The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-07-22
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
And OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
= Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Eur.
rounding ceuntFy-AiumsrOvs Aees-
dsnts and Personal Events Talks
PIase-outloek Is BrIghE
wAsnINoToN NOTES.


Farmers generally predict > large
grain crop In Columbia county.
An Ice factory and cold storage
plant is being erected at Pomeroy.
Never before in the history Of Doug
lss county has wheat looked better.
American board Of commissioners
tor foreign missions. Seattle. septem-
Der i4-ls.
The street railways Of Spokane en-
pioy 4S4 men. providing living Tor
G420 people.
Plans are being drawn for the $751;
600 county court house % be erected
Ia North Yakima.
The body picked up In the Spokane
river last Thursday Is supposed 70 be
that Of Tom Kingdsn. q lumbegjack
The peach and apricot crop this
year will be by far the largest and
the best ever harvested In the We
nstchee valley.
The conditions OF the crops indicate
that one Of the largest yields in the
history Of walla Walla county viii De
harvested this year.
The Spokane river claimed another
victim Saturday In Irving s. Smith, q
10 year old boy. who was drowned
while attempting 70 swim across.
Garfield county. from the Snake riV'
er to the Blue mountains. is one q the
great wheat yielding countries OF The
, inland Empire. and the yield this year
viii break all records.
blind Dan" cayanauEh. who has
been q familiar figure In spokane FOL
the past three or four years as he solt
newspapers on the street corners
committed suicide by jumping on th'
Post street bridge Friday night
Goodbye. Spokane" were his las
: words as he leaped 10 his death Il
the swiftly moving waters.
Judge Neterer OF the superior conr
+. al Bellingham upheld the eight hou
\ law Of this state by overruling the d
I murreg submitted on constitutions
y grounds by the defendant In the sal
i brought by the state against Coz
q tractor Charles Z. Lind, accused {
|. violating the law which hxes the nun
I. Der Of hours In n day for which I
= borers may be employed on publ
works.
a Eilensburg.-- the result Of q teal
}; running away while James Carver va
sc moving hay he was thrown in froI
lc of the sickle and dragged some di
>: lance. He had presence Of mind
Sc throw the machine out Of gear b
fore be fell. and this saved his III
One arm was broken in six plac'
and the fesh was stripped from q
q. bone. II was necessary 70 amputa
/ the arm near the shoulder immet
n. ately.
Al. whitman college has been notih'
I: that its Instructors are eligible TO q
~. Andrew Carnegie fund Of Sle,ooO,0
a.: for the pensioniug Of disabled collie
Instructors. The institution has !
members Of It's faculty who need SUI
aid, but should they ever IL will
~ Forthcoming. as Whitman Is one OF Z
~ 50 institutions that are eligible. 4
college will also receive q portion
ns' the $500, 600 income from the $1,000
10 600 given by John d. Rockefeller
the assistance OF the small COLES
'is In the United States.
Another step toward the early 81
-, and disposition OF the surplus Ian
in the Yakima Indian reservation "
, taken Saturday when Secretary Hit
cock appointed William Il. Cass'
W. Superintendent OF bitches Redm
and Superintendent Lynch OF the u
ina reservation and an irrigation
nor pert from the reclamation service,
an constitute a commission with pow
les, TO select such lands in the reservat
'he as In their minds are desirable in c
'oN' nection with the construction OF
10 contemplated irrigation systems
axe lands crossed by existing irrigat
AMI bitches, also lands necessary for
agency. school and religious purpos
also such tracts OF grazing and {
Der lands as may be deemed exp
Tor. ent for use and benefit Of the fndi
OF the reservation. The commiss
rem. win also be empowered TO appru
residue lands OF the reservation,
La. where there are timber lands the
Der Is to be appraised separately Il
per. the land.
rain
ent. Wltta Sails July 90.