The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF

Tacoma-The Ferry Museum, OF
this city, receives bequest OF $24'-
600 in the will of the late Col. Ferry.
OIympia-The Great Northern has
applied to the state land office to Sc
cure right of way across state LANDS
in Dougl1s county.
LaCrosse-A dollar ton from the
first of August to the first OF Janu-
ary is the warehouse charge here for
wheat stored with any Of the ware
houses.
Olympia-During the month OF
July the state tax commission col
lected a total of $2O,9S7.51 as in
heritance tax on the various estates
filed for probate.
Pullman-The o. r. & N. depot
here was robbed last week. The
door of the freight room was pried
open with a jimmy made from car
coupler. The burglars first broke
into the Toulouse of the section and
stole the tools with, which to do the
work.
South Bend-All timber land
which has not heretofore been as
sassed according to the figures re-
turned by the county cruisers Will be
increased to meet their figures. The
county recently had all the timber
lands cruised at cost of $4,000,
and all timber laud is now being
assessed according to the reports of
the cruisers.
Seattle-Repeating his serious
charges against County Judge J. B.
Yakey, of Kitsap county, made to the
State Bar Association, July 20, Jas.
w. Bryan has filed information with
Pliny Allen, chairman of the legisla-
tive committee appointed to investi-
gate all the state officers, following
the filing of charges against the in
surance commissioner.
North Yakima-The shortage in
the labor market in the Yakima val
ley is mountaineering the farmers
and delaying work on the fiction
project. Farmers in the lower val
ley have appointed three men to
remain in Seattle and Tacoma in an
effort to secure laborers for the fall
work in the fields and orchards.
Seattle-Marriag licenses in King
county and Seattle are falling off at
an alarming rate and if the law that
requires a physical examination is
not repealed they will go down below
the mark where they were ten years
ago. Last year there were 256 IL
censes issued between July 1 and
July 81 This year there were 1856.
Pomeroy-Lying with a rifle by
his side, the left side of his face
shattered by a bullet entering at the
lower part of the jaw, ranging up
ward and backward and passing
through the top of the head, the
body of Jacob Burger was found
within a short distance of the smol-
dering ruins of the house of Fred
Lauer, eight miles west of Pomeroy.
A coroner's verdict of suicide was re-
turned.
Spokane-Declaring that VIM. P.
Reed deliberately stole his 14-year-
old daughter and brought her to
Spokane, where he and Jacob Schae-
fer, local wine merchant, state to
the county clerk that she was IS
years of age, A. S. Warren, of Pierce
City, Idaho, has instituted proceed
ings to annul the marriage and to
prosecute Schaefer on a charge of
perjury.
Wenatchee-Thec county commits
sioners of Chelan county have been
sitting as a board Of equalization,
making a few changes in the assess
ment roll and satisfying complaints.
Representatives from Jail firms are
in the city and will present plans to
the board for the erection of new
county Jail to cost about $4,000.
Olympia-Secretary of State I. M.
Howell has mailed postal cards to
all automobile owners who have not
paid their last license money. He
is also having the list of names
printed, with the number of the de-
linquent machines. In case the
money is not paid these lists will be
sent to the peace officers of the
various sections of the state with
instructions to arrest those who have
not paid their automobile licenses.
Walla Wal1a-Cool and calmly
giving directions on how best to ex-
tricate him from the wheels and cogs
which had ground and twisted his
legs, Ed Casey, foreman on the as
phalt mixer Of the Warren Construc-
ton Company, rendered valuable as
sistance to workmen in taking the
machine apart in order that they
might free limbs without tearing
them from his body. Casey has a