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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11

the questions of surface drainage and
sewerage may be so combined or separ-
ately handled.
When susceptible to one system the
town may determine the location, size
and construction Of the main or trunk
sewer, to be constructed at the expense
OF the city or, if two or more systems
are required, a main or trunk sewer for
each may be go constructed, as neces-
slty may require.
+ The council may, by ordinance, specify
and propose the adoption of plan or
system and declare the estimated cost,
which proposal shall then be submitted
to the electors at general or special
election and may be adopted by ma
jority vote.
If the plan embraces the incurring of
Indebtedness by the city and issuance
of bonds (to run not exceeding 20 years
at not more than + per cent interest),
this feature must be ratified by two
thirds of the qualified voters voting at
such election. General city bonds may
be issued to an amount not exceeding 5
per cent of the assessed value of taxable
property. AS shown by the last general
assessment the valuation of the property
is $326, 1929, which would permit bond
ing to the amount of $16 6,346.95
Sewerage or drainage districts may be
created to drain into the main sewer,
and assessments of property in the dis
trict be made and special taxes levied
on the property to pay for same, 25 per
cent of the cost of same to be paid out
of city current expense funds if ordered
by the unanimous vote of the council
At present there is no bonded indebt-
edness on the town. The revenues from
various sources, in addition to limited
eral sewerage districts would make the
taxes but a little higher than at present
and make the town sanitary. There is
splendid fall from all portions of the
city to the river, and the excavatlng
should not be very expensive on account
of the character of the soil in most por
tions of the town.
e. +. Sample and wife OF Elk City,
Idaho, were passengers on the lone to
Cusick this morning. Mr. Sample who
is one of the oldest river men on the
Pend Oreille, is now extensively inter-
ested in gold mines in the Elk City
district where he has located group of
IA claims which give promise of great
value.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
TO BUILD OPERA HOUSE
Site Secured at Corner OF Third
St. and Union Aue-
Work to Start Early in Spring

W s. Whitney, who recently pur-
chased the Miller property at the corner
of Union avenue and Third street, has
during the past week completed nego-
tiations for the residence property Of
Mrs LYDIA Morrison, which adjoins the
corner. giving him frontage Of 80 feet
on Union avenue.
Mr. Whitnev will early in the spring
start the erection OF a cement block
building, using the double air space
which will occupy the full frontage of
60 feet and be 50 feet deep, two stories
in height. The lower story will be used
for business purposes and the upper
story will be designed for dance hall
and opera house. Newport has out
grown present Accommodations in the
opera house line and the proposed new
building will fill the want.
The promoter Of this proposition is
one of the pioneer citizens of our town,
one who has ALWAYS had an abiding
faith in the future of the town and will
now again demonstrate this faith. He
is the owner of considerable property in
Newport and Spokane and will dispose
of his Spokane holdings in order to
make further investments here. Mr..
Whitney conducted general store busi-
ness in Newport, Idaho, before the
present town on the Washington side
was plated He has always been in
terested in the growth of the town and
expects to continue to take an active
part in its progress.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Home Cooking Sale at Home Grocery

Next Saturday at the Home Grocery
the ladies of the Congregational church
will conduct a home cooking sale. They
will have on display the following sam
piles of their proficiency in the culinary
art and invite the patronage of the
public: Baked beans, brown bread,
rolls, bread, cakes, pies, mince meat,
suet pudding and other good things
Don't forget the place and date, Satur-
day, Feb. l3, and procure some goo q
thin gs for Sunday dinner.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
To Authorize Additional Courts

