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The Newport Miner
Official Paper
of
Stevens County
VOLUME VII
WILL NOT RUN- AGAIN
Says His Decision is Final
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Roosevelt Announces He will not
Accept Re-Nomination.
Washington, Dec. 11.—President
Roosevelt will not be a candidate for a
third term. All doubt on this point was
dispelled by the authoritative statement
from the White House that Mr. Roose
velt still adheres to the declaration of
i enunciation made on the night of the
election three years ago. In the state
ment issued President Roosevelt says he
has not changed and shall not change
the decision delivered to the American
people in 1904.
It appears that President Roosevelt
had been awaiting the call for the re
publican national convention to afford
the proper opportunity for making his
position clear and unmistakable, thus
leaving the field clear for*. Fairbanks,
Taft, Cannon, Knox, Foraker and other
declared or prospective candidates for
the Republican nomination. The presi
dent's statement follows:
"On the night after election I made
the following announcement:
"'I am deeply sensible of the honor
done me by the American people in thus
expressing their confidence in what I
have done and have tried to do. I ap
preciate to the full the solemn responsi
bility this confidence imposes upon me,
and I shall do all that in my power lies
not to forfeit it. On the 4th of March
next I shall have served three and a half
years and these three and a half years
constitute my first ternc. The wise cus
tom which limits the president to two
terms regards the substance and not the
form, and under no circumstances will.l
be a candidate or accept another nomin
tion.'
"I have not changed tind shall not
change the decision thu9 announced."
Retiring Clearing House Checks.
The first move in the retirement of the
$1,000,(XX) of clearing hovse checks is
sued by the Spokane Cleoring House
Association was made last week, when
$133,000 in certificates was cremated in
the furnace of one of the Spokane banks.
It is expected that about $100,600 per
week will be disposed of in this manner,
as the banks are getting in enough cash
so that the despised "soap wrappers"
can be dispensed with.
Northern The^Siore
Mercantile Co., Ltd -
THE "BIG STORE'S
"Week before Christmas Sale"
BEGINS MONDAY, DEC. 16
SEE OUR SEE OUR SEE OUR
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5c Counter lOc counter 25c counter
Read the enumerated articles on the last page of to
day's MINER. Almost everything that one
could think or wish for. _
HOW MANY BEANS IN THE JAf*?
# $10.00 W:
TO BE GIVEN AWAY CHRISTMAS EVE.
Read conditions of guessing contest oir page eight.
CHRISTMAS OPENING, TUESDAY EVE., DEC. 17
MUSIC BY BARRY'S ORCHESTRA.
New Schedule lor the Mclalinc.
The steamer Metaline will -hereafter
make rouhd trips to the lower river on
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. She
will thus run opposite the schedule of
the Newport and give the. lower river
people a boat to and from the lower river
daily. Captain LeClerc will keep the
boat in commission as as possible
under present conditions, in order to
accommodate the patrons from below.
This will prove a great accommodation
to the patrons of both lines and will be
appreciated.
The steamer Defender, Captain Fred
Cusick in charge, has been taken out of
commission for the winter season. The
Defender will remain at Dalkena until
navigation opens in the spring.
The steamer Spokane has made her
last trip for the year 1907. Captain Jim
Stuart, who has been in charge for most
of the season, will take the boat to the
local shipyard, where she will be over
hauled during the winter season and be
placed in first-class shape for the coming
year.
Fired at Nail Carrier.
An attempt was Saturday afternoon
to assassinate or hold up Mail Carrier L.
N.Pressnell, of White, Ida. Pres'bnell had
brought the mail to Newport, and on hfe
return had nearly reached when
he was fired upon from ambush. The
bullet struck Pressnell's horse in the
back, causing the animal to run with
hinrfor some distance before he could
control it. Pressnell, not being armed,
did not return to the scene of the shoot
ing, but went directly back to White,
where he reported the affair. He states
that the gun could not have been more
than ten feet from him when it was dis
charged. He is At a loss to account for
the attack upon him, as he has no
enemies that he feels would go so far as
to attempt his life. The horse is recov
ering from the effects of the wound.
The matter has been reported to the
postal authorities and an investigation
will be made.
Frank Koch, of Spokane, arrived here
this week, and will with a crew of five
men begin work on the Ground King
and Flower claims, east of town, getting
ready to put in a diamond drill. Mr.
Koch is one ot the pioneer miners of
this section and has already put in con
siderable work on these claims. He
says that this time work will continue
without further interruption.
"Sfetvport, Cohere rat , and rit)er meet."
Agents for "ButtericK. Pattern*
Don't fall 4o attend our
NEWPORT, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907.
