The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Miller does undertaking.

Miller does undertaking.
Dance at Kelly's Hall New Years
Eve. Dec. 81.
Are you going skating? If so, buy
your skates of w. F. Willard.
AUCTTONEER-W cry sales any
where. K. E. Ellis, Newport, Wash. tt
Engineer Billy Ross, of the lone, was
up from lone spending the holidays with
friends.
Henry A. Miller, Undertaken and Lii
censed Embalmer. All calls answered
promptly, day or night.
C. A. Sherman 4 Co. are putting on
Pre-Inventory Sale which it will pay
you to look up and heed.
There continues to be a scarcity of
laborers for work in the manv logging
camps that are busy throughout this
section.
The Coulter & Button planning mill
closed down Saturday night for the sea-
son. The mill has enjoyed good run
during the season.
Catholic services at St. Anthony's
church every first and third Sunday at
9 a. m. Sunday school every Sunday at
10 80 a. m. Seats are free and cordial
invitation is extended to all to attend
the services.
A young man suffering from rheuma-
tism, and in very bad way, was taken
to the Vane hospital this week from the
Commercial Hotel. As he was without
funds, he is being taken care of as
county charge.
Newport merchants, without excep-
ton, report good holiday business, all
of them having found business Is to 80
per cent better than last year. A con-
siderable volume of business came from
the down river and adjoining territory.
0. L. Smith, one OF the pioneer pros
pectors of this section, returnedpast week
from Elk City, Idaho, where he has
been doing assessment work on some
claims that he owns. He reports rapid
progress in the development of the Elk
City district.
L. f. Miller, an employe of the Fidel-
itv mllE; was injured by the kick of
mule one day last week, which resulted
in the breaking OF his left leg, just above
the knee. The injured man is being
cared for by DR.. Phillips at the Fidelity
boarding house and is getting along
| nicely.
Messrs. w. H. Seitz, Michael Fox, ST..
Michael Fox, Jr. ,:Ben Fox and Jake
Hausel have returned from Montana,
where they have filed on several tracts
of land. Seitz and Hausel will remove
to their land in short time. The land
| is located near Lothaire.
Christmas exercises and the regula-
ton Santa Claus and trees gladdened
the hearts OF the youngsters at the
Sunday schools last Friday evening. One
of the Santas visited some homes in
which Christmas cheer was not too
abundant and helped to provide Merry
Christmas for the children.
Saturdays Great Northern passenger
No. 3 was wrecked about 100 miles east
of Newport at Stonehill, Montana The
train was running about 80 miles an
hour, when it was derailed by the break
ing of journal on the baggage car. The
car broke down and tore up the track
and all the cars following it ran onto the
ground Nobody was seriously injured.
Traffic was delayed for ten hours.
/ Newport Camp, No. 1928, Modern
Woodmen of America, has elected the
following officers for 1910: Venerable
consul, Ed Grover: worthy adviser, E.
E. Griffen; banker, George Graupner:
clerk, Fred Phillips; escort, Ed Higgin-
son; sentry, Paul Gladisch; Waterman.
Chris Zeigler. An open installation of
officers will be held on Jan. 10. at which
time the camp will entertain the Royal
Neighbors.