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SVFt' lOChS lA' IHs F1lI OF ? lF0r.
He said II was powder undnr IT, "
now '-~i5 Of '"v','na ee~t,--.urv
uon swept into Hampton's gloomy
syes-beyond doubt this must be his
man.
How many horses did he have??"
Two"
Did you overhear him say anything
definite about his plans for the trip?"
What. him? He never talks, that
fellow. He can't do nothing but sput-
ter II he tries. But I wrote out his or
ders, and they give him to the 25th to
make the Big Horn. You wasn't plan
ming to strike out after him, was
you?"
81 might risk It II I only thought I
could overtake him within two days;
my business is of some importance"
Well. stranger, l should reckon you
might do that with a dog-gone good
outfit. Murphy's sure to take things
pretty easy today, and he's almost
certain to follow the old mining trail
as far as the ford over the Belle
Fourche, and that's plain enough to
travel. Beyond that point the devil
only knows where he will go, for the
is when his hard ridin' begins"
The moment the operator mentioned
that odd scar on Murphy's hand, every
vestige of hesitation vanished Be
yond any possibility of doubt he was
on the right scent this time. Murphy
was riding north upon a mission az
desperate as ever man was called
upon to perform. The chance of his
coming forth alive from that Indian
Haunted land was, as the operator
truthfully said, barely one u Of q
hundred. To the end, to the death II
need We're, lie would follow
The memory of his old plain craft
would not permit any neglect of the
few necessaries for the trip. He
bought without haggling over prices,
but insisted on the best. So it was
o in the afternoon when he finally
struck into the trail leading north
ward. He rode a ~mettlesome, half
broker bronco, a wicked-eyed brute,
which required to be conquered twice
within the first hour OF travel; a sec
ond and more quiet animal trailed be-
hind at the end of a lariat, bearing the
necessary equipment.
He had, by persistent questioning.
acquired considerable information. dur
ing that busy hour spent in Cheyenne.
regarding the untracked regions lying
before him, as well as the character
and disposition of the man he pur-
sued. Both by instinct and training
he was able to comprehend those brief
hints that must prove of vast benefit
in the painless wilderness.
The night was already dark. but
stars were cleaning brilliantly over
head. and the trail remained easily
traceable. 1t became terribly lonely
Continued on 4th Page
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Cough Remedy the
Most Popular II
Is the Best,

II ave sold Chamberlnin's Cough Rem
|edy for the past eight years and find it to be
|one of the best selling medicines on the mar
|ket. For babies and Young children there
is nothing better in the line of cough syrups,"
Bays Paul Allen, Plain Dealing, La. This
remedy not only cures the coughs, colds and
Group so common among young children,
but is pleasant and safe for them to take.
For sale at Prices Drug Store.
, 1908-10-08
a Healing Save % Burns. Chapped
Hands and Sore Nipples.

As a healing salve for burns, sores, sore
nipples and chapped hands Chamberlain's
Salve is most excellent. 1t allays the pain
of a burn almost instantly, and unless the
injury is very severe, heals the parts without
leaving a scar. Price, 25 cents. For sale
at Prices Drug Store.
, 1908-10-08

JOHN c.. BREWER.
Cattle barnded VT on eft side and Ov on
left hip. Horses branded v r on left thigh.
Range Sprin creek. Postotfice address
Saratoga, Wyoming.
, 1908-10-08

Mr.. l.. III. farnham, a prominent drug.
lgist Of Spirit Lake, Iowa, saws: "Chamber-
.lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are GER.
'tainly the best thing ON the market for con.
|siipation" Give these tablets a trial. You
b re certain to md them agreeable and pleas
|ant III effect. Price, 20 cents. Samples free
For sale at Prices Drug Store.
, 1908-10-08

~ Cattle branded on left aida: horsss
eft shoulder. Range Cedar creek
vddress, aratos ga, wys.
, 1908-10-08
Lame Shoulder.

This is II common form of muscular rheu-
matism. No internal treatment is needed.
Apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely three
times Il day and a quick cure is certain.
This liniment has proven especially valuable
lor muscular and chronic rheumatism. Sold
at Price Drug Store.
, 1908-10-08
u. W.

PS Cattle branded on left side, horses on
kS1l9 left hip. Range Pass creek. p. D. Ad-
dress, Saratoga, Wyo.
, 1908-10-08

phy?"
I'm not quite certain. Did you
happen to notice a peculiar black scar
OF the back of his right hand?"
Sure; looks Ike the half OF ? ron-.
He said II was powder undnr t. '
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
The Cat.

