The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
SIDELIGHTS FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON


with the guard.
James Logan, convicted of murder
ing his wife at Harvey Creek and
then burning the body some time ago,
was sentenced at Colville to hang at
Walla Walla April 81.
A compilation of figures from the
banks of Everett and the postoftice
has revealed that Greeks, Italians and
Japanese alone send out of that city
annually about $150.OO0 that never
comes back.
Hippolyte Dawn, wealthy sheep
man, was found dead on his Snake
River ranch near Starbuck with bull
let wound in his head, supposedly
from the accidental discharge of
rife while hunting
Secretary Ballinger has issued a
call for bids for the construction Of
the Lake Kachess dam, part OF the
Yakima reclamation project The es-
timated cost of the work is s625, 200.
Bids will be opened at North Yakima
April U.s.
J. T. Davis, patrolman, was killed;
John Ford, young highwayman, was
fatally wounded, and Alexander Nest
another highwayman, was wounded
and captured, as the outcome of a re-
volver battle between two policemen
and the two holdup men at Seattle.
Contracts were awarded by the
navy department for an oil storage
warehouse at $4,000 to c. F. Graf,
of Seattle, and steel casson for dry
deck No. 2 at $125,O00 to Moran
Brothers Company at Seattle, both for
the navy yard at Bremerton, Wash.
r. L. Theilman, alias Darby"
Theilman. accused of completely in
the operations of the Maybray gang
of fake prizefght swindlers, who es-
capped from a deputy United States
marshal at Seattle last June. has re-
turned from New York and surren~
dered.
Two thrifty Italian brothers have
started in the vegetable growing in
dustry on a large scale in Centralia
to meet the immediate needs of the
city's consumption, as the products of
the farmers are nearly all shipped
away. Mushrooms will form fea-
ture of their production.
Colonel" William. H. Garland, the
aged Portland promoter, convicted Of
swindling a purchaser OF stock In a
worthless coal mining stock, was SEN
fenced at Seattle to an indefinite term
OF three to five years in state prison.
He appealed to the state supreme
court and was released on bail.
Litigation over water rights. which
has been threatening for some time,
has broken out at North Yakima. One
is the protest of owners OF riparian
rights along the Ahtanum Creek
against the efforts Of the Yakima Or.
chards & Investment Company, to ap-
propriate waters from the Lesh canal
Within few weeks the Husum
Power Company will commence the
erection of concrete dam across the
White Salmon River, a short distance
above the present intake to the power
plant at Husum For the present the
new dam will be of sufficient height
to insure an increase of 1000 horse
power. The demand for additional
power and lights compels the COM
pany to enlarge the power capacity Of
the plant.
Contracts for approximately $4,9eo,-
900 worth OF work on 40h miles Of
the new line OF the North Coast Rail-
way, now owned by the Hartman
system, between Spokane and Aver
Junction, on the Snake River, a dis
lance of 103 miles, where a connec-
ton will be made with the present
tracks of the O.sW. r. & N. Co.. were
let at the Spokane Offices of the road.
The work must be completed in less
than IS months, according to con-
tract
The output of fish OF all kinds on
the Pacific coast for the year 1910
was valued at s3s.4O6,3s0. OF which
the state of Washington contributed
$10,171,929 These figures appear in
the annual number of Pacific Fisher
man. A total of 30.5o6.376 pounds Of
halibut reached Puget Sound. At five
cents per pound the halibut industry
last year was worth $2.650.318. The
final figures on the seasons canned
salmon pack show that the output az
gregated 4,310,082 cases, which was a
record-breaking pack for a lean"