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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-02-06
OVER OCEAN WAVES.

William ~ OuFLibt WEltnB 10 iue
Ghicago Record-Herald, says:
The most remarkable railroad In the
world, which Henry NJ. Flagler is
building on concrete arches through
the shallow waters Of the ocean along
the garland OF palm groves that cover
She keys south OF Florida. IL now In
operation for q distance Of eightyOne
miles TO Knights Key. and regular
trains began running over It on the
1Sth inst. Through sleeping cars will
10 provided from New York and Chi
eago. and they ultimately will be car.
yied across on q ferry from Key West
10 Havana, making the distance in
:. six hours. The railway is more than
half done, and, az the present terml-
nus at knights Key has all the 10.
eilitieS for handling the trafic, Mr..
Plagler decided TO place the COM
Dlete portion In operation and have
a earning the expense Of maintenance.
at least, while the remainder OF the
track IL finished 70 Key West Prac-
ideally so per cent Of all the oonsTuc.
Son work Ii done and everything will
be ready for through trains 10 Havana
BY the opening of the tourist season
Aext winter
knights Key, the present terminus
Ot the Flagler system, IL 100 miles
south Of Miami. forty-seven miles
north OF Key West and li6 miles
north Of Havana. The road between
Miami and knights Key IL built
twenty.eight miles upon the main land
Of Florida and eighty-one miles across
and between torty-two keys, For
Rearly one-half OF the distance the
railway track passes over the water
On concrete arches, whose foundations
rest upon the bottom Of the sea.
The first twenty miles OF the line
runs through the Everglades and
mangroye swamps, where thousands
Of tons OF rock flllnE was hauled In
from the ocean, and the grade was
made by two large steam dredEes that
burrowed their own channels az they
moved along. one on either side OF
abe right OF way, and lifted the earth
from the excavations Upon tho road,
bed 20 form an embankmcnt that Ia
now ~ solid as the earth Itself In
this way two canals have been built
one on either side Of the track through
the Everglades. which are protec-
tlon to the track and will serve Ano-
ther useful purpose IN assisting 10
drain the mangrOye swAmDs OF South,
sm Florida and make them habitable,
AZ the town OF Homestead twenty,
eight miles south Of Miami, the track
eaves the continent III North Amer,
lea and starts upon its WAY over the
ocean. Seventeen mites south OF that
point Il reaches Key Largo, the largest
OF tho keys, which Is hftcen mites
hong. and from there jumps from key
~ key by means 81 massive masonry
and entertainments II cement and cora
rock. In crossing tho deeper chan
Aels several draWbrldGes have been
provided 20 permit of the passage OF
vessels The Intervening water b.
tween the foTty'two keys varies Ia
width frnm u few hundred feet 60 tWc
miles or more, aud In depth from I
few inches TO thirty feet The em
sankmcn,s are riprappee with rOek ,C
prevent Washing and are defended BY
plies aud every other device that thS
engineers could invent 20 protect The
railway from the attacks ~ the water
Witch Is sometimes stirred mp late
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
TOWNSHIP Litigation Ended.

A dispatch from Occur d'Alene
states that the suit involving the
townsite at Squaw Bay on Lake
Pend d'Oreille, including several
thousand acres of land, the litigants
in the case being F. A. Blackwell
and the Spokane & Pend d'Oreille
Rapid Transit Company, has been
settled out of court. The settle
ment stipulates that MFR. Blackwell
is to receive IS per cent OF the value
of the property, townsite COM
pany being organized to take over
the entire land. The Is per cent OF
the townsite will be taken by own
ers of the Spokane & Pend d'Oreille
Rapid Transit Company. 1t is
claimed a large hotel, depot and
bank building will be erected also
at Squaw bay. The line will con-
meet with the present electric line
constructed as far as Hayden lake
Standpoint News.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
Vail Of The Utterly Lost

We're lonely tonight, love, without youS
Our sad faces will greet you no moro;
We never, no never'll forget you,
Dave, the Baptist's, old grocery store.
We used to meet nightly, our club did,
Discussing the times and the crops;
In fact, we stuck tighter, us fellows,
Than prohib to brandy cough drops.
No more can we meet at that firesider
No more get in Appleman's way,
And listen to Kirkpatrick's oratory.
And hear Owensby sing "Nellie Gray"
No more hear Gene Jenne's soft whistle,
And Jim Gregory recite manners of men;
For we've nowhere to meet now, dear brothers..
Poor George Beaton and and Bob Wren.
Cousarn the man who said close at six thirty;
He little dreamed what he was about,
When he got Caldwell to sign them ere papers,
And turn the Kickers' Club out.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
Save Money BY Buying Chamberlain
Couch Remedy.

