The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-12-26
WASHINGTON BRIEFLETS

for S6OOsaOO all of the unincumbereo
real estate holdings in Washington OF
c. D. Hillman, the millionaire real es-
tate operator.
The following Washington postoffi-
ces will become presidential offices
on January 1, with the salaries 1ndl-
Gated: Ilwaco, $1,000; Prescott, $1,000;
Bothel, $11OO.
At Tacoma Mrs. c. E. Hart, who had
watched for weeks over the sick bed
of her son, took a revolver and flreo
bullet through her brain just after
the boy had died.
Brigadier General Marion P. Maus,
commanding the department OF the
Columbia, has been ordered to Wash
ington to confer with war department
officials with reference to the propos-
ed reorganization of the army.
John Imam, former city marshal of
Stevenson, on trial for the shootlng
of Charles Hicks and M. Lindsay, on
a Sunday morning early in October
of this year, was found guilty OF as
sault with a deadly weapon In the
third degree.
The old constitutional provision i'll
the state of Washington which pro-
hibits the holding of real estate by
aliens will be abolished if the recon-
mendations of the committee Of the
state affairs and legislation of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce is ap-
proved at Olympia.
Fielder A. Jones, former manager
of the Chicago White Sox, was re-
elected to term Of three years as
president of the Northwestern league
at Tacoma. In addition to this, he
was given a substantial boost in salary
in recognition of the services perform
ed for the benefit of the league.
The salmon pack for the entire Pa
cific coast for 1912 was 5,905, 100 cases
worth between $35,OO0,O0O and $751;
100000, according to tabulation COM
pleted by Secretary Crawford of the
association of Alaska salmon packers.
The pack is the largest on record, ex-
ceeding that of last year by few
thousand cases.
A lone robber at Seattle comman-
deered the touring car of F. McDer-
mott, president of a department store,
compelled the chauffeur, Charles E.
Osland, to drive him about the city,
held up a saloon and grocery store,
engaged in five running fights with
policemen and victims and shot two
men. The highwayman was arrested.
Fourteen thousand pounds of halibut
sold for the record price of 10A cents
a pound at Seattle when the fishing
steamer Molola arrived from a 22-day
cruise off Vancouver island. The price
of halibut has jumped rapidly since
the fishermen's strike began two
months ago and the few independent
crews operating are reaping huge pro-
fits.
A petrified tree stump, five feet in
diameter and 10 feet high, has been
discovered in the Kittitas canyon, be-
tween Ellensburg and North Yakima,
and although the silicified wood was
found at an elevation of 1850 feet
above sea level, no large trees are
now to be found below a level of 1900
feet. Biologists are interested in the
discovery.
The war department has under con-
sideration plan for a continuance of
Vancouver Barracks and of Fort Law
ton, near Seattle, and the building UP
of new regimental post at American
Lake, which shall at the same time,
be large enough for a permanent pa
rade maneuver ground. Congress will
be asked for the necessary authority
and appropriations
Without discordant note to mar
the harmony of the entire proceedings,
$50 fruitgrowers, bankers and railroad
men of Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana assembled in Spokane
and went on record unanimously as
favoring central selling organization
and named board of nine trustees to
work out the details and to incorpor-
ate for the purpose of effecting such
an organization.
The Lewiston-Clark bridge, the
property of the lewiston Charleston
Improvement company, of Charleston,
can be purchased by the states of
Idaho and Washington for $4,000, &C.
cording to an announcement made by
the owners. The Lewiston and Clark.
ston commercial clubs have been CO.
operating to encourage the two states
to purchase the bridge, which is now
toll structure.
Senator Chamberlain has been ure-
ed by the Mazama society, of Fort
land, to aid in obtaining an appropria-
tion of S250 600 from this congrocs for