RAILROAD HAPPENINGS
More Locomotives on the Road
Blackwell Road has v Platted a npw
Addition to Newport
During week the Black well
road 'has had a party of surveyors at
work under Engineer H. L. Russell,
laying out and platting the Jaynes tract
west of this city, purchased by the road
last summer. The tract contains 50
acres and has been laid out into fourteen
city blocks. When the addition will be
placed on the market has not been de
cided, but doubtless it will n6t be until
next spring.
The'company headquarters were tbis
week moved from Coieman to Spirit
Lake, the new depotiiaving been com
pleted and the upstairs offices finished
for the reception of the office force of the
company. Headquarters had been
been maintained at Coleman since last
June.
Two more big freight engines for the
new road a*e on the way and will soon
arrive here. The passenger equipment
is expected to be ready for service about
Jan. Ist, and when it arrives a double
daily train service to Spokane will be
put on, the trains running direct to
Spokane without change at Grand Junc
tion. That will give Newport a morn
ing train into Spokane and one out in
the evening, and will make three trains
a day between here and Spirit Lake, as
trains will lay over night at that point.
Both passenger and freight business
on the road are increasing, as the service
given is pleasing to the patrons. Ex
press service has not yet been inaugu
rated, but it. is expected that it will be
started in a few~days. v
Extra gang No. 3, on the Idaho &
Washington Northern Railroad, which
has been camped west of town, w r as laid
off this week. The gang had been en
gaged in filling and surface work and
were laid off on account of the difficul
ties encountered in this work this
season of the The roadbed of the
company is alreadj' in fine_shape and
considerable more work is planned to be
done on it in the spring.
Ooiy a few acre tracts left in the
Quale addition. Lots between First,
Second and Third streets. Can be had
on terms of one-third down balance to
■uit purchaser.
Sandpoint BanK Resumed Business.
Last week thfe Sandpoint Trades'
State-Bank resumed business, alter
having been suspended since Nov. 16th
on account of the financial stringency.'
A committee of business men had se
cured- the signatures of 90 per cent of
the stockholders to an agreement that
they would not ask for more than 10 per
cent pei i\ionth oh their deposits. $n
the first two days that the bank was
reopened for business it received in de
posits over $20,000 and but about #400
w£9 drawn out. The Sandpoint people
'nave co-operated with the bank officials
in getting the institution back on its
feet, and are entitled to credit for the
manner in which they have assisted the
institution and saved the credit of the
town.
First Fatality on the flew Railroad.
Since the inception of the new-Black
well road until last Saturday there has
occurred no fatal accident, despite the
fact that many of the men engaged in
the construction work were at times in
hazardous employment. On last Satur
day A. W. Richardson, a freight con
ductor, met death at Fish Lake, Idaho,
in a peculiar manner. An engine placed
a car on a siding and it not being quite
clear was shoving it back from the side
with a pole. The pole broke and Rich
ardson was struck by one of the ends of
the pole in the^stomach, dealing him a
fatal blow.
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Instruments Recorded.
The iollowing is from the daily report
of the Stevens County Abstract Com
pany, Colville:
F A Black well to Northern Electric
Co, Its 2-3-5, blk 5, Koch's add to New
port, $1.
F Si Sam men a to M M Sammons, Its
5-6 r blk 19, Koch's add to Newport, $300.
Northern Electric Co to FA Black
well, Its 2-3, blk 12, Koch's add to New
port, $100.
Ed Sappington and Ed Cook have
gone to the Cahspel mine for the winter.
They have a contract for extending the
tunnel in that property 100 It is
not expected that they will .strike the
main ledge with this extension, but Mr.
Sappington believes that the ledge lies
but a few feet farther. It is probable
that a new contract will be made to
: finish the tunnel as soon as this one is
completed. More men will be put on
about the first of the new year.
McCALL VA.TTEUffS CA'R'RIB'D Iff STOCK.
Gilbert Mercantile Co.
The More We Sell
The more we buy and the more you boy the more we buy The more we buy the cheaper we buy so the
mni-P vou buv the eheaper you buy. The cheaper we buy v the cheaper we sell, so the cheaper w y
ean r you but "S o.Und you,will find it to be absolutely true. Act on the suggest,on. The me
saTe is short, the prices shorter. The very thing you want at the prices yon hoped for. We are sure to
have what j'ou are sure to want. — .
Don't Wait
to be frost-bitten into a rememberance that it's time to be making a pit"o'f blankets
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. Blankets
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Better spend $5.00 for a pair of these blankets. Lots more satisfying.
pure and clean, well woven and durable. .
- Ladies Suits
We've talked about these suit. before in such a convincing manner
that the ladies of Newport haven't been able to resist them. The
rank* are not depleted, however, and those of you who have yet to
make your purchases will fine a complete line of the very latest in suit
9tyles -Men's Furnishings
' Overcoats at overwhelming prices. No self-respecting man can
affordTbe without one. We've met you halfway A new line o!