You will pay just as much for bottle
of Chamberlain Cough Remedy as for
any of the other cough medicines, but
you save money in buying it. The saw
ing is in what you get, not what you
paw. The sure to-cure-you quality Is IN
eyery bottle of this remedy, and you get
good results when you take it. Buying
cough medicine is an important matter'
Neglected colds often develop serious
conditions, and when you buy cough
medicine you want to be sure you are
getting one that will cure your colo.
When you buy Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy you take no chances. Haiways
cured. Price rs and so cents Dottie'
For sale by Tiss & McMorran.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
DIRECTORS Meeting
They Had an Interesting Program
Eastern Stevens County Meet
Ing Held at Newport

A meeting of the school directors Of
Eastern Stevens county was held at the
Newport Opera House last Friday after
noon and evening, pursuant to call
issued by County Superintendent Miss
Daisy Hard. The attendance was not as
large as anticipated on account of the
extreme cold weather and the closing of
navigation on the river. However, an
interesting program was carried out with
benefits to Its hearers. Among the
prominent educators present were Prof.
Dewey, OF Olympia, assistant state SUI
perintendent, and Prof. Showalter, SUI
perintendent of Whitman county.
Miss Hard called the meeting to order
and briefly stated its objects and then
introduced Prof. Dewey. He spoke of
the Importance Of the office of school
director and its responsibilities and the
duties of the directors toward the
schools. The director has much to do
in laying the foundation for good govern
ment, and recommended that all petty
differences in school districts be kept
out of the school, The most important
duty of the director is in the hiring OF
teachers, and the following should be
looked for in the teacher:
Good health.
Sufficient education.
The teacher should pot only be stu
dent of books, but also of human nature
Should be in close sympathy with the
pupil and a lover OF child nature.
Look for teacher who has strong
personality.
Some teachers are popular, but are
not good teachers. They are all right
socially, but do not have sufficient in
terest in actual school work. The way
to Judge of a teachers success in the
school room is to learn what the pupils
talk of when they come home from
school. Is there talk of books and les
sons? Is there an awakening of mine
on school topics?
For the good of the schools do no
change teachers often. When you have
a good teacher, keep her. Employ
teachers early, so as to secure the best
and in order to keep her, cooperate il
making the school success. Secure tn,
teacher a good place to board, visit tn,
school and take an interest in the work
furnish things that are needed in thu
school room, and finally stand by thu
teacher and have large sympathy for hel
trials.
Prof. Showalter was introduced ane
spoke on s'Beautifying the School Hous
and It's Surroundings" The best thing
cannot be purchased with money
character, reputation, love of truth
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
Farming Alons the Pend dOreillc.

/ Thursdays Spokane Chronicle
lgaye farming interests in this sec
ton the following boost:
The fertility OF the Pend d'Oreille
valley is just becoming known to
the residents OF Eastern Washing
ton, says Newport report. The
valley, extending from Newport
north to the British Columbia line,
has been undeveloped until the
past few years. While a small
portion of the bottom lands have
been farmed in desultory fashion
since the settlement, about 20 years
ago. still the value of the cut-over
timber land was not developed until
about four years ago.
The section seems especially
adapted to fruit culture. The alti-
tude, although heretofore consid-
cred a little high for the successful
production of apples, has proved a
benefit. The fruit display at the
Spokane Interstate fair from Stew
ems county received the second
prize. This was in competition
with displays from several of the
fruit producing counties where
lands sell for $1,000 or more an
acre. The crops are raised without
irrigation.
All sorts of small fruits and veg
etables do exceedingly we'll. One
patch of Strawberries just below
Newport paid the owner at the rate
of $500 an acre during the past
season. The berries found ready
market in the town and at the
mining and lumber camps in the
vicinity.
One of the peculiar features of |
navigation on the Pend d'Oreille is
that, while the steamboats, annu.
ally carry thousands of tons of
merchandise and supplies down the
river, only % tons of ranch produce
was brought up the river during
the past year. Everything that the
rancher produces is consumed by
the mining and logging companies.
This makes the best kind of home
market, and the prices at the ranch
are frequently higher than could
be obtained by shipping the pro-
duce to Spokane or other markets.
The price of farm lands that can
be turned into valuable fruit and
small grain ranches varies from $40
to $25 an acre for unimproved
land.
The valley is to be developed
this year by the construction of the
idaho & Was hington Northern
Railroad, which will extend it's line
from Newport to the Metaline min
ing district, 60 miles north, and the
residents expect q great boom in
the value of land.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
Poets Corner.

