The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-10-31
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The business men Of Chewelah met
last night and organized the Chewelah
Commercial club.
The finest art exhibit ever displayed
In Pullman was on exhibition at the
state college last week.
The Ferry county commissioners
have fixed the tax levy for the ensu-
ing year at 25.4S mills on the dollar.
An attempt is to be made at We
natchee to hold a midwinter flower
show. to be participated in solely by
children under the age of Is.
While working for the Potlatch Lnm-
Der company in the timber few miles
above Palouse. William Johnson was
seriously injured by a falling tree.
The University Of Washington foot
ball team simply walked away with
the Whitman college eleven Saturday
afternoon. the nnal score being IS to 0.
The consumption Of paper in the In
land Empire has reached the point
where the establishment OF a paper
mill in Spokane would be justified by
the market
The body OF George Wilson was
found recently lying by the railroad
track one mile west Of Leavenworth.
He had. apparently been killed by a
train during the night.
Bert Taylor has been taken from
Colfax. Wash. to the penitentiary to
serve the three year sentence inflicted
for horse stealing. He had hereto
/ fCra rapufnffnR
Chester Murray. a boy about IA
years OF age, the son of John Murray.
prominent resident OF Roy. was kill
ed Sunday afternoon by being struck
with bat while playing ball at Roy.
| The steamship Lyra, arrived at Ia
coma from Manila recently with the
largest cargo Of hemp that ever cross
ed the Pacific ocean in any vessel. ag-
gregating 2142.O00 pounds and being
valued at $734.0O0.
| A Seattle brewing company has pur-
chased a vacant lot at Pullman and
/ will erect brick building. to be oceu-
pied as a Wholesale house. and will
make Pullman the distributing point
for the Inland Empire.
The warehouses at Sweetwater are
receiving about 1000 sacks OF gain
daily and shipping about 1900 a day.
with no agent at the depot Grain is
turning out much better than farmers
anticipated.
Last week finished up the grain har'
vest in the Palouse section and the
crop is now all under shelter. Reli
able estimates give a shortage OF 40
per cent in the amount of grain hauled
to the warehouses as compared with
last year.
Northern Pacific Counsel GrosscuI
J OF Tacoma says that too much i'm
portance has been attached to the righi
Of way ruling. The suit was brought
to GUST settlers in certain places anC
the company win not proceed against
: desirable occupants of land.
; School teachers Of Minneapolis whC
went on an excursion last summer Il
: take up timber lands in Chelan coHn
, ty, Washington, may become mixed Vi
, in the timber land scandals. It Is ex
, pected that the teachers were the tool
} of designing lumber men In a syndl
1 cate.
, Mrs. Oscar Drumhellsr. wife OF I
4 wealthy farmer living near WALL
: Walla, narrowly escaped instan
a death by the overturuing of bngg.
In which she was riding The horsI
:. ran away, demolishing the vehicle AM
h seriously injuring Mrs. Drumheller.
2 The mills and material men Of TIA
coma have Joined FORCES with the con
Y tractors association and refuse to sci
any building materials to the unions o
n any Of their representatives.
President 5ryan Of sae Washington
n Agricultural college has arranged
series Of farmers institute. The 81
ries will open at Wenatchee Monda
and Tuesday, November 2 and 3. Tn
second OF the series will be held a
e Waterville Wednesday and Thursday
November 4 and 5, and the third a
: Chelan on Friday and Saturday, Nc
o vember and Z. An institute will b
Z held at Brewster November 10 and II
g and one Will probably be held at WI
y soncreek on November 10 and II, Blu
definite arrangements for this on
have not been made.
What Is believed to be the bigges
o family in Washington held a famil
o reunion at the home Of Thomas Ma
I. lock. one Of the brothers, at Collar
/. recently. when II sons and daughter
o Of Preston II. Matlock, deceased, sa
g down to dinner together. the first tim
O in IL years. There are seven brotl
!. ers and four sisters In the family. an
Il their early childhood was spent
!. Whitman county, where their fathe
y settled at what is known as Matloc
4 bridge. on the Palouse river. 20 mile
! west Of here, in 1875.