The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-07-29
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Drary, from which 9,O63 DOCKS were
drawn within the past year.
E. j. Doneen. has let the contract
for the erection of a large warehouse
at Warner Station, adjoining Cakes
dale, Wash.
The four breweries of Spokane have
declared lockout of union employees,
and put full forces of non-union men
at work last week.
The condensed milk factory at Kent,
Washington, which has been closed
down for some time, will be put in OPP
Grafton by California capitalists.
E. M. Coombs, of Dark Canyon, Ore,
on the upper LaGrande river, last year
cut and RATED down 100000 feet of
logs, and this year will get out 3,000,-
900.
A saw mill will be located at Spauld
ing, Idaho, instead of Lewiston, by the
lumber men who are looking over the
timber in the upper Clearwater coun-
try.
Tom Daniels established a new rec
ord for Washington at the Whatcom
Falls Mill Company's mill, when he
packed $4,000 shingles in IL hours of
consecutive labor.
Messrs. Sommerville and Brown
passed through Prineville, Oregon, re-
Gently with about 500 head of cattle,
which they were taking from the Will
lamette valley to their stock ranch on
the John Day.
Superintendent Mayhall, of the
Washington Fisheries, has gone to the
Columbia river to arrange for lumber
to build the Wind River hatchery. An
appropriation of $4,000 was made for
it, 1900 available this year, and $1,000
next year.
l.. d. Forrest and A. G. Woodcock,
of Eugene, have received contracts
from the Booth-Kelley Lumber Com
pany for about 100000 feet of saw
logs, which are to be placed in the Nc
Kenzie river, and about 100000 logs
for the Harrisburg saw mill.
Reports from the mountains west of
Lostine, Wallawa county, Oregon, are
to the effect that the sheep business
is being over done there, there being
five bands of sheep and range for only
one or two. Cattlemen have been run
mig their stock there heretofore.
Within few days it is expected the
248 single mills in the state of Wash
ington, recently closed down upon or
der of the association to await a revi-
val of the market, will be running in
full blast and turning out well up to
their full capacity of 100000 per day.
The Grays Harbor Commercial Co.
has commenced the erection of anoth-
er box factory, S0x16O feet, and the
machinery is on the ground. The
same company started one side of the
big mill last week for a day and night
run. This company is now employ
ing 400 men.
Mr.. Buttz, the Northern Pacific
Clearwater contractor, has leased the
saw mill outfit of l.. H. Keller, of South
wick, and will use it near the Northern
Pacific tracks, at the point where the
north fork empties into the Clearwat-
er, to saw ties and timber for the
Northern Pacific.
t. M. M. & B. Company's flour mill
at Chelan Falls, is being erected as
fast as men and means can put it up.
The long flume and ditch has been COM
pleted, and contract has been made
for the machinery. The mill will
start with 75-barrel capacity, audit is
expected will be ready for business by
the middle of September.
Fred Brown, Colfax cattle buyer,
bought S5 head of fine beef steers for
shipment to Seattle. These, with &c
purchased last week, and already re-
ported, will be shipped next Tuesday
from Colfax to Seattle. consigned to
Carsten Bros. Beef steers now sell
readily at from three to three and one
half cents per pound on foot.
There is large, fine body of govern
ment land vacant in the southern part
of Yakima, Wn., that is worthy the at
tention of homesteaders. The land
is outside of the railroad limits, and
can be bought for $125 an acre, or can
be filed on for SIG, which is Sc cheaper
than filing lands within the railroad
limits. There are parts of three
townships, we'll watered, and with fine
soil and timber, near the Big Klicki-
tat.
In general the crop prospects are
good in the Palouse. Fall wheat is
looking exceptionally good, while a
few fields of spring-sown wheat on
stubble land give promise of being rath-
er short and are little off color. The
past few days have been rather too hot
but the evil effect is largely overcome
by the cool nights. The indications
are for fair. average crop, or judging
from the absence of complaint. even