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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27
TRAIN SERVICE HANDICAPPED
Slides and Washouts Delay All
@. N. Trains.
Railroad News of the Week

The Great Northern has had its share
OF difficulty in the operation of trains
over this division during the past week.
On Saturday slide at Highgate. near
the summit of the Rockies, covered the
track for distance of 300 feet and
about forty feet deep. At this point the
work OF double tracking is in progress
and four men working for Grant Smith
d Co., were caught in the slide. losing
their lives. The track had hardly been
cleared when second slide came down.
larger than the first, and caught two
more men. Trains were detoured from
Shelby to Helena, Montana. and thence
over the Northern Pacific to Standpoint.
where the main line of the Great Nor
ther was again reached. The longer
mileage made a delay of "a to 80 hours
on all trains.
On Sunday about thirty feet of track
was washed out near Naples, between
Newport and Bonners Ferry, delaying
traffic about ten hours.
The west end also came in for it's
share of trouble the first OF the week.
The rains and chinooks caused floods in
the Cascades and the Big Bend country,
with the result that trains were tied up
about thirty-six hours. On Wednesday
westbound trains came through nearly
on time and to-day conditions on the
west end are such as to bring the trains
through without unusual delay.
A peculiar accident occurred at Cou-
lee City in the Big Bend country, on
Wednesday. Owing to a wash-out at
Irby, on the main line of the Great
Northern. trains were run. over the
Washington Central to Adrian The
Oriental Limited was making this de-
tour and at Coulee Junction the train
men did not notice that the switch was
set to throw the train onto the branch
line to Coulee City, with the result that
when Coulee City was reached the train
kept on going and started to run out on
to the prairie The tram was going at
the rate of about Is miles an hour when
the engine reached the end of the rails
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27
WHEN YOUR TAXES ARE DUE.
County Treasurer Adams Gives
Information.
Washington Laws Are Complex

County Treasurer Charles Adams has
furnished THE MINER with the following
summary of the revenue laws OF WASH
ington, covering the payment of taxes
into the county treasury:
Stevens county taxes for the year l9o9
become due on the 7th of February, 1910.
Real estate taxes paid in full at one
time between that date and the 10Th OF
March following will be subject to dls-
count of per cent; or, if the taxpayers
do not desire to take advantage of this
count, they may, if they wish, pay at
anv time prior to June l, 1910, one-half
of the amount of the taxes, and the sec
ond half will then run without interest
until December l, 1910; but if not PAID
on the latter date penalty and interest
will attach from June l, 1910.
The date of delinquency on real estate
taxes upon which no payment has been
made is June l, 1910.
Persons desiring to ascertain the
amsunt of their real estate taxes must
write the treasurer, giving a complete
d escription of their property, the same
as NAV be contained in the deeds there
to. upon receipt of which statement
showing the amount of taxes due there
on will Immediately be sent them.
Personal taxes, while falling due on
the same date as those on real estate, or
February 7, 1910, become delinquent in
thirty days thereafter, and draw interest
at Is per cent therefrom and immedi-
ately after becoming delinquent are col
lectible by distraint and saleof the prop
erty upon which they are levied. No
tees stating the amount of personal
taxes will be mailed to all persons in
whose name they are assessed. The
treasurer's office has found that cOnsid
erable confusion has heretofore arisen
from lack OF understanding of the
above facts on the part of the taxpayers,
and particularly has this been true of
those who have been residents of the
state for only short time, as there are
few, if any, states in the Union which
have the same revenue laws.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27
Canyassine for Local Option Petition

