The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-29
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Robert o. Lanfare has been appoint
ed postmaster at Bay Center.
1t is reported that there Is a scarcity |
Of harvest hands throughout the Big
Bend.
The new town of Nighthawk has
been laid out on banks OF the Simn-
kameen river.
There is an effort being made to do
away with the heavy grade on the s.
r. l. N. between Marcus and Myers
Falls.
A material reduction on rates on
sash and doors from Spokane to east
ern points goes into effect on Septem-
Der 15.
The water situation at Waitshurg Is
becoming serious. There Is a good
supply, but 1t is bad for drinking pur-
poses.
An electric storm Sunday afternoon
played havoc with the telephone,
street railway and electric lighting sys-
TENS.
II. NJ. Shafer Of San Diego. Cal. win
succeed Professor L. B. Alger as prln-
cipal OF the state normal school at
Cheney.
The management of the Interstate
Fair association is working on the live
stock auction sale proposed for the
Sth and 9Th Of October.
\ Capt. /. ". Campbell. a well known
mining man of Spokane. il dead at the
home OF his brother, A. B. Campbell.
Death was due to sarcoma.
The Transmlssissippi Commercial
congress closed In Seattle last Sat
urday the most successful session in
the history Of the congress.
} The hay raisers Of the Yakima val
: ley are experiencing greater demand
for their product than at any time
/ there for raising feed for stock.
F.. H. Hammond and brakeman
: Charles Johnson were slightly injured
: In a wreck on the o. r. & N. Sunday
o afternoon at Buckley. 20 miles from
r Spokane.
$ Friday Sheriff Inkster and deputies
4 Level and O'Farrell OF Lincoln county
n arrested w. H. Marcho and James
g Shuck at Deep Creek. upon the charge
OF horse stealing.
"a An important defect has been. dis
a covered in the laws passed by the las
. legislature in relation TO the leasing
! of state lands, which renders voiC
" scores Of leases.
Despondent over the fear that b.
!, might be beaten in q law suit, J. A
Goettel OF Spokane apparently coult
not stand the shock, and committee
suicide. He was a tailor.
John L. Smith, superintendent OF tn
Interstate fair. Is making a tour o
coast cities for the purpose of interest
a ing fruit growers, stock raisers an
a. farmers In the fair here from Octobe
IA until Is.
As The Spokane county board OF equa
- ization has completed it's annual labor
"a and the records OF its proceeding
60 show that the personal valuations n
40 turned by the assessor have been n
duced about $500. 900.
er The state insurance department
ed figuring up It's receipts to date find
de that they are s17.42s.3s ahead OF whi
to the receipts Of the ONCE were for tn
entire year Of 1909. The total receipt
Us to date are 32s,61249.
re A $1,000 fire occurred Saturday I
Id Walla walla, burning the mattress ar
he upholstering factory, n blacksmith
shop and four shacks occupied by On
It'll nese. The insurance IL $1,000. tt
an fire started in the picker" at the ma
nnIl h,,fldfuU
ell Seneca G. Ketchum, a printer al
Ter newspaper man, well known. and pa
ticularly In the northwest, died 7
ra- Gently at his home In Sedro-Woolle
MIA Skagit county. Of Inflammation OF d
ant bowels. He leaves a widow and Of
led child. living in sedro-woolley.
ior The record yield Of wheat for VIII
.. man county SO far reported this seas
OF Is that OF Adam Lust. farmer livil
iio- one mile from Endlcott, who thresh
fraction over 81 bushels per &C
from a field Of 100 acres. The whe
was of the red variety, sown last 4
an on summer fallowed land.
out Deputy Collector OF Customs Thorn
nth r. Delaney and Inspector Stephen
Ter BrInker OF Seattle recently seized
pounds Of ambergris, alleged to ha
ure been stolen at Victoria The value
lee the concretion Is at the present who
ibit sale market list $50 an ounce. maxi
UNI the seizure worth about $4,000.
al The detailed plans for the hours
cur amusement to be given at the Spoka
III Interstate Fair Vrounda arc beinR A
anu cussed by the fair management. 7
III entertainment Of thousands of peol
each day for eight or 10 hours is
big problem in itself, and the int
Of Manager Stimmel is to have "soT
mes thing doing" throughout the day.