Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-01-07
BUSINESS NEWS
Industry and nnproyement.
Chehalis is to have a new $4,000
rick opera house and lodge build

Six carloads of flax machinery
have arrived at Chehalis for the new
flax factory.
The Yakima Valley Power Com
pany is installing a 20 horsepower
distributing plant at Benton City
The Oddfellows of Chehalis, Wash,
are planning the erection of a mod
ern three-story theateI building to
osst over $4,000.
The city council of Klamath Falls,
Ore, have decided to install a sew
Ierage system. Bids will be adver-
tised for very soon.
A splenuld flow of arftesian water
las Deen reported to have been struck
at depth of 500 feet within five
miles OF Klam ath Falls.
j. X. Lamb and j. Schafer, recent
arrivals from the east, are making
plans for concrete block and Dllck
plant to be erected at Springfield.
Ore.
The old Dixon brickyard at Forest
Grove has been sold to J. l.. Opaike
and c. w Neville OF Colorado. pney
VIII spend $1,000 charging the plant
to capacity of 10000 daily.
The only hotel Of Elma, Wash,
was burned to the ground early this
week. Charles Potter, lessee OF the
house, carried no insurance, ana was
badly burned yainly trying to rescue
the money and furniture in the no
tel.
The Idaho Falls (Idaho) plant Of
the Utah-ldaho Sugar Company has
used $4,000 tons OF Deets thi. sea-
son, witt the close still some weeks
away. The acreage viii be increased
next year.
White Bros. q Crum Of Genessee,
Wash, are getting ready to install
a large fruit packing anu preceding
. plant in Lewiston, Idaho me
structure will be of brick ami To-
Gated near the Northern Pacific
tracks.
The Alfalfa Pressed Stone Com
pany, Wallula, WASH, is turning out
concrete blocks at the rate of 1909 a
day for tunnel and public building
work, ana it is hoped that the plant
may now be kept running steaaity.
George r. knapp OF Spokane,
Wash, has bought the farm Of Col
E. b. Wise, OF lyle, Ore, for $1,000.
! d
pies Col. Wise ef'- " and the pua4cl4.
nloHfe11a started in that country
last spring.
The proposed government dam in
the DesChutes river in Central ore
gon is capable OF supplying sufficient
water power for the present nee4s OF
Washington, Oregon ana Idaho. The
original estimate was over l,00U,-
600 horsepower.
The people OF Klamath Falls are
urging Congress- to aIut the lands
III inc reservation to the Ia iians 50
the rest may DC thrown open to en-
try. Inc al0tuHS Of these lanus WAS
oebur az lo14, ana it is horel that
the hllsn IS in 8'9nt.
Progress is good on the Klamath
Fails reclamation project. Zen days
work in the spring viii complete the
finishing touches, when me huge
reservoir will begin to store h.
freshet water. Thirty thousand acres
OF CaIfornla lana can be irrigated
from Clear lake then.
a report from klamath Falls. Ore.
says That the Jam which crosses tne
Lost river outlet OF Clear lake mas
been completed. MS VIII In...
the area of Clear lake TO 25,GO0
acres, which VIII be used as a stor-
, age reservoir, to irrigate all the coun-
; try along the course of the Lost riy-
er valley.
A meeting of the directors of the
OWyhee Ditch Company has been
called at Ontario, ore. to discuss
: charging the plans OF the company
= 10 lncInnQ tho Irricrafjn,y gF IL.
, age along the Owyhee river in NAL
heur county The proposed project
VIII cover lands ag5regating some
$50, 900 acres,
Contracts have been signde for the
construction OF d 400U-foot letty on
the south side Of the Siuslap bar.
IGoyernmenJ engineers decided that
with the expenditure of about $780,
IOOp an S-toot channel over the bar
at low tide could be maintained,
vi ich will allow much more slipp.ng
to enter the port
One of the largest dairios in East
ern Washington is assured Tor Star
DUCK, Columbia county, a1c. lding to
present plans of A. Granger, a cap
ltallst o. Seattle, who has purcha ed
36o acres north of Starbuck for SIS.-
600, is buying up herd Of SO head
or dairy cattle, and intends to start, !
IN the spring, the building of a big
Icre2merV, t manufa "ture butter, !
cheese and ice cream.
The Schubert Hotel Company has
erected siX-story hotel at Boise
Idaho. The building will have $50
rooms and will cost about $3.50 900. !
! The new armory for the Oregon Ag-
ricultural school when completed will !
have the largest inclosed floor on the
Pacific coast. The entire structure
will be built with reinforced concrete
walls and will cost when completed
about 100000.
Much work on the rivers and har-
bors of the Pacific Northwest will
be accomplished during the coming
| year provided the recommendation
Iof Major Mclndoe. corps of the I'm
Iited states Engineers, IN charge If
this district, are followed. Major Nc