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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-06
News OF OLD TOWN

The vets of Bonner county are now
engaged in checking up the dries petit
ton, asking for the calling of a special
election to vote on the local option
question. The dries have about '206
more names on the petition than is re-
quired by law, but the vets think that
more than that number were notlegal
voters at the last general election as re-
cinct about Is persons, it is stated,
signed the petition who were not lawful
voters at the last general election. If
this ratio is maintained in other pre-
cincts in the county, it looks as though
the vets would be able to knock out the
petition. They claim that like condi-
tons exist in Standpoint and other towns
in the county. If the present petition
is not accepted an election on the ques
ton may not be called for another year,
as the law states that vote cannot be
taken within 90 days of any general
election.
Duffy" the barber who formerly
worked for Joe Graccio, is held in Spo-
kane on charge of attempting to hold
up one of the county officials last Satur
day. The prisoner is ais suspected of
having killed Policeman Waterbury in
Spokane last November. A woman in
the case is supposed to be one of the
women of Old Town. "Duffy.' worked
here for some time when the town first
started, and later returned and worked
for Graccio. He was suspected of hav-
ing been mixed up in several shady
deals, but escaped being convicted
Ice users are having the usual amount
of ice put up this season. The most of
the ice is taken from the river
Capt. Jim Stewart went to Spokane
Monday, to attend to some business
matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Wilcox have gone
to Rochester, Mimi. where Mrs. Wilcox
will enter the hospital for treatment.
Mr.. Wilcox will go further east before
returning.
Constable Melder, of Blanchard, Ida,
arrested Tom Maher, formerly proprie-
tor of the Newport bar, on bench war
rant issued by Justice Presnell, of
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-06

Blanchard, charging Maher with con-
tempt of court in not appearing before
him when summoned. 1t appears that
Maher was arrested on the complaint of
VIM. Vane, who charged him with sell
ing liquor on Sunday. The case was
taken on a change of venue to Justice
Presnell The justice fixed time for
the hearing and Maher failed to show
up and remained outside Of the state
until this week, when he came to New
port to attend to some business. He
was apprehended by the constable on
Tuesday night.
Tom Long made business trip to
lone on Tuesday. He was looking over
the town with view to locating res
taurant.
AS shown by the dockets in the county
clerks office at, Colyille, there were 1879
civil and criminal cases and 80 probate
cases filed during 1909. The whole num-
Der of civil and criminal cases filed in 10
years, commencing with the admission
of the state into the Union is 1921.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-06

Tho holidays are over and everybody
seems happy with what old Santa oiu
for them.
The weather Is fine, except that II is
nretty cold, the mercury being s degrees
helov zero. The sleighing is good, but
we have not had much snow yet.
Mrs. Vetter and family, of Spokane,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Batey, over Christmas.
J. r. Bond was compelled to go 10
Spokane on Christmas day to nave MS
owes treated. He was accompanied ny
+ X. Parks. Mr.. Bond is again in spo-
kane this week for the same purpose.
He has been having quite serious time
with them.
r. A. Marsh and wife spent Christ
mas in Newport, the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Hunter.
4 Mr.. Jones has taken the contract to
get out 100000 feet of saw timber and
400 cords of shingle bolts for Il. I.
Greenawalt, all to be delivered at the
Calispel river at Cusick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Portman were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Merrick Christmas day.
Mrs. Portman says that among the other
good things they had for dinner was a
fruit cake ten years old and that it was
excellent.
Mr.. jacobson, of Newport, was Gu
sick visitor last week.
Mrs. S. E. Rentfrow visited Mrs. Met
calf at Locke one day last week.
The people in Cusick are getting ready
to put up ice.
Mrs. Ed Purchase and Mrs. Emsby
Wilson, who have been under the doc
tors care the past week. are both much
better.
S. E. Young and family visited at
Valley, Idaho, over New Years.
The Pend Oreille is frozen over at
present writing, so that the Indians are
crossing on the ice.
Lueck Bros. and E. P. Greenawalt are
shipping cordwood to Spokane.
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Sale of Tim ber-M issoula. Mont, December
%. l9O9-Sealed bids, marked outside IBID Tim
Der Sale Application, December rs. 1909. Kan
fksu, "and addressed to the District Forester.
Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, will be
received up to and including the It'll day os
February, 1910, for all of the merchantable
live timber marked for cutting by tho Forest
Office, located on areas aggregating approx
mately 100 acres, to. be definitely designated
before cutting Reglps IN Necm wth 70 snd 81
iksu National Forest Aadaho, estimated to be
9S9 600 feet B. NJ of white pine, 10s0oO0 +. ct B.
NJ. of western larch, 100000 feet B NJ. OF west
ern cedar. $1,000 feet B. NJ. of Doug as fir, and
16O, 600 feet B. M merchantabe dead timber
of all species, log scale, more or less, and 835
cedar poles and ah unestimated amount of
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-06
Prospects tor Starting Standpoint SmeIter

