The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-12-03
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES

motoa Weuk Eepupllod1 THIS Iall by
about 200 on state and county
tickets, and 4ls for Roosevelt. Idaho
World.
Now that the public has been told
all about the strenuous life" and
the simple life,' it would seem
to be in order for some one to write
book ON the sensible lite. " Heaven
knows, most of us need sense a good
deal more than we need strenuousity
or simpleness. Idaho Unionist.
The Northern Pacific railroad is
now enforcing a stringent anti liquor
rule and a number Of engineers, fire.
men and other employees have been
recently discharged for drinking.
This action is for the safety OF the
travelling public, but will not extend
to the wine suppers and drunkenness
of the railroad officials. - Wallace
Press.
Idaho got the first prize for agri-
cultural exhibit at the st. Louis fair,
and second for the most attractive
building, and would have got first
on horticultural exhibit il we had
sent few more fruits this fall. And
this was done on the smallest APP
preparation Of any state In the union.
Hurrah for Idaho - Grangeville
Standard.
We notice by our exchange list
that quite a number of the boys have
laid down the pencil, at least tempo
rarily, since the election. While We
welcome the new corners TO the
editorial bench, we feel sorry in part
ing with the old ones, among whom
we count some solid friends, whose
weekly effusions we're both a rest and
a pleasure. We hope that ere long
they will be branching out elsewhere
In the state and thus add their quota
to the wells Of wisdom in Idaho. -
Kendriek Gazette.
Idaho is the largest producer Of
lead ores OF any state or territory In
the United States. In 1908 there
were mined in Idaho, and mainly
from the great Occur d'AIene> dis
trict, total TO ss7, 600 short tons Of
lead ore, with a value exceeding %, !
$50, 900. Utah was second In lead
production, having smeIted from
lead ores 1000 short tons and Colo.
RADIO is third with about 81, 600 tous
Of refined lead. The nonargentiferous
districts, including Missouri, Kansas,
Wisconsin, Illinois aud Iowa, pro-
duced -, 900 short tons OF metallic
lead from Ralena ores during 1903. -
Grangevilie News.
In the squabble that Is progressing
at the state peniteatIsFy between the
prison commission and Warden Per-
rim, The News certainly supports the
stand taken by Mr.. Perrin. II is
almost iucouceivabls that the board
would insist on the reinstatement Of
a discharged employe who had been
guilty of embezzlement on several
occasions. Warden Perrin was Ger.
tainly justified in his refusal 10 rein.
state such a man. The attempt to
force Mr.. Perrin to resign his posi-
ton was apparently uuwarranted and
arbitrary in the extreme. The News
believes that the superior court will
fully sustain Warden PERKINS, &C
tions. y ardner News.
The Lewiston Tribune goes on re.
cord with most vicious attack upon
the whole scheme Of government
irrigation, notwithstanding it &C
kuowledges the almost universal
popularity of the law The Tribune
asserts that the government works
will take years In accomplishment
and will drive private capital from
the field, thus preventing any but the
favored enterprises; that they will be
more expensive, the ultimate cost
falling upon the land purchaser, and
that the whole plan OF government
reclamation is wrong. The Tribune
is never afraid to rise up In meeting
and speak right out, and as In this
case it frequently tries to discuss a
subject that it knows absolutel ,
nothing about. Capital News.
So soon as the st. Louis exposi.
tion closes, the work OF demolition
will begin. At midnight Of the clos
ing day some 200 car loads of pack
ing cases will be run into the build.
logs, and they will be quickly filled.
The grounds are so arranged that
railway tracks can be opened into
most Of the buildings in a few hours.
These tracks are covered with walks
which can be removed quickly. 1t
ls said there are 1900 carloads of
packing cases In the grounds and
some hundreds more at other points.
These are all stored so they can be