The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-13
WASHINGTON NOTES

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Olympia-GOv. Hay pardoned r.
P. Durham, sentenced to six months
Imprisonment in Spokane county jail
for embezzlement.
Cathlamet-At the last session OF
the board OF county commissioners
$1,000 was appropriated for an ex-
hibit at the A-Y.-P. Exposition.
Seattle-On recommendation OF
! Senator Piles, President Taft noml-
mated George Donworth, OF Seattle.
as second federal judge Of the West
ern Washington district.
Everett-James A. Dawson, night
Waterman for q mill company al
Three Lakes, Friday morning shot
and killed his wife and 14-year-old
daughter and then killed himself.
North Yakima-Club women OF
Yakima county will keep the Yak1-
ma county building at the exposl-
| ton beautifully decorated during the
entire season.
Bellingham-The preliminary sur
vey for the new road connecting
Skagit and Whatcom counties, for
which $4,000 was appropriated by
the last legislature, has been fin
ished by State Engineer Allen.
Pullman--Plans and specifications
for the construction Of the extern
sion to the heating and lighting
plant OF the state college, to cost
$4,000, are now under considera-
ton by the college authorities.
Husum-1n the Horse Heaven
country in the northeastern portion
Of Klickitat county, owners Of TO-
900 acres have Joined the Land
Owners Association. The purposes
of the association is for the advance
ment of the country.
Seattle-After many years SER
vice as collector of internal revenue
for the district of Washington, B.
d. Croker is to be retired because
he made an unsuccessful attempt to
prevent the election of Wesley l..
Jones to the United States senate.
North Yakima-A new railroad is
to be built through the Yakima In
dian reservation from Toppenish to
Fort Simcoe. Construction work
will begin at once and IA miles OF
the road will be in operation before
the end of the present season.
Tacoma-A unique bargain WAS
made by Mrs. Lucy Stewart with the
Pierce county commissioners. She
owns property valued at several
thousand dollars, which she has
decided to the county on promise
that the county support her for the
remainder of her life.
Seattle-Although no fatalities
have resulted from the accident in
the new state armory last week.
when the railing OF the balcony
broke, precipitating the spectators
at the athletic meet to the floor be-
low, it is feared that at least four .
of the 60 victims will not recover.
Spokane-Spokane is in the grip
of scarlet fever epidemic that has
30 children and two persons of ma
ture years. All public and private
schools are under rigid medical in
spection and nearly 100 homes are
under quarantine.
Olympia = Land Commissioner
Ross has been served with notice
that the Northern Pacific has begun
condemnation proceedings at Seat.
tie against the state and the Coast
Land Company to acquire tide lands
at Seattle for right-of-way. The
lands are leased by the state to the
Coast Land Company.
Pullman--A new marine biologi-
cal station, the fourth to be estab-
lished on the Pacific Coast, will be
installed on Puget Sound next sum-
mer and will be conducted by the
University OF Washington and the
State College, including also ths
Bellingham. Cheney and Ellensburg
normal schools OF the state
Everett-M. Richards, a workman
on the new school building, fell a
distance of so feet when a hoist
ing tower collapsed and escaped
without injury. After the accident
Richards walked to a neighboring |
house, rested few moments and |
returned to work. The tower was |
reduced to kindling wood.
Ellensburg-The big spring drive |
of the Cascade Lumber Company is
now on it's way down the Yakima
river There are * 600 600 feet |