a measure has been introduced into
the Washington legislature to authorize
county commissioners and superior
court judges to divide counties into ju-
dicial districts, and permitting court
sessions to be held at other places than
county seats.
AS no attempt is being made to get
Stevens county divided at this session
of the legislature, it would seem that
this measure contains some promise of
relief from the conditions at present ex-
listing in this county. Court ex-
penses are being greatly increased by
the necessity of holding court at place
so remote as is Colville from the eastern
part of Stevens county The amount of
litigation from this part of the COUNTY
will greatly increase in the next year or
two, and the passing of bill which
would permit the holding of sessions of
the superior court at Newport or some
other place on the east side would bring
some relief Criminal matters from this
side OF the county do not receive the
attention they deserye. because of a
feeling of leniency inspired by desire
to save the county costs, and reluc-
tance on the part of complainants to
being hauled to Colville at considerable
expense and great loss of time. The
recent condemnation cases of the l. 4
W. n. have afforded an instance where
the cost to the defendants was much
greater than it would have been had
court been held in this half of the county.
The measure should become law or
else the counties should be divided, so
that court and other business can be
dispatched without so much loss of time
and at great expense to the county and
the people.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
NEWPORT NEEDS SEWER
Town Council Should Begin Pre-.
liminary Work.
Need Thereof Apparent to All

The city of Newport needs sewerage
system more at the present time than
any other public improvement. The
health OF the inhabitants is of the great
est Importance to the welfare Of the
business interests.
At the present time there is nothing
in the way of a sewerage system in the
city. Nearly every business building or
residence is connected with a cesspool
or the slops and refuse are thrown out in
the street or alley Until a short time
ago it was customary for many OF the
business men to throw the slops arising
in the conducting of their business out
in the str eets in front of their property.
The city ordered this stopped, and the
order was obeyed for short time, but
recently several of the merchants have
been disc beying the orders.
In the business center, in the rear of
many of the saloons and other business
houses the conditions are frghtful, even
ut this season of the year. During the
coming summer, unless conditions are
speedily remedied, there will be an
epidemic of disease arise from this cause.
The need of the improvement has re-
Gently been discussed at considerable
length by some of the more enterprising
citizens, and it was decided to appeal to
the city authorities and see if the matter
cannot be arranged for this season
THE MINER is heartily in favor of the
proposition, and has secured the follow
ing information regarding the necessary
steps that must be taken regarding the
formation of district and the manner
"f paying for the improvement
Cities and towns of the fourth class
(to which class Newport belongs may
establish, construct and maintain sys-
TENS of drainage and sewerage, both
within and without the corporate limits,
and may manage, regulate and control
the same, and to determine upon the
plan best suited to the present and fu-
ture needs Of the city the council may
cause preliminary surveys and estimates
of costs to be made The system may
consist of one mode or two or more and
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
OBJECTIONS ARE. MADE
Hearing to Be Held March 10 to
Determine Validity Of Claims
Valuable Homesteads Involved.

Notice has been given that the Ma.
tional Forest Service has filed adverse
reports against number of homestead
ers who have valuable claims in the LIE
Clerc creek basin, on the west side of
the Pend Oreille river, in Townships SO
and 81, Range As. Most OF these par.
ties have made final proof on their
claims, but during the last few months
adverse reports against the granting of
patents have been filed by the Forest
Service, after Investigations had been
made by officials of the service.
The adverse reports are based or o,,t
of the following grounds: That nose
the land has been cleared or cultivated;
that claimant never established and
maintained residence on the land, or
that the filing was made for the purpose
of acquiring valuable timber on the
land. It is said that the land included
in these homesteads contains some of
the best timber in this section, and that
the land would be very valuable for
agricultural purposes after clearing.
The district in which these homeeteads
are located was thrown into the National
Forest by order of President Roosevelt
on Feb. 2, 1907.
The following claimants, VIM. NJ.
Smith, Jos. Breen, Jos. o. Hollis, Jos.
Van slatte. David E. Cooke, George
Neff, Nora Mcintosh, Thos. Iverson,
Chas. B. Jones, Alfred r. McInnis, Pat.
rick H. Hurley, VIM. Wiley, Michael
O'Connor. have been served with notice
that hearing will be held before U. s.
Com missioner Sidney W. Rogers at
Newport on March 19, 1909, at which
time they may introduce evidence as to
the falsity of the adverse reports of the
Forest Service officers and the truth of
their claims.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
improvements al Dalkena Mill

