The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-07-22
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SA8AA6 AOH1Ns
TrackIaying on the threemiIe en-
tension Of the r. ". &Y. r. r. win be-
gin this week. with crew Of twenty
men.
A starch factory Is the latest manu-.
featuring institution which the Cham
Der Of Commerce il attempting to To-
cate In Spokane.
Messrs. Savage and schoneld Of Oh
ymDia were awarded the contract TO
build Q new bridge across the Yakima
river: contract price, t3,7S3.
Twenty tons Of machinery TO com
plete the stamp mill in the Peshastin
has arrived and win be taken in al
soon as the road is completed. Pros
pectors are coming In every day.
d. T. Stalght was In from Summit
camp lnear RepubIic) recently and
stated that the first kiln Of lime burn
ed BY his company. which amounted to
500 barrels. had all been disposed Of
and that he was having the kiln 70
filled.
Sam Hull sold a bunch Of horses at
auction in Pomeroy, Wash, the other
DAY. receiving about SIS per head for
unbroken 3 and 4-year-oId colts. Old
Atwood. whose history and pedigree
are familiar to every horseman In the
Pacific northwest, was knocked down
TO Frank Morrison for S3I.
Fish Commissioner Little of wash.
ington has arranged to start q small
factory in Tacoma for the manufac.
ture Of wire baskets to be used in the
state hsh hateheries. About LOO will
be required. and three men will be re
quired TO work about three months in
making a sufficient supply TO last sew.
eral years.
One agricultural implement firm Al
Colfax, Wash. sold six headers. one
binder and sower recently, and Il Is
stated that sales Of agricultural ma,
ehinery generally throughout the
grain belt are very heavy, approaching
very close to the phenomenal record OF
last year. when dealers could not pro
cure appliances fast enough to supply
the trade.
County Commissioner Strong re
ports the grain crop in the Wenatchee
country 70 be a good average; alfalfa
about third Of crop below the Mis-.
sion, owing to the freeze-out last win.
ter; above that place the alfalfa was
not injured. Peaches and apricots
will be short but better quality.
During the oyster planting season
just closed at Willapa. Wash, over 200
men were engaged in longing in the
various channels for young growth for
transferring to the artificial beds,
About 10000 baskets were taken ont
and twenty-five sloops and forty bat.
teans were employed
Potatoes are only eight cents n
pound in the Republic market Near.
iy all kinds Of new vegetables have
found their way into market, but they
are far from cheap. Eggs are scarce
and fresh ones sell at so cents a dozen.
The British ship MacDuff, for Port.
land, Ore, is now several days overdue
having ben out 155 days from CaIcut-
IA. She has q cargo of 1900, 600 grain
bags, and unless she arrives soon. the
price Of grain bags in the northwest
viii probably take big jump upward
as harvesting has already commenced.
In Clarke county, Wash. prunes are
going to be scarce. There are a few
small orchards which promise almost
full crop. and there are larger or
ehards which show from one-fourth to
one-half crop. while the bulk Of the or
chards are either without fruit or
show only q few prunes on the trees
This Is probably true in q general way
OF all western Washington.
Everywhere in the Palouse is motto
ed active preparations for harvest.
The farmers are getting their machin.
cry ready, and the annual exodus Of
harvest hands to the counties south of
Snake river has begun. There is a no
uceable dropping on In the number Of
men and teams that are going south 70
work in harvest fields. compared with
former years. which presages a short
age Of harvest help in this country
should there be as large q yield As
many expect.