Dick Whittington's famous cat made
him thrice mayor Of London.
According to the Arabians, there was
no cat in the garden of Eden.
Mohammed promised throne In
paradise for his beloved cat MuezZa.
Cats eyes serve as clocks for the
Chinese, who say the pupils narrow as
the sun rises and distend as it sets.
Cardinals Wolsey and Richelieu,
stern and naughty men, lavished on
their cats an affection accorded no
other living thing.
Famous men of letters who immor-
talized their favorite tabbies were
Hugo. Montaigne, Scott, DR.. Johnson,
Arnold, Cowper, Chesterfield, Newton
and Wordsworth.
Cambyses, king of Persia, conquered
Egypt by causing cats to be carried
into battle by his soldiers, who were
thus rendered immune by their foes
feline worship.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Not Confined to Farmers.

u must not be understood that the
habit OF buying cat in bag, and
that from q stranger, is confined to
farmer folk Far from it. People who
owe their immediate living to the COM
munity, who draw their salaries from
the public treasury schoolteachers,
public officers and even professional
men who should at least be loyal to
thes hand that feeds them, and also
local property owners, whose wealth
depends upon the general business
prosperity OF the town-pass up the
home merchant and pay their good
money for the picture wares Of the
catalogue houses And. more than
this. the retail merchants In many
cases ignore their local brethren in
trade and send to the cities for what
they want for personal use outside Of
their own line What could be more
suicidal than such policy? And yet
1t obtains to a greater or less extent
Ia every community.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
BEAUTlFYlNG SUBURBS.
Value Of Attractive Railway Grounds
and Commercial BUILDINGS.


Lowell maintained that he ''Ioyed to
enter pleasure by u postern." But no
body is so constituted that he likes to
enter a pleasure resort by the back
door through preliminary kitchen
hidden in the back yard. Yet this is
what every American has to do when
ever he betakes himself to such a re-
sort. For that matter, it is what every
cOmnluter has to do every time he
takes the evening train for home, says
a writer In Scribner's Magazine The
eve Of little employment having the
daintier sense. according to Shake.
speare, and affections inducing callosi.
ties. according to Sir Thomas Browne,
this is by no means SO grievous to the
cOmnluter as to the guest to whom he
has sung the beauties Of his suburban
paradise and who has to go through a
purgatory OF a business quarter to
reach the same. The paradise, when
1t is reached. may really come up to the
Drag. but the sensbilities of the Wis
itor have been too much rasped to ell
able him to appreciate it.
Entering almost any American town.
big or little, is in fact entering by an
unkempt postern The railroad it.
self seems to have an unfailing Instinct
for the slum, which it customarily Gre
ates. You cannot make the yard of
an important station attractive, though
you may make it highly impressive in
IFS "reminiscences But with regard to
the suburbs and the resorts it is not
the railroads which are most to blame.
In fact, some Of the most enlightened
OF them, quite cOmprehending that
ing settlers and commuters, take sue
cessful pains, with the looks Of their
stations and OF the immediate sur
roundings thereof. And, as everybody
knows, it Is In suburban work that our
architecture is apt to show to the very
best advantage The Improvement
within a generation has been immense
In the substitution of unpretending and
hoMaiy picturesuueness in suburban
cottages for cheap and tawdry dis
play. But the movement has not in
the least affected the suburban shop
keeper. The citizen of any of the
great cities will have no difficulty in
naming half dozen Of it's suburbs
which would be highly attractive If
their commercial buildings were ad-
vanced to as high plane as their resi-
Dental buildings.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Railway Blamed for Fire and Sued

The Great Northern Railway Co. was
Friday made the defendant in damage
suits aggregating $3.50, 1853, representing
FIVE losses alleged to have been due to
the company's carelessness. c. F.
Ewing & Co. want $693.75; John Oster-
dab asks for $7048; the Standpoint Lum-
Der Co assesses its damages at SIS, 227 20,
and Handel E. Owen thinks he has been
damaged in the sum of $4,000.
The suits, which are brought through
Spencer < Two.ney. all grow out OF a
fire at Bronx, Idaho, near Standpoint,
August /, 1908. The fire. is alleged to
have been due to the negligence of the
railroad company in failing to provide
one of it's locomotives with IAN adequate
spark arrester, and also in its alleged
failure to keep space so feet in width
on either side of its track clear of in
flammatory matter which. once ignited,
might communicate the flames to sur
rounding property. The plaintiffs in
yoke that section of the law providing
that such space be kept cleared.
In the case in point the fire, alleged
to be due to defective spark arrester,
is said to have started fire alongside
the track, which quickly spread to
abutting property and eansed damage in
the amounts specified.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
SHORT STORIES.

