The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-01
WILD WEST WAITS. :

The Pacific coast salmon pack for
the present season is estimated at 4,OOO,-
600 cases. u,
A large amount of bronze grass has
been sown on the tableland adjacent to
Wallowa, Or, this year. one man alone
having sown 40 acres.
There has been heavy loss Of cattle
in the timbered country north of WallO-
wa, Or, this year from the ravages of
bears. One cattle owner reports he has
lost forty-six head OF cattle.
! The yield of wheat in Oregon this
season is estimated at Il, 100000 bush
els; in Washinngton, 2s,S50,ooo bushels;
in fS1ss es R9s6es hs Iota for
shipping from Spencer, Ida, the last Of
10000 lambs purchased from j. D.
Wood, and for which he received $3.50
to $3.50 at the river, and $4.6O in Chi
cago.
For melon day at Arkansas Ford,
COL, in connection with the tenth annual
Arkansas valley fair 10000 watermelons
pile 200 feet long, 20 feet wide and 10
feet high.
There has been great mortality
among hogs in Tehama county, Or, and
in one Instance, out Of drove Of $40.
800 have died. 1t is estimated that 1000
hogs have died from the disease in that
county. They were worth $4,000.
Hutchinson county, have adopted a
unique method of Kidding that region. Of
Chickens, have posted notices prohibiting
the shooting Of the birds on their farms.
A dispatch from Deadwood, S. D.,
states that Harris Franklin, president of
the the FIanklin Cattle company, has paid
Cattle company, being the first delivery
Of purchase of 10000 head.
In telling contest Of logge1s at
pia and Georgs Digs Of Shelton broke
the worlds record, telling 37-inch tree
in minutes 9N seconds. Beard and
ia GAZE 49, at Oak Point took second prize
The barkentine Fremont has reached
San Francisco from Behring sea with
III, 900 Goldfish. Capt. Kelton reports
the following catch of Goldfish in the
north up to July p: Schooner Mary
and Ida, g SEQ geo; barkentiae City Of d Pa.
schooner Stanley, 81 900.
"A thousand men, exclusive of In
dians, are engaged in trapping and hunt
ing in the vast extent Of fur-bearing
country on the Upper Yukon. Dawson
is the central market for this fur coun-
try, and sends fully 60, 900 pelts annual
and New York. The industry yields an
annual revenue of about 100000.
Portland has the largest and most
magnificent fuchsia plant in Oregon. II
springs from a single stem some inches
in diameter, but divides into three at
the surface Of: the ground. The top is
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conference, and is loaded with hundreds
of beautiful flowers in every stage Of de-
velopment, while the ground beneath is
carpeted with fallen blossoms.
1t San Jose, Cal; cat gave birth
to four kittens and carried them off to
the barnard hid them. When they were
discovered. The old cat had deposited
her kittens in a hens nest and had
frightened the setting hen away. The
eggs were almost ready to hatch. and the
heat from the bodies of the kittens was
better than an incubator, for seven little
chicks broke through their shells and
old cat paid no attention to her curious
family and the little chicks were found
nestled among the kittens.
| The hills west Of Portland, Or,
which were some years ago cleared Of
the dense fir forests which clothed them,
are now covered with young growth Of
soft maple, dogwood, vine maple, hazel,
alder and other deciduous trees. Their
foliage is as brilliant as that of any
Eastern forests, showing every hue Of
red, brown and yellow, and it looks as
if in a few. years these hills would be
covered with forest of the deciduous
trees mentioned. A close examination,
however, shows that young fir trees are
springing up thickly among these decid-
uous trees and are outgrowing and over
tODDing them