The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-10
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IAMA-hAl Am1 grange IL max
Ing preparations to hold 4 street fair
ana carnival next Fall. Every grange
IN Cowlitz County will be asked to
participate, and make 1t an old time
"EranEsr's picnic"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IL to
have milk condensing plant. Il.
Dunno, manager OF the Seattle Ice
cream Company, has been here look
Ing over the situation and has de.
clded to erect plant.
SEATTLE-Ninety-seven fiys.tael
tins OF opium were discovered in
linen closet OF the Great Northern
steamship Minnesota by customs Of
Ilciais The opium weighs so pounds
and in the United States is vahasd At
$40 a pound. Or more than $4,000.
Following the new statute, the opium
will be destroyed by Moderation.
ABERDEEN--With the indorse-
ment of the United States engineers
at both Seattle and San Francisco,
this city received with renewed hope
telegram from Senator 8. H. Piles
at Washington stating that the Board
OF Engineers had approved the ST.
100000 high tide jetty project for
Grays Harbor
PROSSER-A special election may
be called by the Presssr city council
to allow the voters to decide whether
they desire to have the municipality
sign for = government water right.
which must be done to have the r.
clamation service take ever the Pros
ser canal. Disposition OF the water
and its apportonmsnt are pushing
the council
SEATTLE-Mail pouches. chopped
from the Recovered decks ct the
steamship Yucstan, wrecked in Mud
bay, Icy Strait Alaska. arrived In Sc
attic Sunday, aboard the steamship
Cottage City. There remains eonsid-
cradle matter In pouches still fozsn
to the Inflated vessel, and tA1s viii
be brought to sexttls = few AAys
later
CHEHALIs--Firs Saturday morn.
ing, about 4:1s o'clock. OF uAknewa
origin, started in the F4Ar Of 4. w.
McFee's meat market ae Wtalock. II
miles south Of here. Aa4 the whols
business block Wa destroyed. The
flames were checked by &ynA.asaag
the Columbia bar at the sRA at the
street. The loss Ia estimated At ever
$4,000.
TACOMA--A rosk-sAA~ 1t 0Are3&.
Is miles west OF ths sNnm1t, ~ $50
Saturday morning. INSTANTLY killed
Michael Murphy. OF Seattle. and ser
ieusly. injured Jacob Schmidt. fore
man OF the bridge crew. and Q. l..
Johnson. They were repairing 4
bridge over Mine Greek. The in
jured men were removed to 4 Seattle
hospital
VANCOUVER-Afts taking cut
1900 buckets OF placer ground. which
PANIED 81 to the bucket. and paying
his debts, Charles Mason had to his
credit just S135 to show tor his
three months work In Alaska last
Summer He says that placer mining
in Alaska has been waning for the
past two or three years and doubts
the reports given ont At Seattle ahoxt
the large consiEnments of gold hsin1
received there.
WALLA WALLA-That 4 railroad
is being planned from Union to Walia
Walla through the Wsaaha forest re-
serve, which will reduce the distance
covered by the @. r. & N. line by
many miles has been confirmed. TIE
new road, which the Central Railroad
OF Oregon has had surveyed some
time, will give a short cut through
! Walla Walla to Spokane for tAre4Gh
traffic from the East via Cheyenne
or Ogden.
NORTH YAkIMA-A Maud slide has
filled the Wapato ditch which sup
plies the city with water and the
Northwest Light 4 Water Company.
, Is compelled to use steam to pump
water into the mains. The company
and city face q grave situation in
shortage OF fuel. which may result In
the water supply Of the city being
shut off. Every effort 10 being made
to secure supply OF fuel to keep
the engines at the power house going
until the ditch can be repaired.
SOUTH BEND-The attempt OF
lumbermen of this section to have
property assessed on 80. instead OF
so, per cent basis, ~ agreed upon
by the state convention of County
Assessors, has failed. The lumber
men, who professed to be able to Sc
cure the endorsement OF 50 per cent