The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-08-31
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE
Choice Selection Of Isteresting Hens
Gathered Throaeh the Week
Harvesting IL In FuIi BIast-BIR
Crops Assured = AIany Accidents
OeeuF-PersonaIs.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The steamer 6eIkirk is again on the
river. running TO Brewster.
Wenatchee section Is shipping about
LOCO boxes Of fruit a day now.
The pack OF Whatcom county Gamer.
les reaches the enormous figure Of 6l4,-
600 cases.
A new line Of railroad to tap the
country east OF the Yakima river is
also under adVisement.
Charles w. Nordstrom was hanged
In Seattle for the murder on November
n. 1891. OF William Mason.
National guardsmen who fail to fire
nifty rounds In practice between June
/ and Nov. are to be dropped.
Prunegr0wers Of Clarke county are
making active preparations for gather.
Ing and curing the seasons crop.
The Seattle cricket eleven defeated
the Portland eleven In Seattle in an
interesting game. with a score Of LIS
to Ii2.
A new passenger service. "the Colum-
bia Flyer" is TO be inaugurated Sep
TENDER / between Dayton. Walla walIa
and the Sound.
Word comes from Riparia that bold
holdup. which nearly resulted In muir.
der. occurred in the railroad yards at
that place recently.
After October LIST, saloonkeepers Of
walla Walla will pay 1866 per annzm
license. IL they sell to minors their
licenses will be revoked.
From the reports OF threshing opera
tons II is estimated that the wheat
yield Of Adams county this year will
not be less than 5000, 900 bushels.
Phenomenal yields Of wheat similar
IL not in excess Of those reported from
Whitman and Walla Walla counties are
reported by prominent farmers in Pom
eroy.
John w. Decamp. who was terribly
burned while searching In his blazing
home In Seattle for . servant he sup
posed to be imprisoned in her room.
died last week.
BY charter and purchase. Dodwell 4
Co.'s Alaska feet, operated a. the
Washington & Alaska Steamship com
pany. has passed into the hands Of the
Pacific Coast company.
The Is months old child OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ramsey. living on a milk
farm Just north OF Colfax. was proba.
bly, fatally injured recently by drink.
Ing q quantity OF concentrated Iye.
In the failing contest OF loggers at
the Elks' carnival In Tacoma J. H.
Bode OF Olympia and George Digs OF
Shelton broke the worlds record. fell.
ing q 81 inch tree in 4 minutes s1E
seconds.
A murder Is reported to have been
committed on the Yakima Indian reser.
vation. Charley Honnewashe is miss.
ing. and the Indians believe he has
been killed and his body thrown into
the Yakima river.
George NJ. Forster. Of Spokane. has
been elected one OF the vice presidents
OF the American Bar association. The
other vice presidents from the north.
western states are as follows: William
H. Wood. Idaho; Charles H. Carey. Ore
gOn: John W. cOtter, Montana. and P.
L. Williams. Utah.
The observation OF the first 'straw
day" in Walla Walla county seems to
have been successfully carried out. II
was nothing more nor less than a com.
bined effort on the part OF the farmers
TO improve dusty roads by laying straw
on the thoroughfares most frequently
traversed and In this way make travel
ing more comfortable. 1t has resulted
In a decided benefit