The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-06-01
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are making war on the SQUIRRELS. but
fewer are being killed than before.
The first crate of berries sent out
by the Fruitgrowers' Union OF White
Salmon sold for 1880 in Butte. Mont
The Ridgefeld Fruit & Produce As
ISOLATION has lumber on the grounds
for building a. new warehouse and
headquarters. and work will begin at
once.
Agitation among members OF the
Yakima county chain gang for the
adoption of an eight-hour day in their
labors resulted in strike by the rs
men.
Amid the fragrance of green a.
falfa, with which the town was Nber-
ally decorated. Outlook entertained a
large crowd Of visitors at the alfalfa
carnival.
The workingmen's compensation
commission was formally organized ut
q meeting held at Seattle Saturday
at which were present Commissioners
Lee, Pratt and Wallace.
Plans are under way to send q rec
ord-breaking delegation from Ray
mond to the meeting OF the South
western Washington Development
Association at Chshalis this week.
What promises to be one Of the
most unique automobile trips yet un-
dertaken in America Is planned by
F. o. Berg, of Spokane, who contem-
plates making a circuit OF the bound
airy lines of the United States.
Fred Clemens, who represented
Whitman College in the triangular in
ter-collega ate oratorical contest at
Pullman, won over the other two con-
testants, landing an easy first with
his grafton 1.-The Fourth Estate"
In line with the movement among
the millmen of the Pacific Northwest
to curtail the output, the mills OF
southwest Washington closed down
Saturday and on each succeed ing
Saturday for an indefinite period the
mills will not operate.
The dread walking disease" has
again struck the Walla Walla Valley
and 1t Is estimated that 100 horses
have died from its effects. No horses
stricken have been known to recover.
The cause of the disease 10 unknown
and no cure has been discovered.
The Confederate Memorial Associar
ton has been perfected by Seattle
Southerners whose purpose Is the
burying in tho same place Of Conied-
crate veterans. The committee pro-
poses to raise $4,000 to purchase &
plot already selected and to erect
q memorial shaft.
In competition with engineers from
Seattle and other places, the Tannatt-
Loysted Company. hydraulic and irri-
cation specialists, OF Spokane. was
awarded the contract for putting an
air lift for pumping water out Of q
drilled we'll by compressed air in the
Walla Walla Penitentiary grounds.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
has placed an order for 100000 feet
of lumber with the Port Blakely Mill
Company, according to an announce
ment by Manager g. N. Skinner. The
same firm has also contracted to fur
nish 100000 feet Of lumber to the
Copper River and Northwestern Rail
road, running from Cordova. Alaska,
to Kennicott.
When the recent Legislature passed
tho eignthour law for women. provid,
ing that 1t applied to all women and
girls employed in mechanical estah-
lishments, the law was 20 drawn that
1t included telephone operators. So
holds Stephen v. Carey. assistant at
torney-general, In q formal opinion b,
the State Railroad Commission. and
it will affect every telephone operator
in the state.
The Seattle National Bank next
week will issue what the eficers
claim is the most comprehensive crop.
trade, Industrial and financial report
ever prepared on conditions In Wash
ington, Oregon. Idaho and western
Montana. It will be the nrst time
such data has been collected and pub
1ished by Northwest bank. The in
tention is to issue such reports from
time to time.
On Monday morning, the Chicago.
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway,
the new Independent transcontinental
system, inaugurated its through ssrv-
ice between Chicago and the Coast,
with the placing In operation of its
two palatial limited trains Of solid
steel throughout, one the "OiymptaR, -