The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-30
Tiger Talk.
Tiger. Wash. Jan. 26. 1905


J. L. Baily stopped here on his way
home from Blueslide, to exchange a
few thoughts and receive congratula-
tions from his Tiger friends.
Arthur Norman and Nelson Hanson
have gone to Newport on business.
J. W. Wooding made business trip
to lone one day last week.
Chas. Moffet and A. Chrysler were
down from the Lost Greek Ranch and
done their trading at the store.
F. Myers made his (once a week.
call at the postoffice and store yesterday.
Thomas Wooding delivered load of
provisions to homesteaders on the divide
one day last week.
H. S. Savage was down from the Roy
al Crown ranch few days ago on bust
ness.
Mrs. Jennie Wooding called on Mrs.
J. B. Miner one day this week to ex-
change few thoughts.
The Yoder Cottage has had its full
share of patronage the past week.
The people in the lower Pend D'Oreille
valley fully realize the need OF better
transportation facilities than the pres
ent navigation is able to give. The
freight and passenger traffic is steadily
increasing, and at the low stage of the
water, when the people are obliged to
content themselves with gasolene
launches, service is everything but de-
sirable.
A deal is in progress by Tiger parties
that will probably be completed in the
near future. One thousand dollars is
involved in the deal.
Mrs. R. Greenamyer, Mrs. Ada Wood
ing and Mrs. Cora Lucus were callers at
the Yoder cottage one day last week.
Cass Hacker and family We're up from
the Acme ranch last week to do shop
ping at the store and visit with E. F.
Yoder few hours.
Do not forget to call on the postmaste:
at Tiger and order the NEWPORT MINER.
Read your local paper and get posted
and be happy.
G. Buisman was up from the Canyon
where he is at work on the public road
| construction, under the supervision OF
| W. T.. Morris. Mr.. Buisman reports
the work progressing fine. Mr.. Morris
has twenty men at work, Ed. Russell,
one of the gang, is sick at home now,
but will return as soon as he is able to
60 to work again.
Mrs. F. E. Braddock returned to her
home on the Wildwood ranch from New
port, where she had gone on business
two weeks ago.
VIM. Strickland is Offering his person
al effects for sale. He intends to 60 to
Australia in the Spring.
The advance guard of the immigra-
ton west are beginning to arrive.
Several families came to Newport the
past week.
The cleaning out of Spokane leads
many of the disreputable characters of
that city to seek new places of refuge
and Newport in common with other
towns of the Inland Empire will have to
guard against the locating here of nm
desirable citizens.
The Great Northern pay car went
through here Sunday distributing the
monthly checks to the company's en-
ployes along the line. A considerable
amount must haye been left in this
vicinity as the road is employing a
great many men on the work between
here and Albeni Falls.
The Spirit Lake 10000 Club has writ
ten to the Commercial Club of Newport,
inquiring as to the kinds'of fire hydrants
and hose used at Newport, with the idea
of getting similar sizes, so that the two
towns could turn out and help each
other in case of a serious confagration.
Harry Saddler's favorite family horse
was severely injured Saturday evening
by blow from an ak carelessly handled
by boy. An artery was completely
severed and the cut went clear to the
bone. It took DR.. Heldring five hours
to stop the flow of blood but the animal
is now rapidly recovering.
A party of Great Northern engineers
under charge of M. A. Butler arrived
Tuesday for the purpose of surveying
for the Great Northern spur from
Albeni Falls to the new mill site of the
Fidelity Lumber Company. The build
ing of the spur necessitates considerable
work and is estimated to cost from
SIC, 900 to 10000.
Resolutions Of Coincidence