Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-08-25
INDUsTRIAL norns.
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attractions OF the Walla Walla fruit
fair this fall.
1t is announced at La Grande. Ore.
that the beet sugar factory will begin
work September Is.
The Pacific American cannery, al
Fairhaven, Wash, received 2I0,OO sal
mon in two days last week.
The salmon pack of the canneries on
Bellingham bay will this year be worth
a million and half dollars.
James Mcconnell, veteran fax man
ufacturer, has established a fax scutch,
ing mill at New Whatcom, Wash.
Reports from the Yakima hop dis.
trict indicate that the crop there this
season will aggregate some $4,000
bales.
The Spokane Industrial Exposition
announces the same liberal prizes for
fruit exhibits this year as have been
given in the past.
Based upon reports from farmers
and estimates from grain dealers, there
will be at least 100000 bushels of
wheat in Walla Walla county.
l.. l.. Belong raised this year on his
ranch near Willapa, Wash, head of
lettuce that weighed three pounds and
nine ounces. and some of the leaves
measured foot across.
A poultry department is another of
the big attractions which have been
added to this years Spokane Industrial
Exposition. In this department $3.50
in cash prizes will be given.
The Alaska Packers canning plant
at Semiahmoo has completed arrange
ments for an exhibition in miniature
at Paris, of their entire plant. 1t will
be an exact reproduction, and show
everything in detail.
1t has been demonstrated by George
w. Turner that the raising of fax in
Morrow county, Oregon, is a success.
He will harvest this year about 300
acres, and number of other farmers
in the western part of the county have
tried the industry.
Last week a single carload of shingles
was shipped from Marysville contain
ing 341,OO0 shingles, but that record
is already broken, the Harrington mill
having shipped 1900 in one car since.
Marysville is now exporting three car
loads of shingles per day.
An unusual number of agricultural
and industrial fairs will be held in the
northwest this season. The state fair
at North Yakima, industrial exposi-
lions at Spokane, Seattle and Portland,
and a very large number of county
fairs are attracting deserved attention.
The biggest cherry tree in the north
west is on the old homestead of David
Chambers, east of Olympia. 1t was
planted in 1S49 by Mr.. Chambers, who
brought the twig over from Oregon. 1t
spread 60 feet across the top, and the
trunk measures eight feet and ten
inches in circumference.
The papers have been executed for
the sale by Newland Bros. of their
warehouse at Lamona and by Yarwood
Bros. of their warehouse at Mohler to
the Orondo Shipping Company of
Wenatchee. This company also lately
purchased the Green & Crowell and
the Yarwood houses at Harrington.
Reports from all sections of Oregon
and Washington show that rain has
prevailed during the past few days and
that harvesting has been seriously in
terfered with. The damage to grain
so far has not been serious, but should
the rain continue many days longer
much of the wheat in the shock will
begin to sprout.
The Hazelwood Dairy Company of
Spokane has lately purchased eight
creameries and skimming stations in
the Yakima valley, covering the entire
field in that district The milk will be
separated in North Yakima, the cream
pasteurized and shipped to Spokane,
where all the butter will be made. The
Hazelwood now handles about 10000
pounds of milk per day.
The shortage of cooper stock is very
marked and salters of fish can not be-
gin to get what they want in Seattle.
1t is said the Pacific American Fish
Company is ready to contract for 10000
barrels, but there are no manufactures
capable of turning them out in time.
There are good many salt fish barrels
turned out in the Puget sound country
by the small makers, but no large con-
Germs.
Many of the leading stockmen of the
Pacific northwest are planning to visit
three big fairs this year. 1t has been
so arranged that they can go first to
the Oregon state fair at Salem early in
September. There will be plenty of
time to ship the stock to the Washing
ton state fair at Yakima, and at the
close of this fair there will be plenty
of time for them to get their stock to
Spokane before the Spokane Industrial
Exposition opens on the Sd of October.
Passenger Train Held Up.