The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-02
ALONG THE COAST.
items of General Interest Cleaned
From the Thriving Pacific
States.
The Salmon Pack.

The Salmon Pack.
The fall Sound pack, as given last
week, is 1876, 900 cases, and the Fraser
is given as 115, 200, the largest in'the
history of the river. The Trade Regis
ter estimate on August 81 was 100000
for red Alaska, but later reports in
creased it to $40, 900 cases. No definite
figures for the total Alaska pack are
at hand The Sound sockeye pack
was 256, 500 cases: Fraser river alone,
1913, 900; British Columbia (including
the Fraser), 414,90O; Columbia river,
393, $50 cases. Total pack last year.
all points, was given at 8, 121, II cases.
The fall pack of Puget sound last year
was 10000 case. with 1900 for
Willapa and Gray's harbor; 1850 for
Columbia river and total of 295, ,628
ing Alaska), against 2S4, 500 this year.
The 1un in the Gray's harbor district
has been good this year, and will prob
ably be $4,000 cases.
Los Angeles Oil Output.
The oil producers trustees have pub
AIOlCu tAO lOSu1oI lOPolG lOA
October. The statement shows that
Is, ,936 barrels of oil were received dur
ing the month. During the same
period the sales amounted to 22,732
barrels. The amount in storage on Oc-
tober l was 82,236 barrels. The
amount on Novembe l had fallen to
78, 440 barrels. Virtually all of this
amount belongs to the Oil Transporter
tion & Storage Company. A circular
just issued by this company shows that
it intends to 60 into the oil buying and
selling business.
Orange Estimate.
The orange crop will be late this
year, and few will be fit to ship to the
Northwest for the holiday trade. The
Los Angeles Express in writing up the
outlook says that the total shipments
from Southern California for the year
foot up. of all kinds of citrous fruits,
15, 148 carloads, which is a large per
cent greater than for any previous 10
months. The coming crop is expected
to equal last years. There is a good
demand for lemons, but this fruit is
| scarce.
| New Fish Canning Concern.
A new incorporation has been
formed at Astoria, Or. to be known as
the Alasak Fisherman's Packing Com
pany, with a capital stock of $70, 900,
divided into 14O shares of $500 each.
The company will engage in the can
ming, salting and freezing of salmon in
Alaska and elsewhere. The incorpora-
tors are Theodore Siverson, Christ
Christensen, John Nordstrum, Ole B.
Oleson, A. L. Clark and John L.
| Clarkson.
| Columbia River Shipping.
The following ships left Portland
last week, touching at Astoria: The
British ship Mooltan cleared for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders,
with 95.s86 bushels of wheat, valued
at $57, 800, shipped by the Portland
FIGURING Mills Company. The British
ship N1velle, loaded by Balfour, Guth-
rie & Co., finished also, and went into
the stream, and ths zambique, with
cargo of wheat and barley, cleared.
New Coal Deposit.
The capitalists have recently sent an
expert to investigate the deposit of
Ignite coal that exists on Mallory
ridge. near Asotin, Wash. A test was
made of the coal, and it was pro-
nounced all right, and from what can
be learned it is thought the extent of
the mineral body will be more fully
inquired into in the course OF few
weeks. The vein is now opened up
for distance of 16 feet.
Pooling Hops for Better Prices.
The hopgrowers in the vicinity of
Independence. Or, in order to take
advantage of the raising market are
pooling their crops together and hope
to obtain II cents. A recent shipment
from there consisted Of five carloads,
containing 3O1 bales of fIst-olass hops.
There still remains in that city some
700 bales of hops unsold.
For San Francisco Market.
Owing to the extreme dry season in