The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-08-25
WASHINGTON.

Everett is to have a retail grocers
association.
Garfield county will vote on a 500. OOC
court house proposition.
Japan has already taken more lum
Der from Washington this year than II
did during the whole Of 1899.
The increase Of lumber shipments
to Hawaii this year, as compared with
1899, amounts to 20 per cent
Centralia's new lawn tennis club is
prospecting under the presidency of DR.
F. c. Lewis. The club has IS members
WaIlula, on the Columbia river. ship
ped the first ripe peaches in the state,
says a correspondent Of the Pasco
News-Reeorder.
From all over the valley reports con.
tinue to come in saying the potato crop
Will not be near up to the average, says
the Ellensburg Capital
During all Of 1899 Mexico used 7.249..
S49 feet OF lumber from this state, and
during the first half OF 1900 the con-
sumption was 1867 .2O4 feet.
During the first six months of 1900
the exports Of Washington lumber to
the Philippines amounted to SO per
cent Of the exports during all of last
year.
Mrs. F. E. Woodwork, the wife Of a
locomotive fireman, shot herself
through the heart. and Mrs. Mary Rich
ards, widow. took poison, in Portland
recently.
Fire caused havoc among the saw
and shingle mills OF this state during
the last month. no less than twenty
fires being noted. the total loss amount.
ing to 100000.
To persons from counties not so
densely populated. the recent institute
at Pullman would have certainly been
a surprise, from the fact that the en-
rollment was more than 250 for the ses-
sion.
The American District Telegraph Co.
has been organized in Spokane. They
Will do a general messenger business,
also may engage In electrical construc-
ton. and act as agents for firms and
individuals.
A new company Is forming in Spo-
kane to extend the telephone lines that
center In Spokane. Are going into
the Okanogan and will string wires
to the new mining towns of that prom
Using district.
Thursday. August %, r. the date
liked for the annual outing and picnic
OF the Spokane Retail Grocers' Asso-
citation, and as previously announced,
Occur d'Alene City is the place where
the festivities will be held.
Republic has the prospect Of having
good water system by the close Of the
year. The Republic company has
been granted franchise for so years
to supply water to the people Of the
town and for fire purposes.
The interior department is making
efforts to give the widest publicity to
the laws against forest fires to the end
that campers and hunters and others
will be careful TO start no blaze that
will destroy valuable standing timber.
The body Of Joseph NJ. Olsen was
found in the hold Of the ship Isaac
Reed, anchored In the stream near the
coal bunkers, recently, by the watch.
man Of the vessel. Olsen's neck was
broken and he had sustained other In.
iuries which indicated death by a fall.
The state board OF land commission.
ers has approved the sale Of timber on
school land in section 80, township %
north. range 5 east, 800 acres TO the
Logging company for 33IOs
and 14O acres in Spokane county to II. |
B. Wadsworth for $500, in section 80
township 20 north, range 40 east.
Last fall a new wheat known az the
Arcadian was introduced into this
country and a considerable acreage
own. This is now being harvested