The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-09-30
INDUSTRIAL NOTES

Inc lumber mill at La Grande. Ore
IS running overtime to fill orders.
The Coos Bay, Oregon creamery ia
turning out about 800 pounds of butter
per day.
Robert Woods, Of Huntington Ore
has shipped l2S head of horses to 81
Louis.
Fifty-eight bales Of hops were sold
IN Salem, Ore. last week, the first Of
the season.
Inc plant OF the Lakeville rolling
mills is working night and day. It is
oehind in its orders and is compelled
to refuse others.
John Russell. Of Harrington, has fin.
ished harvesting his crop or $50 acres
OF wheat near that town, and the weld
Is ~ bushels to the acre.
The Pacific Coast Biscuit COMPANY.
with capital stock Of $4,000 900 has
absorbed seven of the principal cracker
factories Of the Pacific coast.
Tie sawmill at Granite is being tax.
ed to its fullest capacity to furnish lum.
her for the building needs of the town
OF Granite. Washington.
The Northwest Herald says A. B.
Church of Duluth, will build a Touring
mill at Flavel, Ore, with a daily capac.
ity OF 500 barrels.
B. G. Church, from Duluth, Mimi.
has bought from Wesley Steel, the AS.
ot;n Wn.. Roller Mills for a cash con-
s'deration Of $10,500.
The first large load of prunes from
Emmett, Idaho. has arrived at Payette,
Idaho. The trip was made in II hours
ana there were 1000 crates in the ship
ment.
A. G. Billings has about half of his
800 acres OF wheat harvested, and he
says he believes it will 60 2S bushels to
the acre right through, and the quality
is No. I.
1t is said that several Snohomish log
ging camps will have to close on ac-
count of the scarcity of labor. Pay
of $3.50 to $500 per day fails to get the
men needed.
State Hop Inspector, Fernandez, es-
Inmates the states hop crop this year
at 10000 bales as against $4,000 last
year. The quality of the hops is said
to be better this year.
Five cents pound for range cattle
on the eastern markets is most salts
factory price to the stock growers in
the range states, and that is the price
a good many of the shipments to the
Chicago market have commanded the
past week.
The loggers of Chehalis county Wn.,
are feeling blue. Fir logs have drop
ped in price from S. to $3.50 per thous-
and, and the scale has suffered CORE
spending contraction.
John Topp and L. A. Riddell are sue
ceeding as fruit culturists in the Kettle
river valley and have favored the fer.
.ility OF the soil there. Others are
following their example.
Mcdonald Bros. delivered Ill head
of cattle at the stockyards at LaGrande
last week, to the Walla Walla Beef Com.
pany. They were fine lot of dry cows
and the lot weighed 121,470 pounds.
Fish Commissioner Little Of Wash
ington, has ruled that all traps which
have caught more than $1,000 worth
of fish the preceding year will be
classed first class, and the license OF
SIS be collected. Traps catching less
than this amount will pay $40.
The mill and warehouse of the Salem
FIGURING Mills Company has been de.
stroyed by fire. The warehouse con.
tanned 1876, 900 bushels of wheat belong
ing to farmers, on which there was nc
insurance. The mill, which has ca
pacity of50O barrels day, was insured
tor $65, 900. The loss is close to $780,
900. The fire originated from an ex'
plosion in the dust room.
The Oregon Sugar Company began
slicing beets last week. There Is a
scarcity of help, from 800 to 400 men
being needed in addition to those In
sight at this date. Employment will
be steady for about two months. An
idea of the work to be done can be gain.
ed from statements OF the manager
Joseph Barton. There are 1890 acres
in beets this year, with a probable
Weld of $4,000 tons of beets. and an ap'
nrox,mate output of 100000 pounds
Of refined sugar.