The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-05-03
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
LATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD,
Choice Selection of IntercstihE Items
Gathered Through sAs Week
Every Section shows General
GrOwth-Nany Accidents and Per-
sonRl Happenings.
WARRINGTON NEWS.

Fruit in Coltax vicinity has not beer
injured by the frosts.
There win be no fremen's turnamsnt
Ia Waitsburg this year.
A postof1c0 has been established Al
Quincy. Douglas county.
/ The Spokane banks are still show
Ing increases In their elearances.
Frosts have nippsd the early straw
berries in most Of the walla walls
valley,
1t is probable that Sprague will
again soon have an electric lighting
system.
The state OF Washington. for the
FIRST time in its history, is now on a
cash basis.
Fred Wnkeson OF waitsburg tried
10 commit suicide last week by sever.
Ing his windpipe.
John o'Connor Of Spokane has pur-
chased the townsite of Downs, Is miles
west OF Harrington.
Saturday afternoon Peter Barrett
dropped dead on the sidewalk In
Sprague from heart failure.
William Hogan, aged As years. was
crushed to death between cars in the
railroad yards at Pasco last week.
Eastern capitalists contemplate
building an electric railroad from
North Yakima to Sunnyside, a dis
lance Of 40 miles.
The Tekoa company. at Tekoa. has
bought the -four mill OF H. ]. Russell
and will increase the capacity from 1875
TO 200 barrels per day.
Pomeroy has purchased the Alpowa
springs and will establish a gravity
water system with an emergency res
ervoir to hold 100000 gallons.
Tuesday was a gala day on the
opening OF the baseball season at Spo
kane when Spokane met Butte. A
band was out and there was a large
parade.
Last week the Tokoa Meat company
killed four two year old steers, which
weighed 400 pounds, an average OF
100 pounds each. and dressed So per
cent net.
! The joint ministerial association Of
the Spokane and Moscow district con
| ierences Of the Methodist Episcopal
church will be held in Garfield May %
10 25. inclusive.
The two year old son Of Frederick
I.ubbin. a farmer residing near Dusty
fell into a tub Of scalding water and
was frightfally burned. When the
child's clothing was removed the skin
peeled of Of its body.
Governor Mcbride does not intend
% designate Arbor day for entire
state. Prefer leaving it TO people OF
various sections to select such day as
may be suitable to their own locality.
Friday. May 2. will be Arbor day a,
Spokane
Last week Whitman college won q
debating victory over the University
Of Idaho on the subject. Resolved
That the United States should adopt
the policy OF owning and operating in
,erstate railroads" Whitman had the
affirmative.
Governor Mcbride has announced
The names Of the St Louis fair com.
missioners as follows. c. J. Lord
Olympia; George B. Handle. Tacoma:
Charles L. Denny. Seattle; T. B. sum
uer, Everett; Miles c. Moore, Walla
Walla; George NJ. Brown. Spokane
A. H. Steelfauth. Ellensburg.
Spokane millmen during the past
week completed one Of the largest
timber deals cOusummated IN the
northwest. Altogether 225.00s acres
Of timber land were purchased by the
sawmill and lumber companies Of spo-
kane at an average price Of $3.50 per
acre, amounting therefore to 1925. 900