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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
New County Officers !

The newly elected county officers
have announced their assistants,
and there are few changes where
the incumbents have been re
elected. County Auditor-elect L.
E. Joseph has elected W. w.
Campbell chief deputy and W. c.
Spedden to have charge of the re-
cording department. W. A. Ora
ham, reelected sheriff, has retained
G. A, Ledgerwood as chief deputy
and Fl. Y. Lynch as second deputy
H. G. Kirkpatrick, prosecuting at
terney-elect, who has been in Cali
fornia since the election, announced
that Attorney W, G. Noble, Of Ket-
tie Falls, will be assistant.
Treasurer Charles Adams, re-
elected, will retain R. NJ. Thomas
and J. B. Phillips. Prof. Foster
will contina as assistant snperin-
tendent of schools, under Superin-
tendent Daisy l.. Hard, and Clyde
Hebsrling will be continued by
Engineer William Manning in the
surveyors office.
County Clerk~elect ", Lon John
son, who has served as deputy in
the clerks office two years, will re-
tain his present superior, Geo. II.
Shaver until other arrangements
can be made. Assessor Frank F.
Bottorf will make no changes in
his Office, retaining Del P. Harvey
as chief. A. J. Montgomery will be
clerk for the county commissioners.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Feminine Logic.

George, you seem to be losing al
control over Jimmie"
what makes you think So:
why, he won't do thing tell nim
10 do."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
TIGER Talk.


Tiger, Wash, Jan. 10, 1903.
Things are huInming around
Tiger. The railroad camp is al
most completed. They expect a
large crew OF men in few days.
Mr.. Yoder has enlarged his hotel.
He will be able to accommodate
more passengers in the future than
in the past.
Chickens are no object around
Tiger, but feed is.
The lower river people are hay
ing the best boat service that they
have had for years.
Lewis Shepherd came down from
his ranch this morning. He says
the roads are good around here
when he can find them.
The Lucas Bros. have just re-
ceived the sad news of the death OF
little nephew near Blue Mound,
Kansas.
V. Wooling has just completed
the survey OF the Tiger townsite.
A., Wooding made business
trip to Metaline the first Of the
week.
R. Greenamyer is expected home
9OOH
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

According to a report in the Che
welah Independent, work is to be
resumed shortly on the property Of
the Z. S. Marble Co, near Valley
it being generally understood that
the property has been sold to a
syndicate of Vermont people, who
have had large experience in the
quarrying of marble for market,
and will at once proceed to put the
property On a paying basis.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

4 good many people are going
n,rth in the spring to discover
.rass and sheet-iron mines. 1t
therefore seems appropriate at this
,;me that this journal of civiliza-
ion should give some definitions
mining terms which they will
hear and ponder over. But before
d,ioo 50 it seems mete that all
-houId lie on their guard against
,Irm mines. There is so much
..st.r in the north that, if one
,.ere to find an alum mine, water
oioht get into it and quicker it up.
\ prospsctor-Aman who sleeps
during the day and who lies at
night.
promoter-A man who wears
vrljow-l laced boots, and hangs
arount the hotel like the smell of
fhr kitchen. A man who knows
al the chanbermaids by name,
and who has TO have four cock tails
before he feels like tackling break
fast
\ Mining Expert-A man who
can talk glibly about formations,
dykes. country rock, tiligites,
oozltes and porphyry, and who is
afraid to venture an assertion when
Niece of sandstone is handed him.
An Expert Miner-A man who
has successfully unloaded a claim
on some sucker for syndicate.
\ "49er"-A man who went to
California as Il driver Of a bull
Team after the discovery Of gold,
and saw some of the nuggets in a
glass case.
4 '59er"-The first man to in
troduce, crumbs" in the Cariboo.
An Assayer-A man who charges
Won $3.50, looks wise, and tells you
that it is a good thing if you have
enough of it and can get the proper
machinery.
A Mining Engineer-A man who
comes high, especially if he comes
from Columbia college,.
Working a Lay-A new name
for working suckers who are Of the
opinion that all man has to do is
to dig for gold and spade it up like
potatoes in hill.
A Grub Stake-The price paid to
man for his drinks and grub
while he is out hunting game or
looking for prospect that he can
come back and locate when on his
own hook.-Ex.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

