The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-06-24
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

ert Tabor of North Washington avenue,
on Sunday.
Go to Lnnd's, which is headquarters
for garden hose and sprinkler screen
doors and windows.
When YOU build fireplace use those
beautiful cement brick that are now De-
ing made at the Craig cement plant.
1OO-acre meadow ranch to trade lor
cnt-oyer land or Newport properly VI
Snokane property. Charles +. craig
First National Bank.
JIM. Merrick, of Cusick, was ousl-
noss visitor in town this week. Mr..
Merrick reports the town OF Cuslck
making substantial. progress.
Get your beer for the Fourth OF July
from Ries. Just received 100 quarters OF
Schlitz. to be sold at $3.50 per quarter.
Also so quarters of Colfax at $3.50.
w. II. Langdon. the Civil War veter-
an, was recently stricken with paralysis.
At this time he is slightly improved
but still in very serious condition.
Arthur d. Norman has started suit In
Superior Court against the STIRLING Sill
yer Lead Company, to quiet title 70
certain mining claims in the Metallne
district.
FOR SALE-A new modern broom
bungalow, close in. on lot o0xl32 feet;
price reasonable. For particulars call on
or address Alva s. Sherlock, Newport,
Wash. 4-u
Martin A. Jacobson, photographer,
portraits, stamps, postcards: views, en-
larsing and copying. All work guaran-
teed. Prices reasonable. Gallery IN
the Berry building.
City Employment Agency and Shoe
shining parlors. Ladies' and Gents
shines in all colors. Bath room open
all day Sundays. See Charlie O'Harra
at Smith & Purchases barber shop.
The Congregational Christian Endeav-
or Society held its semi annual election
of officers last Sunday and those Elmer
Nourse as president, Will Mckie as
vice president. and Mabel Lutz as secre-
tary and treasurer.
Blackwell addition is two blocks
from center of town, one block
from schoolhouse, overlooking the
city. c. F. Craig, Agent.
c. f. Beckman, the gentleman. who
has the contract from the government
for the dredging of the Pend Oreille has
returned from Seattle and will resume
work as soon az the water gets low
enough.
If you work across the river and want
to live on this side, you could not get a
better place to live than my little house
next to my old shop. A reasonable pay
ment down and the balance by the
month. Newport Iron Works.
The electric light ,companyois remov-
ing all the poles from Washington ave-
nue., except those from which the street
lights are suspended, which greatly inn
proves the appearance of the street.
The surveyors for the transmission line
from Standpoint are working just across
| the river and will soon have their work
completed.
At last weeks session OF the board of
county commissioners it developed that
the Trowbridge & Niver Co. of Chicago,
who bid in the $219, 500 issue OF Stevens
county funding bonds, had failed and
refused to make good the payment. The
| board awarded the issue to Rollins &
Sons. of Denver. The Denver men Of
fered Al with $1466 premium.
Work on the Craig-Martin building is
now progressing rapidly. The front and
| north side of the building are being laid
with specially prepared cement block
| with handsome facing, which makes a
! very fine appearance. The building will
be three stories high, 30x90 feet. &c.
Jones & Son have the contract for the
carpenter work
The Northern Mercantile Co., which
operates pole yards at Standpoint and
Newport has landed a large contract
from the government for cedar posts to
be used in enclosing 10000 acre tract
Tor the establishment of a national
bison range in Montana. The contract
calls for the delivery of 10000 dead
cedar posts seasoned in the tree They
will be cut in this vicinity and delivered
at Dixon and Rayalli, Mont.
The regular services will be held at
the congregational church next Sunday
by the pastor. Morning sermon topic.
The Book OF Remembrance. In tho
evening the relation OF Newport to the
coming local option in Stevens county
will be discussed in the sermon. This
! FRIDAY RVaDip1 tho o,,or+oul.,