DixOn's place, near Dillon. He took
the animal 10 be . calf at first, but upon
closer inspection be discovered hiA mis-
take. and concluded not 10 linger unnee-
eSAarily in that immediate neighbOrhood
Married, June 81. in Elensburg, at the
home Of the bride's brother, Rev. Bard
ofIiciAtiRg, Judge Carroll b Graves and
Miss Catherine Osborne.
Rev. =. A. Riggin Of Great Falls, Mont
will open the Beaver City camp meeting
In Fergus county, on June 80. He will
have charge Of the meeting and will b
assisted by number Of men from the
Montana mission. The season will con
tinue until July S.
Another promising young man Of aP
arcnily good habits, Of previous good
character and holding 4 good position
which he might have retained indefinitely
has gone wrong and last night he slept
behind the bars Of the Deer Lodge peni
tertiary, says the Anaconda Standard
He Is Alfred I. Duffy, cashier for thu
Anaconda Copper Mining Company, lum
Der department. He has confessed to EN-
beEziing $3.50 Of the companya funds.
Hen Durrell and Henry Shufelt o
Nashua have lost over q dozen head o
young cattle from blackleg this spring
says the Glasgow Gazette. The animal
they say are affected by swelling which
Is usually confined to one leg Of the ami
NAL and never extending over the body
The member 20 affected becomes hard a
stone, almost bursting the skin. Severa
Of Ed. Stevens cattle have died Of III,
same disease. They are now vaccinatin,
their young stock as a preventive.
The Montana state school Of mine
building. for the past three years in cours
Of construction, west Of Butte, is nearin,
completion. The building was contracte,
for at S92 900, and Ia designed in tn
Italian renaissance school Of architecture
and IL constructed Of sandstone, presse,
brick and terra Gotta. Iron and stee
heams and lintels were used entirel,
throughout. The walls are Of solid bricl
and hollow tile, and make the building
as near ire-proof as is possible. The fir
insurance rate on this account IL the low
"a Of any building in the state, bein,
IS cents per thousand.
Father rcndO, for many years mis-
sionary among the Crow Indians, wa
drowned In the Big Horn river the othe
day. He had been TO Prior creek misSio
and was on his way home in light ri
and had reached the dough On the we.
side Of the river, opposite 81, Xavier. Tw
Indian children, boy and a girl, wer
with him. In attempting 10 ford IN
river the wagon was upset and all thre