The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-10-24
WASHINGTON NEWS.

commerce.
General Funston recommends IhA'
a large tract OF land at American iaAe'
near Tacoma Wash, be acquired ioi
the purpose OF drill ground and camp
for concentration Ia case 0r war
J. L. Ballaiae, formerly OF ColiAA.
chairman OF the tnance committee oi
the Alaskan Central railway. VINO mas
been before the departments al WASH
ington, d. c., for the past week on
matters connected with the eonstruc-
ton OF the road, has been sueeessiul
in his efforts. The projected road VIII
extend from Seward. ON the southern
coast OF Alaska. north to the TahAha
river. 420 miles, and will open, when
completed, all Of central Alaska TO
daily communication throughout the
year. II is being built at the rate OF
l25 miles year.
The consolidation OF the Metho~
Valley bank and the Commercial bank
OF Conconully Is announced.
The hop growers OF the Yakima val
ley were surprised when II was an
nounced that the yield for 1908 would
reach at least $4,000 bales.
The disagreement between masters
and men ia the Tacoma building trades
continues.
The Northwestern Home Fading
association has turned down an onef
Of large bonus for the establishment
Of its industrial school al Walla Waila
and viii continue on It's present plans
for the establishment Of the institution
near Hillyard.
Carpenters Of Spokane are earning
nearly $1,000 every week day. accord
ing to officials Of their organization.
AS the metropolis OF one ot the ines,
farming regions In the Unltei States,
Spokane has come 90 be one OF the
most important distributing centers
for the sale Of agricultural implements.
Or. Sinclair. dominion quarantine O,
ticer at Northport. says Information
has reached him that black smallpox IS
epidemic among tho indians ot Ste
yens county In the yicInity Of Che
welah.
A 50 foot addition Is 10 be made %
the Northern Pacific dspor, al Pa
louise.
The Knapp irrigation canal. near
Entiat has been declared open and ID
now ready 10 serve water 10 the farm,
ers holding lands under It, Tho ditch
waters 1900 acres Of land
Sentence % Is years imprisonment
in the penitent!ary was imposed BY
Judge BELL at Seattle upon Frank Van
Waters. the dentist. convicted Of erin
lnally assaultlng a child o. years o..
age.
Whitman college walked away With
Spokane high school BY score Of %
to 0 Saturday afternoon On ael4
where clouds Of dust made playlag
dlsagreeable
On the road between Chslan and
Pateros and about eight miles from
the former town. Ia a natural lee cave
in which Ice Is to be had any moatA In
the year.
walla walla fair opened Monday
Superior Judge Breuts made the open.
ing speech
On account 81 tho unsettled ronai
lions In the eastern building trade the
output Of the mills In tho Inland En-.
pire Is falling OF considerably.
The farmers institute. held a, 500.
kane this week under the auspices ~
the state agricultural college At Pull
man vas very successful AFFAIR.
The streets Of Palouss are again
lighted by electricity.
A sale Of a whitman county farm
for $50 per acre has been made BY I.
G. Irvine % Pennington 10 a man
from Pendtston. Ore Mr.. Irvine sold
200 acres lying on the state line nsar
Pennington Tor SIC 900. Tho farm ia
well improved. with good buildings
and has i've acres In orchard.
A daring holdup took place In Ia.
coma about 2 o'clock Sunday evening
The Victims we're Mr. and Mrs ws.ks
Of sos South J. street. They uer,
stopped on tho street By masked
man. who. with a drawn revolver com.
PEELED Mr.. Weeks to part with bfa
pocketbook containing s22. Tho rob.
berry occurred Immediately In front u
the brilliantly lighted jewish ayna.
gugus.
George Turner, n native Of Nova
Scotia. aged % years. was killed BY
premature explosion of dynamite r.
recently. He was employed IN digging
a canal on the Honsyfenger place
about Is miles southwest 81 gprarpo
and was tamping some dynamite In a
hole he had just drilled. when some
way the explosive was DISCHARGED