Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-01-07
Lumber and Woodwork
Iaaland BIOS. recent

Haaland Bros, recent ar
Wallowa, Ore, from NORTH
are putting up sawmill 60 Ia
moer noldlngs at Springdale.
capacity OF 1000 feet per dav "eh
because of strike lasf;nn
lnohth last summer, the city of Al
ueen' wash, faces a wood eans" er-
now, SO the millmen state VINE
they closed for the HOLIDAYS lien
were far behind in their orders 'ney
| II they stay closed long for ron" .;iu
the conditions will become sariop piis
me Montesano Planning Mill g.,
pany mas gone into the hands Of Gu
Everett, as receiver, who hae ai eo'
a $4,000 bond to settle with the e oroi
ltors. 1t is claimed the assets ieu-
ample to cover all liabilitiaS are
that a reorganization and con.i ana
ton of the business may be efrn nua,
soon NHpcted
Juersens Bros, OF Ncvporr uyoo,
arc negoti2tirg with the goyernr oSn,
Ior several tracts OF timber il, ~ 1t
hanlksu reserve, from which tb ne
expect to log about 3,5OO.000 fae; Fey
manly white pine, this winter M
timber will be converted into matos
stock and sold to the Diamond Niateu
Company. N'a'ch
Inc Fidelity mill, Newport. Wash
is smut down for the Christmas boii'
DAYS, b.t will start again before ~
lull deadlock of winter is IN poaa
son Bros logging camp, in the Wet
Branch country of the Nationa, Iro,.
est, are getting out about .OOO ooo
leet I white pine for the Fide1i+,
Company. 0"'y
captain simpson, one of the old
est pioneer lumbermen of tha o.
lumDla river district has sold his min
DIT hnappton, Pacific county, and has
[clirFd from the lumber Dusinrse
Sa9t. sim psoD was slipping lumber
from this mill in cargo lots To Ans
tralla, south America and Africa
iohg before Portland, Ore, came IN
10 prominence as lumber shipplnp
port. He was the pioneer also in the
| towing business at the entrance to
the Columbia nearly half a centnrv
| ago.
Stock and Crop Notes.
Inc farmers of the Palouse conn
try around Spokane are eIated
over the recent snow fall there. which
! Will protect the winter wheat II
was feared for awhile that the cold
weather would winter kin" The
wheat The acreage of faIl-sown
wheat Is less this year than last, but
conditions are much better.
A report from Mosier, Ore, claims
mat thirty-seven potatoes were raise /
there which weighed collectively 1O3
pounds, which equals the record of
| the Willamette valley.
L. noe business has been transacted
In hops in Salem this week. though
| one lot was sold at q cents. If is
estimated that 600 additional acres
Will be planted in hops in California
next year.
According to reports from Lewis
ton, Idaho, many stockmen of the
salmon river country are abandon
ing cattle raising and turning their
attention to sheep. Stock is said to
be Wintering exceptionally well this
year, Rumors of range wars have
so far not been borne out by the
facts.
Farmers in Donuglas and Grant
counties are greatly elated at their
success III capturing several prizes
Tor wheat, corn and oats at the re-
cent National Corn Exposition at
omaha, in which they were competi-
tors with the farmers of the hereto
fore recognized wheat and corn states
.ot Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska and lii
nols. The sweepstakes prize for the
best peck of oats was won by Hen
Try Heintz Of Grant county. Second
and third prizes on wheat were won
by c, e. Read and Joseph Walmer
respectively Of Douglas county. Two
prizes on flint corn were won by II,
W. Ruthbun of Wateryille and n. A.
Peterson of Skykomish ana three.
prizes on dent corn were won by G.
W. Butler of Cashmere, C. A. Leddy
OF Wenatchee, and the Methow Trad
ing Company of Winthrop. Douglas
county is the banner wheat county of
the United States.