The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-11-16
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETS

Walla Is planned, half to be built by
Umatilla County and half by Walla
Walla County.
Mrs. Mary B. Roderick was appoint
ed the first woman jury ba1llrf OF
King County. The appointment was
made by Superior Judge Gay because
of the presence of women Jurors in
his court.
Centralia is to have a thoroughly
modern building for it's new postoff1ce
when the governments lease on the
present building expires, February l,
1912. The new building will be con
structed of white brick.
A dog has a right to bite a man
who steps on the dogs tail. This, in
effect, is the ruling made by Judge
Ronald, at Seattle, when he found for
the defendant in a suit involving
claim for $4,000 damages for a dog
bite.
A 100000 issue of Chehalis County
bonds have been sold to the Dexter
Horton National Bank of Seattle, its
bid being for par and accrued interest
and a bonus of $4,000 for the bonds
bearing interest at per cent per an
mum.
Through report made to the
health department by DR. G. 8. Kalb
the discovery has been made that Spo-
kane has for three or four years con-
tanned a man afflicted with leprosy
The patient is an Italian about so
years old.
By the special efforts of Sheriff Car
ter and deputies at Colfax the men
who stole Fred B. Grinnelps automo-
bile at Spokane were captured near
Endicott, 20 miles west of Colfax. The
car cost $4,000 and was one Of the
best in Spokane.
The supreme court reversed the
King County superior court in sus-
tanning the demurrer to the informa-
tim against Charles Seifert, charged
with murder in the first degree. The
court holds that a technical defect in
an information does not invalidate it.
With the shipment of 200 cars OF
apples the harvest in the Walla Walla
Valley is complete. This is less than
half the amount sent out last year,
but it is close to a normal crop. Cold
weather has stopped all fruit ship
ments, except few rush orders In re-
fr' geratOr cars.
Within a month the rev sub-station
| at North Yakima of the Pacific Power
| & Light Company will be completed
| at the power station west of the city
and North Yakima will be tied up to
| the system with generating plants at
Wal!a Walla, Priest Rapids, Naches
and Kennewick.
No only has a woman distinguished
herself as the grower of the best ap-
| pies exhibited at the New York Land
Show. whe~e Mrs. Elal Rowland, of
Zillah. took the $500 prize, but a
woman holds the seasons record for
apple-packing, in the vicinity of North
Yakima, at least. Mrs. Ella Lynch
at Ahtanum packed 100 boxes of
SpitZ, nbergs in ten hours.
The joint water committee of Cen
tralia and Chehalis has developed fur
| Allow ,,lo,e for fba ;Dc%oJofion IF y,ou
nicipal gravity water systems in the
two cities. 1t was decided to build a
joint intake at the headwaters of the
Newaukum River but to maintain sep
arate pipe lines from that point. The
length of the pipe line from the in
take to Chehalis will be 16 miles,
while the route to Centralia will be
but IA miles.
Governor Hay will give hearing at
Tacoma, December 6, to advocates OF
the proposal to call a special session
| of the Legislature in order to enact
statute providing for direct election
| of delegates to national political con-
ventions. Petitions are being widely
circulated in the state asking a spe-
cial session be called to enact the
law, the state grange, the progressive
| Republican organization, the State
Federation of Labor and other bodies
! being back Of the movement.
Although Hartman officials refuse
to talk, partial confirmation was OBJ
tanned of the report that the projected
extension of the North Coast, a Har-
riman line, from North Yakima to Ia
coma will not cross the Cascades at
Cowlitz Pass, as originally planned,
but will go through the mountains in
a tunnel at Bear Gap, five miles far
Their north. This would shorten the
extension by 10 miles The tunnel
will be so long as to make the use of
steam dangerous. and trains will run
through it under electric power
On December 8, the date set for the
general municipal election, the voters