The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-14

WAb1tAMNNUAs
skagit eounty's oat crop promises
q fne yield.
The Great Northern Il erecting new
depots 1t Ephrata and Milan.
More farmers have gone into sugar
beet raising this year than ever before
The total receipts A. the Tacoma
postofhce for the past month were
u IL reported that the Great North
ern will build q line from Republic ID
wenstchee.
Uly Gaisford. one OF the weaithies.
atockmen Of the Methow country. was
drowned last week.
George II. Martin has been appoint
ed manager Of the Spokane Interstate
Fair Association.
During the month Of May ia0 home
stead filings were made IN the North
Yakima land once.
Del Cary Smith OF Spokane Was re-
elected grand president Of the Eagles
At Minneapolis last week.
Il u announced that the Washington
4 Great Northern road win be com.
pieted 10 Republic by July /.
Eastern capitalists are making ar
engagements % establish cold storage
plant a. North Yakima this summer.
The crop prospect throughout the
Pal0nse country Il better than II has
ever been At this season Of the year.
Frank Morrison. general secretaiy OF
tbs American Federation. and Presi
dent Gompers will be in this state in
July.
l. n. spawr Of Prescott has Re-
eeived Whist IL said 10 be tho hrst Faso
line engine In the eouRty designed for
running . threahing machine.
Mike Lahey fell between two nat.
cars Of . moving train near Inmona
recentiy and his body was almost cut
In twain. Death was instantaneous.
TIE British ship 0anges. sailed from
Tacoma last week for South Africa
with a cargo Of Washington oats and
hay for the British army. valued Al
tiiT.7Te.
A bad train wreck occurred on the
Northern Pacific railroad last week Al
EAGLE Gorge. near TAcomn. IN which
two locomotives ana several cars we're
demolished.
Professor G. A. Barry Of the wash
ington Agricultural College. had his
hands painfully burned last week
whiie tFying 10 eKtinguish n Gre which
vas destroying some lace cnFtalna.
u 10 Fnmoned that Kerr. Clifford q
Co. ggain dealers and exporters at
Portland and Tacoma, have bought the
warehouse rights a. Tehna belonging
20 the Spokane Grain q Milling Co.
Good reports como from the peach
sections east ~ tho mountains. nnd
the outlook for apples IL. on the whole.
favorable but cherries. prunes and
pears have dropped on 20 that only q
small crop II lefs.
Senator Poster has introduced IN the
house. and which was fAyorAhiy re-
ported. extending the time one year
from the passage Of the act for making
anal proof on desert land entries In
Yakima county.
The jury IN the case Of The state
against 81. John Dix, charged with
wreckinE two bantB In whatoom conn.
u. while under his control. returned
a verdict of guilty Of larceny by EN-.
beEzicmens. DIX was arrested IN Lon.
don. England. about four months ago
and afteF stubborn resistance was OK.
tFadited.
In the case Of Mate Eiby Dovel.
druwncd from the steamer Canaan
when that vessel was lost. the treach-
aroua Columbia refuses 10 give up It's
dead. The same IL true a. 70 Major
Smith. who recently tried 10 jump
from one Of the steamers 70 the wharf
and was drowned.
General Randall. commanding the
department Of the Columbia, recently
detailed 10 investigate sites In wash
lngson for tho cstahllshment Of per.
manent camp grounds for instruction
Of troops Of the regular army and ma
tionai guard. has made bis report, stat
Ing that "of the three sites. the hrat
under consideration. that II miles cas-,
Of the city Of Spokane, IL the one
think ia best"