The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-09-29
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

LOST-On the streets of Newport, a
gray lap robe Finder please return to
this office.
The M. F. church will give cooking
sale at the City Market Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock.
In a hearing in Justice Anderson .
court in Old Town Monday, jury failed
to return verdict of guilty against Jas.
Wilcox, arrested for the sale of liquor in
a dry unit.
Horse. buggy and harness for sale.
Horse sorrel, years old; weight 1850;
good single driver and saddle horse; safe.
D. Charboneau, P. O. Box 500, Newport,
Wash 2O-2
c. A. Heberling, deputy county engi-
neer and the Republican nominee for
the Office of county engineer, was sur
veying newly petitioned for county
road in the neighborhood of Tweedie
Wednesday.
FOR RENT-35-acre island tract in
Pend Oreille river, near Newport, box
house and barn; suitable for dairy and
chicken ranch low rent to right party.
Address 3D." care Miner, Newport. 206
Don't waste your money buying plas-
tiers when you can get a bottle of Cham
berlain g Liniment for Is cents. A piece
of flannel dampened with this liniment
is superior to any plaster for lame back,
pains in the side and chest and much
cheaper Sold by all druggists.
Episcopal services will be conducted
the Very Venerable Henry J. Purdue
Sunday evening, Oct. 2, at 7:45, at Vaw-
ter's Hall. The subject of the sermon
will be "The Ladder of Life" from the
text, Jacob tarried all night at Beer
sheba, because the sun was SET" Gen.
xviii. Every one is invited to attend
this service.
Senator Wesley L. Jones advises the
local relief committee that he has been
IN communication with the department
of agriculture, and by that department
is informed that their allotment of seeds
for distribution in 1910 has been COM
pleted and no more seed is available for
distribution in the burned district.
The Craig water warrant case against
the town of Newport is slated to come
up for trial at Colville next Tuesday,
Oct. 4. Messrs. Belden & Losey, of
Spokane, are representing Mr.. Craig,
the owner of the warrants, and the
towns side of the matter will be looked
after by City Attorney E. I, Jones and
Messrs. Joseph & Grinstead, of Colyille.
Stevens county must pay $73, 7O3 state
taxes this year, an increase over the
$65, 1853 levied last year, because the state
board finds assessments in this county
are lower than the average in the state.
The state board made big cut this
year in state taxes, and but for that fact
the county would haye had to pay many
thousands more. The state has made
the start in reducing levies. and it is up
to the taxpayers to see that county COM
missioners and city councils also use the
pruning knife on levies if taxes are to be
reduced as demanded by the people.
A. 4. Ries is continuing work on the
Eagle mine, formerly known as the
Katydid, north of town. Mr.. Ries put
in traction engine and pump to un-
water the mine and succeeded in getting
it in condition to work. He now has a |
crew of five men at work. They are in |
vein of decomposed mineral which
appears to have high values, but as yet
no assay OF it has been made. The vein
is nov 81 feet wide and is constantly |
widening. No powder is required to
get out the ore and it is being sacked for
shiement.. >