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

the local County Attorney in the pro-
secution OF the case when the trial
comes up this month.
Seattle.-Robert w. Hill, a real
estate dealer Of this city, has been
selected as supervisor of the census
for the First Washington District.
which is composed of the counties
OF King, Kitsap, Snohomish, Skagit,
Whatcom, Island and San Juan.
Olympia. Adjutant-Gen-
eral Ortis Hamilton is daily seen on
Olympia streets, alone or in COM
pany of his attorneys, and is given
many other courtesies unusual to a
person under arrest who has failed
to give bonds.
Vancouver.-An electric line from
Turn Tum Mountain, northeast of
Yacolt, running in a southwesterly
direction for a distance of between
IS and so miles through fertile
territory to terminus at Ridgefield,
or possibly mile and a half beyond
Ridgefield, on the banks of the Col
umbia River, is the latest railway
project in Clark County
Spokane and shack
led, John Glinderman, the giant wife
murderer, lies starving in his cell
in the County jail. Since his cap
ture, after the murder Thursday
morning, he has refused all food
At times he raves In unintelligible
words or shouts at intervals, but re-
fuses to talk to anyone.
Seattle-The salaries of nearly all
city employees are to be cut, where
fore there is general weeping in Sc
attic. Six hundred thousand dollars
must be pruned from the budget as
it stands in order that the tax levy
will not exceed 16 mills And it is
up to the employees Of the city to
furnish the bulk of this 100000.
Chehalis.-More carloads of dump
cars, scrapers and other equipment
for railroad construction work, con-
signed to Winston Bros. & McDougal
have arrived here. A total of 10
carloads of equipment will. about
cover the consignments. Many car
loads have been unloaded already
and the Chehalts railroad yards pre-
sent a busy scene.
Hoquiam-The Chehallis &, County
Single Manufacturers Association
has turned down the following
schedule of wages recently submitted
by the union: Packers, 10 cents per
1000 for 16-inch shingles: knot saw
yers, 81 per day, working six men
behind 10-block machines, $3.50
working five men behind same and
$3.50 working three men behind a
double block
posite ends of a block at the same
instant and Engineer Warren, of Ia
coma, received fatal injuries in
head-on collision here Saturday at
ternoon at the east portion of the
Olympia tunnel on the Northern Pa
cific Warren's engine cab was de-
molished, two cars of shingles were
telescoped, two cars of lumber piled
up and about so feet of the roof of
the tunnel destroyed.
Olympia.-The records Of the Sec
rotary of state show that there are
nearly 5000 licensed automobiles in
the state of Washington, and he
says that he. has not a record of
every machine, but the records of the
county assessors sent in to the state
tax commission, it Is estimated, will
not show $500 cars. Many machines
will escape taxation, although efforts
are being made to check up all rec
ords available.
North Yakima-Prunes seem to
be the banner crop for the Yakima
country this year The .Olson-Royce
Company, of Parker Bottom, has
just marketed the prune crop from
its 40-acre ranch for $12, 1890. The
prunes averaged 63 cents box, and
a single carload brought in $3.50.
Besides the prunes shipped, thou
sands were thrown to the stock.
Prunes brought record price here
this season, $40 a ton.
North Yakima-Discourag by hop
prices last year, George Ker. owner
of large yard on the Mckee, early
this Spring offered to rent his hop
yard for 81 to anyone who would
work it for the season and surrender
1t to him next year in good condi-
ton Frank Jackson and Walter
Camp took up the offer, and will net
some $500 from the 80 acres as a
result of the high prices this year.
Seattle. plans for new passen-
ger and freight steamship for the
Alaska Steamship Company to cost
100000 are being prepared by a