The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-06-10
DRUM, IDAHO. SATURDAY. JUNE 10, 1899
INDUSTRIAL NOTES,

INDUsTRIAL NOTES.
The Chehalis fish hatchery. nve
miles above Montesano. WASH. has
closed for the season.
Farmers living south Of Pendleton.
Ore. complain that the Russian thistle
is gaining great headway.
Washington coal mines are expected
to break all previous records Of pro
duction the present season.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Monroe.
Ore, are worried over the appearance
of California cookie in their grain
fields.
Hundreds Of tons Of oyster shells
have been taken from Coos Bay, Ore,
by the government dredger working
there.
The colony Of Dunkards who have
purchased lands just east Of Sunny
dale. in Yakima county, WASH, are
making many improvements.
At the Asotin creek roundup recent
ly over 1000 head Of horses were cor
rallied by about twenty men. The
roundup this year was not as success
full as usual.
Twenty-Five men are shearing at
Sheep Springs, near Ritzville. Fleeces
are reported fine, averaging six pounds
and Adams county's probable output is
estimated at 250,000 pounds.
Preparations are making for the
starting Of q ship-yard on the What
com water front. A four-mast schoon-
or, to carry $4,000 feet Of lumber, will
be built II present plans mature.
e. H. Brandt Z Co., Of Snohomish,
shipped consignment of extra choice
shingles by the Riojun Maru to Kobe.
Japan. The consignment was small,
being more Of an experiment than any
thing else.
The work of dredging the channel
across the Hogback bar OF Tongue
Point. Ore. by the United States dredg-
er w. 8. Ladd, is progressing in good
shape under the supervision Of Captain
George A. Pease.
The Gray's Harbor Commercial Com
pany has three band saws in its mill,
one Of which is claimed to be the larg-
est in the Northwest, being sixty feet
in length. When the last one was put
in it cut $4,000 feet the first days run.
Sheep shearing has commenced In
the section about Elgin, WASH, but the
work is considerably retarded by the
damp weather. Two bands Of year
lings have, been sold for delivery i'm
mediately after shearing, at $3.50 per
head. There is still several hundred
thousand pounds of last seasons wool
stored in the warehouses, awaiting an
advance in the price.
Mack Porter, of Corvallis, Ore, has
sold eleven head of thoroughbred poll
ed angus cattle for $3.50. OF the bunch
nine head were yearling heifers which
brought $50 each, and two 2-year-old
bulls at $100 each. The sire Of these
animals was bought at the worlds fair
by Mr.. Porter, and at that time was 10
months old. The animal weighed at
that time 1850 pounds. and Mr.. Por-
ter paid $500 for him. The present
weight is 2,150.
rounding country will be consuming
sugar produced in the southern part Of
the county. To that end d. G. Corbin,
Colonel e. H. Morrison of Fairfield, a
number of sugar-beet experts from
France, and a little army of field work
ers. mechanics and machinists are
bending their energies. 1t is a big en-
terprise. and in every sense a home In
dustry. The factory will cost $400, 900.
and $4,000 more has been expended in
planting beets. The location Is at Wa
verify, five miles from Fairfield. Mr..
COrbin has agreed to pay this year a
minimum price Of "a for IL and IA per
cent beets, and 33 1-3 cents for each de.
gree above fourteen. This offer applies
to all points along the o. R. NJ, Mr..
Corbin paying the railroad charges
from the point Of shipment to the fac
tory. The bulk Of the machinery is
being built in the United States some
at Philadelphia, and other parts at Bos.
ton and Chicago. Some special ma.
chinery had to be purchased in France
and Germany. The factory will have
q capacity of $50 tons Of beets day,
or about 40 tons Of refined sugar. The
usual Campaign" is from 100 to 100
days. according to the supply of beets
Our seasons output this year will be
about 5000 tons, or about one-half the
quantity distributed annually from
Spokane. Mr.. Corbin has spared no
pains to make this the most complete
up-to-date sugar factory in the United
States.
Eventful Voyage Of the Ship sachem.
Tacoma, Wash, June 6.-The Ameri-
can ship Sachem, which sailed from Phila-
delphia last fall laden with kerosene oil,
has arrived at Shanghai, after an eventful
voyage.
Before she reached Hong Kong her
master died and was buried at sea- In
Formosa channel she was struck by light
ming. Her foremast was reduced to splin-
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