The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-09
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the sur
rounding country-Numerous ACCT
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

been retired.
The state book will show 240,000
population for Seattle, 10000 for Spo-
kane and $4,000 for Tacoma.
Hopgrowers of the Yakima valley
have formed union.
The city of Colville is now in the
third class.
There are entries of 700 birds for
the poultry show at Walla Walla.
There will be no cut in the price of
hair cuts and other tonsorial work at
Tacoma as announced some time ago.
Tacoma, Wash.-While his accom-
plice stood at the door of the wool
sned frightening away inquisitive chill
dren with a revolver, John Vargo, Q
miner at Carbonado, recently stole a
chest containing 5000 in $40 gold
pieces, the lifelong savings of John
Vaselino of Carbonate, and made his
escape.
The body of P. w. Dillon, who died
at his home in Davenport, was shipped
to Tacoma for burial.
Injuries that may prove fatal to
both were sustained by Abraham Neil
sen and Albert Olson, who jumped
from the second story window of Il
Spokane lodging house while that floor
of the building was enveloped in
flames.
During the year 1907 over $2,000,O00
of county and school funds were han
died in Spokane.
During the past year Tacoma has
spent 87,501.95 for new fire houses
and fire equipment.
There is little hopes of rescuins
Harry Joyce and John Hager, who
were buried in a caving well on the
ranch OF. Miss Title Bleck, two miles
north of Ethiopia.
The Toppenish school district has
commenced suit to annul $4,000 worth
of school warrants, declaring them
fraudulent.
Steve Philips has been charged at
Seattle with murder in the first de-
gree in the killing of Mrs. Madge Hen.
derson, a negress.
A meeting of all county commissions
ers of the state has been called at
Tacoma for February II to form 9
state organization and make a, system
attic campaign for good roads,
Filing of candidates. under the. di
rect primary law for the city election
In March closed with 104 aspirants
listed for the 10 Offices in Seattle.
Earl Musselman, aged IA, was killed
and Clyde Damaske, aged 10, fatally
injured, recently by a heavy shingie
bolt, which crushed them.
At the meeting of the state teach
ers' association at Seattle it was de
cided to hold the next annual meeting
in Spokane, commencing December 20
1908. Officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows: President
A. H. Yoder Of Tacoma; vice presi
dents, N. D. Showalter of Colfax, and
Miss Nettie Sawyer of Seattle; treas
urer, Chas. Pagan of Seattle; secre
tary, o. C. Whitney OF Tacoma.
The Sedro Woolley postoffice was
burglarized recently.
1t is reported that state general funl
warrants are being discounted by
banks of Seattle, Spokane and else
where S per cent
The trim new steamer North Stal
of the Columbia & Okanogan Steam
boat company has made her first trir
up the Columbia.
The snowfall has interfered with
completing the approaches to the new
Wenatchee bridge and the forma
opening of that structure consequently
may be delayed until about January
15
The Walla Walla auxiliary to the
Washington State Stockgrowers' asso
citation was formed recently.
N. N. Carroll, Colfax stock buyer
has made the largest shipment of live
stock that ever went out of the Colfaz
yards in one day. The shipment COZ
sisted of five cars of stall fed steers
and three carloads of hogs.
Two laborers were killed and eigh1
badly injured by dynamite explosion
at a subcamp of Contractor Taylor OF
the Portland & Seattle road, rs miles
south of Sprague, Saturday.
Six members of the Law Enforce
ment league who canvassed Spokane
Sunday gathering evidence agains
those saloon proprietors who KEEP
their places open found 10 saloon.
closed in one district, in another 2.
and in the third 40, making total o
rs saloons which were closed.
With complete counterfeiting out
Mt In their possession, two alleged
workingmen, giving their names a.
w. H. Hawley and c. A. Quaife, wer,
arrested in Tacoma along the North
ern Pacific tracks in South Tacoma.
IDAHO NEWS.
Roosevelt has created a stir in M
litical circles by demanding the resig
nation of Surveyor General Eagleso,
of Boise. It is said that the presiden