Petitions are being circulated
throughout the county for the
Legislature to appropriate S4O,OUO
for the completion of the Newport
Orient state road No. 2. The sur
vey for this roadhas been accepted,
but no work has been done on the
proposed road between Tiger and
Colville. The road will be of great
value to the county, particularly
in opening up the Pend Oreille
territory and the immense ard
rich country between the Pend
Oreille and Colville. Six petitions
are being circulated by J. L. Bet
tancourt, of Cement; Lee Bilder-
back, of Yocum; Ray Harting, of
Tiger; E. E. Heritage, J. S. Gnagy.
Chas. kaufman.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Peat Fields In Stevens County

There are huge peat fields in
British Columbia, says the Revel-
stoke Observer, and these fields
may become source of new in
'oslfy. There are many such
heids in Ferry and Stevens coun-
'les' that some day will be valu-
Soe' An exchange says it is pos
s'o'e to produce 1876 quarts of alco-
MOI from ton OF dry peat, besides
" pounds of sulphate OF ammonia.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
All Details Arran0ed.

Dear" whispered the clipping lover,
what shall we do with the rope
ladder: We shouldn't leave 1t hanging
there"
"Oh, that's all right" replied the coy
damsel. PA said he'd pull it up again
40 we couldn't get back. "-Philadef
phia Press
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Napoleon and the Roman Law.

NaPOfSCn ana the roman Law.
Napoleon I. had an extraordinary
mind. He appeared never to forget
anything he cared to remember and
assimilated information as the stom-
ach assimiiates food, retaining only the
valuable An incident will illustrate
this remarkable quality Of his mind.
When forming the "Code Napoleon"
he frequently astonished the council
Of state by the skill with which he Il
Illustrated any point in discussion by
quoting whole passages from memory
Of the Roman civil law. The council
wondered how man whose life had
been passed in camp came to know so
much about the old Roman laws. FL
naily one Of them asked him how he
acquired his knowledge.
When I was lieutenant" Napo-
leon replied. Il was unjustly placed I'M
der arrest. My small prison room con-
tanned no furniture except an old chair
and cupboard. In the latter was a
ponderous volume, which proved to be
a digest of the Roman law You can
easily imagine what valuable prize
the book was to me. It was SO bulky
and the leaves were so covered with
marginal notes in manuscript that had
I been confined 100 years l need never
have been idle. When | recovered my
liberty, at the end Of ten days, was
saturated with Justinian and the de-
cisions of the Roman legislation. 1t
was then l acquired my knowledge OF
the civil law"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
SLAYER OF GUINEA
RELEASED ON BAIL
Howard's Former Employer
Puts Up Cash for Man Charged
With MansIaughter
Police Seek Mrs. Pauline Har-
ris, Who Was Incidental
Cause of Trouble

Harry NJ Howard, night clerk at
the Union Square hotel. was booked at
the city prison yesterday morning on a
charge OF nlanslaughter in connection
with the fatal shooting of T. j. Guinea
at the hotel late Thursday night Po-
lice Judge Shortall fixed his bonds at
$1,000 or $500 cash, being satisfied
that Howard acted in self-defense. and
the money was put up by George +.
Henry, hotelman and former employer
of Howard.
The police are desirous of locating
Mrs. Pauline Harris, who incidentally
was the cause of the trouble between
Howard and Guinea. Detective Gaugh-
ran has been detailed to find her, but
no trace of her can be found since she
left her room in the hotel early Fri
day morning. A statement is wanted
from her.
The police have been investigating
her record and have discovered that at
one time she was employed as spot
ter on the cars of the United Rail-
roads. She was also employed at the
Emporium for some time, and in the
early stages of the graft inquiry by the
Oliver grand jury she was employed on
Abe Ruef's staff and applied for a po-
sition as stenographer to the grand
jury. She was for a time employed
as clerk for Wolfe & Hawley. shirt
waist house, Van Ness avenue, and also
lived in the southern part of the state.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
MARSHAL COLLECTS
HENRY LARS FINE
Attachment Served on Resort
for $500 Is Satisfied by
PawnbrOker
Property Of White Slave Im-
porter Convicted in Chicago
Was Assigned

