The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-24
SIDELIGHTS FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON

VANCOUVER-A 100000 paper
mill that will give employment to 800
men Is to be built in Vancouver
CHEHALIS-The first dry town in
Lewis County under the new local
option law is Pc Ell. where the sa.
looms closed last week
VANCOUVER - Carelessness In
standing too close to q blast as 1t
exploded may cost Fred Erickson an
eye
: DAYTON-For purposes of cooper.
alton to promote interest in fruit
growing. to advertise this locality in
the East and TO secure series OF
lectures from prominent Northwest
growers. the Columbia County Horti-
cultural Society was organized here.
TACOMA Customs inspectors
searching the Weir Oriental liner Su.
vertc. found secret compartment
aboard the vessel containing q large
quantity OF bolt silk, dress goods.
waist patterns. silk embroidery and
other silk articles hidden by some
wouldJbe smuggler aboard.
OLYMPIA-A. P. Leonard, ex.Au.
d1tor OF Pacific County, was saved
from the penitentiary by conditional
pardon issued by Governor Hay after
the State Supreme Court had refused
to set aside the officials conviction
on charge of embezzling hunting H.
cense moneys.
DAYTON-With new markets at
Portland. Spokane and Walla Walla
afforded by new schedules on the
Northern Pacific and O. r. & N.
truck farming and small fruit culture
is to be undertaken In the Touchet
Valley on quite an extensive scale
this Spring.
SEATTLE-Mrs Cleo Bright, aged
%. wife of carpenter living in the
Ballard district, committed suicide by
drinking carbolIc acid after telephen-
Ing to her mother that she had been
terribly beaten by her husband and
was about to kill herself ana asking
her mother to look after her child and
her kitten
WALLA WALLA-Though she was
born three blocks from railroad sta
ton and lived all her life within ear
shot OF the trains. Miss Emma F.
Schaffer, now Mrs. Roy E. Meyer.
of this city. never was inside rail.
road coach until last week. when she
and her husband started on their wed.
ding trip
SEATTLE--The recent loss Of the
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company's
steamship Ohio and Kentucky and the
Alaska Steamship Company's steam
ships Farallon and Yucatan. leaves
both companies in crippled condition.
with a heavy Alaska season near at
hand that will require more vessels
Cuau lhSt year LId11lC
BELLINGHAM-Wit tive unset
pearls. value at $4,000. secreted in his
clothing. DR.. Richard Burrill. giving
his address at Vancouver. B. c.. was
arrested at Blaine on charge OF
smuggling and the gems we're seized.
Burrill was held in $4,000 bonds for
trial and was sent to Seattle in
charge of Deputy United States
Marshal
: SEATLE-Followin the breaking
out OF. another case OF smallpox on
the armoured cruiser Washington.
which is being detained at the Dta-
mond Point Quarantine Station. the
quarantine officers decided to isolate
all the men who had been exposed to
the disease and removed $50 members
OF the crew to the old quarantine
ship lroquois.
eDAYTON-One Of the largest de-
velopment enterprises In the history
o. COIuupla NOuuIy II pkAAoSOs Wv
viding for Irrigation Of several thou
sand acres of land near Starbuck.
Wash. The Snake River Valley. in
which the land lies. is ideal for peach
growing. Work will commence on
the project as soon as Spring opens
up.
.SEATTLE-The contract for con-
struction of the Chicago. Milwaukee
& Puget Sound Railroads branch line
to Everett has been awarded to Hor-
ace c. Henry, Of this city. The
branch. which will be IS miles long,
will leave the main line at Moncton.
King County. and the cost of con-
struction will be about $4,000 per
mile.
SEATTLE-The investigation Of
the office of State Oil Inspector r.
A. Clark. who is charged with tncom-
potency, neglect of duty. waste OF
public funds and use Of his Official