The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-01-20
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Iatsrestiag Collection Of Items
FFe@ the Fear Northwest STATES
Of . Miscellaneous Natare Ga,h.
cred the Past Week.
IDAHO.

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There 10 no smallpox at wardner.
The Potlatch Is on q rampage. The
report Ia that Kendrick IL inundated
and several people drowned.
i Wardnsr has experienced q sure but
steady growth this winter, amounting
almost 10 building boom.
Senator shOuD will introduce a bill
increasing the limit OF the cost OF the
Boise public building from $500, 900 to
$500. 900.
Small 4 Emery have purchased ate
for their mill about q mile above town
To the east. They will move their
plant sometime during the next month.
Burglars at Lewiston entered
three buildings but got small booty.
-Four reVOlvers. few dollars and sledge
hammer comprised the sDoIls OF the
night
-Four new smallpox cases have deyei-
oped In Moscow during the past week.
and the situation Ia becoming serious.
Mrs. Fred Heir. living on Third street.
has the disease.
As the results Of row on the Nez
Perce reservation Lee Phinney. q half.
breed. 10 In u serious condition. John.
ny Low welded . rife and skipped.
George Woodland gave himself up. A
joyous trio.
Acting for the State Land Board,
Ben Gray has made sale OF 400 acres
Of land 10 Blaine county. IL miles below
HALEY. 10 Frank II. and T. II. 0oodIng.
The land brought from $40 70 SIS per
acre. the total amount realized being
$500.
A comparison OF the records Of sho-
shone county for the past two years
shows = wonderful increase In 1859,
particularly during the last six months
OF the year. after the authority Of the
stats had been invoked 10 bring order
out OF chaos which had existed here &c
long.
Section Director BiAndford Of the
weather bureau has completed his re
port OF the meteorological conditions
prevailing In Boise during the year
1893. II 10 shown that the highest
temperature reached vas 100 In July
and the lowest degrees below zero in
February.
PiOughing has been going on in Lew
igton valley during the entire winter
Hank Trimble. one Of the largest wheat
farmers in that vicinity. reports wheat
sown during the last ten days is sprout
ing. Mr.. Trimbie has 1900 acres IN
grain. and looks forward TO the harvest
Ing Of q big crop this year.
The state treasurer has notified Mis-
French. superintendent Of public In
struction. that there is sil.2ss.3S OF
hand for the seEnI-AnnuAl apportIon
mcnt among the counties OF the stat'
for school purposes. This is t3,207.tI
more than was ever before available II
January for this purpose. This re
suits from the effective work done las
year In leasing lands In the north foi
wheat growing purposes.
Although county taxes become deiin
queut on the 1rst Monday In January
Assessor Daily, following the establish
ell custom. has not yet added the penal
". So far something over $50. 900 hai
been collected. The total amount o
the taxes Is 100000. The commits
aioners will decide how much time vii
ciApee before the penalty will take Fl
feet
: WASHINGTON.
The town OF Pennington has no doc
: tor.
Robberies are quite frequent In spO
: kane lately.
A new sewer aystem has been start
l. ed at WallA WallA-
: A poultry show will be held In Wall
: WAllA In February.
All the houses In WallA Walla are b
r ing numbered even TO the suburbs.
l. During the year 1899 there were IS
notariAl commissions issued by Cover
nor Rogers.
An early closing movement OF bus
Il ness houses has gone into effect al Ger
n tralia
n Col. John W. Pinkerton. for man
d, years q prominent citizen Of Tacoma
a. IL dead.
: Charleston lie now the name OF the ne'
lie postotnce In vineland. formerly know
ne a. Concord.
Ethel Perry, Of walla waila. has bee
ordered committed TO the retorT
school by Judge Brent1.
"a Spokane police court paid q prof
an lest year. The zines collected there e.
70. ceeded police expenses,
a. Hot lunch lie being served daily at II
NO Spokane High School for the benent
the pupils and teachers
orville, okanogan county. Wash
has been made a money order ono
=. with Spokane a. It's depository.
,n The depot Of the Washington 4 co
~ umbia railway burned 10 the ground
:, Waitsburg. causing q total loss,
- There are now $50 students enrolle
" Al the washlnton Agricultural colleg
the highest number In It's history.
Contracts have been let for the m
soury Of the new Great NortheE
~, bridges at Spokane to ST. Paul hrE
There Ia considerable activity In Il
,,,h wheat market at Colfax. and several
The ,eusIye farmers are selling their cror
In a few days every street will ha'
suitable signs placed, showing the
tersection OF every stree In Walla WI
de. Ia 49,
,,n, Fish Commissioner Little has
lrms ranged TO plant carload OF caste
I,-. - pnwot anund waters as