The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho sur
rounding country-Numerous Aeei-
dents and Personal Events TAKE
PIace-Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WAShIN0I OiN SiHi I.
Tacoma -four mills have advanced
the price of bran and shorts 81 ton'
The next convention OF the WASH
;noton state Federation of Labor Will
be held at Tacoma January =.
Attributing the loss to the inability
or unwillingness of the railroads 10
supply cars, C. e. Nosler, local man
ager for the Blalock Fruit company
at Walla Walla, declared that tnat
concern had suffered loss OF between
$4,000 and $4,000 during the season
past.
Francis B. Clarke has been appoint
ed president of the Portland & Seattle
railroad.
The citizens of Rosalia are gratlfled
to find that the flow of water which
had been struck in the Resalia Water
company's we'll stands the test. Water
is being pumped at the rate OF 100000
gallons a day without reducing the
flow.
Representative wheat dealers, ship
pers and exporters OF the PACING
northwest went on record before the
state railroad commission Saturday
as unalterably opposed to the aglta-
ton and proposal to handle the wheat
crop of the state in bulk instead OF in
sacks.
Prosecuting Attorney Rowlands OF
Tacoma announces his intention of or
dering all Tacoma theaters to close
Sundays, beginning December %.
Edward Spencer of Spokane, the
revoking of whose conditional pardon
by Governor Mead was recently sus-
tanned by the supreme court, was In
carcerated in the penitentiary Satur-
day.
Spokane is to have a real estate ex-
change.
The mixed train on the Colfax-
Moscow branch of the o. R. & N. was
wrecked recently at Richardson's
curve.
A lockout of the organized building
tradesmen and building laborers in
Seattle is predicted.
The state of Washington has begun
issuing mo fund" interest bearing
warrants on it's general fund.
The state supreme court has handed
down a decision holding valid the
100000 bond issue by the city OF
Walla Walla for the building of city
hall and fire station.
Beginning Sunday, December Is,
regular trains will be run by time
card on the Portland & Seattle rail-
way from Pasco to Cliffs.
William R. Day has been appointed
to the position of postmaster for
Asotin.
A new town hall is proposed for
Toppenish
The Whitman county superior court
jury term was finished Saturday and
the jury discharged.
Plans calling for an increase in the
endowment of Whitman college of
$1,S65,000 for the addition of the de-
partment of technology to the institu-
ton, and for the expenditure of $685.
900 in buildings were decided on at a
meeting of the board of trustees and
representative Walla Walla business
men held recently.
In accordance with an order re-
ceived from the pontiff at Rome, made
at the request of the Right Rev. E. j
O'Dea, the name of the diocese Mis-.
qually has been changed to the do
cese Seattle.
Register Zenas Coleman of the Unit.
ed States land Office at North Yakima
has compiled his report for the quarter
ended September 80, which shows a
total business for the three months
of $22,82S.45. The report shows SO
committed homesteads taken up, com.
prising 4546 acres and valued at SILL.
362.S0, and 16 timber and stone claims
comprising 1S11.74 acres, valued al
$4529.40. There were 46 entries on
desert lands, comprising 673721 acres