By ratifying every important action
OF their president. J. Herbert Anderson,
during the last year, and by re-electing
him tor the coming year, the stock
holders and directors OF thu Idaho Smelt-
ing and Refining Co., at the annual
meeting in Spokane Monday, put the
stamp of approval on the years business
policy of the company and branded as
false the reports circulated to Mr.. An
derson's discredit.
Further than this they endorsed the
plan which has been suggested for the
refinancing of the company and empow-
cred their officers to complete the ar
engagements for an operating fund of
100000, to be secured by lien on all
of the ore. fuel and bullion purchased or
to be purchased or manufactured during
the term of the loan.
Not a Good Mark.
A French actor named Hyacinthe
snce illustrated the saying, Discretion
Is the better part OF valor'' It was
in the month Of June and a company
Of the national guard Of which Hya-
cinthe was a sergeant was engaging a
body of insurgents behind a barricade
at the other end of short street. One
OF the insurgents in particular, from
a corner Of the barricade, was making
remarkably effective practice on the
assailants. At that moment up came
a general.
"We must get him to expose him.
SELF" said the general. Zone of you
must Chamber up on top of the bar
ricade; then, when our friend at the
other end of the street shows himself
to take aim. two or three of you fetch
him down. Up with you, sergeant"
Beg your pardon, general, but per-
maps, you see, an Insignificant noncom-
mlssioned officer like myself may have
no attraction for him. but handsome,
distinguished man like you. in that
stylish and becoming uniform-he'd be
more than mortal if he could resist
the temptation. I'll lend you a hand,
general
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See the souvenir spoons at Shreve's.

See the souvenir spoons at ShreVe's.
In accordance with the will OF the late
Andrew Hughson, wealthy pioneer
who died last year after residence OF
more than so years in Stevens county, a
bequest of $500 to the Colyille high
school has been paid t. the board in
full, less the $50 inheritance tax.
Peter Sorenson, pioneer mineral
prospector of the northwest, who two
years ago was lost in the mountains
near Metaline, and when found was
nearly dead from exposure, was last
week committed to an insane asylum
from Moscow. Idaho, his mind having
been affected ever since his exposure in
the Metaline district.
The question of whether saloons will
be able to run in the town of lone is now
engaging the attention of the citizens of
that place. The Record reports that
there is strong feeling in favor of a
licensed saloon and that the council will
grant licenses, although it is questioned
whether this can be done, as the town
was part of the county unit which voted
dry. No opinion on this point has been
rendered as yet by the state attorney
general
The larger towns of the state are vot
ing wet, Walla Walla and North Yakima,
the two largest towns that have voted
on the question having decided in favor
OF the licensed saloon. A strong argu-
ment that helps the vets to control
cities of this size is the disposition of the
county unit and the smaller towns to 90
dry. and the hope of diversion of trade
from them to the larger towns that re-
main wet. This will lead to a move
ment to make the county the only unit,
which will come before the legislature
in 1911.
Ernest Thompson, of Newport, the
we'll known plospector, arrived last week
for the purpose of doing the annual as
sessment work on his Deep creek min
ing claims. Mr.. Thompson was victori-
Gus in a aWsuit recently in the Spokane
land office. A lady by the name of Mrs.
Sarah Poverty attempted to make final
proof on a timber claim covering mining
claims of Messrs. Thompson and Dave
Bechtol. They employed N. d. Walling,
the famous land lawyer of Spokane, to
defend their title, and the result was
that Mrs. Poverty had to drop her claim,
leaving Messrs. Thompson and Bechtol
: IN peaceable possession of their mining
claims.-Northport News.
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Weather Report for December, 1909