Fancy Winter Vests. The latest importations [rom-faahion centers,
Correct, Neckwear at correct prices. • _
Hosiery
For everybody. Fast colors that won't run. Paradoxical?
but practical. Black and colors. Boys'and girls' stoc ingp, aus
stoeWngs and men's half hose, all weights and values. _ % '
Gloves
Got to have them, haven't yon? Well, don't forget that this is the
«rt them We have Gloves in Avery style and price. Ladies
place to g • « . Gentlemen's Dress Gloves Men's
Gloves to match m \\\,oJen Gloves, just the thing for the
Working Gloves. bocg ,1 a specialty of our
warm as w^en.
Waists, Skirts, Coats, Wraps
Indies' Waists 50c .O
' W«^taJdUM°»of P knit' goods, and Shawl. likeonr grandmothers
w g|j oeß and footwear we can't be beaten.
. SSL-Men',, boys' end children's suits. We .ead them all.
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
None are of a Serious Nature
Numerous Mishaps That Have
Occurred During the Week
Ted Shoemaker, of Cusick, was acci
deatally loaded up with a lot of shot
Monday. He was out hunting with his
brother and quite a distance from the
latter, when a shot was fired at a bird,
and Ted bobbed up out of the brush jnst
in time to receive the charge in his head
and upper part of his body. A number
of the shefts came near hitting vital
spots entering his Jheacl, just missing
both eyes and several irf the neck barely
missed cutting the juglar vein. One
shot struck his pipe and entered his
mouth without striking any teeth and
embedded itself in the base of his
tongue. He came to town for medical
attendance and is getting along all right.
George Terpenning, son of A. J. Ter
penning, suffered a broken leg last week
Thursday. He was engaged in skidding
logs near Conquest and in trying to get
a log out of the road his canthook slip
ped and struck him in the leg breaking
both bones and tearing the ligaments in
the ankle. He was brought to Newport
and is receiving medical attention at
the Neill home on the East Side.
While working at the pole yard of the
Northern Mercantile Company Thurs
day morning of this week NSam Higgin
son walked backwards off a car and fell
striking his head on the rail. He was
able to walk to town to'have his in
juries dressed and escaped with a cut on
the back of his head.
A workman, named Frank Staley, on
the Great Northern job at Albeni Falls,
was badly injured Tuesday by being hit
by a flying rock from a blast. He
suffered a severe cut over his eye.
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While out driving Wednesday after
noon the daughter of Rev. R. C. Motor,
the ferryman, was badly bruised about
the body, her horse having become
frightened and rolled over an embank
ment with her. x
There are quite a number of pneu
monia cases among young people at
present. Among those afflicted are the
daughter of Albeni Poirier, of Albeni
Falls, a son of John Tarbet, of Penrith,
and a daughter of Cfias. White.
"THE STORE OF QUALITY."
Advertised Letters
List of letters remaining uncalled for
in the Newftort, Wash.P. 0. to date, are
as follows:
Anderson, A B Baker, George
Coon, Ralph Dantran, F C t
Franklin, Jim Fisher, J L
Fager, W A Foster, Guy C
Faulds, Mrs J A Hinden, G H
Helander, Herman Hubbell, F D
(4) Mattison, Gusta
Stanley, Dell Smith, Mrs Maggie
Stephens, M Smith, Mrs
Smith, JA • Spillman, Louisa
Stonice, Anson Miss
kSulliVan, F E Smith, Mrs Mary
Walden, Wm Walkenson, Rolla
Williams, Roy
Foreign—
Marcon, Antonio (3)
v When calling for the above please say
"advertised." R. 1. Towle, P. M.
Idaho Sunday Rest Law Valid.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 10. —The Sunday
rest law invoked at the last session of
the legislature was today sustained by
the supreme court. Without a dissent
ing vote the court finds the law consti
tutional in every detail and valid in all
its parts.
The case was brought in the district
court here to test the law, the"defend
ant being F. W. Dolan, proprietor qf a
fruit and provision store. District Judge
Wood held the law valid, and the case
was appealed. This law provides that
all general business places shall be
closed on Sundays with all saloons, the
aters and other places of amusement.
There are certain fexceptions, such as
drug stores and news stands, and those
lines of business, the operation of which
oy Sunday is necessary for public con
venience.
Taken Up.
At my ranch near Sullivan, Wash.,
one yearling bull; range stock; white
spots on head; muley; no brand. Owner
can have same by proving property and
paying expenses of printing and also
feed bill. R. W. Ingard. 30-4
The Western Lumber & Pole company
has brought suit against A. B. Joslyn to
recover $1387.78, which amount the
plaintiffs claim was advanced on a pole
contract, the value of the poles de
liveredr The poles were to be delivered
to the yard of the company at Newport,
but the defendant has abandoned th#
contract.
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