Dedicated to the Loafers at Caldwelps Store,
At eve when work has eased its grind,
And yielded respite to night,
Dame Pleasure beckons with her wand
To check the mad world in its fight;
Then gather flockwise round the door
The loafers at the grocery store.
They loaf upon decrepit chairs,
Or balance nimbly on box,
While others seek the door step perch
And rusticate upon the blocks;
Then Captain Appleman" gets the floor
And edifies the grocery store.
There's Wren and Jack and Lutte Rowell
And several others from "their works."
The "city marshal" joins the bunch,
Likewise the grocer and his clerks;
Then General Ge" he lets her soar
In front of Caldwelrs grocery store.
There are loud whoops and hooded shrieks
Pretending jokes that have been sprung
To agitate some helpless man,
At whom the javelin is flung;
For everything is known-and more
About Dave Caldwelps grocery store
Then "Shack" he lows the corn will fail;
Which prompts Ed Williams to guess:
1.-THE crops is lookin' mighty WE'LL
Fer which we all the Lord should bless"
Then silence listens to the pause
Who "sees things at the grocery store.
The government Is grOomed and spanked,
And made to stand up pr1m and straight;
"Jedge" Lusher, stopping for some plug,
Discusses tpints'' of town and state;
His honor rules on benches four,
Yet deigns to argue at the store
There's Hines and Doctor Phillips;
One owns farm and tills the soil,
While 'tother mounts to nothin' much,
'Cept savin' bread from mold an spoil
But all are equal to the core
About Dave CaldwelPs grocery store.
They sit and spit and smoke their pipes,
Give strategies and sparkling wit;
Some hit the cracks and others don't:
Yet every man he sits and spits,
While time floats too the other shore,
And darkness hides the grocery store
Old grocery store we love you yet,
Mid palaces of stone and steel;
And some day we will sit and spit
Beside thy fragrant onion peel.
Just resting at the open door
Of Caldwelrs only grocery store.
RUBY WREN.
January 20, 1909.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
His Class.

The head of large mercantile mousse
received not long ago letter from a
millionaire banker In the west asking
that the latter's son be placed In some
business house where he could learn
"things from the bottom up" Inc
writer explained that his offspring was
mo good at home"
Soon after the western millionaire
received the following reply from nlS
New York friend:
Dear sir-Your hopeful has arrived.
have given him employment In my estaD-
Hshment at S. a week with others OF ms s
class. One Of these young men has just
bought a $4,000 yacht, and another comes Ms
to the Office in a 5000 motor car. NO
So,ht vo,,r son will find his surroundings
s>'Ae -Harper's Weekly.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06

etc. But money should not be spared
in beautifying the school house and
grounds. The walls Of the school house
should be hung with the best notices
and pictures Of the great masters in art
and science. They are highly instructive
and tend toward the moulding of charac-
ter. A school house and a neighborhood
each have personality and these per-
sonalities are strong factors in character
building. Study the character of the
pupil. Ninety per cent of all pupils
cannot of themselves 60 down into the
subject matter of the text book. They
need e.l| the personal attention Of tie teach
ers and surroundings aid largely In
reaching this 80 per cent end are ma
terial helps to the teacher to this end.
All money spent to adorn the walls of o
school house is proftably invested. The
fgrounds should be fenced, trees and
and flowers planted, as they have an
educational influence and tend toward
high ideals. He closed with a strong
appeal to the directors to look we'll to
these matters.
In the evening q SECOND program was
held: Prof. shoWalter spoke on CO.
Operation, which he pronounced one
OF the strongest words In the English
language, it means so much for every
walk of life. He strongly urged the co.
operation of officers, teachers and pat.
rons in the work of conducting the pub.
lie school system. The school officers
and teachers have a great responsibility
resting on them in the care and educa.
ton of the pupils entrusted to Their
charge. and they are entitled to the CO
operation Of the PUBLIC to TIE end thai
the best results may be achieved. HI
made strong appeal to the director,
and teachers to be faithful to the trus
thus reposed in them,
Prof. Dewey spoke on the subject O
"Consolidation." He is earnestly il
favor Decentralization of school district.
wherever it is practicable. OF man,
instances Of consolidation only three hat
gone back to separate districts. Onl,
three divorces out of many unions,
much smaller proportion than is fount
recorded along the line of matrimony
He argued the following advantages O
consolidation, which to his mind out
weighed all arguments against it:
Better equipment for the work.
! Better grading of school work.
| Specialists in the work in all it
branches.
Consolidation is the tendency of tn
age in every line OF activity. There
great advantage to the pupil in havin
the best possible system in every de
partment of the work.
| After the program a pleasant recep
ton was rendered the visiting educator
and directors at the home of Mr.. an
Mrs. B. F. Seeley by the teachers of tn
local high school.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06