:. Mean maximum, 1913; mean mini
mum, II; average mean, 23.l; mini
mum, 8 below on Dec. %; maximum, Al
on Dec 2. The greatest range was 29.5
on Dec. 81. There were s clear days, 2
partly cloudy and IA cloudy.
SIDNEY W. ROGERS, Observer.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-06

saIngle bolt material. No bid of less than 81 on
per fest for white pine, $500 per feet for
western larch, cedar, Douglas or red fir, $l.O0
per NJ feet for hemlOck, white fir and dead
timber OF all speces;1h cents per lineal foot for
cedar poles 80 feet and under; and cents per
lineal foot for cedar poles 40 feet or over; and
10 cents per cord for shingle bolt material will
be considered, and deposit OF $500 must be
sent to the Western Montana National Bank
OF Mlssoula, Montana, payable to said bank,
lor each bid submitted to the District Forester
Timber upon valid claims is sexem pied from
sale. The rightto reject any and all bids is
reserved, For further information and regu-
Iatlons governing sales, address w. N. Millar,
roreSt supervisor, Newport, Washington F.
A Silcox, Acting District Forester a4-a
Miller does undertaking,
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
FINALS PLAYED IN
HANDICAP DOUBLES
Derby and WesfCOff Defeat
NOurse and Gutter; James
and Bass Take Singles

The handicap doubles tournament for
the Grant and Younger cups, begun at
the California tennis club two weeks
ago. was completed yesterday. The
trophies were won by Derby and Wes-
colt. In the final match, which was
played yesterday afternoon, they won
three sets out of four from Nourse and
Cutter. The score was 4-6,e7--5, Go,
6--1.
Nourse and Cutter started off like
winners. They won the first set and
went out in the lead in the second set.
Derby and Wescott were slow to start,
but once they found themselves they
made short work of their opponents.
They played an aggressive game. while
Cutter and Nourse, as usual, were con-
tent to get the balls back and trust
to their opponents errors. Had they
waded In when they had the lead and
taken chances they might have carried
off the cups. The feature of the match
was Derby's driving. The teams met on
even terms s'
The two remaining classes in the
class tournament, started at the park
about month ago, were completed
yesterday. Both final matches proved
rather one sided. George James won
the honors in the first class and Fred
Bass scored his third and final win in
the third class. He will keep the cup
permanently and in future will play in
the second class James beat Batkin
2--6, 81, GO. 6--3. and Bass beat
Flanders 6-2. Ga, 4-6, g.:
When Batkin took the first set from
James easily the spectators began to
figure that the coast champion was in
line for beating. He evidently did
not overexert himself in the opening
set, as he won the next three sets about
as he pleased.
1t was expected Bass would prove an
easy winner over Flanders, and al
though he lost set he never was in
serious danger of losing the match.
Flanders took the third set but the
fourth and what proved to be the de-
Gliding set Bass won easily.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
ST. MARY'S ALUMNI
TO HOLD MEET
First Annual Indoor Games Will
Be Held at the Auditorium
March 10

The first annual indoor games, under
the auspices of the alumni association
of St. Mary's college, viii be held
Wednesday evening. March 16, at Audi
torium rink. Page and Fillmore streets,
beginning at o'clock
Entries will close Saturday. March
II, with Harry A. Mckenzie. 15S Geary
street The events follow.
scratch Events; 10 yard run, 500
low hurdles, mile run (open to AID,
rs yard run for alumni of ST. Mary $
college, IS yard run for students of st.
Mary's college, IS. yard run for gram
mar students of G. S. A. L. (weight un-
limited). 75 yard run for members of
Lea que of Cross cadets, IS yard run for
members of Native Sons parlors re-
relay race open to all teams of five
runners. relay race for high school
teams of FIVE runners, relay race for
gammar school students of c. S. A. l..
of four runners (weight lis poundS),
relay race for Catholic college teams
of four runners relay race for Catflo-
lie high school teams of four runners.
relay race for members of Native Sons
of four runners, relay race for men3-
four runners. relay race for San Fran
cisco labor council and building trades
council.
Handicap Events: 1s pound shotput,
high jump
Valuable trophy to relay winners. and
to first, second and third in individual
events.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
SHILLING LEAVES
FIELD TO TAPlN
Rod MaCKenzie'S Crack Rider
Win Hold UndiSpufed
Sway Over JOCkieS
By E. w. CLARKE

