The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-26

attractions of the Walla Walla fruit
Iair this fall.
1t is announced at La Grande, Ore.
that the beet sugar factory will begin
work September 10.
The Pacific American cannery at
Fairhaven, Wash, received 100000 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, a veteran fax man.
has established flax 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.
Tho A1ocEo paolarc, noppino r,1opf
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 800
acres, and a 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 341 900 shingles, but that record
is already broken, the Harrington mill
having shipped $4,000 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 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
y Chambers, east of Olympia. 1t was
= planted in 1S49 by Mr.. Chambers, who
spread 60 feet across the top, and the
trunk measures eight feet and ten
=, inches in circumference.
Reports from ali sections of Oregon
and Washington show that rain has
. prevailed during the past few days and
that harvesting has been seriously In
r. terfered with. The damage to grain
so far has not been serious, but should
the rain continue many days longer
y. much of the wheat in the shock will
begin to sprout.
< Many of the leading stockmen of the
!: Pacific northwest are planning to visit
5. three big fairs this year. 1t has been
]: so arranged that they can go first tc
a. the Oregon state fair at Salem early in
!: September. There will be plenty oil
time to ship the stock to the Washing
IS ton state fair at Yakima, and at tn,
Is close of this fair there will be plenty
); of time for them to get their stock Il
Spokane before the Spokane Industrial
N Exposition opens on the Sd of October
The Hardwood Dairy Company o
ID Spokane has lately purchased eigh
I'd creameries and skimming stations il
the Yakima valley, covering the entir
c. field in that district. The milk will b
separated in North Yakima, the cream
pasteurized and shipped to Spokane
where all the butter will be made. TIL
y Hazelwood now handles about 1000
pounds of milk per day.
a. The shortage of cooper stock is yer
- marked and salters of fish can not b.
gin to get what they want in Seattl'
1t is said the Pacific American Els
- Company is ready to contract for 1900
" barrels, but there are no manufacture
- capable of turning them out in tim
There are a good many salt fish barre
turned out in the Puget sound countr
-. by the small makers, but no large col
Germs.
The papers have been executed f.
the sale by Newland Bros. of the
loo warehouse at Lamona and by Yarwoc