The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

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Morris, WASH, Tuesday.
H. L. Russell left on Wednesday on {
business trip to New York.
Kenneth Mckenzie was a business
visitor to Standpoint on Monday.
| G. G. Nauholz and wife will leave fol-
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kirkpatrick were
in Spokane several days the first of the
week.
Jerry Desart, the jeweler, went to
Spokane over the Blackwell road on
Tuesday
Archie Depew, of Elk, is visitor in
the city. He will probably locate in
Newport.
FOR RENT-New, clean, newly fur
nished bedroom. Inquire at this Office.
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Judge George W. Johnston, of Spring
Valley. was transacting business in this
city Monday.
Feb. II, born to MIR. and Mrs. U. S..
Walker, of Spring Valley, son. It
lived but few hours.
A marriage license was granted in
Spokane to Charles Miller and Nina
Kinney, both of Newport.
81 per setting for thoroughbred Or
pington eggs, Sc per hundred; good lay
ers. Y. P. Brown, Newport. 4Ot-f
First-class board and lodging at the
Newport Hotel, old town, from SIS to
$3.50 per week. Meal tickets, $3.50 for
81 meals.
Tiss & McMorran are constructing a
sidewalk along the south side of their
property on Third street, to connect with
the walk leading to Union avenue.
Valentine Humphrey, who was oper-
'ated on at St. Luke's hospital, Spokone,
has been discharged from that hospital
and is at his home west of the city,
TO TRADE-For farm or. timber
lands, houses and lots, vacant lots, S and
l0-acre tracts. orchards and grain farms.
D. E. Rice, 81 Symons Block, Spokane.
A party OF young people were pleas
antly entertained Saturday evening,
February %, by Mr.. and Mrs, J. B.
Gallaher at their home. Granite Lodge,
eight miles west of Newport.
The following made final proof on
homesteads before U. S. Commissioner
Sidney w. Rogers last week: Clifford
A. Roys, and Nels Peter Hanson, of
Usk; Paul G. Roth, of Cusick, and
Charles Edward Cole. of Sacheen.
Only a few acre tracts lett in the
Quale addition. Lots between First,
Second and Third streets. Can be had
on terms of one-third down, balance to
suit purchaser. Call on or write to O.
o. Quayle, Box 1873, Newport, Wash.
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Ben Harrison has recently located
several homesteaders in the Priest River
district. He has gone down the river
with party to inspect some claims in
the valley. Ben says that there have been
more inquiries from parties seeking
homesteads than for over a year.
The Mc1nnis logging camp, south of
the city, is now running about rs men,
and work will be continued as long as
possible. It is possible for this camp to
run longer than some of the others in
this locality on account of the advan-
tages in trucking.
1t was announced Tuesday that the
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad
is now prepared to handle carload and
less than carload shipments of freight at
Maguires, in connection with the Occur
d'Alene & Spokane electric line. Track
connections between the two roads have
been completed.
At the regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Stevens County Fair
Association last Saturday committee
was appointed to wait on the board of
county commissioners, and ask that 8
half mill tax levy for an exhibit at the
A. Y. P. exposition at Seattle be made
this year.
Alonzo Merritt, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan. was the guest last week of his
son, Louis c.. of this city. Mr.. Merritt
was very much pleased with our town
and its surroundings and thinks we have
a bright prospect for the future. He
left Saturday for Spokane, accompanied
by his son, who spent several days in
the city.