The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-11-29
NEWS OF OLD Town


Tuesday.
Jack Furness was Standpoint visit.
Monday and Tuesday.
Neil Scott has gone down the river -.
hunting trip of weeks duration.
Al. Brazeau went to Boomers Ferry
on Tuesday to inspect and see to ward
ing bunch o. poles for his company
Things have been very quiet in tbo
old town during this week. Not an
arrest so far, although several parties
have been under suspicion by the an.
| thorities.
! Ed Sappington has gone to the Pine
Creek district to do some assessment
work on some mining property that he
is interested in in that locality. Hewil
probably be out of town for about tire.
| weeks.
| Although more than a dozen deer
hunters have been chasing over tho
mountains during the past week, none
of them have reported killing any game
either from modesty or fear of the game
warden.
The river has reached it's lowest stage
during the present year and is now ris-
ing slowly, having raised about three
inches on Monday since the recent rams
and snow began to fall. 1t is about four
feet lower than it was at this season last
year. The river and lumber men are
glad to see the water raise, as it has
been very difficult of late to operate the
boats.
Curley Mace is in hard luck. The
bottoms have fallen out of all the row
boats, and, as the ferry cunnot be oper-
ated within fifty feet OF the shore of the
river on account of low water, he has
been compelled to do acrobatic work of
dangerous character. He says, how
ever. that he is becoming proficient in
walking the cable, and is looking for an
engagement as a rope walker for next
season.
Messrs. Leon Snow, Lloyd McMorran,
Charles and Clayton Reyes and Robert
Scheldrup will leave next week for the
McMorran ranch, where they expect to
remain for the winter season. The boys
intend to put in their time hunting and
trapping. The boys have laid in sup
ply of provisions, but refused to pur-
chase any meats. They disclaimed be
ing vegetarians, but stated that they had
a mortgage on all the game within five
miles of the McMorran ranch.
A well known young business man
from the Washington side of town was
apprehended by the old town officer on
Friday night and kept in custody for a
short time. The young business man
was raising quite disturbance, and be-
sides that he was carrying long sharp
knife that exceeded the legal limit by
several inches. He had threatened to
carve resident of Idaho and carve him
him badly, so it was decided that he was
not safe to be at large with the goods on
him. After he had cooled down little
he was released at the request of the
party to be carved and wandered over
to Washington again.
A negro known by several names was
arrested in old town Saturday by Con-
stable Nuzum, tried before Judge Nc
Curdy, fined 80 days time and taken to
Standpoint to serve out his time in the
evening. Smoky" as he was known
around town, is employed at the brick
yards just above Albeni Falls. He came
down to Newport Friday night for
time and finally drifted over into old
town. He became mixed up in row
with bartender and finally pulled
gun on the dispenser of booze. Before
he could use the gun the bartender
grabbed it and wrenched it from him.
He was put out of the saloon and told to
skiddoo after his gun had been returned
to him. He failed to leave for home
and was pinched by the Washington
| officers and turned over to the Idaho
authorities and tried. This is not the
first time that "Smoky" has tried to
raise rough house on the Idaho side.
but it will probably be the last, at least
for 80 days.
The following is from the Spokane
Chronicle of Nov. %: "Myron Spath,
wealthy rancher and stock raiser of
Salkum. Lewis county, has obtained a
license to marry Anna Peterson, of Das-
sell. MINI. Nine years ago the bride on
the present occasion was maid of honor
at the first marriage of the groom. It
was planned to have the marriage here
yesterday, but Mr.. Spath failed to arrive
and the bride-to-be went to Newport,
where she is staying with friends await
ing the arrival of Mr.. Spath. The mar
rage will take place as soon as the latter
arsives. The parties have not met since
the marriage scene of nearly ten years