Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-23
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Twelve AppIes on One Twis.

Twelve Apples on One Twig.
5. W. Farris, who owns 4 kittitaS.
farm about two miles and Il half
northeast of Ellensburg. had on ex-
hibitiOn in Ellensburg last week
twig about eight inches long cut from
Red June apple tree and bearing
II perfect apples. He has two of
these trees and they are loaded to
the limit. His farm is not irrigated,
lying above the irrigating canal.
Big Sale Of Washington Timber Land.
Six thousand acres of southwestern
Washington timber has been bought
by N. b. Bradley 4 Sons. of San
Francisco, who paid the PeltOn-Arm-
strong company $500, 900 for this fine
Wahkiakum county body of forest.
Most of the tract is heavily timbered,
part having been logged off, but the
buy takes in the seven miles of log
ging road and a 100, ,00O-feet-a-day
sawmill A firm called the Bradley
Logging company has been formed
to work up the tract.
Higher Prices for Fruit.
Prices for fruit already have risen
considerably above the rates prevail
ing last season, and when the best of
the peach and apple crop comes in it
is likely that the orchardists will
realize about 30 per cent. more than
last year for their products. The
best peaches will come in next
month, although the quality now is
becoming fair. Peaches are worth
20 cents per box and apples 81.
Prices for garden truck also are con-
siderably above the average.
Hop Crop Ruined.
The Dimmick hOpyard in the Sc
lab, a short distance from Spokane,
fell in one night last week, and prac-
tically ruined the best crop in the
county. The Dimmick yard is twen-
ty acres in extent and has in the past
earned fortunes for its proprietors.
1t is remarkable that the same mis-
fortune befell this yard last year.
The whole yard fell in, the wind
blowing down the poles and trellis
work. The yard is one of the finest
in the interior of the State. Its
present owner is Mr.. StinSOn of Hill
City, Minn.
Decline in Salmon Product
From the canneries on Bering Sea,
where the greater part of the Alaska
red salmon used by the world are
caught, comes the report that the
season is ended and that the pack is
80 per cent less than any previous
year in the history of the industry.
The packing plants of the Alaska
Packers association, many of which
are located on Bering sea, will be the
heaviest losers by the failure of the
choice red fish to appear. Several
plants were fitted for packs running
from 40, 900 to 5000 cases and the
season has ended with only about
half of the material used.
Mount Olympus Repels Them.
Members of the Mountaineer' club
returned to Port Angeles, last week,
after making an unsuccessful effort
to reach the top of Mount Olympus.
The start was made from Camp FL
wha, and word of the failure has just
reached Port Angeles. While details
are meager, it appears that the
climbers were caught in u binding
SnowStOrm during the last stage of
the climb and were forced to put
back. Some narrow escapes are re-
lated. Miss Winona Bailey of G Gorge
town fell in rock-slide and was
painfully injured. An improvised
Stretcher was fashioned and she was
carried down the mountain to Camp
Elwha, where she now is.
20 Bushels to the Acre.
Seventy-three and One-half bushels
of club wheat to the acre is the phe.
nomenal yield reported from the
ranch of w. H. Kenney, located
about 81 miles east of Walla Walla.
G. N. Smith, who is running the new
combine for Mr.. Kenney, reports
that he started in on 400-acre field
of heavy club wheat, cutting a l6-foot
swath for distance of one mile,
which made 63 sacks of wheat that
will test better than than 63 pounds
to the bushel. This figures out the
enormous yield of about 73l bushels
to the acre. Mr.. Smith says this
cut was made in the heaviest part of
the field, but it will make consider
ably above so bushels to the acre all
through.
A Youthful Gang of Burglars.
Three young people from Missouri.
the eldest of whom is but % years of
age, are under arrest for the recent
burglary at North Yakima of the
the Dean clothing store. One is a
17-year-old girl, who was led astray
by one of the young men, brought
out here and placed in a low lodging
house. She appears to have been
supported principally by the pecula-
tiOns of the eldest of the trio, War
rem Poole, in whose room the police
found an extensive burglars outfit.
comprising jimmy, $50 keys of ali
shapes and and sizes, two revolvers.
a pair of sheepskin "creepers" and a
suit of clothes designed for use on
thieving expeditions. The girl is
Viola Glaze, and her part in the
crime is that of an accessory, she
having received the stolen property
and shipped it to the other guilty
man, Frank Wilson, aged 20, who
was arrested in Seattle. Wilson
worked in the Yakima hotel for a
time as pantry boy, a portion of his
earnings going to the girl. Wilson
and Viola have confessed.