The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-09-16
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding country-Numerous AeeI.
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaes-outIook 10 Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


says Washington crop win aggregate
thirty millions.
Lincoln county farmers have never
known a period Of greater prosperity
than they are now experiencing.
The machinery is being placed in the
new creamery which is expected 10 be
In operation within 10 days at Waits
burg.
OF the rs sunnyside school teachers
two are men, one a married woman
and ~ unmarried. Eight own ranches
near sunnyside.
The body OF an unknown man was
found Sunday in the river al Spokane.
The dead man was large. tall and
well built. and weighed about $50
pounds.
The remains Of Thomas Madden,
who was killed by a freight train on
the Great Northern, were taken 10 We
natchee for burial.
n. o. Baldwin has closed a deal for
the Jacob Ledgerwood estate. the
estate is situated eight miles west Of
Pomeroy and consists Of 1890 acres
and sold for $4,000.
| Work has ben resumed on the fed
eral building at seattle and will be
continued without delay. says the con
tractor II win require about two
years 10 complete the building.
II is announced that Major Gerhard
l.. Luhn. United States army retired,
al his own request has been relieved
/ from duty as instructor In military tao
tics st Gonzaga college al Spokane.
The annual report OF the commits
sioner Of. pensions shows that 9765
residents Of the state Of Washington
were on the pension rolls June 30,
1905. who drew during the last fiscal
year sl.27S. $50.
The body OF Andrew Jackson, q pho
neeT OF Medical Lake. was found In
Fernan lake, a small lake a mile and
half from Occur d'Alene city. The
deceased is supposed TO have met his
six days ago.
Friday night the most terrific rain
storm known in northwest Washington
since the establishment Of q branch 81
, the government weather bureau al
Belllngham eight years ago. occurred
one and a half inches Of rain falling
) in two and q half hours.
The best offer for supplying tbs
. state with jute for the years run al
the penitenuary iute mill submitted
20 the board Of control in response e
, the call for bids was nearly $4,000
: more than the board expected to pay
! for the $500 bales required.
2 negro was shot and MORALLY
2 wounded while stealing a ride on th'
westbound freight at North Yakiml
r by Brakeman {. +. tombstone. John
. stone claims that the negro attacked
. him with a bar OF iron while he wal
. trying TO put him OF the train.
James Hamilton. who claimed to b
i an. English nobleman, related to thu
duke OF Abercorn, is missing in Seat
o tie and his best friend, Arthur Game
i. DAWSON mining man, has reported 4
the police his belief that Hamilton hai
d committed suicide by drowning.
Burglars robbed ne safe Of the Cen
. trail theater at Seattle, one Of the chair
!. Of 10 cent houses, some time earl.
o Sunday morning. and got SS2S in cash
!. The safe was not blown open, whicl
shows that the robbery was commit
a ted by some one who knew the comb
q nation.
japanese Consul Hisamiduz at Seal
/. tie has exchanged kilograms wit
r Aimaro Sato. on Baron Komura's stat
X in regard to the exact sailing date @
il the Minnesota. Baron Komura do
sires to give a public reception in 81
!. attic before leaving, as a mark OF al
, probation.
e MoritE Thomson, president Of tn
a Centennial Mil company, estimate
that California will use 5000 900 busl
4. els OF Washington wheat this yea
r. He also states that orders for approx
"a mAtely 5000, 600 bushels have been r.
n celved from the United Kingdom. Th
n present harvest In Washington is est
mated at $4,000. 900 bushels.
ID Bonds from the Spokane & Inlan
N Railroad company have been sold
n eastern firms and the road has III
funds with which to build its line
4. from Spokane TO Colfax and Palous'
N with provision for securing enoug
! additional money TO extend the road
a the Snake river or elsewhere when Ii
" company thinks such extensions woul
h be profitau,e,
The attorney general has given a
opinion on the new law prohibiting u
running at large of stock in countie
which are three-fourths under fenc,
,e In which he holds that the law is M
self operative In that county commit
"a sioners must give actual notice this
a. the required area Is under fence. Pc
4. sons allowing stock 10 run at larg
I'd can not be prosecuted for violation I
ht the law until the notice has been 81
As en-. even though three-fourths Of Il
I'd county is actually fenced The r
50 port OF the county assessor to the con
&c missioners is conclusive as TO III
e, acreage.
in A giant pool to control from l.00C
Dh GOO to 1900, 900 bushels of wheat is b
ing formed by Central washingto