The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-12-15
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WASHINGTON.
The large iume At Tnmwater is I'm.
ished.
A clam canning factory win be es.
tabiished at Port Townsend.
The Seattle Chamber Of Commerce
vii increase Its membership to 500.
Two rural mail deliveries viii be e.
tablished out OF Walla walla within 20
days.
The WaiIa waIla council is consid-
ering the advisability OF q FIRE alarm
system.
A large deposit Of ere clay has been
discovered near Brennan Station,
WhatcOm county.
The Tacoma chamber OF commerce Is
having a bill framed for promoting
economy In county Offices.
Tue Washington mill Of walla WaIIa
county has transferred It's property 10
w. G. COrdiner for $4,000.
A sailor named Louis Larson was
dangerously wounded with razor In .
saloon row in Aberdeen last Tuesday.
y. z. Beard of New whatcom has In
stalled rug factory. He uses the
moss which grows In large quantities
on Washington timber lands.
The latest thing In the way OF sensa,
tons u Seattle Is the proposed new
paper by Leigh 8. l. Hunt. former own
OF Of the Post-InteilIgeneer.
A salmon hatchery will be bu.it in
the near future on the Big KIickitat
river. 4 n miles from its confluence
with the Columbia, at Lyle.
The matter Of the Improvement Of
the Stuck and White river valleys Is
still burning question among the
farmers Of both Of those fertile valleys.
Frank Alexander. sentenced to ten
years from Whitman county for burg
larry in 1897. has been pardoned by
Governor Rogers and has been released
from the penItentiary.
Governor Rogers has been requested
by the president of the National Live
stock association TO appoint three dele
gates TO attend the fourth annual con.
ventiOn which meets In Salt Lake City.
January Is.
Palouse is making strenuous efforts
10 secure the location OF the straw.
board factory which oficials Of the
Northern Pacific railroad are seeking
TO locate in one OF the towns along its
line. and has strong hopes OF being the
favored town.
Lumbermen along the PaIouse river
have finished cutting timber for next
seasons run, and the logging camps
along the river east Of that place are
being deserted, the men having com.
pleted their work and are now seeking
winter quarters in the towns.
A report comes from Olympia to the
effect that Governor Rogers Is about to
pardon Mrs Mary Pyle. who, with her
son. Was sentenced TO life imprison-
ment for burning = hotel In walla
Waiia Is years ago. when a man lost
his life in the oOnfagration. Mrs. Pyle
Is now over so years Of age and lie dy-
ing.
Many farmers In the Tekoa vicinity
have done considerable fall plowing.
The uplands have been in good condi-
ton all fall. The indications are that
next spring will witness the sowing OF
q large acreage OF wheat In that section
OF the Palouse country. Some OF the
farmers near town are preparing for
the creamery soon TO be built there by
purchasing more cows
John ]. Miller, a prominent farmer
and livestock man Of the Snake river
district. has cold 90 E. NJ King OF Sp0-
kane 6l7 head OF sheep for $4.70 per
head. The sheep are all 2-year-old
wethers and are an exceptionally fine
lot They 90 to Spokane and Seattle.
This Is considered one OF the best sales
Of the season and Mr.. Miller makes a
handsome prodt from the flock Of
sheep. He sin has 2600 head OF sheep
and many cattle on his 200 acre farm.