The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

boy was born to Mr.. ana MIS-. ~ D.
Bennett Wednesday.
Colville is up against the necessity OF
binding a new high school.
Officers OF the |. o. O. F. lodge will be
installed next Saturday evening.
Commissioner J. G.. Finstad, OF Priest
River, was Newport visitor Tuesday.
CHICKENS WANTED-We will pay
the highest market price. Wilcox u
Paulsen, City Market, Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs Al McInnis have moved
to lone, where Al will work with his
brother, Robert, on the clearing OF
right-of-way for the Metaline extension
of the l. < W. n.
f. K. Fisk, of Spokane, was called to
Newport Wednesday by the news OF a
serious injury to his brother, who had a
leg crushed in logging accident and is
being cared for at the Vane hospital.
H. H. Jones, of Standpoint, local man
aper for the Northern Idaho & Montana
Power Co., was in town Monday in
specting progress on the rebuilding OF
the lines of the electric company in this
city.
Messrs. Alger and Mccullough went to
Metaline on Tuesday morning. They
have located several claims near that
town and will do assessment work on
them. There is greater activity i'll all OF
the mining districts down the river than
ever before.
The new United Presbyterian church
at Spirit Lake is rapidly approaching
completion. The church extension board
has provided funds to the amount Of
$4,000, the citizens have subscribed a like
sum, and about $1,000 more needs to be
raised to dedicate the church free from
debt
United States Commissioner Sidney
w. Rogers will on Jan. II, Is and IS
hear contests instituted by the govern
ment against the homestead patents of
George R. Washburn, Bert H. Mead
and Chas. D. Pease. The. claims are
situated IN the Kaniksu National Forest
in the LeClerc creek basin.
The certificate of articles OF incorpora-
ton of the Title Guaranty and Invest
ment Co, OF Colvlle, was filed with the
county auditor Tuesday. This corpora
ton is capitalized at $l5 900, with shares
of the par value OF $50 each. The incor-
porators are w. l.. Sax. J. H. Young,
W. j. Shelton, Hugh Waddell and H.
r. Spedden.
The trial of JAS Logan for the murder
of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jansen. will be
started at Colville on Jan. g. The case
of the state vs. Stewart, operator for the
!. & w. N. at Usk, charged with forging
express money orders, is set for the 10th =,
and Troyer vs. Anderson, civil suit
appeal from Newport, will be heard on
the 18th.
Services at the NJ f. church as fol-
lows: Watch night on Friday evening
at 9 o'clock. Sunday services: Sunday
school at 10 a. m, preaching at II a. m .,
Junior League at p. M, Epworth
League at $50 p. m, preaching at 40
.. m. Eyangelistic meeting will be held
every night during the week except Sat-
urday.
Frank Sherman, Otto Trichler and F.
s. Smith went to Lothaire. Mont, We'd
nesday night to file on some OF Uncle
Sans possessions. They are taking
land under the Desert land act, which
enables them to take up 800 acres. After
the first of the year this land will come
, under the homestead regulations and a
Quarter section will be all one party can
acquire.
The postoffice force is busy today ar
ranging for shipment to the dead letter
office at Washington of the sacks of mail
which haye been thrown under the fast
mail and chewed to pieres. An investi-
cation of the stuff destroyed shows that
large quantities Of merchandise, espe-
cially ladies' wear, are being shipped
into this section by mail.
Another dry county unit was estab-
lished in Washington Wednesday, when
Thurston county, on the west side, and
in which the city of Olympia is located,
went dry, putting eight saloons out OF
business. Yakima City, located eight
miles from North Yakima, went wet
Wednesday by vote of 80 to 40. The
city of North Yakima votes today.
r. S. Anderson and c. A. Fielder
made trip to Spokane this week in the
interest of the Newport Battery Co.,
and secured several large contracts from
the wholesalers, which will keep the
factory busy for some time The pro-
duct of the factory has been thoroughly
tested out by the Spokane dealers and
has their unqualified Endorsement.
At the next council meeting, on Tues