The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Northwest News

The Puyallup cannery has put out
% 900 cases of evergreen black
berries, as. compared with 5000
/ cases last season, and has increased
| its output of cabbages to 1,2OO cases
of No. 8 cans.
Billings. Mont. is now supplied
with a poleless and trollyless street
car line. No wires are needed to
carry the electric current. as the
cars are operated by storage pat
teries carried on them.
Plummer. Idaho is now connected
with the automatic or girlless tele-
phones of Spokane and the residents
of that city are enjoying the pri-
yeleqes of talking for the first time
to the metropolis of the inland en-
pire.
Everett city council has passed an
ordinance, preparatory to the pur-
chase by condemnation OF the pro-
perty Of" the municipal water system
owned and operated by the Everett
Railway, Light & Power Co. at an
estimated cost of $3.50. 900. The
company maintains that the physical
value of the plant is 81, OOO, 900,
however.
A company has been organized in
Spokane which plans to plant ~. 900
acres of land to orchards in Grant
county, near the town of Wilson
creek, Wash, capital stock of the
company is $25O.O00, 100000 Of
which is to be spent in clearing and
leveline the ground and in building
an up to date irrigation system.
Libby, McNeal & Libby. meat
packers, and closely identified with
Swift & Co., are preparing to en-
bark in the salmon canning business
upon scale not yet attempted. A
plant will be established at Nelson s
lagoon, Is miles north Of Unimak
pass, with a capacity Of 100000
cases for the season.
The average value of the work
horse in Washington is $57.35, &C.
cording to the report Of the state
board of equalization. which has
just been issued by Secretary E. j.
Koors, which shows that in the
state there are total Of 160. 1896
work horses, which have an aggre-
gate value of 1927, 1O7. This
seems to show that the horse is
more than holding its own in this
state.
The socialists of Olympia at their
convention Tuesday nominated. Miss
Frances Sylvester, a teacher in the
high school. for mayor, and another
young lady, Miss Bernice Sapp, as
councilman at large.
One of the few towns in Washing
ton found to be operated on q strict
ly cash basis and never to have paid
out one cent in interest, is ReardaE,
in Lincoln county.
From deficit of more than a
million dollars per annum, Post
Master General Hitchcock has
brought the department out Of the
hole with an actual surplus.
Editor Bonahan Of the Blaine
Press has made all arrangements
for publishing newspaper at Bur-
lington. ,
Clarke CountyJ Wash. shipped $50
car loads of prunes this year, the
crop being worth $425O. 900. Large
sconsignments went to foreign count
ries, while various parts Of the Uni
ted States absorbed great quantities.
The twentieth annual meeting of
the Oregon Dairymen,s association, at
Portland December 7-8 and the
gathering Of the butter and cheese
makers the same week, will prove
attractive to Washington people who
are connected in any way with the
dairy industry. Practical experts
have been secured to, make address
ses and exhibits showing improved
methods Of dairying will be display
ed. A large attendance is expected.
San Francisco and transbay cities
are to, have complete system Of
chain stores backed by a wholesale
house, a manufacturing plant and a
bakery, if the dreams Of the United
Pure Food Co. are realized. A very
complete system Of checking losses
and cutting down expense has been
devised and each store is to be pro-
vided with all kinds Of sanitary
equipment to suit the most fas-
tidious. while above it will appear
the legend Sanitary Grocery Store. =
lsays Grocer and Country Merchant.
The company's prospectus an
lnounces that ordinary grocery prices
twill hn c,1f IL RI Ok po,. ,n,,% c~l