Everybody in the town Of Ortonville
La, owns motor car, but there are
only four families in the place
Grant was graduated in the class of
'43 at West Point-No. 81 in class Of
80. General William B. Franklin was
graduated at the head of the class.
There are 1O1, 23O more stockholders
In thirty-one leading industrial and
railroad corporations in this country
than there were before the panic in
the fall.
The tunnel through the back bone of
the Cordilleras that will connect Val
paraisO with Buenos Aires is progress
Ing rapidly. Work Is pushed day and
night. At the present rate Of progress
1t will be opened in 1910
1t has been found that the new navy
pay law, which went into effect May
Is, provides no special rate of pay for
officers on leave, and one result may be
that Civil Engineer Peary will receive
full pay, 81 500 a year, during his leave
of absence to look for the pole. instead
of 1890
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Gas and Shade Trees.

1t requires a great deal of care to
make shade trees grow we'll in city
or town. They must be thoroughly
watered, and when they are young
they need protection against the man
who Is inclined to make hitching posts
Of them for his horse and against the
boy who gets rid Of part of his animal
spirits by breaking the branches. And
even trees that have had fairly Wig
orous growth feel the effect OF such
improvements as asphalt pavement,
curbstones and cement sidewalks.
They become discouraged and give up
the struggle. Among the modern con-
veniences that mean death for them
Is gas. Public authorities and the own
ers OF private property viii both testi-
= - fh1s fAct.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Facts From France.

Twelve couples have just celebrated
their golden weddings at ARREST, q
small town near Vichy, France. Three
hundred descendants were present at
church.
Two French duelists fought the other
day for an hour and a half and then
had to break off because Of the ap-
preaching darkness. One Of them was
scratched OH the arm.
After a carousal at the Neuilly fair
man named Roche bet his COM
panions that he would throw himself
in front of motor car. He won his
bet, but there Is no hope Of his re-
covery.
The prejudice against hospitals is
disappearing among the Parisians. At
present about one-half OF the cases OF
illness are treated in them, whereas
ten years ago the proportion was only
one-quarter.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Exposition Notes

fhe 1909 gathering of the indie
pendent order of Odd Fellows of
the United States will be held in
Seattle next summer during the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition.
Thousands Of Odd Fellows plan to
attend.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition in Seattle next summer
will be the salmon eannery. Every
process of the preparation of the
fish and the canning will be shown.
The libelous stories regarding SAL
mon canneries will he rudely dis
PEELED.
The various departments of the
United States government have
sent word to the officials of the
Alaska 1ukon-Pacific exposition,
giving in detail the features of
Uncle Sans exhibit at the, great
Seattle fair. 1t will be the most
comprehensive and unique display
made by the government.
Wireless telegraphy will cease to
be a mystery to people who visit
the Alaska Yukon~P Pacific exposi.
ton in Seattle next summer. A
full working plant, which will have
communication with California and
distant Alaska points. will be in
stalled upon the exposition grounds.
California will have one of the
most interesting exhibits at the
Alaska Iukon-Pacitic exposition
in Seattle next year, with a large
building and displays by each
county. The special excursion
early in June from San Francisco
to Seattle will carry 300 of the
leading business men of the Golden
State.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Fly Catches.

Kane, the Cincinnati Nationals cen
ter fielder, weighs only 120 pounds at
the plate, but he can sting the ball
some.
Manager John J. McGraw Of the
New York Nationals predicts that
Larry Doyle will be the best second
sacker in the business in 1909.
Manager McAleer Of the st. Louis
Americans says that If Pitcher Dode
Criss could run he would be one Of the
best all round players in the business.
1t is said that the Boston Nationals
were induced to sign Beaumont and
Ritchey for the sweetly poetical ca
dence in the names-Clarence and
Claude.
Davy Altizer of the Cleveland Ameri.
cans has never reached the 300 in bat
ting, though once q top notch hitter,
since Cy Young hit him on the head
with pitched ball.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Church Work.

