The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-13
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THE NEWS or THREE STATES.
nappeninws Here anA There In
Washinsten, Idaho ana Mentana
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wen Thfs seasen.

gun near Pullamn. and the grain is turn.
ing out better than was expected. j.
X Ripley fhreshed seven acres Of red
Russian wheat which averaged ~ bush.
els per acre. He has 30 acres Of this
VARSITY, the seven acres threshed yester.
day being the poorest Of the field, and
10 certain the 81 acres will average as
bushels per acre. The grain i Of excel
lent quality.
Theodore Rixon has been appointed BY
the secretary Of the interior TO make 4
geological survey Of the Olympic forest
reserve He win be accompanied In his
travels by Arthur Dodweii. Northern
cruising Northern Pacific timber ENDS
for the last two years and Il county sur
veyoT Of Pacific county.
Fruit Inspector w. II Brown Of Seattle
has condemned - utterly unfit for use
nearly zoo boxes Of pears and apples,
mostly the former, which reached the
steamer dock from San Francisco. The
pests in and on the fruit are the cOdling
moth and San Jose scala The pears are
Of the Bartlett and Alexander varieties
and aside from the worms In them looked
6ne.
County Treasurer A. d. Dorsey Of Port
Angeles has completed his financial state
nient for the year ending June 20, 1898.
A comparison Of the financial statement
Tor the year ending june 30, 1888, with
the previous year shows a gratifying in
crease in receipts and = marked decrease
In liabilities The figures are - follows:
Collections, 1888, eS3, PISS .0a; 1897, $751;
Sl5 oil; total debt. lsas. 500, ga .O5;
1897, sl25. Oe0 So: net debt, ISIS, sl2I,.
lsa 30: 1897. Rl0e, l05. Os.
The Hypotheekbank Of Spokane, which
owns about $50 acres Of land on WILDLY
island, north Of La Conner, has just com.
Pleted the construction Of $4,000 dam
on ita property, which reclaims from the
tides over 800 acres oi valuable tide land
which has been Of no account for the
past two YEAR,. owing 70 the washing
away Of the old dam. The new one Is
800 teet long. - feet deep. with a 00-loot
bass. and its construction used up over
BOO cords u brush fAscines. $50 tons Of
rock, $500 sacks filled with dirt and some
10000 cubic yards Of loose dirt.
Three Of Seattie's society women have
ontiitted and sailed for a two years CO.
jouFn on the Yukon. and they are Mira.
and Miss McGaw, wife and daughter Of
ex Governor john II. McGnw, and Mrs.
Carr, vile Of GeaeEal T. N. Carr, formerly
brgadier general Of the state militia.
Governor McGnw l. now awaiting The
party at 81 MichAsla He and General
Carr have valuable mines On Little Mi.
nook. The ladies will b. accompanied
on their voyage By General Carr, who
rStnrned from the district some weeks
ago.
Engineers SliFrud and Nasten Of Sc.
attic have two large parties in the held
under the supervision Of Mr.. Nasten,
working On government surveyA They
have reccnty made corrections on town.
ship -. range %. which includes the
town q Loomia, which Eas surveyed hast
ssasOn, but found slightly defective. They
hare also made corrections In township
90, range Is. which was also surveyed
81 the ame time. These townships are
very pcpalous and have been In abey-
ance since ls90 for various causes. and
their completion and acceptance will be
q boon mach appreciated by The settlera
IDAHO.
The county jail At Boise has ils first
female prisoner, . girl whose downfall
is attributed 10 the morphine habit.
The county commissioner at Rlackfoot
have axed The salary Of county attorney
ito Be eicctcd in NovembeFl at 5000 per
year.
Husklehcry pickes report a fairly
good crop well up the mountain sides
near Wallace. the berries on the lower
ground having been killed by the late
frosts.
For the frst time In years Lewiston is
being visited by . gang Of hobOes. The
building Of the railroad In this vicinity
Il bringing them. Several arrests have
been made and . chain gang organized,
which 10 engaged in improving the
elrects
Superintendent Mclsce has issued an
announcement TO the teachers Of KoOt.
enay county Of Joint institute Of the
teachers Of kootenay and shoshone coun.
tics 10 be held in the school house at
Wallace. beginning August Is and ending
August 10.
The last legislature Of Idaho changed
the date Of holding annual examinations
nom the hrst to the last week In August
In order TO enable NAchers from other
states TO take the examination without
% great los Of time from the date Of
the examination to the time of opening
school on the first Monday In September.
A comparative statement prepared by
Postmaster Kress Of Lewiston shows the
increased business Of the local Office over
last year. The receipts for stampa, On
velopes, etc, for the quarter ending July
90, 1897, were el.00S.62. The receipts
for the same month"; this year were
81 ,S07. 30.
Threshing is fairly inaugumted In the
Thmmany district near Lewiston. There
Is no longer conjecture about the yield.
The real returns In the sacks demonstrate
the yield 10 be even greater than the
expectations Of the most sangulno Of the
farmers. The first zelda throshed have
yielded 20 bushels 10 the acre and the
best crops are yet 20 Be harvested.
The Hrst carload Of 1898 wheat was re.
celvcd al the min ct 0enesee, and was
graded No. l. Il weighed O. pounds 70
the bushel, and was considered excellent
In quality, being hard and plump. Some
rust l. appearing, and Il Il feared that Il
VIII Lessen the average Of a number Of