Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-29
BUSINESS NEWS
Industry and Improvement

WORK
The young city of Twin Falls,
Idaho, will vote on the issuance of
HS5O,000 worth of bonds to erect a
high school building in the near flu
ture.
One hundred and sixty acres of
II wheat land near Weston, Ore, has
been sold for $4,000 The price
eight years ago was about half that
B sum.
n The Southern Pacific Company
y states that material has been order
y>ed for charging the depot at Glen
4 dale. and that work will commence
4 soon
4 The Car of all the Russias is plan
! ing to buy an orchard for his per-
sonal use, and his agent is said to
N have chosen a site in the Rogue River
d valley, near Medford
Work has been started by the AS
81 toria Electric company on the con-
struction of reinforced concrete
81 and brick sub-station adjoiing its
4 power plant. 1t will cost $4,000.
The record price for Hood River
apple land was established there re-
Gently when a Chicago man paid
Il $4,000 for ten acres. The purchase
u does not include any buildings.
Business men and citizefss of Co
lumbia Falls, Mont, are organizing
a board of trade Mayor Murray is
acting as temporary chairman and
Martin Conlin as temporary secre-
tary.
a, The city council of Occur d'Alene,
idaho, has let contracts to Foster &
Hendel of Spokane for $4,000 worth
of street grading and improyem ents
The city will issue per cent bonds
!. to cover the cost of the improve
nents.
Contract for the new steel bridge
to span the Hoquiam river was award
ed to the c. G. Sheely Construction
Accompany of Seattle for SOS, 900. The
II new structure will be 800 feet long
24-foot driveway and will have a
four-foot walk
The interior department has re-
stored subject to settlement and en-
try next February. 173,440 acres Of
public lands withdrawn for recla-
nation projects in Washington, Cal
ifornia and Arizona. These lands in
n1, = in no No11 a a
district.
The annual consumption of sugar
in Utah and Idaho is 100000
pounds, of which quantity 20,000,00O
are produced at home from sugar
beets. There are nine factories in
the two states and they will pay out
in wages for the running season
S1.000,000.
Oregon apple growers are assembl-
Sing exhibits for the national apple
show at Spokane, November Is to 20,
Some magnificent displays will be
made, and Hood river, Willamette
Valley and Rogue River districts will
make strong bids for the prizes Of
fered CARROTS will be sent by some
EN- Der 10.
~ Construction will be commenced
within thirty days on the $1,000,0OO
J plant of the Northern Idaho & Mon
tana Power plant at Standpoint, Ida
no. The addition to the company S
plant at Standpoint will consist of
90 power house of 800 horsepower
capacity and substation with trans
former capacity of 600 horsepower
so designed as to accommodate 1900
whensheeded. The buildings will be
of brick. The company has also let
the contract for the building of a
substation at Newport, Wash, to
Samuel Anderson This building
\ and machinery will cost SIS, 900.
Spokane and EASTERN parties are
organizing a company with $4,000
600 capital to establish the largest
! cement factory in the United States
at Orofino, Idaho. 1t is stated the
plant, covering II acres, will entail
an initial expenditure of 81, 100000,
will employ 800 men and will have
daily capacity of $500 barrels of ce-
ment. The deposits of lime and clay
at Orofino, which are said to be
among the richest in the country and
4 admirably situated for manufactur-
ing purposes. have been purchased
by the promoters. 1t is said that q.
A. Reid, vice-president of the Union
Fuel & Ice Company of Spokane, will
! be general manager.