The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Buy your watches, clocks and iewelry
of Shreye and save money.
Call and see our latest designs of wall
paper at Harris drug store.
FOR SALE-Buff Orpington eggs; 6ne
winter layers; 81 for 10, Sc for 100. v. P.
Brown.
C. P. Stro is having the. interior of his
Home Bakery lastly papered and
painted. -.
Okanogan county voted dry Tuesday
by majority of $50. The town of Con-
Gully went dry. "a to 3S.
Four-room house and two lots for sale,
500 down and balance same as rent.
Property located near the ferry. G. F.
Craig.
VIM. Vane has recently purchased
200 feet of hose for the protection of his
hospital and other property in Old
Town.
The North American Real Estate and
Realty Co., real estate bought, sold and
exchanged. Enos G. Gale, Agent, Blue
slide, Wash, Stevens county. A
Geo. H. Jones returned Sunday morn
ing from Alberta, where he has been for
some time on his farm, breaking up the
land with gasoline pillow and getting it
ready for crop.-Usk Times.
J. +. Anderson and family have moved
from their ranch north of town into
Spokane for a few months. Mr.. Ander.
son has taken his burro along and will
take pictures of the Spokane youngsters
mounted on the patient animal.
The textbook commission of school
district 115 will meet in the high school
Saturday, June II, for the purpose of
adopting textbooks for the ensuing
three years.
L. H. KING, Chairman of Board.
The voters of Standpoint at a special
election held Tuesday sat down hard on
propositions to bond the town for total
of $4,000. While there was majority
in two instances, the propositions were
not carried, it requiring two-thirds
vote to carry the issue.
d. R. Morgan has entered the ice bust.
ness, making the first delivery this
week. Deliveries will be made on Tues
days and Saturdays until warmer wealth
er makes more frequent deliveries nee
essary. The ice is shipped in from
Blanchard, Idaho. Those wishing ice
can get same by telephoning the feed
stole.
The Great Northern Railway Co., in a
statement issued Monday, for the first
10 months of the fiscal year showed net
operating revenue of $21, 612, 524.85, as
compared with $l7764, 191 80 tor the
corresponding period last year. This
was despite an advance in operating ex-
penses, which went from $26. S66, 967. 50
to s31, Os6, s93.11
A. D. Faust. of Lakeview at the south
end of Pend Oreille lake, was Newport
visitor today, bound to the lower river
country. Mr.. Faust is one of the pion-
GERS of this country, having resided in
this section over 20 years. About eight
years ago he visited Newport, and is
now agreeably surprised at the changes
and improvements that have been
brought about since his visit.
John LeFevre, who has a ranch in the
foothills south of town, brought in the
first Strawberries of this section into
town Monday, very fine specimens of
the delicious fruit. He also brought in
some samples of wheat about three feet
high and barley about five feet, we'll
headed out and indicative of large
yield. Mr.. LeFevre is a newcomer in
this section, but is rapidly improving
his place and setting pace for some of
the old timers.
Secretary Allen, of the Bead Lake
mine, accompanied by Mr. Porter, of
Portland, visited the property this week.
They have a force of four men at work.
with about rs feet to run on their 100
foot contract. They have not yet cut
the ledge, but are confident of soon do
ing so. They are in over 23OO feet with
depth OF over thousand feet.