The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-20
IORTHHEsEHSANDHOIES
rrEns FROM THREE STATES.
yaFfeus Bats Of News From Wash-
inEfss, idaho aad Mestana--The
Eaeet Of the Hot Spell on the
Grafa crep-LitfIe Damage Done.


Harvesting is in progress around Che
ney. The yield Of wheat b unusunaIly
large, but not quite % heavy as the yield
Of last year.
The canneries At FaiFhayen are only
able to run half the time ON account b
. scarcity 81 fish.
DeWberries, Of home growth, have beer
more plentiful in the ElIensburg market
this season than ever before. They ara
large and lnsciouG
II. b. Williams Of Whatcom q the new
editor Of the ReyeiIIe, Parker Ellis having
retired 10 devote his time and talentz
to the Seattle Post-Inteiligencer and San
Francisco Examiner agencies.
Surveyors have commenced the Work
Of locating the line Of the Port Angeles
( Eastern railway, which It Is intended
to connect with Victoria by ferry ser
vice carrying cars. The survey between
Angeles and Discovery Bay viii Be pushed
30 completion with all possible speed, and
Il il the intention to have the read in
operation next sumner. The company
il composed Of New York and Chicago
capitalists
The hot weather for the Last week has
been the most intense yet experienced in
Stevens county. However, the frequency
Of rain during the past two months has
rendered the crops sufficient moisture
that they could endure two weeks more
Of the hot season. The hay harvest is
well advanced. The grain crop il safe
from any damage. Fruit and vegetables
are also in good shape.
The extreme hot weather prevailing i'm
the Big Bend for the past week came on
too late to do amy material damage to
the spring wheat in that portion Of the
country. Harvesting Of fall wheat Il now
nearly done all about Davenport, and the
average yield is placed at IS bushels per
acre. The spring grain harvest has begun
and the yieid win average 30 busheIs
In consequence Of forest fires in the
interior districts the atmosphere has be.
come intensely smoky. On the south
half Of the COlyille reservation there i
. vast tract Of timbered country at the
mercy Of the flames which are sweeping
over the country. Fires are also reported
in British Columbia, particularly at Ymir,
where much damage il being done to
prospectors4
The wild blackberTies are 50 abundant
In western Klickitat that Axtel Anderson.
with three members Of his family wen:
over there and returned with 100 gallons
Of canned berries as the result Of Eve
days picking.
Mrs. I. l. Peabody, who recently
drowned herself in Lake Washington, Sc
attic. formerly lived at WAIlulA. where
her husband was O. r 4 n. station agent
They were ardent spiritnalists, and it is
said that spiritnalist friends induced Mr.
Peabody, who had accumulated a com
Portable sum, to put ala his savings into
a wild scheme to tan leather in a single
day. He lost his money and position,
and later died at Wallula-
IDAHO.
Auditor Anderson has made a rough
estimate Of the total assessed valuation
Of the state Of Idaho. and he places the
increase over last year at 81 100000. This
is outside Of any increase in railroad,
telegraph and telephone lines Last year
the total assessed valuation was SO.
100000.
Results 30 far Indicate that the yield
around Moscow viii not be up to what
was expected by the farmers Fields that
were expected to yield forty bushels TO
the acre are only producing a little over
thirty. The entire yield, however. viii
be larger than last year. This county will
produce l,SO0, 900 bushels or more. Grain
men figure on about $4,000 bushels be-
ing marketed at Moscow next fall
Threshing Is general in the Potlatch,
near Kendrick, as the fall-sOwn grain con.
stitutes about 80 per cent Of the grain
acreage. which is making On the average
Of 80 to 40 bushels per acre 1t is esti-
mated by the grain men thai the damage
TO the late sown gsnin i about Is per
cent and that fully 90 per cent Of this
grain has escaped injury.
The damage on The reservation In the
vicinity Of kenarick. where there is
large OAK acreage will curtail the yield
BY At least i've bushels per acre On the
basis Of cnrtailment Of the grain yield
Of the Potlatch Of 10 per cent as a result
Of the warm spell, the rotlatch viii have
at the least 100000 bushels Of export
wheat.
The Clearwater river at Lewiston has
not approached low water mark this year.
The late rains on the mountains have
afforded q favorable stage Of water for
the few raftsmen who have remained ON
the river. Even big lumber rats have
been run all through the summer. which
is altogether unsasual
The first load Of the 1893 crop Of wheat
was marketed at Moscow on August 9,
so cents per bushel being the price paid.
Russell 4 Rabcdew bought the wheat,
which Is Of the Red Russian variety, and
was raised on one Of the Hypotheekbank
ranches, farmed by Mr.. Davis The whole
field averages between IS and 20 bushels
to the acre and grades No. I. This beats
all previous records for early throshing
In this section about Eve dayS
MONTANA.
Hobo camps by the dozens are strung
along between Missoula and Garrison.
The city council Of Billings has decided
to put In sewer system on a scale to
accommodate 1900 people.
The first stock shipment Of the season
over the Great Northern was made from
Malta last week by the Miller Live Stock
Company, and consisted Of II carloads Of
prime stock.
The calf roundup on the north side
Of Glendlse was finished last week. and
The riders report branding . good calf
crop. They also report the range IN first