The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-21
Spring Frosts Slightly Damaged
the Farmers Crops
Talk or EASTERN NORTHWEST.


Harvesting hAs Just commenced in the
waisa walsa and UmafiiIa districts of
Eastern Washington and Oregon. and
v.thfr another wesk the farmers expect
70 o. rushing the work ef getting their
rYou~ ready for market. The crop Ia only
from fwo-thirGs TO tarss~auarters az good
asts was last year. ewing 10 the last frests
ard cnld weather Of spring. but the farmers
are satisfied over even this outlook. fer
there win be . fine yield anyway, that Of
rs being a5normzi In some OF the tocais-
ues.
J. II. Marshall. an experienced agraeni-
tural and mining man from that part %
the Northwest. who ~ well-known IN Sc
attic. has come 10 spend a few days. ar
Ytxsnx yesterday. He Rays harvesting -
late In the Paiouse country on account 81
ire iatea1ax Of spring. and that the yiehd
viii probably be about the same as In the
ether regions. There " further prosperity
IN the Grafsie Eond& valley thls year. says
Mr. Marshall. because Of the great succwss
Of the sugar beet crop a factory was
tssa aassi1ed at La Granie BY Salt Lake
capitalists last year. bat II was 40 late
that the first years yield Of oesss Was on-
satisfactory. THE ground was not In con-
dislon and in the fall wnru the crop Was
ready for harvesting IL WAS impossible 10
get enough men to handle ~ This year
The seed was, however sown earlier. AMI
men were imported from Utah TO work In
the fields. insnring good growth.
Mr. Marshali has JUST come through
these localities from the Baker county
Mining district. where new discoveries
have been made ia minerals and much de-
vesopmeTii work IL being done. he coFrs-
borafea the statement IN yesterdays Post
laletligeacer thar valuable finds had been
made.
There ID not the same rush OF pros
pecsnys into that country A. obtains In
ias Bairsie Hump and Republic a districts.
rived there from Spokane. Denver and
Cripple Creek to invest Ia various proper
tics and the owners os the mines are
booking for more prosperous future than
they have ever experienced" said Mr..
Marshall '.Isaksr City IL soon to aave am
other national bank which has been form
ed With Al Geiser for president and a man
named French for cashier. A new lusid-
Ing IL beias esectsd for this institution. 1t
II ainiost impossible To make inaus there.
money IL SO plentiful This Is shown in
the deposits OF the Baker city FIRST Ma.
linnai hank. which amount 20 81. z0,t 80. and
which has only ti65 So1 out on leans.
Zone extension that IL being booked for
ward % by the mining mer OF the Green
horn district Ii tho reported building Of
the sumpter Valley railroad from sumptar.
Baker county. To Canyon city. IL this Il
done IL viii make the Greeusiorn one Of the
most valuable distrtcia In that .part OF ,hs
Try In the WRITER. which they are now nm-
able 10 do.
Mr. f.s<ssibetter. who was prominent In
connection with the Yakima Ditch Com
pany. has organized an electric powsr COM
pany To utilize the John Day river IN the
Cattle Cove district hack OF Sumptes, 10
furnish all the principal mines with power.
The Bonanza, Coinmfaa, u u and other
s sps' VIII be Interested In This extern
THE Cougar mine. near Granite. owned
b. Spokane people. II constantly improy-
ing In its ore body. and promises to become
are az fssaf ar
putting In a sp-tnn plant there. The ore
Body IL 3 10 - feet wide. and assays from
He to SIS 70 the ton. Mr.. Iarkn - the
manager
ssThc weasherhy Bonarxa viii declare a
dividend OF = Of = cent share July -.
payable August IL. which viii amount to
aheat sss per cent. aecofetns 20 tate q'ia-
tafions The big srcdxe on this property
has recently made cisan-aps that have
highly pleased the owners Ore Is being
extracted from levels At che bottom of =
n.foot incline extended down frasn the
end OF a i.e.,-faot tunnel. which goes from
- 20 t2iS tn the ton. A thousand feet of
s%ineh pipo and a Sslsley furnace have
heen put In for AFR, and preparations ara
being made 30 sink so~feot vertical
shaft 70 tap the rich ore shoot lately an
covered. Ceneentratora for the Mill have
heen ordered. as the ore Is telluride ana
therefore very rieh. The owners of thts
property have expended si".oe In making
developments.
The Oi:i Virtue Is producing SEQ A
month. and has bright prospects. IL vas
formerly owned sy Mr. ssrsysan. OF CALI
fernls. bat Montreal capitalists control 4
nas. All ether properties In the district
are In an exceedingly prosperous state.
and bright future IL tankfd for"
Mr.. Marshall ia an enthusiast over the
mining eutook af Wfshingfon aud Ore
xnE sna says that If half The money that
was spent ga the kionsfkr had been placed
IN this ssate. sk.9ss@a would have been
prossacet Last YEAR instead ~ ths tla 0sa-
go az tz"a.a that came from the Norta.
His family Iivss al Olympia