The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-10-07

Eigin has taken steps to form 1
commercial club.

Eigin has taken steps to form q
commercial club.
Mrs. w. G. oyton drowned herself
and two children near The Dalles the
other day. Family troubles are said 70
have led 70 the tragedy.
Stockmen OF Willow creek shipped
ten carloads OF beef cattle TO Portland
last Saturday. says the Huntington
Herald.
Fourteen cars. each Of $1,000 pounds
carrying capacity. have been received
NJ La Grande. for hauling beets to the
sugar factory.
Sumpter's water works will be I'm
ished BY December /. The pipe line
Ii three miles long. The supply win be
sufficient for 1900 people.
Many sales OF cattle are reported
from Wallowa county. One firm bought
1900 head, another 500 and various 9th.
ers from I50 to $50 head. One man has
bought over 200 fat cows.
Beef cattle have been gathered In
Wall0wa county. but few sales have
been made 30 far. The prices asked
are ; cents for COWS aud 3h cents for
steers.
Crook eounty's assessor returns 34s..
s6z in money this year. The PrineyilIe
Review shows that one bank. by its
published statement had sl3s. ass not
long ago. and wonders why tax laws
are 20 generally evaded.
Joe Elliott, Of PrineyiIle, was wound.
ed in the head last week by a pistol
shot. fired by Vic Davis. who had called
him from saloon into q cellar. Davis
ID under arrest Elliott was not badly
hurt
The government geological survey is
At work on the Sumpter geological
sheet The geological survey follows
the typographical survey. which is still
At work on the Sumpter sheet, but has
removed Its camp up TO near Bourne.
Both survey parties viii prosecute their
work until checked by cold weather,
and mean 10 resume as early as prae.
ticable next summer. The maps will
not be finished for about Is months.
The Oregon synod OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian church convened Al
McMinnville this week.
Thomas walker has force Of men al
work rebuilding his machine shop Al
Empire City. which was recently de
stroyed BY nre.
Rogue river had no run Of salmon 70
speak OF this year. The spring catch
was very small. and up 70 this time
the full run lie hardly worthy Of men.
ton.
Contractor Jacobsen is rushing mat
tiers and getting things ready 20 start
the government works at Coos bay. He
has q large force OF men engaged In re
pairing the lighters 20 be used In carry.
ing rock.
Lakeview expects railroad connection
via Reno. New. by November Of next
year. When the freighting season
shall open in the spring It is expected
the railroad may be met at Likely,
about 50 miles due south OF Lakeview.
Half Of the government wharf at
Newport fell into the YaquIna bay q
few days ago. The accident was due to
the work OF the teredo upon the pilIng.
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paid the remainder OF the structure.
and perhaps along with II some OF the
private whArves, may meet with q sim.
liar fate before the coming winter ends.
Fishermen. accounting for the scar
city OF salmon In Coos bay. say IL is due
TO the immense number OF seals in the
lower bay and just outside the bar.
Never before were they seen In such
numbers. and a. they are dead medi-
cine" on tho chinook and silverside, II
is believed their presence has caused
the salmon 70 seek other streams in
quest OF q spawning ground.
A man named johnson, while clear.
ing land two miles below Bandon,
found q human skeleton in the brush.
With Il were q silver watch and a pearl.
handled knife. IL had evidently been
there = number Of years. and there was
nothing by which IL could be identified.
The case is q mystery. as no one has
ever been missed in that vicinity, who
could be accounted for by the finding
Of these remains.
Yesterday q small child OF Frank
Kliever. living three miles north OF
Dallas, was seriously burned by pull.
ing dish OF hot grease from = table,
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