The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-04
HEAVY SNOW FALL
WILL HELP WHEAT
INDUSTRIAL UTLOOK FOR
NORTHWEST REGARDED AS
BETTER THAN FOR YEARS

SPOKANE, Wash.-With a snow.
fall varying from one to three feet
over the Inland Empire within the
last week, conditions for huge cror
next year are ideal. This blanket OF
snow has fallen on porous ground as
there has been no freezing weather
for the last month, and all of the
moisture will soak into the soil.
"Talk about your million dollar
rains; this is a $50,000,000 snow,'
states president w. D. Vincent
of the Old National bank. "The
weather conditions this year have
been ideal, and l expect to see. next
fall the biggest wheat crop in the
history of the Inland Empire"
Preliminary work on the 100000
job of widening and, deepening the
head of the Spokane river at Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, for the purpose of
draining $4,000 acres of overflowed
lands has been started. 1t is esti-
mated that the land, now worthless,
will be worth $50 to $1O0 per acre
when the work is completed Fred
E. Wanacott, former assessor of
Kootenai county, has been appointed
appraiser of the drainage district
embracing the lands in the Coeur d.
Alene valley. G. R. Reynolds, asses
sor of Benewah county, will act in
similar capacity for the district which
embraces lands in the St. Joe valley.
The project has been favorably re-
ported on by l.. T. Jesseph, drainage
engineer for the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
The Palouse corporation, with an
capital of $1,250,0OO has
been organized for the purpose of
under one ownership
The orchard properties of the Com
mercial Orchard company of Wash
ngton and the Meadow Lake Orchard
company, owning 1,700 acres Of bear
ng orchard in the Fairfield, Waverly
and Meadow Lake districts. The di-
rectors of the new corporation are
A. G. Hanauer, president; E. F.
Graves, vice president; James R. Will
son, secretary, treasurer and B. H. |
Aizer andeE. B. Bird.
At recent meeting of good road
boosters at Wallace, Idaho, under the
auspices of the Yellowstone Trail as
ociation, resolutions were drafted |
approving the plan of maintaining an
bureau at Spokane, and |
or standardization Of traffic regula-
ions in all states through which the |
rail passes. The sum of $500 was
,oted as Idaho's share toward the
general fund.
Yakima fruit growers are planning
he formation of a pool to handle all
rders for boxes and paper for valley
during the coming year.
is estimated that growers use over
100000 apples boxes annually, rep
esenting an investment of over
l 100000.
While few apple box contracts have
cen closed by Wenatchee growers,
egotiations are being conducted by
,ading buyers with view to estab-
shing a standard price for the COM
lg season. Growers will insist on a
etter grade than was supplied last
ALL as complaints were numerous
lat much box lumber mildewed due
, being improperly seasoned.
A process of drying wheat gluten
Y which the gluten retains all it's
hysical properties has been perfect
l by Professor George A. Olson, I
1emist of the state experiment sta
on at Pullman. The new process {
as already attracted wide attention.
rofessor Olson has no desire to COM
ercialize the result of his investiga-
ons which have covered several
ears and gives to the government |