The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-13
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS

100000 for the Alaska DulldihS a.
the A.-Y.-P. exposition.
Cardinal Satoll, former apostolic
delegate to America, died Ill Konhe
Friday
The cost of the Panama canal, &C
cording to Congressman Langley OF
Kentucky, will be nearly s500o0O,-
OOO
That the world will see Russia and
Japan again locked in deadly en-
brace before many years IS the opln-
ion of the leading papers OF Japan.
When James J. Jeffries ends his
present tour of 10 weeks OF exhibit
tons. the amount of money he will
be enriched is estimated at $4,000
After the selection of Portland,
Or, for the next meeting place, the
46th annual session of the National
Woolgrowers' Association closed at
Ogden, Utah
Ouartermaster General Aleshire
has recommended to the secretary
of war the acceptance OF Z,O4O,OOU
feet of Oregon pine for army use IN
the Philippines.
Delegates will soon be appointed
to represent the United States at
the fourth Pan-American conference
to be held at Buenos Ayres next
July.
An investigation of the salmon
canning industry has been started
by the department Of agriculture as
result of complaints that many
fish are misbranded.
Mrs. Chas Ermilano, of Spring
Valley, ILL.,, who husband was vic
tim of the Cherry mine horror, is
dead of broken heart. Doctors
say that the case is one of the few
that have come to their attention.
Deposits in state and national
banks OF Oregon, Washington and
Idaho aggregate 1928, 5o7, 900. Wash
ington banks had $1S7 $4,000; Ore
gon banks $1O4,112,000, and Idaho
$37,2oO0OO
1t is reported that ]. P. Morgan
is contemplating the creation of a
champagne and wine trust by con-
solidating all the wine growing and
producing interests ! in the United
States
For the purpose of discussing the
general subject of ship subsidy and
for registering a protest against the
Merchant Marine, League, a mass
meeting has been called for Satur-
day afternoon at Pendleton, Oregon.
President Taft is still looking for
ward to a trip to Alaska late in
the coming spring He plans to go
the far northwestern territory imme-
diately after the adjournment of
congress.
CONSERVATION prevails among the
100 or more students of Tulare Col
lege in New Orleans, following the
examination of every student for
hookworm. 1t is announced that
more than third of the members
of the class were found to be in
fected
In his annual report, Clifford Pin
chot shows the total expenditures
made on account Of the forestry
service of the fiscal year ended June
80 last to be $3e36,297, while the
receipts from all sources credited
to the. forestry service aggregated
$1,s07 ,27o.
The Oregon delegation at Wash
ington, D. c., has taken notice of
the bill introduced by Representative
Lafean of Pennsylvania, to establish
standard packages and grades for
apples, and will oppose its passage,
believing its provisions inimiczl to
Western fruitgroders.
The Arctic Club of America
founded by DR.. Frederick Cook and
his supporters in the north pole con-
troversy-through its board of d.
rectors, has dropped the name of
the explorer from the membership
roll.
After AZ years in public life, Bing-
er Hermann, e1-Oregon congress
man and commissioner of the general
land Office, is on trial at Portland
charged with having been a party to
conspiracy to defraud the United
States of portion of its lands in
the creation of the Blue Mountain
forest reserve