, 1883-01-06

I Ing business. cur most important IN the line a
manufacturing, has undergone notable i'm
provement and enlargement
/ On yellow Hawk cree, the Walla Walls
! Mills have been erected and pU: il operation
! by Messrs- keefe & Mckenzie. where the
old FEED miIl formerly stood. The mill is Cox
/ 20 Feet and has producing cspLc,tyof 20 bar
| rels Of 4 ,ur and 20 tons of teed per diem The
I p-opIis.pTs purpose also building a warehouse
| during the coming year.
/ &ekinnons "Ri>iag Star" mil, of about
| the same eap2eity, ami situated on the YellO a
| Hawk, has been running tire year through. \
warehouse about Box 60 It. has been put up by
| M Mchinnon-
! Noteworthy improvements rave BEEN made
st II. T. Issscs' North Pacific A mill The
cid hurrs have beea supp,sntei by the roller
system now enploye by the leading mills Of
the country. ana the clI,acity has been iucreas-
ed from i3,t barrels II 20 barrels q dsy. \
rev bri i.e c. insisting Of two spans each 80 f.
in length. has been erected over the creek at
the mill Il is sufficiently strong not to have been
;azea b. the late frsshet. The North Pacific
hls teen steadily tuning oIt 800 barrels day
since October !, the p.o-lurt being about 5000
a month in value Mr. lssacs mill at Pres
cott. now incloSeG and 10 lie put IN operation
At the beginning of next harvest. will
have a capacity double that Of the Walla
Halla InilL It j. called Moth Pacific B. i"
| The Eureka Mills, Dement, Bros, pops, start
e-tUpiu the latter part of August andhsye since
been running day ami night, turning out an
average II 100 barrels psr diem. Dement, Bros.
rep RI an increase In their local trade during
the year They inform ;ha writer. what is the
common testimony Of Tn. mllle-s, based on in
formation from agents, that tie hpar produc
Of Eastern Washington has achieved reccsui-
tiOn IN the Liverpool market, not only "a o'hne
quality, bat as superior u that Il the Villain
ette re .iou CA account Of the greater stIent III
81 the wheat.
4. McCalley & Sons - 'Standard" mills have
also been running ui.h and day since tn. be
ginning Of harvest turning out an average Of
$50 barrels Der diem Siasz August they have
shipped % Liverpool 3UNti barrels a month and
81 this writing have Just filed an order trom
tha. CITY for 1850 harTe.s- \ new warehouse,
noticed elsewhere in this i-su-, has been added
t. their recommendations
In ether branches manuf .c,urin the al
ditions have been limited, but that each buSi-
nessis strenstheniagi It's iasis. growing in volume
and constantly putting forth shoots IN new di-
r,ctiOns, affords arnpe Sr.aad :oc sa' isi2ctlon.
Ii the prc,reSS Is s. w Il Is safe and ure and
is at lets: rres-rah!.. 80 the sort of boom which
overlue ues itself and winds up in disaster.
\ specie> Of notwithstanding for which the
opening ia Walia Na!la has been particularly
prprislr.s of hlnds, me returns, Is that "t veg
eiah.- and f:uit car;iiog aud an undertaking
in thi> direction has been inaugurated hy cap
italists oi tie citv. 4 Lgilline for the purpose,
lately des ri.,el in the STATESMiN, has been
erected and preparations are in progress look
ina to a beginning Of active business :" sJon as
next season 5 vegetables come into market. The
conductors 0i the enterprise are possessed al
ample capital and emphatically ''mran bust
ness" They purpose aHcrdir; consumption
for ali the iguit and vegetables that can be fur
isLed them here At reasonable prices will start
in with capacity ioT turning cut .O'O cans per
dem and intend increasing their facilities a.
last a. the business y Ill warrant. The certain
market thus offered fo- Vegetables. should and
viii doubtless fleet 20 materially increase the
amount of gardening carr d On III this sectlon
II Is now proposed that the caEs consumed IN
the factory shall be made in department con
aec'ei Herewith, and arrangements locking to
that end are under consideration by the prop
rie;ois. Thus . new industry, itself of cnBsId-
cradle importance, N that IL will afford en-
ployInent for quite L number Il hands. VIII be
introduced by the canuery.
