The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-09-17
NEWS OF NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS or THE PAST WEEK
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Gathered From Enehangss--cu lIinss
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and orssOn-Numerou Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur
WARRINGTON NEWS.

WAoHlNNFOh NEWS.
chelan's public schools opened Mon.
day with q good enrolment
The Wallace and RitzVilie baseball
teams are TO play in Spokane on Sep
TENDER rs.
The Washington Agricultural col.
lege opens for the fall semester Sep
TENDER n.
The North Yakima city council has
decided 10 shut down on granting
franchises 10 gas companies.
Mrs. Susan Clark. Of Pullman. cele-
brated her sist birthday lest week
Mrs. Clark IL hale and hearty.
Sp0kane's new public library. a gift
lot Andrew Carnegie, was formally
dedicated last Monday morning.
Lake chelan will place an exhibition
Of fruit and vegetables AZ the chelan
county fruit fair. 10 be held In We.
natehee.
A four year old daughter Of James
Lane. living on the Cory ranch, ave
miles northeast OF Rockford. was burn
ed 90 death recently.
The Whitman county fair promises
20 be bigger and better than ever be-
fore. Everything 10 being done 20 make
the fair q success.
The taxpayers Of Spokane county
may expect a total levy Of 81 mills for
state, county. city and school purposes
for the coming year.
Il DT, Otto A. MRriiny has been loeat-
ed and placed under arrest az Eagle
Pass. Tex. He is wanted fer forgery
Of school warrants al Eatonvllie.
In riding a bicycle with broken
coaster brake, w H. wagy. a travel.
Ing solicitor. was killed al the bottom
lof a country hin near wilbur
Farmers In Huntsville vicinity and
on whisky creek. south. are cutting
their third crop ~ alfalfa. The yield
Is good. considering the long dry spell
Whitman oounty's school supeFin
tendent. Mccroskey. says there IA Z
shortage OF teachers ia his county. and
be has 80 schools which want teachers
al salaries ranging about $50 a month
Purses 10 the value OF almost ti5 .00t
Nih be given away az the coming race
: meet .of the WaliR wailR Fair asso
! citation. which is 20 be held from oc
tober 10 TO II.
Sixteen out of 20 Of the public
school buildings 81 Spokane show al
= increase Of fraction less than IL pei
: cent over the enrolment for the firE
J week last year.
Remains Il Vincent Capeli Of spo
kane. from which the flesh had nearl!
all been eaten. were found on thu
: river road liz the brush west Of thi
Lewis and Clark fair grounds al Port
. land.
In the opinion Of the coroner O
Spokane an insane fascination. iocke'
10 the charms o. a loaded revolver
I caused Mrs. Constance Tinglcy. 2
. years ~ age, 60 take The weapon ans
KIN herself
Charles Wilson. arrested az Spokan'
on suspicion that he was Frank Peters
the escaped murderer Of J. A. Melon
ough at wcippo. Idaho. about fourteei
? months ago. has been released. heinl
= the wrong man.
Enorznous snowsheds. framed from
Z massive IL inch Or timbcrs. will b.
built at once on the Great Northern
railway In the Cascades, west 81 We'll
ltnRton, TO replace the structures burn
, ed several months ago by forest fires
Il ia said Jay p. Graves Of spokan
Ia seriously considering the oonstruc
= ton uf an electric railroad from SpC
kane to Colfax. and with branch line
10 Moscow. Pullman. Palousc, pcnC
wawa and other points In Whitman
county.
The steamship City OF Topeka. bi
. passenger vessel 81 the Pacific Steam
ship company. running between Seat
lie port and southeastern Alaska. sun
at the dock at Seattle port at o'eloc
Sunday white loading freight for Shal
way. still moorcd TO her dock, sh
inow rests on the bottom Of the ba
: with only the top of her smokestac
and her two maEts visible Cause NJ
known.
/. Jacob Skalopla marketed at Wena
& chez a box OF peaches that were n
markahlo for their size. The fruit wa
Z packed in a regulation size peach boz
six inches deep. II was possible
"a put only rs peaches to the layer, {
n 30 to the box. II was necessary
use eieats on the top Of the. box b.
fore the lid could be nailed on. TIL
peaches we're OF the Elberta variei
n. and were larger than the average siS
y Of apples.
g OREGON ITEMS.