The formation Of a brotherhood as
ISOLATION Of men in every Methodist
church in Cleveland has been taken
up.
The Gideons, a Christian organiza-
ton Of travelling men, has raised over
500 to place Bibles In all the hotels
Of the United States.
Or the fund of $5,35O,OOO raised by
the Wesleyan Methodists Of Great
Britain less than $1,000 was lost
through failure Of promises by death
or misfortune.
Three new churches started in a sin
gle day is the recent record Of the
Lutherans in Brooklyn, two Of them
being the work Of the Brooklyn Mis-
sionary society.
The First Friends church Of Los
Angeles has decided to admit to full
membership any man, woman or child
who is an adherent Of the church, and
they will thereafter have part in the
conduct Of affairs.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
English Etchings.

"Worstedopolis" Is the nickname Of
Bradford owing to its immense wool
trade.
Rum is derived from "rumbilliOn,
an old Devonshire term for uproar or
rumpus.
The longest pier in England is that
but it will in time be exceeded by the
Minster-on-Sea pier, which is to be
when built 1000 feet long.
According to the Liverpool public
librarian, the people who make the
most use of the libraries are ladies
who have no occupation, students.
scholars, bookkeepers, clerks and
schoolteacheH.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
HINT TO HOME MERCHANTS.
May Use local Newspaper to Fight
Mail Order Evil.

Mail order Evil.
Much has been written about the
subtle influence Of the big four pound
ca ia lOgueS sent broadcast over the land
by the houses located in the big cities
which, strange to say, refuse to sell
goods to the residents Of the cities in
which they are located.
There is no mysterious element in
these bulky paper books, writes d. M.
Carr in the Dwight OllD Herald. From
cover to cover they are filled with pic
lures and with prices and descriptions
Of goods. The power Of printers ink
Is the only magnet, and this magnet
can be used by merchants everywhere.
The publishers of these great cata-
logues do business running we'll up
toward the fifty millions yearly. All
their success has been in the ink they
use and the way they use it.
Because these concerns receive pat
ronage that should go to the home
merchant 1t is the home merchants
fault. Mr. Carr argues. The home
merchant neglects to do just what the
houses which publish the big cata-
logues do. He may not have the
money TO get out such great list,
neither the means of carrying great
stocks Of goods. Yet he possesses all
the means necessary to gain the trade
that goes to these great concerns. He
can buy goods just as low, has less ex-
pense. and. while the big catalogue
{.
or two. through the medium Of the
local newspaper the merchant can 60
TO all the people Of the community
once week and at the lowest ex-
peIse.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
TIGER Talk.
Tiger, WASH, Oct. 8, 1908


This locality was favored with a
good shower of rain, the first that
we have had of any consequence
since last June.
G. w. Cody was down from
Blueslide, shaking hands with his
friends ard a guest at the Ioder
cottage.
Miss Maud Underwood, of Col
Vile, was here on a friendly visit a
few days last week, returning home
last Monday.
c. w. Norman, of Bossburg.
came up to look after his interest
in his farm here.
Mrs. Ada Wooding was up from
Metaline visiting friends few days
last week.
B. F. Williamson, of Blueslide,
was here transacting business, Il
guest of the Yoder cottage.
The advent of October has
brought in quite number of home
seekers. Our genial neighbor,
Olmstead, is busily engaged MAX
ing glad the hearts of many by
locating newcomers on valuable
claims. Mr.. Olmstead is well
posted and quite familiar with all
the unoccupied lands in this sec
ton. Every one wanting to secure
a good claim will do well to con-
suit Mr.. Olmstead.
l.. Barrett, of Seattle, was here
on business several days last week
and registered at the Yoder cottage.
DR.. H. F. Hughes is down from
Newport looking after his home
stead and making necessary i'm
prOVementS.
The steamer Ruth, of the Meta
line Navigation Co., made her mi
tial trip down the river last Mon
day.
The saddest thing that has hap
pened since the burning of Mr..
Nesbit's house four years ago was
the burning of Jesse Shepherds
house. Mr.. Shepherd was away
from home and Mrs. Shepherd was
alone at home with her little child
rem. She barely escaped with he1
life from the burning building
The fire had made so much head.
way that she was unable to save
any of her household goods. The
loss falls heavy on Mr.. Shepherd
and his wife, with the stern winter
so near at hand.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Assessment Notice

