The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-11-13
Industrial Review of State

The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad adds 227 miles OF track to its
lines in the state during the year. It's
earnings total $4,327,756 and its
Washington payroll oil 5,773 employees
was $3,910, $50 during this period.
The idea of giving a box of Wash
ington apples to friend has worked
out so we'll that 5000 of these boxes
will go east.
Work on the hard suriacing of the
new Pacific highway between LaCenter
and Woodland is to be commenced at
once, according to reports received
from the latter city.
The city commissioners of Spokane
have about decided to award contract
for sewer changes called for by the
Northern Pacific grade separation, in
stead Of making them by day labor.
The estimated cost is $4,000.
The Spokane Chewelah Oil Com
pany, recently organized, has COM
menced active operations at Valley on
the lease of land secured from M.
Kulzer about half mile south of that
town.
Detweiler says he intends to build up
manufacturing town with people from
Ohio and California, who prefer north
ern climate.
Grand Dalles was originally laid off
for manufacturing city and large
buildings were put up for shoe factories
tanneries and other industries. Ex-
cursions were run from the east and
many lots sold on the highly-colored
statements OF Baptist minister and
promoter Of the early Seventies.
Dun's review tomorrow will say:
Important progress has been made in
the work OF adjusting the machinery of
the money and exchange markets to
the new world conditions created by
the European war, and the business
outlook is brighter. Outside of certain
industries, however, in which there is a
demand from abroad for war supplies,
domestic trade still awaits the quicken
ing impulse of commercial enterprises.
The declining business and revenues
OF the American railroads even more
than the menace of the European war,
is now mainly responsible for the re-
, striction in some important industries.
John P. Weyerhaeuser, president Of
the Clearwater Lumber Company, and
others accompanied by Ben F. Bush,
state timber inspector of Idaho, and w.
E. Daggett, state land agent, have
been in Pasco looking for a sawmill.
The new Masonic temple at Morton
is about completed.
Active preparations are under way
for rebuilding Eureka sawmill which
was destroyed by fire about six weeks
ago. The new plant will have a capac-
ity of 100000 feet in 20 hours.
November Is Chehalis will celebrate
the completion of its new gravity water
system.
Anacortes is to have a new First
Christian church.
The Puget Sound Film Producing
Co., OF Seattle will spend eventually
$250,000 in buildings on its ground
there.
The North Pacific Sea Food Packing
Co., has started its new clam packing
plant at La Conner. 1t is the largest
on the Pacific coast.
Mitchem Brothers of Spokane an
nounced the immediate starting Of
operations on the construction of new
packing establishment in that city.
Burlington has put up $4,000 in
gold that the removal of the Court will
not cost the taxpayers of Skagit county
anything.
Anacortes has a new salmon cannery.
Bids will be called for the construo-
ton OF the state road between Kenne-
wick and Finley.
If the oil companies now drilling for
oil in Washington should strike that
liquid it would mean great things for
US.
DR.. Judah reports the following