The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13
SIDELIGHTS FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON

Floyd Garvey, IA years old, SON o.
A. ]. Garvey. editor Of the C.arkstor
Republic. was instantly killed by fal
ing over cliff on Snake River, neal
Charleston.
Equipped with up-to-date machinery.
a lumber mill Is being installed two
miles east of Centralia- The new mill
will start with an output of 100000
feet month.
Work will be commenced next week
clearing off the scrub growth on the
site for the fine new $4,000 tennis
courts and clubhouse to be built by
the Spokane Tennis Club.
For robbing messenger boy of 81
on March 10, in the early hours of
the morning, Frank NJ Hall was SEN
fenced at Seattle to q term OF 10 to
20 years In the penitentiary.
c. A. Duniway, president OF the
University of Montana. was elected
president Of the Inland Empire
Teachers Association at the annual
business meeting at Spokane. The
association comprises teachers from
Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana.
Deputy county clerks are not en-.
titled to retain fees for filing papers
as clerk OF the probate court, which
office they secure by reason of their
other pos ton, il the ruling Of the
attorney-general's Office. in an opin-
ion given to the state bureau Of in
spection.
Through smoke and flames, four
nurses, under the leadership Of Cap
tain BERTHE Smith. of the Salvation
Army, rushed to the rescue of Is
helpless infants and six women in the
maternity ward Of the Army Rescue
Home at Spokane. The home was
badly damaged by the fire.
Water has been turned into the Tie
ton canal. and the banks are being
puddled, preparatory to turning it into
the laterals. The reclamation Office
announces that very little damage
was done to the canal during the win
ter, the only repairs necessary being
to the Dumping Lake telephone line.
The cost bill in the case of C. D.
Hillman, the millionaire real estate
dealer who was recently conv: cted
and sentenced to a term on McNeils
Island for using the mails to defraud,
was filed in the district court at Seat
tie. It totaled $4466, and nearly
equaled the amount of the fine, which
was $500.
The Little-Wetzel Company, of We
natchee. has completed the purchase
of 412 head of cattle in the Methow
valley for $4,000. The company al
ready has more than 200 head Of cat.
tie in the Methow valley. Heretofore
the company has been forced to buy
$4,000 to $4,000 worth OF cattle in
Montana every season.
Frederick W.. Harper, collector of
customs for Puget Sound, whose re-
nom nation was rejected at the last
session Of Congress on demand Of
Senator Piles, was again nominated
by President Taft, and will be con-
firmed unless Senator Poindexter rep
resents that Harper's appointment IL
personally obnoxious" to him.
The Coates-Larkin Shing,e Gem
pany's mill, located on the Wil1aps
River and Northern Pacific Railway.
midway between South Bend and Ray
mond, has been sold to the Eastern
Single Company, an eastern concern,
which is buying up number OF shin
gle mills on the coast. This IL the
largest and finest shingle mill on VIII.
lapa harbor and the purchase price
is said to be $4,000 for the mill and
boom site only.
ne Suoud1lS 1SlVcI uDu udlC0STys
four miles above Montesano, IL doing
much to perpetuate the fish supply OF
Chehalis County. The hatchery has
80 troughs, and 500 egg racks. Be.
tween September I. 1910, and March
IL, 1911, the following results have
been secured at the institution: Eggs
set. 5,406,00O; eggs lost, 1890; fish
Matched, 100000: nsh lost, $1,000:
fish turned loose. 1.o5o, 900; fish in
troughs 100000.
Development Of two new irrigation
enterprises on the Yakima Indian res.
ervation. irrigating several thousand
acres of land, is the plan Of the edu-
Gated Indians of the Yakima Indian
reservation, who held their second