The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-08-05
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

INDUsTRIAL NOTES.
The outlook for good salmon pack
on the Skeena this year is excellent,
say the Vancouver, B. c., World.
The Oakesdale machine shops are
working full force putting threshing
outfits in shape for the near approach
ing harvest.
Seven ship spars. 100 feet long, have
just been loaded on three fiat cars at
Elma, WASH, and started for Balti-
more, Md.
Orlando Beck, fruit inspector Of
Yakima county, WASH. is Of the opin-
ion that the crop will fall below the
average this year.
Tacoma has set aprt tract of
waterfront land for factories, and
sends q representative east to interest
enterprises in locating there.
A crew of men near the summit of
the mountains Of Rock creek, Polk
county, Oregon, are peeling about 100
cords of hemlock bark for the tannery
at Dallas.
4 1t is said work is being pushed on
at Chehalis, Wash. Some IA men are
employed and night and day shifts are
kept at work.
Baker lake hatchery Is the only blue
back salmon hatchery in the United
States and has capacity for turning
out 100000 young each season, COM
mencing August l.
A fertilizing factory Is to be estab-
lished on Dakota creek, near Blaine.
+ Wash. The gentleman in charge al
ready has an extensive plant in opera
tion at Los Angeles.
The machinery In the new -four mill
!. of the Washington Grain and Milling
Co., at Reardan, WASH, was set in op-
Grafton for the first time last week.
everything starting Off nicely.
The salmon pack of the Columbia
:, : Is likely to be at least $4,000 cases short
this season, and unless the run of fish
! greatly improves, 1t may be 100000
cases short, says the Portland TeIe-
h gram.
= The largest cargo OF lumber ever
taken from Puget sound on single
vessel will leave this port tomorrow on
! the steamship Elm Branch. The cargo
: consists of 100000 feet and is des-
tined for Taku and Woosing.
u The potato crop of the Potlatch coun-
try, Idaho. was saved by the recent
rs rain, which insures this country
ot against any lack Of spuds this fall.
RS Last year the potato patches were neg
b. lected, and for the first time potatoes
#. were shipped into the local market.
I'd Work at the Leno Lopez shearing
as corrals, at Chinook, Mont, has been
is finished. A total of 82,064 head of
sheep were shorn. The work of har-
RS vesting the annual crop Of hay is just
ne starting. The crop will be fully as
OF large as last years, despite the fact
is, that very little irrigation has been
or done.
A corporation known as the Central
N Navigation Company, was recently or
m ganized at Spokane for the purpose OF
constructing railroad from the city
m of Spokane to Vancouver by way Of
Yakima, Cispus pass and Lewis river
m Senator Turner, +. H. Graves. l. N
%. Peyton and several other Spokane CAPT
IN talists are the incorp0rators.
During the month of June 10000
III tons of coal and 1000 tons of coke were
~, shipped from Fernie by the Crows
Nest Pass Coal Company. Two mines
Im on Coal creek near Fernie are being
worked and 400 men employed. Thii
I'M company expects to ship 1000 tons {
day by December. Another mine II
i'm being opened at Michel. In thre'
ID. months 400 coke ovens will be in opera
=" ton.
oa H. Williams, of Chelan, WASH, resi-
~, dent agent for James Mcmillan Of Min
-, neapolis, and other owners Of waite
for power in the Chelan river, says that
ho joint stock company is to be organize
~, shortly to build -four mill on tn
-. north bank of the Chelan river, at tn
-, 49, month, and to operate ferry over tn
-. Columbia river in connection with II
- The capital stock of the company vii
be $10,500.
~ Surveyor M. 8. Darling, who ha
n'' charge of the work on the big irriga
ny ing canal under construction by Cor
W. rad brothers near Dupuyer, Mont, r.
~ ports satisfactory progress on that vi
~ ~ dertaking. When completed it will b
um one of the biggest plants of the kin
on in the west. About five and one-hal
~ miles of the canal have been finishet
leaving some IL miles to be finished
.no The canal is % feet wide at the bottom
e,s will carry four feet of water, and wi
Wy irrigate about 100000 acres Of land.
un.
Another Car Blown Up.
ave
he Cleveland, July 3l.-The blowing up
per ahoeher Eucnu peach Jan "a. -