The work of securing signatures to the
petition asking the commissioners OF
Bonner county to call an election to de-
eide on the matter of closing the saloons
is now in progress. Rev c. J.. Ford is
in charge of the work for the west end
of Bonner county, and reports that ne is
meeting with good success, and that
thev will be able to get petition at
least rs per cent stronger than the one
the board re:entv turned down.
Care is being taken to avoid the errors
which gave the commissioners cause to
reject the former petition. Every sheet
on which names are written has printed
on it the wording OF the petition, and
care Is exercised to get none but actual
voters to sign and to see that they make
the proper nOtatiOns as to residence and
postofiice address. 1t is expected to
have the petition ready to place before
the commissioners in March, 80 that the
election can be called for the last of May
or the HrSC or june.
The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednes-
day handed down an opinion declaring
constitutional the local option law OF
the state, which has been attacked on
almost every provision since its, passage
The town of Harrington. Wash, voted
on Wednesday to remain wet, the vets
having a majority OF %.
That an attempt will be made within
a year to vote the city of Spokane dry is
the announcement made by Louis R.
Horton, superintendent for Eastern
Washington for the state anti-saloon
league The local optionists are un-
daunted by their failure to vote Walla
Walla and North Yakima dry and will
put the matter to a test.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27

Representatives. of the railroads have
made announcement of special colonist
rates from eastern states to Spokane and
Northern Pacific coast points. The rates
will 60 into effect March | and continue
until April Is, inclusive.
The fare charged on and between
March l and April Is will be as follows:
From st. Paul, Superior. Duluth, Kan
sas City and points on the Missouri
river, $25; from Chicago, $33: from Pc
oria. ILL.,, $3l .55; from St. LOUIS, $32. In
addition to the colonist rates the railroad
the railroads also authorize homeseek-
ers' rates from St. Paul to Montana and
points west, on sale on the first and
third Tuesdays of February, on the same
basis as last year, round trip ticket
for the price of the fare one way and 81
additional.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27

facilitate the subjugation of the soil and
hasten profitable returns.
While the Commercial Club has not
been officially apprsed of the intention
of the state college people to hold this
meeting at Newport. it will be we'll for
the club to lend its assistance toward
making the event one of profit to this
section. To advertise the meeting and
bring farmers to town to attend it would
be good move. Standpoint recently
held most successful meeting OF this
character, and with the big territory to
draw from for the Newport meeting a
large crowd ought to attend, and the re-
suits from the discussions will long be
felt IN this section.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27
ana plunged into the mud. No serious
damage was done.

and plunged into the mud. No serious
damage was done.
mat the Great Northern will operate
several work trains and steam shovals
IN the gravel pit just east of town il
the report brought by trainmen. A
great deal OF work will be done in the
way OF ballasting on this division and a
large part of the material will be taken
from the Newport pit.
The work of widening the Morrissey
cut on the |. & w. N, continues. with
work train, steam shovel and large
iorce OF men on the job. 1t is slow
work as the main line is covered with
rock, sometimes five feet deep. by every
blast that is set off. Wednesday noon
the track was covered to such an extent
that the four O'Clock passenger was de-
layed thirty minutes before the track
could be cleared.
The L. q W. N. shops at Spirit Lake
are making repairs on the machinery of
the steamers lone and Spokane.
The passenger coaches of the I. & w.
N. are undergoing their annual repairs
painting at the Spirit Lake shops.
The Idaho & Washington Northern
has opened station at Blanchard, with
a. Locke in charge as agent and opera
tor. Logging business, ice crop and in
creaslng business from the ranchers in
vicinity has warranted the opening of a
station at that point.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27
TO HOLD FARMERS INSTITUTE
Interesting Meeting for Farmers
Is Promised.
Al Newport Saturday, March S.

