The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-03-18

The local Eagle lodge has surrendered
it's charter and most OF the members are
transferring their cards to the Spokane
aerie.
The work of grading the Fidelity spur
to Albeni Falls will be completed ready
for the laying of steel the first OF next
week.
Miss Flora Cunningham has been on
the sick list this week and unable to at
tend to her duties at the First National
Bank.
General Manager r. F. Blackwell, OF
the I. 4 W. n, returned Saturday night
from his eastern trip and was Newport
visitor Monday.
C. A. Fielder has started the erection
of two modern dwelling houses on his
lots on Spokane avenue between Third
and Fourth streets.
1OO-acre meadow ranch to trade for
cnt-over land or Newport property or
Spokane property. Charles F. Craig,
First National Bank.
A number of carloads of coast fir tim
Der for bridges along the I. & W. N. ex-
tension have arrived recently and are
being barged down the river.
You should look over our
Laces and Embroidery
CARY-SHELDON CO.
Plymouth Rock, Buff Cochin and
Wevcoff White Leghorn eggs for sale;
81 for setting of -; guaranteed 80 per
cent fertile. A. R. Tiss, Newport, Wash.
When you wake up in the morning
and feel like you wanted something good
to eat for the next week or two, call up
101 South Side Grocery. Goods right.
Prices right.
Something New-A cement chimney
with an air space; fine for ventilation.
These chimney blocks are inches high
and 16 inches square and they cost 80
cents per foot Charles F. Craig.
The Newport Opera House was pur-
chased last week by Edith Forrest, of
Colfax, who will have same moved over
to Old Town opposite the Newport
Hotel. J. p Berneck has the contract
to move the building.
c. H. Milliron, who has been teaching
near Lenora, has closed down the school
on account of poor attendance caused by
bad roads. Mr.. Milliron left today for
a visit with his parents at Dayton. Pa.
He expects to return to this country
E. Deinhardt, who has been under the
weather of late, was hurt in runaway
Saturday afternoon while driving to
town. While not seriously injured his
bruises added to his poor health, have
since kept him confined to his bed
Mrs. S. H. Tipton.was 70 years old
Monday and about twenty o: her lady
friends called to extend their congratu-
lations. They spent an enjoyable after
noon and left a number Of presents az
tokens OF their esteem.
An air space all around your chin
ney is the latest thing in Cement CHM
neys. This is chimney that is better
than brick Chimney. We furnish the
cement to put them C. F. CRAIG.
The number of men at work on the
grading for the |. & w. n construction
is being RAPIDLY increased and there are
now about 1900 men employed. The
number of stragglers to andlfrom the
camps makes at least 1900 laboring men
in this section, drawn here by the rail-
road work.
Daniel Morgan, of Spokane, repre-
senting the Fred B. Grinnell Co., which
will handle the Usk townsite. has car
penters on the ground and will at once
start the erection of a 15-room hotel at
that place. While in Newport last week
Mr.. Morgan purchased cement blocks
for the chimneys for the hotel from the
Craig cement
E. s. Morrissy, contractor on the line
of the new |. 4 W. N, just north of
Newport, has received from S. Franklin
Yeager, the Newport artist. "A sketch book
Of 30 designs in water color and sepia,
pencil and pen and ink. illustrating the
picturesque points about Newport and
along the shores of the Pend Oreille
river, as well as showing the progress OF
the new railroad construction and typi-
cal scenes about Morrissy's camp. This
book was made at the order of Mr..
MorrissY, and will be forwarded to his
son in far distant New Brunswick.