The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16

See Mann & Hughes for real estate.
Tamarack Booth was in town Tues
day.
so laying Leghorn hens for sale Silver
Birch Farm. Att
See Kimmel for bicycle supplies and
general repairs. Att
Mann & Hughes have real estate to
sell. See them.
David Caldwell and wife went to Spo-
kane on Monday.
Boarders wanted. Apply to Mrs.
Deitrik, Spokane avenue.
f. NJ. Summons was among lower river
visitors in this city Monday.
Banker Craig is in Spokane today,
attending to business matters.
T. ]. Kelly was at Deer Park Sunday
to see his brother, ?, J. Kelly, who is
seriously i'll.
Postmaster Silas ID. Rentfrow, of
Cusick, was transacting business in New
port Monday.
Capt. Joe Cusick, of Cusick, was in
the city on Monday. looking after his
marine interests.
Order your seed potatoes and straw
berry plants now. Supply limited
Silver Birch Farm, Newport. 46-4t
B. S. Defenbach, OF Standpoint, presi-
dent of the Northern Mercantile Co.,
was Newport visitor Monday.
The Anderson Special shingles,
IS per thousand. Sold only by H. j.
Anderson. Phone us your orders. 4Stf
Near Usk on Sunday last occurred the
death of q young man named Alfred
Roy Fortner. He was % years old.
Foundations are completed for the
Kirchans and Gilbert buildings and
carpenters are at work putting in the
floors.
WANTED-Homeste relinquish-
ment, good timber, ON or near Pend d.
Oreille river; cheap for cash. Box i,
Lenora, Wash.
Sixteen cars of wood were loaded at
Tweedie today, for shipment over the l.
& w. n. to the Red Collar Line of
steamboats, on Coeur d'Alene Lake.
A good complete sawmill near New
port for sale or trade for lumber Or land
D. f. Rice, 50 Symons Block. Spokane
46-4t
w. D. starbird. formerly of the Spirit
Valley Lumber Co., was Newport
visitor Sunday. Mr.. Starbird is estab-
fishing mill at Manchester, Wyoming,
in the lodge pole pine country.
Work was started Wednesday on the
completion Of the addition to the First
National Bank building. The addition
will contain two office rooms, one OF
which will be used by the bank.
On Sunday, April 26, the Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs will meet at Vawter' 3
Hall at 1915 a. m., proceeding from
thereto the congregational church, where
services will be held in commemoration
of the eighty-seventh anniversary OF the
order. Rev. Herbert Livingston will
deliver the sermon. All visiting broth
ers and sisters are invited to be present.
b. h. Bourn, OF Rathdrum. secretar
OF the Silver-Lead Company, was a
! Metaline visitor the past week, return
ing from the Lead City Saturday. Mr..
Bourn reports considerable activity at
Metaline, and with the development
work that has been accomplished and
the building of COMMENTATORS this famous
camp is at last coming into its own. A
raft of lumber will be sent down to the
Metaline this week for the building of a
bunk house, boarding house and black
smith shop for the Silver Lead Com
pany. The development work on the
company's claims the past winter shows
results which are highly encouraging.
Two iron dikes run through the prop
erty, one thirty feet wide and the other
twenty feet. Samples OF ore from these
dikes appear to be very rich in lead and
have been sent to be assayed 1t
is thought that they will run at least
80 per cent lead The Silver-Lead Com
pany has four claims located right on
| tho rivor bapE inst holou tho foot nj
navigation, and the managers of the
company feel that they have property
which will show up we'll. Considerable
stock in the Silver-Lead is being taken
by Newport people.