The authorities of Washington State
College at Pullman are making up
schedule OF meetings to he held this sea-
son by its corps of farm institute lee
turers. under the driction OF Professor
Thatcher
The design of these meetings is to
bring to agricultnrists who are not able
to attend the short courses given by the
college, an opportunity to get the benefit
of the Investigations conducted by the
state experiment station The fruit in
dustry, irrigation and the latest results
of the experiment stations extensive
Investigations with poultry raising will
be taught from the platform by college
experts and successful scientific growers
from different parts of the state.
Sixteen towns in Okanogan, Ferry and
Stevens counties will be visited by these
lecturers. For Stevens county, North
port and Newport have been named as
the places for holding the meetings. The
date set for Newport is Saturday, March
5th.
This will he the first meeting of the
kind ever held in Eastern Stevens coun-
ty, and will present an opportunity for
ranchers of the Pend Oreille valley such
as they will do we'll to avail themselves
of. The day of sneering at the book
farming done by college experts has
passed and will never return, as these
men, working earnestly for the better
ment of farm work and conditions, are
achieving results that command the re-
spect of the most experienced farmers.
Most farmers of today are readers Of
farm journals and are lending respectful
attention to the new theories advanced
therein
The cut-over and meadow lands of
this section make up a resource that has
not had sufficient attention paid to it.
With the gradual disappearance OF the
timber. farming, fruit raising and dairy
inv will BECOME big resources. The cul-
tiyation of these lands presents new
problems, and to enlist the support Of
the states trained experts will greatly
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27

The steamer Ruth is high and dry on
the eebanks of the river at her moorings
above the Stevens dock 1t is hardly
probable that she can be f1oated until
the water in the river begins to raise in
March. The boat is aground both fore
and aft.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-01-27

There will be game of basket ball
Kelly's Hall on Saturday evening be-
tween the Cheney normal girls and the
Newport Highs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
Not Going Home

He'll not 60 home this year. alas.
TO where the old folks are. TO gaze
across the withered grass upon the
hills affair: he will not Chamber from
the train with bosom thrilled with JOY.
TO hear the glad words once against
All. welcome home. my boy"
All, yes. the old home stands today
Just as Il did OF yore. and oftentimes
his thoughts will stray back to the
big front door. and he will muse upon
the times when he hailed II as home,
ere he sojourned In foreign climes o.
beat across the foam.
With weary head upon his hands
he'll dream about the lane. about the
climbing rose whose strands tapped
on the window pane: about the ram.
bling little street that idled through
the town where often have his boyish
feet in gladness hurried down.
He'll not go home this year. al
though the old folks still are there
although the songs Of long ago still
echo free and fair: he'll eat Thanks
giving dinner here. and not go home
alas. because the laws are strict thi,
year and he can't get a pass.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
ShoUeHng Snow

The time OF the year Is approaching
when the average man begins telling
how be used TO shovel paths through
eight feet OF snow at four o'clock on
mornings when the thermometer reg
istered so far below zero that the
mercury ratified around In the bulb
like a mustard seed
That is the sort OF man who will 60
out the first heavy snow and show his
family how to clean the walks. He
will have a nice new dollar snow SHOW
81 sent up from the store. and will be-
gin operations by slipping and falling
down the front steps. During his slide
several bushels OF snow will surrepti.
tiously become inserted between his
shirt and his undershirt How In the
came OF time It gets there is a mys.
,ery as deep as the cause OF the aurora
porealis or the production OF radium,
nut the fact remains hat It gets there
The nan will overlook II for the mo
ment. however. and begin tossing
great shovelfuls OF snow to right auc
left and be will De working like Z
steam pillow when the old man wac
lives up street and wh) has a bad TEN
per and rheumatism will happen alonI
and get forty pounds OF snow in tn,
face. After the ensuing argument tn,
average man will resume operations
ny and by his back will begin TO ache
HIS neck TO be stif and sore and hi
arms TO feel numb as though the
had been paralyzed since he Was t..
ear OF age. But he will stick TO Il
Tor bis wife and children will be watcl
ing papa from the window. and IA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25

even the men couldn't vote then. &c
what authority Is be on s~ufrager
Naturally. this dispute could not DC
ended then and there. Hiram Tuttle
found II necessary TO stop at Lucy
rnch's gate several mornings u
bring up some new argument that a
occurred to him. only TO be enectuaiy
squelched by Lucy's wit n WISDOM.
And from that It became necessary TOT
him to drop In OF evenings once or
twice a week-to continue the discus
sion. And. propinquity and acquaint-
ance each having their effect. II Was
not long until be. with n mans lore
sight. saw hat this debate could not
be ended for years. go he proposed 10
Lucy. Now. when a man proposes 70
a woman he has his ears set Tor Just
one word-and that is Yes"
Therefore imagine Hiram Tutties
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25


