The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-10
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

InDUsTRIAL NOTES.
The Chehalis nsh hatchery. I'VE
miles above Montesano, Wash. has
closed for the season.
Farmers living south Of PendIeton,
Ore, complain that the Russian thistle
u gaining great headway.
Washington coal mines are expected
70 break ali previous records OF pro.
duetion the present season.
Farmers In the vicinity OF Monroe,
Ore are worried over the appearance
OF California cookie in their grain
fields.
Hundreds OF tons Of oyster shells
have been taken from Coos Bay. Ore,
BY the government dredger working
there.
The colony Of Dnnkards who have
purchased lands just east Of sunny
dale, in Yakima county. Wash, are
making many improvements.
At the Asotin creek roundup recent,
~ over 1000 head OF horses were cor
rallied BY about twenty men. The
roundup this year waa not as success
full as usual.
Twentysive men are shearing ct
Sheep Springs. near RitzyiIle. FIeeces
are reported flne. averaging six pounds
and Adams countyis probable output Is
estimated at 2s0,0O0 pounds.
Preparations are making for the
starting Of q ship-yard on the What
com water front A. four-mast sehoon-
er. 20 carry $4,000 feet Of lumber, viii
be built. II present plans mature.
e. II. Brandt & Co. OF Snohomish.
shipped q consignment OF extra choice
shingles by the RIojun Maru TO Kobe,
Japan. The consignment was small,
being more Of an experiment than any
thing else.
The work Of dredging the channel
across the Hogback bar on Tongue
Point Ore. by the United States dredg.
or w. q. Ladd. 10 progressing in good
shape under the supervision Of Captain
George A, Pease.
The Gray's Harbor Commercial Com
pany has three band saws in its mill,
one Of which Is claimed 10 be the Iarg-
est in the Northwest. being sixty feet
In length. When the last one was put
In It cut $4,000 feet the first days run.
Sheep shearing has commenced in
the section about Elgin. Wash, but the
work 10 considerably retarded by the
damp weather. Two bands OF year.
ungs have been sold for delivery i'm
mediately after shearing, At $3.50 per
head. There is still several hundred
thousand pounds Of last seasons wool
stored in the warehouses, awaiting an
advance in the price.
Mack Porter. OF Corvallis, Ore, has
sold eleven head Of thoroughbred poll.
Cd angus cattle for $3.50. OF the bunch
nine head were yearling heifers which
brought $50 each, and two 2-year-0ld
bulls At tlo0 each. The sire Of these
animals was bought at the words fair
BY Mr.. Porter. and at that time was 10
months old. The animal weighed al
that time 1850 pounds. and Mr.. Por-
ter paid $500 for him. The present
weight is also.
Within q year Spokane and the sur
rounding country will be consuming
sugar produced In the southern part OF
the county. To that end d. C. CorbIn,
Colonel &. H Morrison Of Fairfield, q
number Of sugRr-beet experts from
France. and q little army Of field work
ers. mechanics and machinists are
bending their energies. II is a big en-
terprise. and in every sense a home in
dustry. The factory will cost S400. 900,
and $4,000 more has been expended in
planting beets. The location is at Wa.
very, i've miles from Fairfield. Mr..
Corbin has agreed to pay this year a
minimum price OF 81 for II and IA per
cent beets. and 80 Is cents for each de-
gree above fourteen. This offer applies
TO all points along the o. r. & n. Mr.
Corbin paying the railroad charges
from the point Of shipment to the fac
tory. The bulk OF the machinery is
being built in the United States--some
at Philadelphia. ana other parts at Bos-
ton and Chicago. Some special ma
chinery had to be purchased in France
and Germany. The factory viii have
a capacity of $50 tons OF beets q day,
or about 40 tons OF refined sugar. The
usual campaign" lie from 100 to 40
days, according to the supply Of beets
Our seasons output this year will be
about 5000 tons. or about one-half the
quantity distributed annually from
Spokane. Mr.. CorbIn has spared no
pains to make this the most complete
up-todate sugar factory in the United