Among our prime. pal industrial institutions
Is the W.lla Walla Forndry- \ visit to this
place OF business impresses one with what en-
ersy aad perseverance Will 90 We look back
70 little over three years ago AID think oil
that rieLety Old bgiltiIng at the foot ot Nam
street, with It's o..e old WORKOUT lathe and
Gri! press, jast about ready % tail To pieces,
beng all tar tools T. ere w,re IN the slol,
when Me-sr3. Marshall 4 Jonts, m jane,
1879, LaGsht ;h- fsr:aer propr:et"rs out
Both benz good :ns-hanies aud mon of en-
rr,y. tLsy went (, ,vcr.. with vii but It
soon dawn,d mon them that .heir poor Ia
cilities fr dong work were not at! they had
to contend with. They had 1 still larger and
more Formidable obstacle 10 0.eTcOme:
the reputation of the shop previously was
such that most IeOple sau"n"d The P!aceand
sent I'll, ir work el-e% he-e. Many men with
less energy vuulj have gwen IT np IN disgust,
bat IN = year after, through then untirIng
Efforts. they fcuad their bu.inFss 80 ircreased
that it wa nccess sary t. increase their facilI-
ties; aud in May, 1850, they took IN an''her
partner. j. l.. Roberts. amd the lrm then
went Ly the s;,le Of Marshall, Jcnes Rob
erls. The new linn continued to prosper un-
Ill an the lSth Of July, 1881, about II O'Clock
at nj hit, the alarm Of TIRE called the people
of Waila Waila to witness the fonndry all
ahIaze. .Ed III less tine than 1t takes to
writ. this notire 1t uas burned to the
ground, with I los. o! over Sl5, oGc, and VITA
only 4. 800 insurance 20 cover IT. The disaster
fell especially heavily upon the propretors'
as it happer.vd Ia the busiest time OF the
wear, when they had $40, Geo worth oi cjn-
tracts On hand Bat, knoalng the loss anu
the IN n.nnyrniynce their unfinished contracts
woulI give t. the patrons, and encouraged
by the many friends who came and oi=red
their kind ,ssi,t1ucr, thereby showing ap-
preciat;on OF their former Efforts, they deter
mined 10 build upon the same grounds tue
present W.lIs Walia Foundry, which Tor
Convenience and facility for dong all kinds
of work in is line, has 10 superior, II equal,
an this g -ast-eyileace Of which ls that the
proprie,o.s are competing da'ly With Port
land and San Francisco firms, are shipping
engines. boilers. slw malls, grist m'il', and
all kinds 0. house work, all over this upPr
country. giving general satisfaction, AMI III
or;ar IN fill the demand have h al to emp oy
n n 10 men all summer. They have now
lust completed large pCw,r bol!er punch
for their own use. which weighs |, 800 pounds
AMI is c4pahle Of punching one-iheh hole
through : plate with the greatest eise-
fsw weeks ayo Mr. J,ue=, through tae sien-
p, - Of his most es-ima5le wife, Was CON-
n-IIrJ Il, rrtire n. Ii the business III order 10
taL. her ezst for ne heal treltmeut, ami
My Jchn Marshall, ensinaerot the steamer
Vide West an old and well known pioneer
On this coast. and brother of VIM ii. Mar
shall senior member Of the iirm, purchased
his interest. aaG the firm now goes unaef
t,.,e o. Marshall, Roberts & 20. It's well
sor,b the time OF shy person who takes an
interest in the progress and the Industries Oh
tl,s city 10 visi. the foundry. The propr-
s,or. are ALWAYS glad TO show visitors around