The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-01-14
TRADE KorwA

The Gray's Harbor hsh output for thu
year was valued at ess.0Al.
WhatcorA sounty farmers viii meet in
convention at sumas, Wash, Jan. 18th.
Sixty thousand head Of sheep were
shipped from Kittitas, Wash, during Sha
past year.
Kauspisch Brcs., of Chehalia, are max
ing arrangements to build creamery at
Toledo, Wash.
The sheet metal works located at Fair.
haven, Wash, viii resume operations in
about thirty dayA
Whitman county won q premium for
the best exhibition Of grasses 1t the re-
cent Oregon exposition in Portland.
The Puyallup Fruit Grower Aasoeia.
ton shipped during the past season 70
Idaho, Montana and the DAkotas fruit
valued at over $1,000.
Wheat men Of Weston, Oregon, have
formed pool with 5000 bushels a. the
stake. They have refused an offer Of SlA
cents busheI.
Now that there Il only one steamer
plying between San Francisco and Graya
HarbOr, freight rates on merchandise
have nearly doubled
J. Hinson, manager Of the Puyallup
Fruit Growers Association, is authority
for the statement that the fruit business
Of that city win exceed $4,000 in Isoa.
The sixth annual convention Of Tia
Northwest Fruit GruwerS Association
win be held at Spokane Jan. 24th to 9sth
inclusive A poultry and pet stock show
viii be held during the session.
A box Of Seeding strawberries was
picked in an open field near Milton,
Wash, on Christmas day. II contained
blooms, green berries in all stages, and
plump ripe ones Of gOodly size.
The growth Of the fruit industry a
Yakima county, Wash, Is well illustrated
by the fact that the sales Of one lumber
company Of fruit boxes for the year 1888
aggregate $4,000, against =, 500 for the
previous year.
The total imports and exports Of the
SUPPORT Of New whateom the past IL
months were: Imports, SIS, ESQ; export.
S25T, lsa. Blaine-Imports, $7,l2d; sx.
ports, S2i2,97l. Sumas-ImPorts, els..
ao-s cAPottSs Stlos4E@
A meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Alliance warehouse at RitxvilIe, Wash,
WIS held recently when a dividend Of
$1,000 was declared for the year 1897,
which amounted to $3.50 per share and
one half cent a bushel for wheat hauled
to the warehouse. Directors elected
were: ]. A. Willis, ]. A. Th;el and J. n.
Olson.
A party Of prominent state officials
and citizens Of Oregon have visited the
kalams fish hateheries to investigate the
conduct of the institution and gather in
formation which may lead 70 the estab-
iishment Of several hatcheries in Oregon.
From Dallas, Or. has been shipped this
season IA car loads Of prunes, or 30
tons, and 81 car loads, or s,622 bales, Of
hops. As q result, q large amount Of
outside money has been brought in and
distributed among several thousand peO-
pie.
It Is claimed by the statistician Of the
state of Washington that between $40.
100000 and $4S,O00yo 900 worth Of COM
moditiea and products have been market
ed during the year Just closed IN the
state From the standpoint Of popula-
tion,-assuming that Washington has =
population Of A50,00o.-this showing d
very encouraging. Amy state IN the
Union might well Be proud q such =
record.
The Improvement in the wheat market
lately has had a tendency 70 bring the
farmers who are holding wheat 10 Ken.
drick. Some, who are able to hold on 10
their wheat say that as long as iced b
selling for one cent per pound they In
tend 10 hold their wheat for 90 cents or
hold Il for feed. Hogs are selling In the
Kendrick market at six eep.s per pound
dressed, and this price has had tendency
to direct the farmers attention In this ii.
rectiOn. while the price Of WHEAT remains
low.