The fine of $4,000 imposed upon
Henry Lair by Federal S3dse Lands in
Chicago for importing women into this
country for immoral purposes was paid
by Max Morgan. the local Pawnbroker.
yesterday under pressure from United
states Marshal Elliott. who had at
tached the Infamous resort at 716 Com
mercial street.
When Lair was convicted in the fed
eral court in Chicago some weeks ago
he was sentenced by Judge Lands to
two years imprisonment and to pay
fine of s2.5OO. but the fine was not paid.
Lair pleading poverty.
Marshal Elliott discovered that Lair
had a deposit of $4,000 in the Cali
fornia safe deposit and trust company.
which is now worth about 1900, ac-
cording to the last report of Receiver
LIE Breton. 1t developed. however, that
he had assigned his claim to Max Nor
gen. so Elliott served notice of attach
ment on Morgen and lie Breton.
Yesterday Elliott learned that Lair
was also owner of the house at us
Commercial street and that il had also
been assigned temporarily to MOrgen.
Accordingly Deputy United States Mar
shall Arnerich was sent to serve an at
tachment on this property. MOrgen
asked for half an hour TO produce the
money and while ArneTich was in
charge of the place he hurried TO FL
liott's Office and paid the S2.500.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
ASKS CONTRACTORS
FOR BIDS ON PIPES
Board of Works Issues Specifi=
cations for Material for Fire
Protection System
Supervisors Arrange to Deliver
Bonds Awarded to Halsey=
Speyer ard Bank

The board OF works gave out yes
terday the specifications for the $4,000
tons ofecastiron pipe to be installed
in the fire protection system, bids for
which viii be opened March 10. Be
sides those turned over to local firms
large number We're mailed to east
serh houses.
The Specifications will permit the
contractors to make their bids on three
delivery propositions: Laid down in San
Francisco, delivered to the cars al any
main eastern shipping point. or de-
lvered at shipside in any of the fol-
lowing harbors: New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah,
New Orleans, Galveston or Mobile.
Delivery must commence 80 days aft
er the award of the contract, so tons
per day for the first month, $50 for
the second and third and 200 per day
from the fourth month on the whole
$4,000 tons TO be faid down within
.330 DAYS
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
LAF0N IS RELEASED
WHEN BAIL is REDUCED
Carroll Cook Says 1t Is a Case of
Attempted BIackmaiI

An application was made by Carroll
Cook on behalf OF Pierre Lafon, the
mysterious Frenchman charged with
putting iOdide OF arsenic in a pot of tea
al the lodging house. 963 Golden Gate
arenue, on December with intent to
poison Mrs Sarah B. Armstrong and
Mrs Gertrude COffman, TO Police Judge
Weller yesterday for a reduction of
bail
Judge Cook said that from his inves-
ligatiOn ne was satisfied Il was nothing
. but an attempt TO biackmail Lafon and
the judge reduced the bail from $500
cash 10 S100.
Yesterday afternoon b. Widrin, a
friend Of LafOn, called at the bond and
warrant clerks office and put UP the
Slve Tor Lafon's release and in a few
minutes Lafon walked out Of the CITY
prison with bis friend. He was in 4
much more cheerful mood than on Fri
day when ia court and said he would he
able TO prove his innocence Of the
charge against him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
SUPREME RANGER WILL BE
HERE FOR BIG FETE
Chief Of Foresters Will Take
Part in Celebration

Mashington's birthday viii be cele-
bratad tomorrow evening in Dreamland
pavilion by the local courts of the In
e dependent order OF Foresters. Is in
number. supreme chief Ranger FL
liott C. Stevenson OF Toronto CANDIDA.
the successor OF Oronhyatekha, found
er OF the order who is TO be accom-
panied by keE. A McCfillvary of the
same place The supreme orator of the
association, together with Frank +.
Hand OF Los Angeles, superintendent
of the organizing department of the
Pacific coast VIII be present, and the
head OF the order will be rendered a
reception.
The program for the evening viii
include "A vaudeville program and the
initiation Of a class OF nearly SEQ can
didates. b. the guard Of honor of
companion court Golden Cate. the ban
ner guard of the California jurisdic-
IiOn. The guard VIII appear for the
first time IN uniforms white and gold
costing $4,000. and the officers will he
attired in velvet robes and capes. After
the initiation the guard Will give an
exhibition drill
The high chief ranger viii be chair
man Of the evening, High Vice Ranger
J. 3. kn0dson aOer- mana ger and
James II. Stgrgis, president of the san
Francisco board of deputies. assistant
The following viii act as reception
aud Fo0r committees
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
FLORISTS SWINDLED
WITH WORTHLESS CHECKS
Young Man Trapped Trying to
Play Trick on Fourth Firm

