The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-08-13
LATE NEWS or THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice selection Of Interesting items
Gathered From Exehanses-cGIIlnss
From Washington, idaho. Montana
and onsgon-Npmsrou Accidents
and PsrsOnal Happenings Occur.
MAatiIMoroM MEMa.

hpiSonAd crop u Bralhs especially TAN
wheat
Forest fires within the city limits OF
Spokane burned over nearly q square
mile Of timber. and the blaze menaeed
the popuIouH residence district.
The COncOnully Mil company's plant
at concOnuliy was destroyed by Ere
recently. together with about 1890
q spark lighting in the sawdust near
the mill. The loss Of the plant 10 es-
timated At about 5000.
There IL q scarcity Of harvest help
In the vicinity Of Pullman. and farmers
are being delayed in starting their ma.
chimes.
Jay Lynch. superintendent Of the va.
kima reservation has been authorized
10 expend $4,000 on the old canal.
finishing q lateral 70 the new canal
and making q new one. This win open
3 large body Of new land 10 lease.
The Portland FIGURING Mills com.
pany IL making preparations for the
immediate opening Of the Echo mill at
Spokane. In place Of the C. 4 c. mill
burned there recently.
Several forest fires are reported In
the caiispeil valley. north Of Newport,
and are rapidly spreading.
The mercury Al Spokane last satur.
day erawied up TO 100 deErees-the
highest point reached in II years.
The weather - waila wallR Raaar.
day was extreWely hot The thermom-
ster registered lot and 81 night was
the hottest record in 80 years. 80 de-
Erees being the minimum. No pros
trationa are reported. however.
Ia saving her grandchildren from a
eoneAgTati0n ~ Spokane, Mre. Jasper
Deanss was % friEhtfuily burned thas
she viii probably be injured for life
She saved the little ones without q
scratch.
The funeral Of Richard Maxwell.
aged 80 years. who died a. his home
Al Alto. eight miles northeast Of Day
ton. WA held from the Christian
church sunday Mr.. Maxwell was one
Of the hrss settlers Of Columbia eouH-
~. coming TO Dayton in 1874.
y. ii, brownell. an Everett lawyer
and politician. was the victim Of
recent run away accident by which
two ribs were fractured and some Sc
we're bruises received
Harvesting IL now on In good earn
est. and the threahinE machines are
about ready 10 move into the fields
and begin work There will be &c ma
chimes ihroshinE grain in the vicinity
Of Garfield.
William Burgctt Of Sprague has
freak menAgcTie. consisting Of a iol
,oed chicken and a Eve legged lamb.
A. L. Porter. secretary Of the West.
ern Retail LHmbermen'a association.
has left Spokane for Ia Grande. Ore
son. Boise. Poeatello. Idaho and Butte,
where he viii organize district Asso.
Citations Of merchants engaged in the
lumber business These organizations
will cooperate with the parent organi.
Eatiun. and are effected for the purpose
Of adjusting local Affairs that the west.
ern association can not deal with.
The G. a. c. aourmiiiR Of Spokane
burned last week. with almost a total
loss Of SEQ 600. on the anniversary Of
the great confiagration that nearly
NaPAA wv AAAs AAA0 ~ Aee@s
with the coming 81 harvest. the
floating population that makes It's lIv. /
ina By iieecing the farmer at the card
table has made tie appearance in the
Big Bend.
Work OF paving Main street. Of Pa.
louise. Is making satisfactory progress.
and the street is being put in fne con-
dition. hour blocks, In the business |
section. win be paved with crushed |
rock. mixed with sand. and covered |
with a layer OF soil A huge steam |
roller. the property OF Whitman coun.
". ia being used in the work.
The Potiatch Lumber company IL
preparing to double the output OF its
saWmill at palouse City and bring
from s5.000.000 to $4,000 600 feet OF
logs from the timber next winter.
Fred Johnston's body was found
floating in the Columbia river near
Bridgeport.
The corn crop about waitsburg viii /
be very good this year. While Il will |
not equal the so bushels to the acre
crop Of last year, Il will be consider
able.
Before q crowd OF $500 spectators
at Spokane Sunday afternoon Dayen.
port won from the Reardan ball team, |
10 to 1, and won the $1,000 bet which
had been put up and all gate receipts.
Joseph Hoffman, who has been 6per. !
Rtlng a threshins rig In RltRvillo vi. |
entity for the past Is days, left for
parts unknown.
l.. r. Manning has taken up the on.
ton taken some weeks ago on 100
acres Of tide tiatr on the Tacoma har.
Dor. said to be for terminals for the
Tacoma Eastern or Chicago, MilwRu.
kee q Sc. Paul railway. Il IL said the
price was about 100000.
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