The Dalkena Lumber Co., at Dalkena,
Will have their new mill completed and
in operation by April /. The mill will
be one of the most modern in this local
itv, although not AS large as some Of the
others.
The old mill building has heen prac-
tlcally rebuilt and new machinery in
stalled. A l9-inch band mill with steam
feed and steam niger has been pur-
chased and portion of the machinery
is now at the mill Two 100 horse
lower boilers and $50 engine will fur
nish the motive power. An electric
lighting outfit has been added, having q
capacity of 800 lights, enough to supply
the mill and some commercial trade in
the village.
A planning mill building with new ma
ctin"ry throughout, will be ready for
@nef@rion a. soon a. the sawmiil starts.
~ setnio'e the lumber sawed at Dal.
@as,a na~ been shipped to Spokane to be
dressed. but hereafter all of this work
will be done at Dalkena, thus making
saving in freight rates and also allow the
lumber company to obtain q better
price for their product.
At the present time the company has
a number of men at work on the new
plant. They are also running one log
ging camp and have contracts with other
parties for supplying sufficient amount
of loga to keep them busy for the ball
ance of the year.
The new firm owning the property
has but recently been organized and
succeeded the u. & X. Lumber Co., of
which Hugh Kennedy, of Newport. was
the manager. Mr.. Kennedy will also
act in similar manner for the present
company. New capital has been added
and the property is now iu stronger
hands than ever before.
The new band saw arrived at Newport
this week from the Eureka Mill Ma
chinery Co., at Eau Claire. Wis.,. and
has been loaded onto the tram cars at
the docks, awaiting transportation to
Dalkena.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
P0St0ffice Does Much Business

Ore Of the things by which the busi-
ness pulse of community can be telt is
it's postal receipts. At the request of
THE MINER Postmaster Towle has fur
nished the following report OF the amount
of business transacted at the Newport
postoffice, the volume of which ls an
indication of the large amount of busi-
ness done in the town:
Revenue from sale of stamps and
stamped papers s.... $iS86 IL
Domestic money orders issued to
amount of .............. 56,s7s IS
International money orders issued to
amount of. ...................... 5,5s5 e5
Number of registered packages orig
mating and sent from this office 1865
Number OF registered packages re
ceived and delivered. ............... 2,157
transit through the Office. .....'... 1850
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11

, The Washington Lumber Co., OF Spo-
kane. is having the lumber that they
own that was manufactured by the
Eagle mill, removed to Spokane. This
lumber was sawed two years ago and is
in good condition. 1t will be dressed at
the Spokane mill.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11

E. E. Reid. A. l.. Ries and G. A. Mar
tin went to the county seat this week to
serve as jurors. The court will first
clear up the criminal docket and then
resume the 1. & w. N. condemnation
cases, calling the Patterson case for
Feb. 16. Mr.. Reid was excused from
Jury service, returning home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10

great many laterals, which bend over
and take root, each making weak
splndlng plant.
when you get them from your own
berry patch you can select them from
strong. healthy plants. Another adj
vantage is that you can have your
ground all ready, the line stretched just
ready to open the ground with spade
and set the plants in.
Take UP ten or dozen plants with
clump Of dirt left on the roots. A
narrow bladed spade is fine for this.
Carry them to the new patch and set
at once. The leaves will not even wilt.
The best time for transplanting is late
in the afternoon.
The first year the patch fixes itself
for future fruiting. The care and Gull
tivation given the first season will have
much to do with its future productive
ness.
The patch should be allowed to fruit
three years. If it stands longer the
canes grow slim and weak and the
root crowns grow up out of the soil
and become diseased.
After fruiting the third season the
canes should be cut and as soon as
sufficiently dry raked and burned-the
land plowed up and planted to late
garden crop.
The next year plant to Strawberries
and let fruit two seasons. Plow up and
plant to cowpeas.
Let the cowpeas fall where they grew,
spade stable manure on the vines dur
ing the winter, and in the spring turn
all under and you are ready to set
back to raspberries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
GET A GOOD HoRsEsHoER

