Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-07-18
GRAIN AND MILLING NEWS.

Unofficial estimates of the wheat
crop Of Umatilla county, Oregon, the
harvest of which will start this month,
places the total at 100000 bushels,
almost 100000 bushels more than
was harvested last year. This Is the
A public hearing on the matter of
establishing standard grades of grain
to apply to all grain handled by pub
! lie warehousemen in Montana will be
conducted at Great Falls on July 16
by the state grain grading. inspection
and warehousing commission.
F. G. Leonard Of Thorpe, Wash, a
miller in this territory for more than
quarter of century, died recently.
For many years he operated mill
at Garfield Wash, and also one in
the Willamette valley. He owned the
-four mill at Thorpe. He was 70 years
of age and is survived by his widow,
three sons and a daughter.
Reports of crop conditions for the
week ending July 5, submitted to
Charles D. Greenfield, Montana COM
missioner of agriculture, by IL repre-
sentative counties, indicate some i'm
provement. Rains are reported in the
east end, putting the range in fair
shape. Reports on corn are favor
able. Irrigated wheat is in good
shape in the west end.
William Irons, for the past six
years sales manager of the Portland
FIGURING Mills Co., at Portland, as
sumed the general management of the
Puget Sound FIGURING Mills Co., at
Tacoma. July 1. Mr.. Irons succeeds
Ralph B. Smith, who for the past 27
years has been manager Of the Puget
Sound FIGURING Mills Co., and who re-
tires to make his home on his ranch
at Edgewood.
To help dispose of this years out
put of grain sacks at the state peni-
Tertiary, Governor l.. F. Hart, on his
recent trip to eastern Washington,
sold three carloads of sacks while at
Garfield. AS private dealers have
been selling at prices lower than the
state offers, the governor has directed
that the state price be lowered from
IA to IL cents and that sacks be de-
livered in carload lots to any part of
the state, freight prepaid.
Henry Drum, superintendent of the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla, an
nounces that the institution is pre-
pared to sell grain bags in any guam
titles until the present supply is ex-
hausted, upon the open market at IL
cents each in carload lots and at 1212
cents in smaller lots, I. o. b. Walla
Walla. In addition, the state will pay
the freight charge on all shipments
within the state on all orders accepted
by the state, but all shipments will be
made at owners risk from Walla
Walla.
The July 1 crop report of Stanley
Scarce, Roman, Mont, for the lower
Flathead valley says that in common
with the rest of the state that section
has experienced the most severe
drought in the month Of June ever
known since records were kept The
precipitation was IL inch; this com
pared with the average June precipi
tation of 2.97 inches, and compared
with 1.12 inches June, 1918, which was
considered bad enough itself. A splen
did rain received the latter part oil
May, and noted in the last monthly
| report, served to carry the crops
splendidly during the fore part of the
month. Averaging all conditions, win
ter wheat can be placed at SO pei
cent spring wheat at 35 per cent, in
dicating total yield of approximately
100000 bushels for lower Flathead
valley.