The children of Idaho have been
temporarily excluded from school
in Wash, on account of the pre-
vailing contagious diseases in that
section.
A teachers meeting of this Sec
ton of Stevens county was held
last Saturday, at which papers Of
eedf !Yqy fl interest were read and
discussed. A meeting Of this kind
will be held here every six weeks,
which is intended to be for the par
ents as we'll as for the teachers.
These meetings are for the benefit
of the school.
The reception given by the teach
ers at the home of Mrs. Seeley,
was not well attended, probably
owing to the cold weather.
Saturday evening a program was
given by pupils Of the seventh,
eighth and high school grades.
This also was not very we'll atten-
ded, no doubt because it was not
very we'll advertised. When any
thing of this kind is given for the
benefit of the school we would be
pleased to have the parents show
more interest. The essay read
that night entitled: 'sFhe Neces.
lsity Of an Education" was written
by Adeline Grover. Following is
the program:
overture. ....................O rchestra
Defamation. "Nobody's Child
| Margaret Sutherland
Vocal Duet. $500. "Good Evening, Good Night
Misses Slack and Rowell
| Essay. -. "The Necessity OF an Education
| Jennie Pearl
Brass Quartet my Old Kentucky Home
Messrs King, Kirkpatrick, Moore and Rowell
Monoiogue. ...................."AW Warning
| Lyla Strong
vocal Trio. ................."A Twilight Star
Misses Slack, Rowcll and Lusher
Defamation Kentucky Belle
| Fanny Coryell
Vocal Quartet. ... "Sweet Be Thy Dreams
Misses Slack, Rowell, Stevens and Lnsher
Chorus. my Hearts in the Highlands
High School
olenestlaa
Names of pupils who were
neither absent nor tardy during
the first semester:
Room A., chart and first grades
Douglas Gibbon. Room B, second
and third grades, Ralph Shackle
ton, Raymond Harris and Ethe
/ Gibbins, Room C, fourth ant
fifth grades, Margaret Fox, Henri.
Heisner, Clyde Smith and Gus
tave Sweyberg. Room D, sixth
and seventh grades, Carl Hines
Henry Oidne, Margaret Sutherland
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
Ask Yourself the Question.

Why not use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm when you have rheumatism? We
feel sure that the result will be prompt
and satisfactory. One application re-
lieves the pain, and many have been
permanently cured by its use. Pain.
Balm is liniment and is applied exter-
nally to the affected parts. 25 and so
cent sizes. For sale by Tiss & Memoir
ran.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06

FOR SALE-2l-room hotel and fix
lures; will be sold cheap. Address j..
w. Cusick, Cusick,, Wash. 22-tf
If you suffer with indigestion, constip~
alton, feel mean and cross, no strength
or appetite, your system is unhealthy. e.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea makes
the system strong and healthy. &c.,.
Tea or Tablets. Adams Pharmacy.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
A Bad Cast.

Mr.. Lawhead-Why do you treat lao
10 coldly? Why didn't you answer the
note wrote you last Thursday! MISS
Brushley-Sir, don't wish to nave
anvthing more to say to you. You
began your note by saying you
Thought you would drop me hne.
7 want you to understand that I'm NOT
q fish.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
NeighbOrhood News.