1t is absolutely essential for thu
horseshoer TIC thoroughly understand
the anatomy and physical laws as vel
as the mechanical rules of the horsc'l
foot. for most all ailments to which
horses feet are subject come under Mi
direct supervision.
disorders and should equip himself witt
sufficient knowledge of the subject be-
fore attempting to remedy such Hi
ments.
Corns seem to be one of the mos
obstinate cases that come under tn
observation of the horseshoer.
Some authorities claim that tlles
corns resemble the corns on the human
foot, but they are misled on account o
the cause and location being general.
the same.
1t Is misapplied term when con
nected with the foot of the horse.
The discoloration which appears be
tween the bar and wall Is a deposit O
blood after rupture of the blood yes
sells which form such complex net
work around the foot. This part of tn
foot has to do more than it's share q
work. Corns are chiefly found on Oh
inside of the foot because of the habi
of fitting the shoes closer to the cente
of the frog than the outside, thu
throwing the work on the inside heel.
Another error is making shoes RICH
and left. Why should this be don
when there is no distinction in til
anatomy? The foot has as many point
OF observation as a marine compass
and each point must be rigidly OBJ
served If we wish to be successful /,
manipulating the ailments of the foot
The shoe must be an equal distanc
from the center of the frog in order
balance the foot.
If this cannot be done by natuW
mechanical rules must be followed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
NOVA SCOTIA APPLE INDUSTRY

Annapolis valley, Nova Scotia, ia
nous for its fine apples, is a district
only 100 miles long This territory
ranging in width from six to ten miles
is one great orchard. and here apples
nave been grown for 200 years, bu,
their scientific production for CONNER
clal purposes is of comparatively re-
cent origin.
There are yet wide regions in this
province which are adapted to this in
oustry and new orchards are being SET
out yearly. until now it is expected
that Nova Scotia will in a few wears
play very important part in supplying
the demand for apples in all parts of
the world where there is a market TO,
this fruit.
The apples grown in this region are
very fine, deliciously favored and COM
pare very favorably with the best that
are raised in any part of the country
Something of the magnitude of this
industry and the Improvement made
therein may be gathered from the fact
that during the season of 1ssO-s1 the
total number of barrels exported from
Nova Scotia was 41,7s5, while the shin
ment for the last week in Septenher
1908, amounted to 37o,O1s barrels. the
total yield last season being estimated
at 100000 barrels.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
MILLET INJURIOUS TO HORSES

In North Dakota bulletin on the
subject of feeding millet hay we find
the following statement of experiments
tried by that station:
BY feeding mare milIet hay for
about three months, she would become
SO lame in the joints of the hind legs
that 1t was almost impossible for her
TO walk, and on disseminating the feed
ing OF millet she would gradually re-
cover, until at the end of three or four
months she would again be in normal
condition
AS soon as that condition was
reached they would again feed millet
until the mare was scarcely able to
stand, then again quit feeding millet.
We have alternated with millet and
other hay, producing the conditions re-
ferred to, at will for nearly two years
In the meantime the horse has suffered
in condition and does not at all resem-
BILE her former self.
She is yalueless as far as work is
concerned and is only kept for expert
mental purposes.
We are able at any time to demon
strate the effect from feeding millet, by
allowing her to have millet exclusively
as coarse food for a portion Of two
months.
Letters sent to veterinarians, farmers
and others in the state brought replies
which showed that ill results had quite
generally been observed from the use
of millet, manifested usually by in
creased action of the kidneys.
Our experiments have thoroughly
demonstrated that millet, when used
entirely as course food, is injurious
to horses: First in producing kidney
troubles; second, in causing lameness
and swelling of the joints; third, in
producing infusion of blood into the
joints; fourth, in destroying the texture
of the bone, rendering it softer and less
tenacious, so that traction causes the
ligaments and muscles to be torn loose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
LITTLE HELPS FOR FARMERS WIFE

