The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF

1acOma.-Graft charges have been
preferred against County Engineer
j. e. Noel, and the county commits
sioners have been in session probing
the charges. Noel declares he is
innocent and says it lis a scheme of
his personal enemies to GUST him
from Office.
Seattle.-The legislative commit
tee appointed to welcome President
Taft was composed of Senators E.
M. Williams, George u Piper, Harry
Rosenhaupt and Representatives
Frank H. Renick, Peter David, John
A. Fancher and j. c. Hubbell.
Pullman.-Seven hundred stu
dents were enrolled at the state col
lege during the first two days of
enrolment. Approximately half of
the enrolment thus far is composed
of new students, meaning between
400 and 500 new students by the
time the enrolling is done.
Olympia When a person agrees
to buy certain stock in a company,
buys part and then sells out his
entire interest, he cannot be held
as a debtor to the company for the
part OF stock he failed to purchase.
So holds the supreme court in the
case of S. 1versOn against A. ".
Bradrick, appealed from Spokane
county
Wenatchee.-With the fruit har-
vest started in this valley reports
OF big yields are being confirmed by
amounts of apples picked. The Or
chard of j. Murdoch near Cashmere,
yielded SIS boxes to the tree. Mr..
Murdoch has 10 acres of old bear
ing orchard all heavily loaded, and
so far has picked 5000 boxes, the
whole yield being estimated at 1900
boxes. At present prices Mr.. MUIR
dock will receive about $1,000 worth
of apples from every acre.
Everett.-The new temperance
and law enforcement party in city
politics, composed mainly of repre-
sentatives from church societies in
the city, will hold convention Octo-
Der 5, the date of the Republican
and Democratic primaries, and will
then name the ticket which it will
place in the field. Several of the
candidates on the regular party
tickets will be Endorsed by the
church party, but in many cases
entirely new candidates will be
named.
Wenatchee.-W William Edmunds.
we'll known fruit-grower, who will
go to England next month with ap-
pies from the Wenatchee Valley, has
received advices from that country
that because of severe weather fruit
is scarce and the demand is greater
than anticipated. Mr. Edmunds is
preparing to take two big trainloads
of Wenatchee aplles between Octo-
Der 20 and IS.
Tacoma.-Constru work to
connect branches of the Great North
ern railroad throughout Washington
and especially in the valley east of
the Cascades, will be begun within
a short time. According to rumor,
the first work will probably be that
Of connecting the Spokane, Curlew
e Republic branch direct south in
the valley region to Wenatchee,
where line north was projected and |
some time ago.
SpOkane.-"I shall recommend to |
The adjutant general Of Washington |
hat one of the companies in Spo-
kane be mustered out of service. [ |
shall recommend, however, that this
action be deferred for a certain time.
20 as to give the citizens of Spokane
In opportunity to bring the men,
)ership 10 the Standard The nation
Il guard is not receiving the support
lere that it should" was the state
nent made by Major William J.
4emon
Seattle-Canadian shingles have
'een driven from markets in the
United States, prices in British Col
Imbia have dropped precipitately
nd many mills have been forced to
lose, as a result of the newduty
n shingles, according to Seattle
hingle manufacturers and dealers.
When the maximum clause becomes
fective March 1, adding 12a cents
lore to the new 50-cent duty, manu-
acturers declare it will be impos-
ible for Canadian shingles to sell !
t all in competition with Northwest !
hingles in the markets of the Mid
lie West and East {
Pullman.-Dr. S. B. Nelson, pro-
,ssor of veterinary science in Wash
lgton State college and state vete-