The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Well digger wanted. Apply to Sidney

Well digger wanted Apply to Sidney
w. Rogers.
See Kimmel for bicycle supplies and
general repairs. 47-tf
FOR SALE-Two rowboats See
Ralph K. Kennedy.
Dressmaking done at first house west
of Cottage House Miss Lutz. 40-S
Order your seed potatoes and straw
berry plants now. Supply limited
Silver Birch Farm, Newport. 46-4t
good complete sawmill near New
port for sale or trade for lumber or land.
d. f. Rice, 50 Symons Block, Spokane.
46-4t
Clifford & Loose, the local architects,
prepared the plans for the new residence
now being erected by J. II. c. Reynolds
at Spirit Lake.
J. A. canon, OF Priest River, was in
town Wednesday, pursuing his official
duties as deputy assessor for Bonner
county, Idaho.
Councilman Eckerson is figuring on
erecting dwelling house or two in Spirit
Lake this season. He is now engaged
in getting figures from contractors.
Ed Dickinson. of Elk, has purchased
lot in Halford's addition and will erect
residence He will work for Con-
tractor I. W. Harris this summer
Irving Martin, of Locke, was visitor
at THE MINER office on Tuesday. He
reports things prosperous in the valley,
even if spring is little backward.
FOR RENT-One large we'll furnished
room in private family. suitable for two
gentlemen; all modern conveniences.
Mrs. Geo. Hynes, corner Scott avenue
and Fifth street.
J. E. Sheridan, of Faribault, Mimi,
who has been the guest of his daughter,
Mrs. Lynn Hurd, returned home on
L. "
Newport and will return here this fall.
Johnson Bros, who purchased the
Keener ranch near Cusick last fall, have
six teams blowing. Farm work in the
valley is getting we'll under way, even ii
the spring is more backward than usual.
Prosecuting Attorney j. A. Rockford
was Newport visitor Sunday and
Monday, He returned to the county
seat Monday afternoon. While in this
city the prosecutor was the guest of local
democrats.
FOR SALE--The fastest and most
powerful small launch on the river.
Length q feet, beam A inches, new,
with 5! II. P. Feno engine, an engine
that runs any and all times Seats six
people and operator. Cheap for cash.
Address or call on J. c. Langille, New
port.
r. X. Kennedy has been at Dalkena
for the past week. He is experimenting
the repairs on the d. & X. mill at that
place. He says that the mill will prob
ably resume operations within two
weeks. The company has fair amount
of logs on hand.
John w. Rauch has secured specimens
of new kind of potato from California
This new spud is radically different from
anything ever grown in this section.
Instead of growing in the ground the
spud prefers the open air and grows on
the vine on the surface OF the soil. 1t is
claimed that the spud will do excep-
tionally we'll on marshy ground and Mr..
Rauch will give it a trial on his ranch
near Hardscrabble. The seed spuds
cost so cents apiece.
Fire at Boomers Ferry on Monday
night DESTROYED J. W. Riley's saloon,
the town jail and an empty store be-
longing to Andrew Kent The fire
started at an early hour in the morning
in the saloon. The loss on the jail was
about $1,000 and on the Kent building
about the same amount. Neither the
town nor Kent had any insurance.
Riley had $500 insurance. which will,
it is said, cover his loss fully. Riley is
one of the Boomers Ferry parties who
assisted in experimenting the Great
Northern train robbers during the win
ter.