1
filed with the county Auditor Tues
day for the Northwestern Box Man.
ufacturing Company. The officer,
are Paul E. Kenoyer, president and
manager; A. D. Klinger, vice-presi.
dent; 4. A. Thayer, secretary; John
5. Anderson, treasurer. The pur.
pose OF the new company is to en-.
large the woodworking establish.
ment north of the lumber yard to
a box factory. Mr.; Remover. the
manager, is we'll known to the trade
and is capable of handling a box
factory which will be credit to the
county. The work of organizing
the companyehas been started off
we'll, and factory is now assured
for Colville. Examiner.
The smallpox epidemic at Sand
point is pretty we'll over, The last
OF the patients in the pesthouse
were allowed to depart this week.
There is some Of the disease around
Cocolalla, but that will soon be
stamped out.
We learn that the box factory at
l
Meyers Falls has received an order
for fifteen carloads of boxes, or a.
total of $4,000 boxes, the order
coming from an orange company at
Los Angeles. This is the kind of
an industry that helps the country.
-Statesman=Index.
Last Saturday James Thompson
engaged rig from the Columbia
stables, and, driving to. Addy, Of
fered it for sale to- Walter Wood
ard, the. liveryman there. Mr..
Woodland became suspicious and
telephoned to- Colville, which re-
suited in Mr.. Thompson being
brought back Saturday night and
held to appear before Justice w. L.
Terry. On Monday afternoon Jus
tice Terry heard the charge and
bound Thompson over to the SUI
perior court under $4,000 bonds.
Monday being law day, Judge D.
H. Carey heard the case immedi-
ately, plea of guilty was entered,
rand sentence given of from one to
ten years. Thompson claimed to be
under the influence of intoxicants.
Examiner.
In 1874 John Rockey planted an
apple tree On the lot upon which
Tom Aspend is now building. Mr..
Aspend informs us that last year
he gathered from this tree ~ boxes
of apples, and as the tree stood in
a vacant lot he is certain that the
small boys helped themselves to at
least eight boxes more. Fifty dol
lars worth of apples from tree
33 years old is certainly remark
able showing-Statesman-Index.
Rathdrum has new high school
building erected at cost of nearly
$4,000. Work on it was begun
last June, and was repeatedly de-
layed while awaiting arrival OF
material. The dimensions are
about 48 feet wide by Is feet long
1t has full basement and two
stories with inside and outside
stairways, halls class rooms, cloak
rooms, lavatories, etc., plastered
walls and wood work attractively
/ finished.
A summary of the business done
| in the United States land Office at
Spokane, covering Eastern Wash
ington during the year 1907, shows
an immense amount of land dis
posed of completely. either in
straight sales or by final home
stead certificates, amounts to 1867
: 934.8S acres-equal to more than
26O square miles. The money re-
ceived for this land amounted to
$310,121.33.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06

Why get up in the morning feeling blue
Worry others and worry you;
Here's secret between you and me,
Better take Rocky Mountain Tea,
At Adams Pharmacy,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06

Ruby Vane. Alta Long, Jennie
Nelson, Grace Edgerton, Mona
Reid and Edna Nelson. Eighth
grade, Evelyn Neil and William
Peari. High School. Charlotte
Hlgginson and Jennie Pearl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-05
INJUNCTION IS
 FILED IN COURT Limestone People Fight Court
 house Contract
DR. ]. A DUNCAN ARRIVES
Stewards of Athens Methodist Church Meet and Place Pastors Salary at $20oo-Stein & Go.
 Bankrupt.

Athens, December 4.-(Special- )-There is such widespread opposition to the building of the new courthouse in this county that a large number of the leading landowners and largest taxpayers of the county have employed James E. Horton,
 Jr.. and M. K Clements to file an in- junction against the county commission CTS and the firm obtaining the contract. A voluminous bill has been prepared and filed with Chancellor w. H. Simpson of New Decatur who is now in possession of the document, but who took advantage of the 10 days allowed him by law to give notice to the court of commissioners and the contractors of the filing of the bill praying for an injunction. If the chan cellor refuses the injunction the matter will go to the supreme court. It is likely to go to the supreme court at any rate,
 and this will delay the building of the new courthouse for a year. There has never been a proposed measure in this county since the question before the war of voting for railroad bonds that has aroused the people like this action of the
 court in letting a contract without con- sulting the people. The people are up in