The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
SIDE11GHTs FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON

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mortgage in the Il counties in Wash.
ington, in which It has holdings.
Nine cases of infantile paralysis are
reported in Yakima county, four being
IN Sunnyside, two in Outlook. one in
North Yakima, and two In the Mckee
valley.
Buying quietly, so that the market
would not be bulled, exporters
agents in Walla Walla have taken in
wheat during the last week that, it is
thought, WIN total 100000 bushels.
Two prunepicking clubs Of Spokane
girls and women have come to Walla
Walla. where they will pack fruit for
several weeks and enjoy a real out
door vacation.
The long-drawn-out contest between
the Lewis County Commissioners and
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
over payment Of delinquent taxes has
been compromised by q reduction in
the 1910 valuations on certain lands.
The Chehalis Valley Jersey Breed.
ers' Association is to be the name Of
a new organization to be effected at
Montesano. The owners of different
heads of blooded cattle believe that
their interests can be better served
by such an organization.
Only about 100000 fest Of first
class green standing timber has been
destroyed by forest fires in Western
Washington this season, according to
complications made by d. P. simons.
chief warden of the Washington For
est Fire Association.
The famous hotel 1T Green River
Hot Springs, which was burned last
week. was set on IRE by tramps. &C.
cording to Northern Pacific officials.
The hotel had been closed and it,
new owners were about to begin OK.
tensive improvements.
| Pastors from the German Methodist
Episcopal Church Of the entire Paci-
fic Coast were in Walla Walla this
week to attend the annual Pacific
German conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. which was in ses.
sion August "a to 20.
To readjust, If possible, the rates on
wheat from the Coast to tho East, Of
ficials of the trans-continental rail-
roads which drain the three North.
western states will be invited to at.
tend a conference in Walla Walla
with the officials Of farmers unions
of Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
The schedule for the Washington
State College-Northern Pacific farming
demonstration train has been arranged
the tour beginning At Tacoma Aug.
ust 81 and ending at Seattle septem.
Der s, and will include the towns OF
Western Washington on the North ern
Pacific Railway.
The board Of county commission.
ers has decided to submit to the vot.
ers Of Pacific County at the general
election in November. the question OF
issuing bonds in the sum Of 100000
for road and bridge purposes. the
bonds to run Is years and to bear not
to exceed per cent interest.
Thirty cars Of fruit are being
shipped from the Walla Walla valley
daily. This includes shipments from
Walla Walla, Milton and Blalocks. So
heavy have the shipments become
that orchardists are worried for fear
the car supply will not hold out, and
that there will be damage from this
source.
Although the interior department
has sent out several warnings against
advertisements declaring that more
than 10000 acres Of land are to be
opened on the Yakima reservation.
the advertising continues and is catch
ing many suckers. The advertisers
offer to furnish information about the
land. or to locate by powers Of attor-
ney. old soldiers or sailors.
Changes in the time table Of the O.
R. & N. to go into effect August 81,
will make Walla Walla almost q sub
urb Of Portland. The new service
will permit a Walla Wallan to leave
after the days work and evenings
entertainment is over. at II o'clock.
and reach Portland at 8 q. m. the next
day, in time for any business he may
wish to transact.
So serious has tho infantile paral-
ysis situation become that the federal
authorities are planning to cooperate
with state health departments in
stamping out the disease on the Paci.
&c Coast, and to this end DR.. Walter
X. Wyman surgeon general Of the