Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-08-01
LOST BROTHER IS
ARRESTED FOR
BUNC0 man

lngton City, Enormous CROP
Of Honey From the Yakima
Valley A Big Cement Prop
oSition,
Especial Correspondence Morning JOurnal.I
Spokane, Wash, July S0.-Royal
Raymond. living near Madison. Wis,
found his brother. H. j. Raymond,
given up for dead years ago, at
Sprague, Wash. after causing his ar
rest under the impression he was an
impostor Ropal received letter
from H. ]. Raymond several weeks
ago, asking for financial assistance
He looked upon the letter with sus-
picion and his conclusion was that
the man at Sprague had gained some
knowledge Of the Raymond family
through the long lost brother who
was believed to have been killed by
California, where they We're in 1895.
When Royal reached Sprague he OBJ
tained a John Doe warrant in Justice
Ettelson's court on the charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
A detective arrested John Doe on the
McMelville farm, where he was work.
ing. Doe asked permission to shave
before appearing for trial, and when
this was done Royal recognized the
man as his brother. The matter was
explained to the court. and the pro-
ceedings were quashed and the two
brothers started for the old home in
Wisconsin.
Enormous Honey Crop.
Jesse w. Thornton. the honey king
Of the Yakima valley, west of Spo-
kane. who has 800 colonies of bees,
each OF which he says will produce 80
pounds of comb honey, declares that
the outlook is that the yield will be
the largest in the history of the val
ley. 1t is expected to ship ten cars or
3, 700 000 pounds from the valley this
year to eastern and Pacific coast
markets. The bees are fed on alfalfa,
which is now in bloom, and they are
thriving. Expert apiarists say that al
falfa is the ideal feed for bees and in
this the Yakima valley excels any
other part of eastern Washington.
While yet in its infancy the honey In
dustry has made rapid progress in the
last few years, and there is every rea-
son to believe it will grow until II be-
comes one of the foremost, next to
fruit in the valley and in fact
throughout eastern Washington.
Big Cement Proposition.
Two million FIVE hundred thousand
dollars is the stated capital of a COM
pany composed of Spokane and Cali
fornia interests which will put Port
land cement on the market at 81 a
barrel. or 81 below the prevailing
price. The company, which is headed
by Aman Moore, of Los Angeles, will
erect a plant to cost $1,O00,000 on the
shore of Lake Pend Orelle, north of
Spokane. where II has 1900 acres of
cement deposit land, which Charles
NJ Fassett. chemist and metallurgist
of Spokane. declares to be equal In
quality to any brand now on the mar
ket. saying also after the final analysis
that the supply is practically mex
haustible. The cement beds were dis
covered after a landslide, which de-
nuded the native rock of soil and
vegetation Mr.. Moore, who has asso-
eiated with him Mr.. Fassett. A. l.
Wright, Carroll A. Low. Robert Rem
ME and w. S. Hanna of the United
States reclamation service; c. Lenardt
of Los Angeles: ]. w. Fuller, Jr., of
Catasamqua, Pa; J. w. Wallace, OF
Florence Cal: r. c. and J. w. Had
ley, Of Los Angeles, says the plant Will
give employment to $50 men. p. c.
Hadley will have charge of the plant
]. M. Eakin, a rancher on Salmon
river in the Elk City district In CEN
trail Idaho. who recently discovered
rich placer ground on his farm. has
turned miner and is now working with
day and night crews. The first test
run a few days ago netted s21 in gold
as the result of three hours work
The hydraulic equipment he used In
irrigating his apple and peach trees,
pumpkins and berry patches Is now
employed to tear away the earth and
gravel so the gold can be gathered
into the sluice boxes There Is an
ample supply Of water and the ell
mate is such that operations can be
carried on every day In the year. Mr.
Eakln has been in the district since
the early days, but did not know that
the farm he homesteaded years ago
contains what IS declared to be the
richest placer ground in Idaho.
Farmers In the Palouse wheat belt,
south Of Spokane. VIII begin deliver
ing grain to the warehouses early in
August. Scores of combined harvest
ers are in the field and there are
hundreds of men shocking and pitch
ing bundles. They are paid from 81
to s2.25 a day. while machine men re-
ceive as high as SO a day. Ranchers
cutting 4O-deld wheat report well-till-
ed heads and plump grain and pre-
diet an average yield of fall wheat
30 10 Sc bushels the acre. Most of
this will grade No. 1. In the hay
fields on the bottom lands along the
Palouse river. most Of the timothy cut
shows one and a half tons to the
acre.
Miss Maggie Bowls. spinster OF
Iowa. and John Lee. wldOwer, who