Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-11-06
IDAHO WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW


Idaho Falls-Idaho alfalfa see'
topping the world market this yea
in production and in price received
Total state seed yield is about 5000,
900 pounds.
Parma-Local farmer raised 22'
bushels onions from one-eighth acr'
of land. Another raised 225 sack
or $50 bushels potatoes from one
half acre.
Idaho's bean crop for 1924 aver
ages 1875 bushels per acre, and state
stands fourth in total bean produc
ton, according to federal statistici
ian.
Pocatello-Potato repack plant
moving here from Chicago. Potatoes
are graded and individually wrapped
for fancy market.
Lewiston-IIead lettuce shipments
begun, with prices above "a per
crate, netting grower about $2,S5
for No. l product Last years yield
was 525 carloads.
Payette-Alfalfa mill starts grind
ing several hundred tons of alfalfa
for stock feed.
Idaho Falls-Real estate sales run
into large figures.
State taxes were $8S6,04S.46 lower
in last biennium than for previous
two years, and more bonds have been
paid off and more cash left on hand.
Pocatello-1OO,0 900 tons Idaho al
falfa will be shipped to Kansas City,
the hay netting farmers $3.50 per
ton at their ranches.
Idaho Falls-Lincoln sugar factory
f1r
800 men.
Boise-Total cost to city of pro-
posed approach to new main line o.
S. l.. depot estimated at Sis, 505.08.
Idaho Falls Site sold for building
factory for manufacture of crackers
and biscuits. Huntley-Palmer Com
pany of London are the buyers.
idaho shipments of potatoes up to
October were 1888 carloads. I'M
portant markets reported generally
good.
Wendell-Chicago dealers order
$500 choice turkeys for holiday
trade.
Twin Palestine bed of pumice
stone and fulled's earth, recently
discovered, will be developed.
Potlatch-Potlatch Lumber COM
pany adds six new dry sheds, re-
manufacturing plant and large cleo
trical and steam power units.
Meridian-Green prune shipments
this year were 120 cars.
Paris-Bear lake county will issue
100000 bonds to go with state and
federal appropriations of $250,000 to
finish rs miles Oregon Trail to Wy
oming line.
Boise-Idaho farmers will receive
$4,296,000 for sugar beets, produc- !
ton being 49S tons from $4,000 ,
acres.
Lewiston-About 40 per cent of
wheat crop sold and shipped.
Burke-Ajax Mining companyi
levies assessment of cents per
share for big development.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mines Co. !
plant. to handle 500 tons of ore daily,
SIS per cent completed
Burley-Chicago potato dealer
plans to spend $4,000 this year adj
vertising Idaho potatoes. Local S
farmer, produced $50 bushels pota-
toes per acre on 9-acre field, and 4
average here is 400 bushels. Il
st. Maries-Alcorn-Ne Drug J
Company Incorporates for wholesale
and retail trade.
Burley-Bank deposits gain 30 per l
cent over figures of a year ago. {
administrations out for Gre
alton of federal game preserve to =
save caribou, mule deer and noun
tain goats from extinction.
Driggs-Dairy show attracts large j
crowds and creates much interest in
industry
Blackfoot--One million yards ex-
cavation called for in construction of
Fort Hall-Michaud irrigation cannall
for irrigating Indian reservation
lands
Nampa-Contract let for resur-
facing almost five miles of county
rerd
Silver City-Carload of ore from
Mcbride mine, in Flint district, be-
ing brought in by team. running $500
to the ton.
Wallace-Chester, Nellie and per-
haps other mines on Big Creek may
be developed through Lincoln tun-
mel. This is near Sunshine that has
made rich strike.