The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-06-24
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
a Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding countEy-Numsrous AeeI.
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaes--outlook 10 Bright
WARRINGTON MRwa.

Ahe town OF St John IL experience
Ing quite business boom.
The last spike on the Spokane &
Medical Lake electric road has been
driven.
John ii. MeGraw was unanimously
elected president Of the Seattle cham
Der of commerce.
Spokane day al the Lewis and Clark
fair has been postponed from June 20
until September -.
The Northern Pacific win lay a dou.
bic track through Spokane and on to
faFdiey, distance 81 about ave miles.
Secretary Hitchcock has disallowed
the Washington state land selection.
comprising 57.7O0 acres in the Yakima
valley.
EbbeFt. a capitalist Of Lane county.
Oregon. has invested nearly 500. 900
In lands In Pullman vicinity during
the past three years
The seth annual meeting OF the
American board Of commissioners for
foreign missions will be held In Sc
attic September "a 10 rs.
Doiph i3rice Hannah. = pioneer Of
Oregon. Washington and California. IL
dead Ia Tacoma. aged ~ years he
crossed the plains III Ik46
q. Leonard an old settler living
Ave miles south 81 RilEyllls. has sold
his ranch 81 800 acres for ti7.so0 70 a
Mr. Iuhnsun 81 Douglas county.
Captain n SoalAAEd has sold his $50
acre farm four miles east Of Lalah 10
Ciarvnes sOsa q Spokane. for the sum
u $4,000. possession 10 DO given this
fall
The uinth annual eheam pment II
the Veterans association ~ l.alAh and
Whitman counties last week was
voted one u the most successful IN
the history u the organization.
South BEND The Simpson Lumber
companyH hew band sAwmilI has burn.
cd 10 the ground. The loss Is ssumai.
90 Al 80 900. with no insurance. The
afe started In the sawdukt In the On.
gine rDom.
The stats board ~ eontroi has
awarded enntFaeln for the eonKiruc
IloH ot the building for the nsw school
for defective youth AZ Medical Lake
ard the new yard building for tho
eastern Washington hospital for the
insane.
The Washington Water Power com.
pAuy hAa decided 10 extend iga electric
poser and light llua loo milra south
81 Spokane 10 cnliaA. Wash In the
paiounu country The extension viii
touch Wpckfurd t.atah. Fairfield. Te.
kua. oakosdals and ralunao.
Judku II a. Kiss II Yakima county
transmitted TO Governor Mead bis do,
cree nndihE that a majority ~ The
p~upie 81 The Proposed cuuaty 81 hen.
ton have prtiiiopcd Tor It's creation
and that the lAw and constitution had
bera complied uith. The governor
thereupgn isucd a proclamation dcclar.
ina the new county created
The saohnmiah electric light plant
vas totally destroyed Sunday after.
noon FOR the third time Ia twu and
one hair years The loss Vas caused
by Ore in che Cyclone HhlnRle mill own.
By b. the MaaEllu Lumber company.
Loss on the ahlnale mill and kiln. si5..
0U0 I,8HH on the electric liEht plant.
$4,000.
The state treasurer has completed a
statement showing the total sum col
iected since isss from towns citiea
and counties IN the state uf Washing.
ton. aa tho states share Of liquor II.
Censea TO be t752 .2oS.s9. Aa this rep.
reaonts onotcnth Of the sums paid for
licenses by the liquor trafic. Il fol.
lows that tho business has paid out
in licenses nearly seven and a half
million dollars in IL years,