The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-27

20 to Shreve for expert watch. clocl
repairing.
+ WANTED-Women TO work At III.
Newport Steam Laundry.
FL Kichemaster. of Spirit Lake, Is .
Newport visitor today.
/ Harding & Harding, the undertakers
Night Or day. Phone 100.
i Business property for sale. Inquire
Box 2s2, Newport. Wash.
] Mrs. J. 9. Langille is in Spokane at.
tending Sunday school convention.
| II. A. Miller, undertaken. All calls
answered promptly day or night.
Attorney Fred Trumbull. of lone. was
Newport visitor on business Wednes.
day.
| The LaMotte Specially Co. at Vino
Iheater Monday and Tuesday of next
week.
Ii YOU want good homestead or tim
ner location, mostly cedar, inquire of
Ernest Thompson. Newport. Wash.
J. P. Berneck ls working on contract
to log portion of Section Is, adjoining
town, for the Panhandle Lumber 20.
Jake Shull is circulating subscription
list today, in the effort to obtain a suffl-
cient guarantee to warrant putting tn.
street sprinkler in service.
The Newport Shoe Repair Shop for
repair work. have full line of mems
shoes and children'e school shoes. Come
In and see them. Barney Zillinger.
Landlord Gus johnson, of the Antler
Hotel, has brought from Standpoint his
big Buick touring car, adding one more
to the growing list of good machines in
Newport.
Services at the First NJ. E. church on
SUNDAY. April 30: Preaching ut LA.
IN. and 7:45 p. M, Sunday school at 10
a. IN. Junior League at 2:3O p. M, Ep.
worm League at b: 40 p. m.
Electric current was shut off Sunday
until about 8 p. m.. while worxmen were
making changes on the power lines pre-
paratory to using current from the
Washington Water Power Co. line.
Appel Bros. located 1900 pound an.
Choir in the Pend Oreille river yesterday,
which is designed to hold in place the
end Of their new sheer boom for ha nd
ling poles. The Newport Iron Works
made the anchor out of old railroad iron.
Metaline Falls decided to incorporate
at the election held Tuesday, IS votes
being cast, all for incorporation. E. R.
Kirkland was elected to be the first
MAYOR. The unanimity of the election
speaks we'll for Tire pulI-together quail.
ties of the citizens of the new town.
II. W. Wakelee, ofChlcago, the gentle
man who purchased the Clark property
south of and across the road from tie
water company's reservoir, was in town
Monday to look after his property. Mr.
| Wakelee expects to move onto the place
| in the fall and start tho work of improv-
ing it.
It is against the law to burn slashipgs
or to set fires for clearing lands between
June j and Oct. in Washington and Nav
and Oct. in Idaho without permission
from the district fire warden. A little
care will cave thousands of dollars worth
of valua BILE timber and oftentimes prop
erty, homes and lives.
The warm weather of the past week 10
making it's influence felt on the stage of
| water in the Pend OreiIle river, raise
of l.5 feet having occurred during the
week. Today's reading is 8 6 feet above
low water mark. This date 1910 it was
IL feet and in 1909 it was 2 feet.
Palmer Shull. the drayman, was se-
verely injured several days ago by
piano, which fell onto him while it was
being unloaded from dray. The in
strument hit Mr.. Shull on the hips,
crushing him to the ground, and
he has since been confined to the house.
but will soon be able to be out.
E. f. Reid and wife have resumed
housekeeping in Newport, having re.
turned from their winter sojourn in
southern California. Mr.. Reid is an
active candidate for the appointment to
the position of treasurer of Pend Oreille
county, but is enlisting support for the
appointment only from the central and
northern portions of the county.