Justly celebrated affair OF Paris and
Helen seem like a business transae-
ton In comparison. then their names
would be Hector Montmorency de
Beauyille and lmogene Tereversham.
or something to that effect.
But this is simply a little story caught
in real life-just such an ana as Is
going on right under your nose and
in your own town a. this moment 80
II you prefer the rhetorical ~ooins
OF Hector Montmorency de Beauville
and the no less rhapsodical counter
wooing OF lmogene Tereversham. lear
reader. read no further.
There we're Hiram futile. Lucy
Finch. a turkey and a suffrage CUES
ton. Three OF these we're tangible
In the beginning. although Hector and
Lucy we're a great deal older than
the turkey at the start. The suffrage
question. | know. Is as old as the hills
and bids fair to become as eyerlast-
ing.
In due time the woman's suffrage
propaganda reached Millville. Several
prominent suffragists descended upon
the town in an automobile. and made
speeches from that vehicle right in
the middle OF the public square OF a
Saturday afternoon. Ten years ago
all the m in Millville would have
said that those speakers were man
nish. now they said they we're exactly
right. Ten years ago all the men In
Millville. bulwarked behind their
chews OF plug tobacco. would have
denounced those invaders a. unwom
anly and have classed them with DR.
Mary Walker and Belva Lockwood
Now the men just chuckled TO them
selves and said the women ought Il
have the ballot-if they could get Il
While these women were speaking
Hiram futile. having came down tow
to lay in his Sunday supply OF bacon
eggs. coffee, -four and other bachelo
provender. found himself listening 4
themAand right beside him stoo'
Lucy Finch. Now. do not gather tn
notion that Hiram was a grabbed oil
bachelor nor that Lucy was a vii
ened old maid. Lucy was more thai
3O-but nowadays a woman who ha
passed 80 is just beginning TO be goo
looking. Hiram wasn't grabbed a
all: he was pleasant enough-but tn
way he dressed himself was enoug
to make any woman wish she had
chance to AXE hold OF him and spruc
him up. II is all nonsense to say tina
woman is impressed and Influenced b
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25

"HumphI" Shifted Lucy. "And VIVA.
Was Paul, Anyway A Crusty o'o
Bachelor That Had 10 Be Struck py
I~iohtnino Before He Would Go 10
Churchl"
mans annearance. What attracts
her nine times out OF ten Is the pos
sihili,v Of improving his appearance.
So II happened that Hiram and Lucy
walked away from the speaking TO
rether. and Hiram found himself. Tor
the nrst time in FIVE years. talking
xt,h a woman. | Q carrying on a
conversation He had spoken with
nlen,v OF them, but there's a differ.
ence. And all the way up the bill to
ward Lucy's home the argument on
suffrage grew warmer and warmer.
until by the time they parted they
were dear enemies on the subject. iii
ram was absolutely against woman's
suffrage. and as a crushing argument
he cited some words of the apostle
paul about woman's place In the
scheme of things.
~Humph," shifted Lucy. And whai
was Paul. anyway A crusty old
bachelor that had TO be struck by
lightning before he would go e
church,"
Well. he knew a thing or two sbou'
women" Hiram argued. stoutly.
ne didn't know anything abou
them" Lucy replied. briskly. IF h.
had known anything about them b.
would have known that Il would b.
women who kept the churches going
and did all the work. and that the,
sere a great deal better than tn
ncn ever dared TO be. And besides
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25