well dressed young man tricked
three florists Friday afternoon and
tried the same scheme at Wickstrona's s
floral depot. sot Eddy street, yester-
day, where he was detained until Po-
liceman 4. B. Thompson arrived and
name as Lewis Larsen, 20 years old
He called at the store of sPodestat
Baldocchi,s 1906 Sutter street. Friday
afternoon, saying he wanted TO buy So
worth of flowers for his fathers grave
The body was supposed to ybe lying at
King Solomon's hall Gilmore strsft-
He gave check for $16.50 and got
$1L50 change.
The same trick was played on G. b.
Antonini, 200l Sutter street, and the
Pelicano, Rossi company, 1913 Sutter
street. All the checks We're worthless
The police say that altogether about
10 checks have been passed by Larsen.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21

PRINTERS KICK ON
COPY FROM BLOOM
Reply Made in Suit Brought
Over Publication of
Legal Book
E. w. Bender Company Recites
Troubles With Author and
Refutes Charges

solomon Bloom, the lawyer who sued
the Bender Moss company for 800, 600
damages because they published his
book on the law OF mechanics liens and
building contracts. without his name on
the title page that Of James A. Kerr
having been substituted, was Informed
in an affidavit fled by T. W Bender
yesterday that the copy he supplied for
the printers was "a mass Of unintelli-
gible stun" The name OF the plaintiff
was omitted, Bender declares. because
Isiram ". Johnson. at that time at
torney for Bloom. wrote a letter on
October 6. 1908. absolutely prohibiting
the company from using the name OF
Bloom on the title page.
BENDER'S STATEMENT
7. W. Bender. who is the president
Qf the Bender-MOss company. makes his
affidavit in support of a motion TO dis
solve the restraining order issued bv
Judge Trout prohibiting the sale Of
the book The motion VIII be heard
next Friday The work as submitted
by Bloom was not. as he had repre-
sented. an original treatise on the sub
tect X purported TO cover. Bender says.
Many hundreds OL corrections We're
necessary, and the copy. being partly
typewritten and partly in longhand,
was in such condition that the printer
could not use it, The cases had not
been verified and the matter contained
numerous infrlngements of copyright
books. The editorial force Of the com
pany found upward OF 400 infringe
ments OF copyright,
COMPANY SAYS IT LOST MONEY
Bloom. 1t is alleged. persistently re-
fused 10 eliminate the nfringements.
and after ne had received 5000 as an
advance under the. contract he declined
10 take any further part in the task
of putting the book in form. demand
ing that be be paid more money. In
fact Bender charges he did not, as
called for by the contract. make .san
orderly treatise on Tire subject. and re
fused to cooperate in the publication
of the work. In consequence Of this
The Bcnder-MOss- company rescinded
Ihe contract May 26. 1905 The work
Of the editorial STAFF on the book cost
the company S762.50 ii is stated. and
S-54-5e was consumed i'm incidental eX-
perses. Altogether the company claims
10 be out Of pocket more than $4,000
in expenses incurred and loss due TO the
delay i'm the publication of the book.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
Personal Breyities

e. E. Green of Seattle is at the
Granada.
Carl Krusnit of St. Louis is at the
Baltimore.
T. J. Storm and wife of Los Angeles
are at the Dorchester.
A. Lewis. a visaIia rancher is stay
ing at The ST. Francis.
Captain Lucien Young, L. S. A, is a
guest at the Fairmont.
Nathan Cole Jr. of Los Angeles is a
guest at the St Francis.
Peter ZabaIa, a Salinas attorney. is
staying at the st. Francis.
W Smith of Chicago and NJ. G. Fitch
Of Arizona arc at the Holland.
A. w. Mateby, merchant of Concord
is staying at the st. Francis.
James Whitaker. "a Gait real estate
man. is staying at the Stewart.
Mrs b. II. Wilson of Seattle is among
the recent arrivals at the Stewart.
l. H. Guiberson, an oil operator of
CoaliDga. registered yesterday at the
stewart.
The Misses Clara and Martha Hahn
mann of Santa Rosa are guests at the
Stewart
II Holbert. prominent fnancier OF
New York, registered yesterday at the
Fairmont.
James Sheehy. a produce broker of
jacksonville, arrived yesterday at the
St. Francis
Commander c.. A. Carr of Mare island
and Mrs. Carr are among the guests at
the Eairmont.
+. w. Pfanmann. an automobile
dealer of Les Angeles is a guest at
the ST. Francis.
George ". Sill of Watsonviile who
is a well known fruit broker, is a
guest at the Stewart.
NJ. c. MendeI of Mount Vernon. Ny,
ACCOMPANIED bN his wife Registered
yesterday at the 4sairmont
+. g. DDonner and wife of Salt Lake
City and James BurlS and wife of Idaho
Falls. Idaho. are at the Argonaut
Miss Carrie Linscott daughter of the
mayor Of Watsonyille and a we'll known
norsewoman. is staying at the Stewart.
l.. 4. Robinson. comptroller of the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad. ar
rived in this city late Yesterday AFTER
noon and is guest at the Faiimont
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL
is TO BE DEDICATED
Monroe to Be Scene of Appro-
pirate Exercises

