The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-08-05
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\ Few interesting ltsms Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the eur
rounding ceunsp-NumsFops Aess'
dsnaa and Personal Events Take
Outlook 10 Alright
wAsHlMaToM MoTEa.


Preparations for harvest work are
being made and many machines begin
the seasons run this week.
Horticulturists of Stevens county re-
port that the orchards are growing an
abundant yield Of late fruit.
From the school census nearly com.
plsted, Ballard figures out q popula-
tlon Of 2.O00. or more than double
shat II Was ave years ago.
Operations are progressing rapidly
on tho Northern Pacihe's new turn
table al the Spokane ronndhnuse. The
new tnFntable complete will cost 10000.
Thomas Warren. q pioneer. Shoi
crossed Ihe plains from Kansas before
railroads were thought ut west Ut the
Missouri river. died Fecentiy At North
port,
The members Of the state board "
health are reported as fearing an cpl
dsmic ot lypA0id tsvsE In certain sec
lions III the state where the disease
has been prevalent for several weeks
Gus pe.age. a lruekman employed
By the GVtmmaF Truck company. ~
Spokane. was instantly killed IN the
basement VI the Rookegy building Sat.
uEday afternoon BY q boiler rolling
On him.
AFehie II Cannon Of Spokane Husr
tanned 8 compound fracture o. the
right arn and other injuries by 0einG
caught In the helglng u thrsshlnE
machine FccuHtiy.
That rariy estlmHteE IL damage
doue b. the hot save svFe e1AEEeY-
AIpd il Row conceded ~ many u tbs
hSsy posted farmers and grain men
who hhYv beSn examining The grain
and crop conditions.
The announcement Is made thas J..
on. Scobry. receiver u lhr Olympia
land once and = politician ~ state
alae reputation. suatd snun resign
bis position and remove To Portland
60 eater the laad Las practice.
Mote than 20 experienced tsieEEsph
operators have beau employed b. the
Northvta Paelac railway for duty on
chs lite betwcun Taeuna aud Port
IAud plghga The paat tWa weeks, neen#'
Stated ~ The installation q rpm'
pipge biuck signal service On the south
eua.
Nearly four hcors mountain climb
err. mru and wotnen u tha Maaana
cleh. With the added tgfcsa 1t The
aleFFA club Of California and the AP
palarhtaa club o. the rass. have spens
tao weeks In Paradise, and have az
ComplgahgH the feat os climbing tbs
great Rainier Tacoma peak
Lester Richardson. 81 Seattle. IL
years u ake and aon 81 respectable
parents. vas arrested rcceatiy for bur
glary and confessed that in tho lsai
two months hn has looted 20 rooms
In various hstcia In the city. securing
money and jsNelrS. which be laYiahed
on bis fgtrnda Frum one room Rich
asdsun stole $3.50 that he spent ia
tao weeks.
Just across the coluFahiA river norst
of wauatchre lies a hat Of land con
tanning nearly COCO acres. which a
the present ume IL only dotted hers
and there by an occasional shack 81
the homeatcader. This land Is knosE
AZ Columbia valley. and II IL now I
settled fact that at least 1000 acres
viii DO irrigated.
A sudden drop Ia temperature. brinE
ing with II a severe hail storm. accom-
panied with thunder. swept suddenly
over the uallea Sunday afternoon Iul
storm vas entirely unexpected ans
after the drop in temperature had &C
CURED. the thermometer again took
jump and the heat Was almoat az op
presaiya rs before hail storm FOL
owed Of a peculiar nature. Small II
regular chunks Of ice. differing entire
- from the regular stones, poure'
from the clouds.