The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-10-03
WASHINGTON NEWs.

Monday morning tn0 a.,
Yakima was opened to the puolie' u
CONGRESSMAN Win T. Humphfs1
Seattle and Miss Helen JACKSON WS c
me federal court. Judge hanroru
presiding. commenced It's fall term -
Spokane Tuesday morning,
The attendance at the Washington
Agricultural college IL larger than Al
he close OF the nrst week OF any pre-
vious year About zee students are
enrolled.
Major General ii. C. Corbin OF the
regular army visited Fort La~toh'
near Seattle, in the course OF Ills IN
spectton OF construction work al west !
ern army posts. IL
A burial fund for the Spokane police
force, to be used in defraylns the ia
neral expenses OF policemen Tho u's
in poor circumstances, will be fAis1a
by the members Of the force
ThreshlnE Is about completed IN
the Thornton neighborhood. The yIetd
Ia much smaller than in former years
No wheat sales are being made
Farmers are holding for better prices.
| About s5e zee bushels OF wheat
have been stored in warehouses up 70
date. Only about half this amount Is
| sold
Harvest is over and the great bulk
Of grain has reached the warehouses
along the lines OF railroad Farmers
are waiting for advance prices before
selling.
The attorney general has rendered
an opinion TO the effect that there til
no Law permitting the admission Of
nou.resldents OF the state TO the state
insane asylums by the payment Tor
their care and treatment.
Joe Davis. the street car robber Who
held up a street car in Tacoma On the
aight Of the Fourth Of July. and upon
whom a watch was found that va
taken from a man in street ear hold
up at Portland. has been sentence
Judge Smell to IA years in the peal
Tertiary.
4. Not in many years has there been
so large an acreage % excellent huHl'
mer fallow Ia WailA Waila county
ready for the s-~der and harrow as
At present On every hillside can BE-
seen large tracts OF land with scarce
7 ~ weed la sight and The surface
resembles a garden Ia spring time.
,. The one time sensational case u
K Lewis Levy. a representative from
a King county, against The Metropolis
tan Press tincorporatedt the State
4 Printing company the Pioneer Frint
ing & Binding company amt Others
Tor SIS 900 damages Tor alleged thnl
: has been dismissed BY Judge sn-ll a.
: the cost OF the plaintiff. the latter b.
} Ing In default
e The wood supply u the Blue moan
> tain district. and especially t0r The
Il sections Including walla Malla, Pea
{ alston. la Grands and the country ~
! ing west OF Pendieton has becu cor
= nered by Eugene raualek Although
!. Mr. Tauslck will give out no totprmA
], tion OF bis scheme II ia reported TIA
p" h. has purchased 10 the aeikhhorhoo,
= Of IS 900 cords
= One of the most destructive Hrrs +,
q the history Of Garfield tpnk place ~
u Gently when the big implement an
carriage house at the corner u Mai
and First streets, owned By Farms
worth q Foster and Tho Mechanics
of Hotel a few feet distant 90 MAJ
Ie street. owned BY John Drew ami nt
I'd cupied by Charles Grant. bura~d b
o. he ground With their contents.
" John Patton Of spokaa- va
= rushed" by pickpocksta and robbie
II u $3.50 The men crowded aruuu
~ Patton In a store aad w~rr apparent
y examining some goods Two 4
III hem were on one side nt him ard on
on the other They finally said .4s
Of didn't want to buy. ami loft the stor'
!. Mr. Patton walked out u the stur,
=. and Just "a ~ went ont IT the dos
:" ae felt for bis money aud toua.
was gone
nK Clifford pinchot. chief ~ the burea
cd of forestry u the agricultural depar
ment, has notified Senator Fuaf,
from Ogden Utah. that II VIII he m
% ssible for him 10 spend mu-a thu
10 n couple of days In Washington
- connection with bis investigation
the forest reserve question and qus
!" tons appsrtalnluE 10 forest rsssr,
ne eH ensiGhs ami elImInlrors Hem
IN be in Tacoma October ami
an The hop growers of North Yakiu
valley are apparently In a position
dictate terms Since the FIRST nf II
ny week the price Of tho 1909 crop HI
90 jumped I cents Twenty anvsn cen
? was offered. but no sales have TAX,
place. II Ia understood the grove
will let go at 30 cents. and it Ia 70
fidently expected that this figure W
be paid in few days The rrop N
INK year will be at least u 500 bals
In which will bring $3.50 600 into Il
ne. hands Of the Yakima growers VII.
Of they are disposed OF.
&c, This week will practically put
The end to harvesting. Wheat hauling
nat the order of the day. and all the lar
al. warehouses are rapidly filling
mi. The experiment ot r-grasqinr 4
he ranges Of central Washington Ia n
proving the success anticipated by 1
state agricultural college Of tho alta
The construction Of a beet sugar :,
,,a tory at Prosser and consequent r.
IA struction Of n belt line railroad by I
,r Northern Pacific. 30 miles in Icing
80 through the district and town Of 81
,rt nyside now seems assured.
~. Max J. Huber. an old time print