The Monroe grammar school in Ex-
eelsior avenue near Mission street will
be dedicated tomorrow afternoon with
musical and literary exercises
James p. Slevin. chairman of the day,
will make short address and intro
gduce the other Speakers. including
School superintendent Roncovieri,
commissioners Thomas T.. Hayden aud
Charles A. Sweigert, Charles F1ageollet
and others. Under the direction Of
Miss Anna M. Haggerty, the principal
of the school, the children will sing a
number of patriotic airs, and special
music VIII be given by Il quartet
The Guada lupe parlor. n. 5. e. w.
and n. d. g. w, the Pathfinder camp
and circle Woodmen or the World: the
Excelsior homestead ASSOCIATION, Greco
Valley grove of Druids and the Acad-
emy tract Improvement association will
take part in the days CELEBRATION.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
THREE MEN ACCUSED 90F
ASSAULTS WITH WEAPONS
Wharfinger Threatened, MOtor-
man Attacked, Man Stabbed

Captain Daniel Driseoll of the tug
Milhe Griffith appeared in Police Judge
Shortalfs court yesterday on charge
of assault with a. deadly weapon. Enc
case was continued for q week. Frank
Nicholas, wharfinger, ordered Driscou
10 move from the lnmber wharf gaf
Third and Berry streets Friday night
and after Driscoll obeNed the order lie
threatened Nicholas with revolver.
Charles Paustian. a laborer, living
at Vista Grande. was fn Judge Deasy's
court on charge Of assault with a
deadly weapon upon George H Doff
motOrman, at the Geneva car barns
about ] O'Clock Yesterday morning ThA
case was continued until Afarch ?
Antonio Gait was in Judge sConlan' s
court on charge Of assault with a
deadly weapon and the ease was con-
tinued till February 26 He is en-
avenue South and during 8 quarrel he
stabbed Joseph Micalon
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
YOUTH IS SUSPECTED
OF SMASHING WINDOWS
Cut Hand Leads TO Arrest Of
Young Man

John Grennan..sI 8 years old. is being
held at the cityrsprison Suspected OF
being window smasher. Detectives
Gonlon and Mackey have been detailed
on the case. They say that some time
ago GFennan was arrested with three
others for breaking into a United
States bonded warehouse.
About o'clock yesterday morning g
Grennan called at the harbor hospital
and asked, that a wound on his right
hand be. dressed. He explained that a
man was trying to stab his friend Bob
Taylor, at Sacramento and Dupont
streets and while protecting Taylor
his hand was cut.
An examination of the wound con-
vinced the doctors that lit could not
have been made by a. knife. They de-
cided il looked more like a wound
caused by broken glass. The police
were notified and Grennan was taken
into custody.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
Bond Delivery Arranged

A schedule for the delivery of the
S. 400, 600 worth OF city bonds recently
sold to Halsey-Speyer and the City
National bank of New York was ar
ranged yesterday at a conference be-
tween the supervisors finance and pub
lie utilities committees and representa-
tives of the buyers.
OF garbage plant bonds $40O,0OC
worth are to be turned over as soor
as the documents can be signed. the
buyers being desirous OF obtaining as
many bonds as possible before March
/, when the new assessment year be-
gins. and the board wishing to close
the bargain with the crematory people
for the saie OF their plant
Between March 10 and 81 fire pro-
lection bonds for $750,000 will be de-
livered S150,0o0 hall of justice anc
100000 school bonds. Thereafte
$1,000 per month viii be turned
over until the S.. 400 900 has been de-
livered, the last transfer being in
July