Cold meats or fowl can be kept fresh
and moist by covering with cloth OF
napkin Wrung from cold water.
Grease can be removed from carpets
or rugs by spreading flour on the spots
Immediately, renewing fresh flour as
the grease is absorbed.
Kerosene oil from an overturned
lamp, making a large spot on a carpet
has been known to be effectually re-
moved by persistent application OF
flour.
Rough fiat irons can be made smooth
by rubbing with beeswax or salt.
Hot vinegar will remove mortar and
paint from window glass.
Salt mixed with lemon juice will
remove iron rust
A pail full of water in which hay
has been placed will rid a freshly
painted room of the disagreeable odor
caused by paint
Vinegar in water used to wash win
dows will make the glass bright and
clear
In making fruit pies if part of the
sugar and -four is spread over the
bottom crust the juice is not SO ant to
soak into the crust or to cook out of
the pie.
Grease spots can be removed from
mating by wetting with alcohol first,
and then washing well with SOAP and
cold water.
Stains on all china or porcelain
dishes or enameled ware can be re-
moved by rubbing well with wood ashes
or nanoonia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
THINKING OF RAISING GEESE ;?

Geese must have freedom to thrive
well.
Pure breeds are always to be pre-
ferred to crosses
Geese are usually hardy and subject
to no particular disease
Two or three year old geese are more
profitable than yearlings.
mating can be continued for seven
or eight years without change,
If the geese have confidence in the
feeder they will be very friendly with
him.
A bird with yellow or orange-col-
ored bill is always preferred by the
Jews in purchasing geese in the mar
ket.
In handling geese they should always
be taken by the neck, and when lifted
from the ground the body should be
turned with the back toward the person
handling 1t. In that position they cannot
strike, and will remain quiet and docile.
The body can be partly supported by
Selling the first joint of the wing with
one hand. If the goose is held fac
ing one it will strike hard blows
with it's wings or scratch with it's
feet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
The HOME RASPBERRY PATCH
Some Good Suggestions Re.
garding Transplanting and
Caring for the Plant.
BY j. WESLEY GRIFFIN.

If allowed to take root and grow
the runners of the black cap varieties
of raspberries soon become as weeds
to the parent plant.
A system of rotation Is as important
In the farmers fruit and vegetable gar
den as in the field crops.
Raspberries, strawberries, cowpeas
and a crop of white or sweet potatoes
grown in four-year rotation do well
with us here in the Ohio valley.
We put out patch of raspberries
following a crop of beans, onions or
melons. which leave the soil in fine
shape.
/ have found when patch of rasp-
berries has once been started on a place
1T is much better to take new plants
from this patch than to buy from the
commercial plant grower.
Some, not all, nurserymen make an
old bush produce as many young plants
as possible by topping the plants when
about two feet tall. This makes a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-10
HOW THE YOUNG IDEA SHOOTS

Many children are so crammed wit
everything that they really know moth
ing. In proof OF this read these verita
BILE specimens of definitions, written b.
public school children:
stability is taking care of stable.
"a mosquito is the child of blac.
and white parents"
Monastery is the place for mon
sters.''
"Tocsin is something to do with get
ting drunk"
Representation is to have the small
pox''
"Cannibal is two brothers who kille'
each other in the bible"
Anatomy is the human body, which
consists of three parts, the head, thu
chist and the stunnmick. The head con
tains the eyes and brains if any, Thu
chist contains the lungs and a piece
the liver. The stummick is devoted 4,
the bowels, of which there are five,
| e, /, o. u, and sometimes W and ~
r'vervha5p,s.