Notice is hereby given that the assessment
roll for Assessment District No 5, for the i'm
provement OF Fourth street, between the west
line OF Washington avenue and the east line Of
Cass avenue, in the Town of Newport, Wash !,
is completed, and the same is now on file in
the Clerks office, and that all persons desiring
to object to the same shall appear before the
City Hall, on Tuesday, the 18th day of October,
A. d. 1903, at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m, and
make objection, If any they have, thereto.
That all persons failing to appear and object to
said assessment, at the time herein specified,
shall be deemed to assent to said assessment
as com pleted. CARL r. SCHOTTE,
20-2 Clerk of the Town OF Newport
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08

County Superintendent Ramsey
has completed a census of the school
population of Bonner county.
showing that there are 2941 child
rem of school age, an increase of
over 100 over 1907. This increase
was made up in Standpoint, Bon
ners Ferry and Newport, the coun-
try districts in most cases showing
decreases.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Mr.. Blackwell Congratulated

Rv the sale of the entire bond
issue of 81, 100000 for extension OF
the Idaho & Washington Northern
Railroad from Newport down the
Pend Oreille river to Metallne,
President F. A. Blackwell has again
demonstrated his ability as a rail-
road builder and empire developer.
The public hears little of Mr.
Blackwell's plans until those plans
are accomplished facts. His first
achievement as a railroad builder
in the Spokane country was the
construction of the Occur d'Alene
& Spokane electric line, afterward
sold by Mr.. Blackwell and his
associates to the Graves interests.
Mr.. Blackwell's next achieve
ment, we'll toward contamination
before the public realized the fact
was his building Of the Idaho q
Washington Northern from Grand
Junction in the Spokane valley,
via Spirit Lake, to Newport on the
Pend Oreille river, the creation OF
the fine modern town Of Spirit
Lake and the erection of one of the
largest lumber manufacturing
plants in the west The financial
panic of last October broke upon
this fine project when it was
but half completed, but the conf
dence in Mr.. Blackwell of his finan-
cial hackers was so strong that he
able to carry forward his work
without interruption.
During the past spring and sum-
mer Mr.. Black wells engineers have
been active in the Pend Oreille
valley, large part of the right of
way has been acquired, and now
the money is available for con-
struction.
Mr.. Blackwell's road is develop
ing broad region remarkably rich
in potential wealth. It taps large
bodies of white and yellow pine.
fir and CEDAR land will serve a valley
that is unusually rich in meadow,
grain and fruit lands. The pro-
posed extension will be carried
either to the Metaline mines or
very near them and will bring
about the development also of fine
water powers and extensive depos-
its of building materials,
1t is characteristic of Mr.. Black
we'll to do thoroughly we'll what
ever he undertakes. His completed
line has a roadbed that is scarcely
excelled anywhere in the United
States. His depots are gems of
| pleasing architecture with attrac-
lively parked grounds, and his
passenger trains are as fine as will
be found anywhere.
The Spokesman-Reyiew congrat-
ulates Mr.. Blackwell on the sue
cessful sale of his bonds and upon
the high character of his many
substantial achievements. --Spokes-
man-Review.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
Quite Likely.

Il didn't see you at our euchre the
other night" said the bachelor.
NO" replied the yeung Benedict, "as
far as euchre gees with me new, con-
slider home the right bower"
That's all right while hearts are
trump. but / suppose il clubs should
turn up it would be the left bower."--
Philadelphia Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
panaxaus

First Actor thought your next tour
was to have BEEN through South AT
rlca. Second Actor-1t was, but the
company struck. One Of them had read
mat an ostrich egg often weighs two
or Tires pounds.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-10-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
Z. S. Land Office SpOkane. WASH

Z. 5. LAND Onlce, spokane, WASH,
August % 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Walter Mckee
Long OF Scotia Wash, who. on March 3, 1904.
made homestead entry No. 1906 (0355l for Me- 4
OF Sec. 81, Twp. 81 n, r. Al f. W. NJ, has fled
notice of intention To make final com
mutation proof to establish claim
TO the land above described,
before Sidney W. Rogers. y. S Commissioner
for the Eastern District of Washington, at New
port, Wash. on the l4Ih day of October, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: May Fowler.
Ben Fowler, /. o. Kevilla and ". Keyilla, all
OF Scotia, Wash
9-3 l0S HAL J. COLE. Register.