COEUR D'ALENE 



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COFFEE 



which i- , It -ciil.. . I under it- title. 'I'll, name 

 means hollow inlmtim . The annuals belong- 

 ing to tin* division arc next to tin- lowest in 

 Of annual .-nation. Their Mructure 

 jte cliieflv of a hollow sac whose opening. 

 or niiiutli. i> surrounded with a large number 

 of hairlike organ* railed /rn/ac/r.v. Tht >< ten- 

 tacles arc always in motion and they have 

 tin power to cling to whatever they touch. By 

 their motion they create currents in the water 

 which bring food to the stomach. These little 

 animals are of various colors, and they form 

 pietty picture- when seen clinging to the rocks 

 at low title. For this reason they are som>-- 

 limes called sm titnn rs. 



COEUR D'ALENE, l:ur da lane', IDAHO, 

 county seat of Kuoteiiai County, in the north- 

 ern part of the state, not far from the Canadian 

 boundary. Spokane is thirty-three miles west, 

 Helena. Mont., 357 miles southeast, and Port- 

 land. Ore., 399 miles southwest. The Northern 

 Pacific." built to the city in 1887, the Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & Saint Paul, built in 1910, the 

 Coeur d'Alene &. Pend d'Oreille, built in 1910, 

 and the Coeur d'Alene & Spokane Electric, 

 built in 1903. serve the city. In 1900 the 

 population was 508; ill 1910 it was 7,291. 

 American.- predominate, but there arc also 

 many Scandinavians, Germans. English and 

 French. 



The city i.- situated at the north end of 

 Lake Coeur d'Alene. thirty miles in length, 

 and on the Spokane River, the outlet of the 



lake. The largest fleet of steamboat- on any 

 lake west of the Great Lakes navigates the 

 waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene and the two 

 tributary rivers. Saint Joe and Coeur d'Alem 

 I5oats a-cend these rivers thirty miles from 

 their mouths. Along the shores of the laki 

 ami rivers are numerous popular iishiiifi cam])-. 

 One of the state fish hatcheries is located at 

 Coeur d'Alene, and the .streams and lakes 

 of the entire county are amply stocked with 

 trout, grayling and white fish. 



Large lumber-manufacturing plants, wood- 

 working plants, steamboat works and cream- 

 eries are the important industrial establish- 

 ments of the city. Coeur d'Alene is also a mar- 

 ket for lumber and mining (silver, lead and 

 zinc) camps, and for the dairy, stock, poultry 

 and fruit produce of a large agricultural com- 

 munity. The prominent buildings an- the city 

 hall, banks, churches, a cathedral, two hospitals 

 and a city library. Besides the public schools, 

 the city has a Scandinavian school, Coeur 

 d'Alene College, a Roman Catholic Academy 

 and a business college. City Park and Black- 

 well Park, each containing twenty acres, are 

 recreation points en the lake. 



The city, lake and river and a local range 

 of mountains take their name from the Indians 

 who first inhabited the country. Old Fort 

 Sherman military grounds are near the city. 

 A settlement was made at Coeur d'Alene in 

 1885; it was incorporated in 1887, but had slight 

 growth until after 1900. C.L.D. 



OFFEE, a dark brown, fragrant bev- 

 erage dnmk with or without sugar and cream, 

 and either hot or iced. It is a drink which has 

 a place in the lives of most of the people of 

 tho world. Its use is .so general that the 

 steaming, bracing cup of coffee at breakfast 

 has become an almost universal habit, espe- 

 cially in cool climates, and many arguments 

 have been presented for and against its use. 

 The bitter principle in coffee is called caffeine, 

 which is a drug, and it is the presence of this 

 substance which produces effects both good and 



bad. Caffeine in small quantities (one to 

 four grains) increases blood pressure and is a 

 stimulant. It stimulates reasoning power tem- 

 porarily, for it whips up the tired brain or 

 muscles to better work, and there is no de- 

 pressing after-effect as with the use of other 

 drugs. Therefore a cup or two of good coffee 

 a day containing that amount of caffeine is 

 declared not harmful to the average person. 

 But medical authorities assert that more than 

 that a day will many times cause sleeplessness 

 and shaking hands, and will sometimes lead to 