baby will be pounding the window
pane with its sticky fingers and goo
gooing gleeful.y.
ri last. after years and years Of lift.
Ing and shoveling. the wal&s will be
cleaned. and the man will straighten
up painfully and start TO the back door
when his wife will open the front door
and cry: You left a little bit OF snow
behind the horseback. dear"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25

prise and Advertisement When Lucy
Told Him mo"
surprise and astonishment when Lucy
told him No"
And naturally. he asked her why she
wouldn't marry him. Men always do
that. AS II a woman could rave a
reason, BY the time a nan learns
that a woman's NO" is merely a pre-
liminary OF her Yes" he is too old
TO be interested in the matter.
Also. when a man gets the proposal
habit he cannot shake IL or break H.
So Hiram grew TO going around 10
Lucy's and asking her TO marry him.
every Wednesday and Sunday even
ing. Lucy enjoyed this.
I've got a l4-pound turkey for my
Thanksgiving dinner" Hiram told
Lucy on the Sunday evening before
the day set apart by the governor to
be thankful II you could think OF any
thing to Justify such a state OF
mind.
Fourteen pounds" Lucy exclaim-
ed. Why. whatever in the world will
you do with all that turkey"
Il thought I'd fry II and eat IT," HI
ram answered.
Fry IT, Fry a turkey! Well. Of all
things!"
Yes. laid out to fry II and have
II with some fried potatoes and q
pumpkin pie md some baked ranber
ries for my Thanksgiving dinner"
Baked cranberries, II that ism just
like a man! Who cooked your Thanks
giving dinner last Year,"
II did. had pork chops and boiled
turnips."
You poor man"
Artful Hiram. He knew what pity
e akin to. Having failed of all other
avenues to her heart. he was takinl
the pity route. The ~14-pound turkey
was a fiction: so were the pork chops
Had Lucy exercised her memory she
would have recalled that Hiram al
wavs went TO visit his Aunt Sarah
over Thanksgiving. But she coul,
think OF only the one thing. So sh'
said:
Hiram, Ill come up 10 our housl
| Thursday morning and bake that tur
key for you"
, Lucy couldn't have done a thing Tx,
4 that where you and ! live. That woul,
' have Leen scandalous. But In Mil
) Vile they are not so fashionable as Z
confound neighborliness with suspI
cious conduct. So on ThanksgivinI
$ morning Lucy proceeded to oncoct 70
Hiram one OF those Thanksgiving dir
ners you read poems about. And whe
y the turkey was done brown and oozin
and filling the air with a glorious PEI
fume. she called Hiram TO the kitcl
9 en- and asked him IL II didn't po
a good.
o IT does that" he answere,
: "Um-m-mi"
Well" she said. firmly shuttin
70 the oven door and planting herself b
r fore II. I'm four minutes that turke
y will be burned to a crisp. Unless 20
u agree right now that women shouI
8 have the vote | leave the turkey thei
:. and ruin H."
le Hiram pondered for Just 30 sc
' onds.
"T1l agree that woman shall ha,
At the right to vote" he offered. "f you
70 agree 10 marry me-
~ WE'LL" she sighed. %. course II
10 for the great cause"
But II was the heat OF the ov'
ut that made her face so red. II mu
have been ten minutes later that :
n, ram released her from his arms al
~anxiously said that the turkey wou
he be burned after all.
be The FIRE a out before ! called y
II. in" she confessed. 1T won't burn
ey Well Hiram laughed Il dol
he have 10 make all the rest OF the m
Is. agree that women shall vote do IL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-25
Sl1fraGe:$g
and IOVoN
bYWilbur d s Bit

WAS no ~spasmodic love
AFFAIR. this OF Hiram Tut
tie and Lucy Finch. That
Il was no highly romantic
AFFAIR you may infer from
the names OF the princi-
pals. II were drawing
upon my Imagination and
writing a real love story.
me that would make the