The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-24

i Wool receipts at the Dalles so far thls
year have been 3.500.0O pounds.
Many Of the farmers In the vicinity
of Milton planted sugar beets this year
The FIRST crop Of alfalfa IL being cut
In some parts Of Morrow County, Ore
Roy q Roy. Of Seattle. have bought
the American Lumber Company's shin,
gle mill
The wooden block pavements Of Par
is France. are said to have cost over
81. 900, 900.
William Blaekman, state inspector of
mills and factories. has established
an ONCE In Seattle.
Sixty young men have arrived at La
Grande. Ore. from Utah, to work in
the sugar beet fields.
A Salem. Ore. paper says that hop
lice have appeared in many parts Of
Polk and Marion counties.
t. @. Boardman. OF Mountain Home.
has sold mis- wool clip Of 10000 pounds
for Is cents per pound to ]. N. John.
son.
1t Is said there are 1000 strawberry
pickers at work in the fields at Hood
River and vicinity. and they are gath
ering 1000 and 5000 crates daily.
The cold rains having given place
to warm weather. it Is possible to tell
the amount Of damage done to crops
by the backward spring In Thurston
Persons who have travelled over the
farming sections Of wasco county. Ore.
say there never has been q better pros
pect for heavy crops in this country
Than at present
Mitchell. Lewis q Stayer Co. have
Just sold to the Great Northern two
Gates stone erushers. boilers, engines,
md other stun. amounting to $4,000.
Il goes to the big tunnel in the Cas-
AIDES.
W. II. Wesley. large sheep rancher,
rom the Yakima country, recently sold |
10000 pounds Of this years crop at
~ and SA cents. Most of this goes
o the Pen0leton wooden mills. He
ays that hard winters don't hurt the
iheep as much as the sheep owners.
Recently bids were received in Seat.
lie for about 100000 feet of staye
'ipe or aume stock. The specifications
re very rigid as must be the inspec.
on. The stock is to be worked curved
n two sides, beveled on two edges and
special cut for joining. no knots to
how through or saps to be allowed.
An extraordinary condition of the
lmoer market continues and the
rays Harbor Commercial COMPANY
ill start their mill at night as soon
men can be had. Fifty can find
'ork at once. The mill will run for
1ur months at night and the men will
OF need fear for work. The great
and saw is an experimental success ,
cuts 100000 feet per day.
The fruit crop of East Sound and vic !
lity has been injured by the cold, wet
BRING. The Italian prunes have sun.
ed more than any other fruit. There :
Ill be a very small crop Of them.
here will be fairly good crop Of the =
her varieties OF prunes. The apple
'op has also been injured, but it is :,
ot known yet to what extent. The
nall fruits seem to have escaped in q
Try.
What Is probably the largest CONNER ;,
al enterprise organized and owned by =,
merican Negroes has Just been estab- .
shed by prominent eolored men of :
isslssippi. They have obtained a a
larter, incorporating the Mississippi \
'tton Manufacturing Company, with !,
capital stock Of $500. 900 and the priv. :,
'ge OF increasing. A site for the COM >,
Iny's mill has been chosen in Jack q,
n, and the work of erecting it will
gin as soon as the proper plans are
Opted.