The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-11-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The bones Of old chief Joseph are to
rest peacefully beneath a little mound
OF earth at Nespelem.
With a few exceptions. all Of the
grain tributary 10 Prescott has been
disposed OF BY the growers
J, H. LaAsWel. will begin At once
the erection Of 50 barrel daily ca
paeity Touring mill al colViile.
The demand for Washington aour
from the eastern and southern states
Il almost a. great a. that for wheat.
Lumber Is being hauled for the new
$4,000 Christian church At Pullman.
and the work Of raising the auperstEue-
tnre Will begin In a few days
All Of the right Of way foe the Med.
lcal Lake electric line has been So
cured and the company will b. letting
tbs contracts for the grading work
before long.
Sixteen hundred dollars worth Of
fruit trees and shrubbsry Wore recsiv.
ed In paiouae last week The trees
are mostly winter varieties Of apple
and peach trees.
Farmers. mliimsn and miners OF
eastern Washington and northern IDA.
ho are estimated to have paid over
tl.bO0. 900 20 Spokane Implement and
machinery dealers the past year.
James G. Bram1n. q restaurant man
OF brUmerton. q suburb % Seattle. IL
dead and his wife lying al the hospital
~ the result Of = shooting which vas
the outcome Of q quarrel between
them.
A special wheat rate has been an.
nouneed By the railroads from all
points IN the Paiouse country n0rth Of
winOna. Wash. to Milwaukee. u Il
.52iA cents per cwt.. with o minimum
car Of 5000 pounds.
Two weeks will clapss before the it
blocks Of paving will be completed In
waIla walla. but property holders on
streets touched BY paving are already
agitatinE the extension OF the improve.
msnt In ali directions.
Sunday morning about O'Clock
burglars entered the Old Grow saloon
at FarminKton through the back win.
dow and carried tho safe. which vas a
small one. to the blacksmith shop of
y. W. Walters. where they blew It open
and robbed IL Of about $40
What IL said To be the largest real
estate deal made In the history Of
Spokane was contaminated last week
when Charles swesny purchased the
Rookery. tho Spokane National Bank
block and the Riverside block. the
best paying blocks IN the heart Of the
city. for $4,000
The report Of the Spokane health
department for the month Of October
shows that there we're % births IA
against a total Of = births during the
corresponding month ~ last year In
October 1905. there were 20 deahts.
against total Of IS deaths In October,
1909.
Figures compiled by the state land
Office for the biennial report show an
aggregate OF at.O73030 invested In
county. municipal and school district
bonds in the last two years. An aver.
axe Of 4.ti per cent IL realized.
As a result OF a hoIdup Of the Cam.
den postofice last week In which two
men robbed the safe Of so. one man.
John Wilson. was fatally shot near
Chattaroy. being shot by Deputy sher.
IN r.. c. Pratt. and the other. II. Allen.
after a desperate struggle with De.
tectives In Spokane. was landed IN
Jail.
Robbers blew the front on Of the
safe In the Bank of Endicott at an
early hour Friday morning. but we're
frightened away without getting at the
contents of the strong box. The noise
of the explosion gave an alarm. and
the robbers took 20 their heels under
rain Of revolver shots. One OF the
alleged thugs. named Joe Bulor, was
captured later.