The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-12-14
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS Is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
harvesting Ii I'm Full BIast--BIg
Crops Assured Many Accidents
OecVr-PersOnaIs.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

AT Waila Walla, Wash, Dec. 9th, a
Walla Walla valley as sugar beet grow
ers is In prospect
Perry Queenan, OF Milwaukee, knock
ed out Dick Case of Seattle, Wash, in
the 18th round at Seattle last week.
The Yakima Milling company has let
he contract for the construct on OF an
elevator with capacity Of $4,000 bush
els.
Pullman is to have a pork packing
sstabl shment. on small scale at first.
but with increased capacity as occasion
demands.
Track laying on tine Republic and
Grand Forks railway is completed in
10 Nelson. Wash, about six miles from
Grand Forks.
More fruit trees are being planted in
Whitman county than ever before, fall
and winter apples being the principal
fruits planted.
John W. Considine. recently acquis
ed at Seattle of the murder Of W. L.
Meredith. has ayowed his intention 70
rema n in Seattle
President Bryan, Professor Spillman
md Professor Smith will attend the
late Dairymen's association at Everett
December &c and 81.
Word was received at Palouse tina,
Edward Smith, for many years a resi-
lent OF Pullman, had been killed il
Montana by the premature explosion
Il blast.
A freight train from Nelson ran inta
rock slide on the banks Of Dead Man a
Eddy. four miles north Of Northpori
ast week. The engine and two empty
boxears rolled down the bank and near
~ into the river. No fatalities.
W. J. Spillman, who for the past sew
n years has been professor of agricul
,ure at the Washington Agricultural
college, has been Offered and accepted
he position Of government agrostrlo
sist with headquarters al Washington
D. C., and q salary much better than be
has received while with the college.
A series OF farmers Institutes. begin
ming December 10. will be held, com
nencing at Watervile and cont inu M
order at Coulee. Hartline, Davenport
and Creston. A two days session viii
De given at each place. An institute
viii also be held al Pomeroy between
| Christmas and New Year Professor C
L. Smith viii conduct these meetings
A serious train wreck near Tyler
about six miles west of Cheney. occur
red on the Northern Pacific railroad
and vas caused by a defective truck
which broke just as the train was roun
ding a sharp curve. The defective
~ruck was about in the middle OF the
rain The breaking OF the truck pre-
plated the whole train into the ditch
A car load OF matches was included In
the train. and as the cars went tumD
ling into the ditch the matches ignI ed
, and in a few moments the whole coun
try around was lit up by a fierce and
brilliant blaze
Word comes from Yellow Dog. a cross
roads station Is miles east of Garfield
IN the edge OF the woods, that E. F
Bean. the village blacksmith, was kill
ed in distressing and peculiar man
ner. Mr.. Bean had been to Garfield in q
buggy and returned home started TO un
hitch the horses. He had fastened the
lines to the dash board and unhitchet
The traces, when he stumbled and tel
across the lines. behind the horses
This jerked the animals backward wirt
sucn violence that they fell upon theil
launches and literally sat upon Their
unfortunate owner, crushing him be
meath their weight.