The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-04-25
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John Hartman, of the Atle3 Found
& Iron Works, of Tacoma, v.e elect
president of the United Metal Traq
Association for the eneuing YER in TIC
nnal session of it's a..n4.l Convent,
at Portland.
James Brady, a wealthy savn
operator, and his wife were 70
dead in their bed at their home il
monds. Apparently Mrs. Brady /
shot her husband and then had c.
mitted suicide.
Claiming that -four h. S been sellin
for some time at 40 to SO cents /
the cost of production, S. tile mile
advanced the price of Patent -four
cents a barrel and export four
lifted 20 cents.
The state penitentiary at Wa
Walla is shown to have had an eff
ent and economical management &C
cording to the report of the state b
reau Of inspection, filed with Attorney
General w. V. Tanner.
Nearly every mill in Aberdeen now
Is running, and while some are short
handed, it is expected that the vacant
places will soon be filled, as a numhe7
of men with their families are expect
ed to arrive soon with the expectation
of getting work in the mills.
Supporters of Champ Clark won 9
decisive victory VIXEN the Spoke
county democratic convention indO
ed Clark for president and adopted the
unit rule to govern the Spokane delo
cation to the state convention, which
will assure Clark of the Spokane dele
cation.
Clarence Dayton Hillman, the multi
millionaire real estate dealer, has been
removed to the federal prison on Nc
Neil's Island, to serve a sentence Of
two and one-half years imprisonment
for using the mails to defraud in con-
nection with his townsite promotion
schemes.
The private bank of w. e. Schricker
& Co., of La Conner, has closed it's
doors and announced it's insolvency.
Deposits amount to $325,00O. Failure
of private investments to make de-
sired returns is given as the cause.
The bank was one of the oldest in the
Pacific northwest.
The appointment of Mrs. Marion
McCreedie, of Sunnyside, president of
the Washington State Federation of
Women's clubs, as a member of the
state board of health, has been an
nounced by Governor M. E. Hay. Mrs.
McCreedie is the first woman to fill
q position on this board.
A church to cost between $4,000
and $4,000 is planned by the First
Methodist Episcopal church of Walla
Walla Work is expected to start in
a few weeks as part of the money has
been raised. The first Methodist Epis-
copal church was established in 1859
and is the oldest church organization
in the Inland Empire.
The Canadian Pacific transcontinen-
tai train, running over the Northern
Pacific tracks from Seattle to Sumas,
was wrecked mile from Nooksack in
Whatcom county and Engineer T. B.
Evans and Fireman Fred Butts:
Brakeman George Hadley, of Seattle,
and one passenger, whose name was
not learned, were injured.
Henry B. Dewey, superintendent of
public instruction has now made the
fourth apportionment for the current
school year. The total sum apportion-
ed was $1,38S,3S6, of which King coun-
ty received 1928, AL, or less than one
quarter of the whole, Spokane county
taking second place, while Pierce
county was third with Sal ,430.
South Bend will make an attempt
to induce the residents of Elklund
Park and other suburban tracts be-
tween there and Raymond to annex
themselves to the municipality. The
advantages of better roads, scent
present themselves favorably to the
people now living outside the corpor-
ate limits.
Twenty of the largest contractors
of Spokane employing men of the
building trades, have posted an "open
shop" order. The order, which affects
carpenters, brick and stone masons
plumbers, electrical workers, concrete
men and others engaged in the build
ing trades, states that the contractors
mo- longer will hire union men exclu.
sively. The unions have taken no &C
ton with regard to the notice as yet
improvements of the Cowlitz river
from it's mouth to Kelso, is sought by
residents of the district, and the plan
has the support of Senator Jones. Sen
ator Jones was instrumental in obtain
ing an appropriation of 100000 for riv
er improvement years ago, but $40,
400 "a +b;c f,,nd bod RI he SDauf in fit