The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-16

Judge Rudolph Guiehard Of waIla Wal.
Ia Is dead.
cowIitz county has II shingIe and six
: saw mills.
Eastern families are settling in PuyaI-
lup at the rate Of one and more per day.
More are coming, largely from Michigan
and Wisconsin.
!, The money order business of the Che
halls pcstotfiee is growing. II il nearly
twiee as heavy now as when Mr.. LiIIpop
took the Office. Ii amounts 10 from sl7OO
TO $500 q week. Mr.. LlIpop says he
thinks 1t viii soon average 5000 a week
the year around.
Wheat receipts at Tacoma for March
have amounted to $50 cars, according to
Inspector Wright's report for the month.
The total receipts to date, since Septcm-
Der ], amount to 06l6 cars, or POS, 09s
bushels. 1t is estimated that about g.
100000 bushels will yet be shipped before
the season closes.
Word has been received at Vancouver
a the death at Dyea Of Sergeant Major
Kelly Of the Fourteenth infantry. He
lied on the evening Of March 10 Of eere-
spinal meningitis. after an illness Of
only three days A letter from Dyea says
that he was strong, robust and healthy
up 70 the hour Of being taken with The
disease
At meeting Of the beard of directors
Of the Y. NJ G. A. at New Whateom a
few nights ago it was decided to employ
a secretary TO take complete charge of the
institution for one month and see il II
could not be put on a substantial enough
basis to pay the running expenses Of the
building.
For the past two weeks, or ever since
the heavy frost passed over the country
there has been general cry among a oer.
tain few that the fruit crop of the Inland
Empire WAS ruined by the frost, and that
even the fall sown wheat was badly dam
aged Several Of the prominent commits
sion houses Of Spokane, who have CORE
sPondents in all Of the tributary districts,
have taken the trouble to thoroughly in,
Vestigate the matter, and their finding Is
that not only is the fruit crop not mate
rally damaged, but that in many sections
the frost was more Of help than a hin
drance.
John P. Anderson, more familiarity
Pete Anderson, one Of the Puget sound
pioneers. died the other day at the home
Of his daughters. Mrs. lee Rogers in Ar
iington. Mr. Anderson was an old steam.
boat captain on the sound. and served a
term several years ago as surveyor of'Sno-
homish county. He was one Of the path
finders Of that county, being familiar with
every square mile Of its territory. and for
several years has followed timber cruising
and private surveying. He leaves quite q
large family Of children, all grown, his
wife having died several years ago. He
was about 81 years old.
William Jones Of WaIla WaIla, one Of
the heaviest grain operators in the Inland
Empire, was in Tacoma the other day and
in conversation with a reporter said:
There is little TO say concerning the
wheat situation except that the winter
wheat crop has come through in fine
shape. We shall have an increased area
in wheat Of about 10 or Is per cent over
last year There is considerable grain yet
unsold, and some Of the large holders who
have been very bullish since carly last
season are still carrying their wheat al
though the price is now about 20 cents. as
compared with SO cents last fall"
idaho.
A racing meeting is to be held at weis-
er beginning June l.
The o. S. L. Railway Co. has just paid
$4,000 delinquent taxes into the Blaine
county treasury, as the result Of recent
court decision
The Lewiston Light and Power Com.
pany has commenced work on the CON
stTuction ora ditch on Asotin creek. The
ditch will supply power for their new
plant, which will be in operation July l.
The site of the power plant is 10 miles
from Lewiston, in the state Of Washing.
ton.
A Boise butcher has just been paid $50
to release farmer from a contract to sell
him all his veal calves this year. Two
years ago the calves were contracted at
IS, last year at % and this year at s..
They are worth about Sl2.
Governor Steunenberg has received Of.
fcrs Of services for military duty from a
large number Of men since the Spanish sit.
uRtion became acute. The men coming
forward offer to serve in any capacity in
which they can be useful in the event of
Idaho being called upon to furnish troops
TO assist in prosecuting a war with Spain.
There is a great stir in business circles
at Idaho Falls, and the people there are
anticipating the best season in a long
time. A great many buildings are being
put up and others are in contemplation.
The recent influx Of people into the sur.
rounding country has been large and the
tide Of settlement continues undated.
AT Agatha, about eight miles above the
mouth Of the Potlatch, there is a market
ing place for the farmers Of the Cotton,
wood district. and about eight miles fur.
Their up is the Big canyon, through which
entrance Is made 70 Gold Springs prairie.
Al this point, on the extension Of the road
up this canyon, will be stimulus to the
growing Of wheat in that section. Already
several grain companies have had their
agents along the river, looking for loca.
tons for warehouses, and as soon as work
Is started ON the road that will be built
up the river, the work Of building ware
houses win commence.
There is small band Of Indians living
In nayette county, near the mouth Of Dry
Buck, about score in all. They have