The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-03-09
SIDELIGHTS FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON

SomAitlccS were appointed anu
plans discussed for the blossom fes-
tival to be held in North Yakima
about April 20.
Peterson Bros sawm;ll, about three
miles north of Camas, was destroyed
by fire together with about 100000
feet of lumber. This is the third time
they have lost their mill by fire with
in year and each time carried no
insurance.
The Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Co. placed an order last
week with the Lewis River Log &
Boom Co. of Ridgefield for 10000, 900
feet of railroad ties. Deliveries will
begin this month and the shipments
will all be made from Ridgefield.-
The University of Washington bas.
ketball team crawled up frop behind
in the first of a series of two games
to decide the Northwest College
championship and won from the Uni
versity of Oregon five in a sensational
game in the varsity. gymnasium at
Seattle, score % to Is.
Material for the new whaling sta
ton to be located near Ocosta is now
going forward, and work on the plant
will soon begin. AS an outcome OF
the establishment of the station, it is
probable that a big fertilizing plant
will be established somewhere on the
harbor, for the utilization of the
waste.
More than three million dollars
changed hands on Walla Walla Coun-
ty real estate during February, the
best second month in years. While
this includes satisfaction of mort
gage for two million, there is without
this clearings of the county auditors
office on deeds and mortgages at the
figure of $1,122,SS2
The Citizens club of Chehalis has
decided to spend several thousand
dollars fitting up quarters second to
none in the Northwest. Chehalis
business men are expecting the big.
gest year in the history OF the city,
there being already about 100000
worth of improvements in sight, more
than 100000 of which will be new
sewerage and paving
The Doty Fish Company OF Kalama
shipped their last shipment of sal
mon. The house will be closed until
May /. Manager Ruckles reports
doing over $15O,O00 worth of business
during the year, handling as many as
40 tons of fish in one day. The last
month, however, was the poorest ex
perienced in years, owing to shortage
of fish. The company employs over
100 fishermen
The House agreed to the confer
ence report on the Indian appropria
ton bill, which had been in dispute
between the two houses for some
time. The Senate withdrew its
amendment. indirectly recognizing at
torneys' claims amounting to $4,000
against the Colville Indians, and the
House accepted the Senate's amend
ment authorizing the payment of Ger
tain traders claims against individual
Indians.
The coyotes are killing the deer in
the mountains back of Trout Lake al
the headwaters of the White Salmon
River. In two instances ranchers
have had to violate the game laws by
killing deer so torn by ravenous CO
votes that they could not live. Poison
is now being laid for these enemies
of the deer, but if the latter are tG
be preserved the bounty must be
raised high enough to induce hunters
to wage war on the coyotes.
Stores at White Salmon closed Sat
urday afternoon to enable business
men to attend mass meeting to con
slider the proposal to build a steam
railway from the North Bank road
opposite the Columbia dock, up a four
per cent grade to White Salmon. 9
distance of about one mile and half
The White Salmon Short Line is pro
noted by C. D. Moore, a rancher. He
has obtained free rights of way and
has $4,000 to finance the road, If the
people of White Salmon will take
$4,000 in stock.
With the water gushing forth at the