The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-05


The Commercial Review says: During
the past week a rather better home was
developed, owing to improved advices
from the East and Europe. At the pres
writing 1t would be safe to quote &c per
GENITAL for Walla WNalla and Valley SEC.
There Is apparently q steady export in
quiry on the basis above quoted; but any
extra firmness of sellers or attempt to
force prices higher than they are justi-
fed causes buyers to hptd asoof until
holders are willing to meet the situation.
Offerings are somewhat larger and ex-
porters have all the wheat they require
for present wants. There has been no
urging on their part ITO purchase, as the
tonnage on hand and due are AMPLY
provided for and will receive quick dis
patch, not having TO detain It for want
of wheat, Though some holders ideas
are somewhat elevated owing to rather
frmer foreign advices, but the movement
on the whole has been quite satisfac-
tory. Exports of wheat and -four so far
this season ave been quite liberal, with
every prospect Of free shipments through
out the season. On Puget sound the
market is in an ~unfavoTabEe condition;
sharp competition among buyers is one
Hhe causes, and receipts are not up to
the average. Spokane, Wash, is paying
more for wheat than those points, and
the dealers on the Sound are finding fault
with the railroad companies, which are
discriminating against Sound ports. Con-
siderable off-gratde wheat Is being
shipped from Tacoma to San Francisco.
Throughout THE Palouse valley reports
reach rs that thr~ee-fouE'ths of the crop
is in the warehouses, with a small per-
ceutage of the crop marketed. though a
greater selling pressure is noticeable"
WIhitefisGh ARE biting in Lake Washing
ton. This is a doubce-ended piece OF
news, for not many people are aware
that the lake was ever stocked with
'wfhtteffsh, and fishermen who think they
know 1t adj believe that the whitefish
will not take bait except when in the
small streams. Blu George Dofner,
foreman at Miles stove works, caught
three fine specimens on Sunday on a
small hook baited with worms. He
a v two of them, each a foot long, to
his employer, q. c. Miles, who was over
joyed to find the whiteflsh were living
and multiplying In the lakes. 1--WE
stocked the lakes with whItefish in 1861"
said yesterday, 'tand we thought they
had all disappeared. had been eaten up
by the other fishes. The fish I got on
SUNDAY were Une INST L nau neard OF
them. Yes, 1 enjoyed them very much.
The wthiteffsl1 is n of the best food
fishes there is, ais dedicate as the trout,
but much thatter-fat enough to fry it.
sell. George 7. Myers and myself put
in the wthiteffsh fry nine a ago.. The
OMITTED States fish commission steamer,
the ACbatroSs, was In the Sound at the
time, n VIZ got nearly 800, 900 young
wfhitefish from them, and we placed them
in the lake about 200 yards from the
1 am surprised that they can
be taken with a hook, as the whitehsh
has "a very small mouth and lives right
on the bottom But when in the small
they will take bait. They must
be getting pretty thick in the lake now,
1 should suppose. George, Dofner also
caught one IS inches long two Sundays
S. F. Coombs has aIso caught
some of the whitefsh, and George It.
Myers hears hat they are quite plenti-
fun in tlhe streams about Renton, n
they bite freely.-Sealttle Post
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