The jockey situation at EmeTyyllle
should clear up this week shilltngs
departure for New York to become hrst
rider for Sam HndretRs wonderful
stable, will leave Taplin.s claim TO
first honors across the bay unchal-
lenged. MacKenzie's clever boy spent
last week on the ground and SmllnS
had things pretty much his own way
He landed nine winners out OF the 50
races run, scoring on four OF them IN
one day. Vosper was next with four.
Glass rode three, Selden. Gross and
Page two each. and Thomas, Mentry.
Callahan. KedeTiS. keogh and kennedy
had one winner each.
Selden seemed TO have reEained his
form. putting his pair of winners over
on Monday, but his efforts to beat the
barrier with Lewiston caused him to
be set down for the remainder of the
week.
Kennedy. one of the Juarez boys, got
some mounts and gave promise OF cut
ting some figure in the local racing
Rice, another clever lad from the MeNi-
can track. made his first appearance
Saturday and will ride daily from now
on. Melesworth is expected any day
and will add To the class OF boot art
lists at Emeryville.
With day or two more of sunshine
the track should be fast. and new
bunch of horses will take the place of
the mudlarks, adding TO the uncertainty
of picking winners. It was thought
that the dry course would make diff
ference in the decision of Saturdays
card. For one. Rey HindOo was sup
posed to be invincible in that kind of
going. The victory of Likely DieU-
donne. which had beaten inferior horses
in the. mud. caused the spectators to
gasp. The victory was about as Popu-
lar as that OF Lewiston in the same
kind of a race Monday.
Blakely & O'Brien viii dispose Of
the horses in their string not thought
good enough for the New York game.
They will probably ship the others. in
cluding Arasee and BlackfoTd. about
March %. and Jim Shilling expects 20
send W. T. OvertOn and Virgie Casse
in the same car.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Handball Matches on
McHugh's Court

several fast handba1 matches were
played yesterday afternoon on Ne
Hugh's court, Twenty yffth and Bryant
streets. before the largest crowd that
has yet attended any of the tourna-
ments- The scores were as follows:
Doubles-W. O'ConnoE and j. Sweeney
beat j. Raymond and a. Oehlnan. 21-17,
2l-l9; B. Clemmens and W. Hughes
beat E. Antron and r. McHugh. 21-15.
2f-20; S. Litchenstein ana d. Emmons
beat ]. Jenkins and NJ. Moran. 21-15.
21-20
Singles-A Oehlman beat ]. sweeney.
2l-19. 21-17; Fl. Harvey beat ]. Raw
mond, 21-2O, 21-15.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Kirkwood and Roche
Next in Line

George Kirkwood and Johnny Roche
will fight for the feather weight cham
pionship of the Pacific. coast at Dream
land rink Friday evening before the
Dolores athletic club. kirkwOod halls
from ST. Louis. where he won the
feather weight championship OF that
city. The defeat of Jimmy Melville AZ
the hands of Roche last Friday even
ing puts him in line TO battle for the
supremacy with KirkwoOd.
Pat COrnyn. the local idol. viii meet
Bill UIrich, the ButchertOwn boy. in a
return match for. the welter weight
crown. These boys have already fought
three times.
The rest of the card follows; Walter
Scott and Joe Leahy. frankie Edwards
and Eddie Madison. TangIefoot Nc
Govern and Mickey McGannigan. Joe
Rogers and Billy Sullivan. Soldier
Clark and Bill Sonner and frankie
Lanimoni and Jimmy Fox.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Senators Await Recruits

SACRAMENTO, March 6.:.SiX recruits
for the Senators are expected here to-
morrow or Tuesday from the east,
and thereafter the daily tryouts will
occupy the attention of the team until
the season opens March 80, with the
Oakland team. Judge Graham, presi-
dent of the Pacific Coast league; Danny
Long and ]. Cal Ewing of San Fran
cisco were in Sacramento inspecting
the new baseball park and declared
themselves as pleased with the ac-
comrnoda tions afforded. They watched
a tryout yesterday afternoon on the
new grounds.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Bisbee Wants Dan Coogan

BISBEE, Ariz., March 6.-The direc-
tors of the Warren district baseball
now coaching the Cornell university
team, manager Of the Bisbee club and
telegraphed him an offer, which it is
believed he will accept. Coogan is a
graduate of Pennsylvania university
is q catcher and has been playing pro-
fessional ball for six years. Bisbee is
spending money freely in getting a
winning team
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Oakland Trims Sox

The Commuters showed surprising
form in the morning game al Oakland
and shut out the big leaguers by a
score of . to o. There were a bunch
OF new faces on Ed Walters team and
Manager Wo1verton was on the job,
holding down third base, Willie Hogan
covering shortstop-
The transbay team used three pitch
ers-Christian, Tonneson and Nelson
and they made fine showing. allowing z
but two hits during the game. The
Sox started off with their star twirler,
I'd Walsh, and. then used Olmstead and
Sut0r.
Oakland scored in the second and
third frames by singles in both in
stances. Britt. Oakland's busher,
showed up splendidly. Out OF his two
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Santa Clara Beats the
Barney Frankels

