The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-11-04
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

CrayS HarDOr mas lneIe Detn SuCh
an enormous run of silver side sal
mon as has been seen III the waters
OF the harbor during the past wee'...=
North Yalima-ln all probability
the legality Of the local option e!ec-
ton petition filed in this city by the
Irvine Brotherhood will be attacked
and the state law tested
, Olympia-Eighty siS per cent cash
dividend is what the Great Northern
railway reports it drew down from
its 100000 investment in the stock
of the Cottonwood Coal Company
Spokane-To prevent the Spokane
& Inland electric railway system
from passing into the control of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the
Hill interests have bought 90 per
cent of the common stock.
Aberdeen-The Hartman line will
reach Aberdeen within 80 days, judg-
ing from present progress in track
laying. 1t is expected that the con-
struction train will reach Cosmopolis
by November Is.
Spokane-Two hundred petitions
for the recall of Mayor Pratt have
been placed in circulation by a citi-
zens' committee, acting in conjunction
with the committee appointed at the
10 CT Il
No petitions will be placed in saloons.
MISUNDERSTANDING the complaints
recently made by local water-users
of the insufficient water supply and
alleged encouragement of the Col
umbia Canal Company, settlements
satisfactory to both sides are being
made by the company and its sales
agents.
Montesano-At meeting of the
city council petition was read, and
which was signed by the saloonkeep-
ers of this city, asking the council
to take the necessary action to limit
the saloons to the present number
five
Spokane.-Mayor Pratt was fined
the sum of SO cents for failure to pay
his water assessment The Mayor
paid the fine, together with a bill for
water rental of $500. with all the
grace of an ordinary private citizen
caught with the goods.
North Yakima-The red-shafted
flicker, more commonly known as
woodpecker, is tantalizing the people
of the Yakima valley by drilling holes
through the gables of the houses in
an endeavor to secure a warm home
for the winter
Dayton-All records for public
sales Of live stock in Southeastern
Washington were broken at the
Frank Hoskins ranch. two miles west
Of here. Sl1,3OS75 worth of horses
and colts were sold at auction be-
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 5
p. m.
North Yakima-The Toppenish,
Simcoe & Western Railroad, a feeder
to the Northern Pacific, has been
granted permission by the Interior
Department to build a railroad on the
Yakima Reservation A branch II
miles long will be constructed at
once.
Walla Walla-Frank Stahl, vice
president Of the Stahl brewery of this
city, died of heart trouble at his
winter home. Tucson, Ariz., His
mother, who died about a year ago
left her son life interest in the Stahl
brewery. and upon his death almost
his entire interest reverts back to
Mrs Schwartz, the only living child
and sister This makes Mrs Schwartz
one of the richest women in the state
South Bend-The fishermen of this
harbor have been greatly dissatisfe
with the prices paid by the Barnes
cannery and. as a result of their dis
satisfaction, have organized a COM
pany and are shipping their catches
to Astoria where they receive &c
cents per fish as against ten cents
paid by the local cannery. They are
shipping to Astoria from 10 to &C
boxes daily.
Hoquiam-E. P. Curry has invent
ed steel protector for automobile
tires, for which he has been offered
$4,000 by local parties. The protector
consists of thin band of steel which
is fitted on the tire before it is in
flated. Initiation causes the steel band
to cling to the tire, thus saving it
from wear. The invention has been
tried for several weeks on a local
machine
Walla Walla-Complaint was made
by Principal John Woods of the
Baker school of this city, asking for
the second time that the Northern
Pacific be restrained from switching
cars during school hours When the
matter was up before, the railroad
promised NOT TO switch between g