The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-06-24
WASHINGTON. STATE NEWS
OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF

man OF the Sldte oool u VI
has rendered his resignation to Gov
ernor Hay.
Chehalis-The first annual ialr OF
the Southwestern. Washington state
Fair Association will be held in Sep
TENDER, midway between the clues
of Chehalis and Centralia.
Seattle-Six and a half tons OF
virgin gold valued at $S,2OO,OOO, the
largest single shipment ever sent
from Alaska, has arrived on the
steamer Jefferson from Juneau.
Seattle-Cupid has fired his darts
straight through the ranks OF the
Seattle school teachers and So OF
them have fallen. Their reslgna-
lions have been rendered and the
positions filled.
Centralia-The first conviction
under the new, cigarette law in Cen
tralia took place Saturday, when
Mike Adams, a coal miner, was ar
rested and fined IS for smoking
cigarette.
Spokane. A. Johnson, cashier
of the Hotel Spokane, and we'll
known hotel man of the Northwest,
was assaulted and beaten with
brass knuckle' about dusk Friday
night by two men who offered in
suits to his wife in Liberty Park.
Tacoma = Simply giving dirty
dishes a passing introd uction to
water and soap will not be tolerated
in Tacoma under the new rules laid
down to restaurant keepers by the
health commissioner He has or
dered that all dishes must be scald-
ed
Seattle-Louis Stephenson, who
was reduced from the rank of SER
geant and dismissed from the Expo
sition Guards last week - drinking
while on duty, committed suicide by
jumping into Lake Washington.
Olympia-Lots in the newly plat
state additions to Seattle will be Of
fered for sale at public auction the
first Saturday in August, and in the
state addition to Vancouver will be
sold at the regular state land sales,
either in October or November.
Seattle-A detachment of young
women from the University of Puget
Sound pitched their tents at the A
Up Exposition Monday at noon,
and for six days they will demon
strate their ability to conduct a
model military camp.
Pasco-Seven extensive landoWn-
ers, representing over 10000 acres
of land adjacent to Pasco, have sign
ed a contract with Robert Strahorn
and associates which will result in
surrounding this city. The contract
provides that the company have
water on the Pasco lands by April
1, 1910.
Spokane Five representative
men, all thoroughly conversant with
the Columbia river and it's obstruc-
tons, have been selected by Govern
or Hay as members of the Columbia
River Improvement Commission,
provision for which was made by
the recent legislature, when a bill
carrying an appropriation of $50
900 was passed for the opening up
of the Columbia between Bridgeport
and Kettle Falls.
Spokane-The jury in the case OF
Leslie Lamb VS.. DR.. C. P. Thomas,
found for the plaintiff and assessed
her damages at $3.50. The plain
tiff, Mrs. Lamb, who was operated
on by Dr. Thomas almost two years
ago, introduced testimony to show
that roll of gauze was taken from
the wound made, which had been
negligently sewed in the incision and
left by the defendant
Bremerton-The Kitsap County
Telephone Company, which proposes
to cover Kitsap county with tele-
phone exchanges at Bremerton, Port
Orchard and Port Blakely, and
through submarine cable to Seattle
to connect with all points on the
Coast, has it's local system in work.
ing order and is about ready to in
stall phones. A submarine cable
has been laid to Seattle, connecting
with the Independent Telephone
Company.
North Yakima-The North Yaki-
ma land Office has receive notice
from the interior department of the
withdrawal from public entry of IS
sections near Crown Point at the
head of the Naches river as a reser-
voir site in connection with the Yak
ina irrigation project. This indi-