SANTA CLARA, March 6.-Kelly's
Santa Clara varsity nine ran away
from the Barney Frankels of San Fran
cisco on sodaIity field this afternoon,
cinching the game in the first in
ming and forcing Smith for the Hat
ters to give UP nine safeties before
the gong sounded the final result.
Agnew pitched a good game for Santa
Clara, allowing but two hits.
Salberg. Thornton, Zarrick, Reams
and Benn figured prominently.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
EYRE wins MEDAL
PLAY HANDICAP
Net Score of 80 for rs
Hole Course; DIR. j. M.
Stephens Is Second

The. regular monthly medal play
handicap tournament of the Preside
golf club was won yesterday by r. NJ.
Eyre with net score of so for the
is holes. His handicap was and he
made a gross score of 81.
DR.. j. NJ. Stephens finished second
with net score of 81, his gross score
being 81 and his handicap s. T. L.
fFord was third with a net score of 81.
He played with a handicap of and
made a gross score of 81.
The other contestants were: II. E.
Law, Hartland Law, W. V. Lloyd, M S.
Sprague, Major F. r. Day, J. H. Nee,
Bernard Faymonville, W. II. Stewart,
D. C. Gray, F. W. Won Schrader. H. V.
Ramsdell, G. Stoney. H. B. Keith, r. H.
Postlethwafte, Frank Morton. NJ. E.
Cummings, j. H. Case, F. V. Kel-
ham. L. B. Edwards, W. H. Rhodes and
E. P. Spengler.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
SEALS ARE GIVEN
A NEAT TRIMMING
Comiskey's Team Defeated in Morning
By Oakland, but Trounce Locals
By Joseph MURPHY

debut before the local fans yesterday
impressive the
big icger wamsc champions 1t much
Chicago their favotes down to the tune
o been bad II the Seals had made showing
u they oontenders
It was squad White which did the trick This d
mostly recruits with whom Charley Com
key expects While the big aguers
the bay they came right back IN
tle afternoon nd gave what they really could do
DUFFEY ON SIDELINES
Hugh Dufy the guide his
team along winning idelnes handing advice
md che ccring tho
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
OF ACTION
IN P.A.A.TOURNEY
Park Boys, GarfefdS and SWaS-
fkaS Are Winners on Pas
time Clubs Courts

Three games of the Pacific Athletic
association basket ball tournament
were decided Saturday evening on the
Pastime Athletic clubs court.
The 10 pound team from the CO.
1umbia Park Boys club had a hard
time in defeating the Sparks of the
Pastime club. The second half was
exceedingly fast, the Sparks being the
aggressors. The score was: Columbia
Park 29, Sparks IS
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07

The sox will. be up with the birds in the
morning. They are due to take the o'clock
train for Modesto and in. the afternoon they will
line up against the Modesto Reds If they are on
cago stossers. On Wednesday. and Thursday after
Moons they have dates with the Sacramento Coast
league club. and Friday afternoon they viii
be back here again to give battle to the Seals.
Comiskey believes in giving his tossers plenty of
work and If the weather permits they will play
nearly every day during their stay in California.
Waring probably will hold down his job in the
outfeld till the arrival of Melchoir. He's shifty
of a chap and he catch a bit as well
as hit and chase fly balls. He showed up very
nicely yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Portland Team Wins

SANTA MARIA, March 6.-In prac-
tice game here today the Portland
team of the Pacific Coast league de-
feated the Santa Maria team by a score
Of to 0. For Portland Fisher and
Murray and Guyn and Ryan were the
batteries Martinez caught for Santa
Maria and Harden pitched. 1t was
fast well PLAYED game.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07

In the other 10 pound game the
Cogswell five was defeated by the
Garfelds by a score of 81 to q. The
superior passing of the Garfields
puzzled the black and green players
from the start.
The best team work of the evening
was displayed by the Swastikas when
they defeated the Cubs from the Mis-
sion Young Mems Christian association
in fast and hard played game. The
score was: Swastikas 7O Cubs 50.
The teams lined up as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
Cy Townsend Signs Up
With San Jose
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SAN JOSE, March e.-cy Townsend.
the first baseman. signed contract to-
day with President Willis of the San
team, as the nade by which Kellar
was sent to Fresno in exchange for
Kelley has been declared off by F'res-
no President Willis declares San Jose
will not allow the trade to be nullitied.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
YALE SWIMMERS WIN

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, March 6.--Yale
won the intercollegiate swimming meet
here tonight with 81 points, Pennsyl-
vania second with II points and Prince
ton third with points