The Newport miner. [volume], December 12, 1907, Image 5

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I PAPER OF STEVENS COUNTY
i-!v journal devoted to tbe interests oi
A ' ve r-lndtne Oalispel valley in particular
.New port ana rq{ t^e earth in general. A
iI, iI sive paper for progressive people in a
progressive country-
KHKI> I- WOLF, Editor and Publisher
tiered in the postoflice at Newport, Wash.
ug w,n as second class mail matter.
. INSCRIPTION PRICE >1.50 BACH YEAR
JUST AMONG OURSELVES
S, & W. N. Railroad Time Table.
Passenger Train No. 2 leaves O. R. &
v depot at Spokane, via Spokane Inter
zonal Railway, daily at 7:00 a. in. Ar
rive- at Newport at 9:20 a. m.
Passenger Train No. 3 leaves Newport
daily at 5:15 p. ra. Arrives at Spokane
it 7 45 p. m.
' Dailv freight from Spokane arrives at
Newport at 8:45 a. in. Leaves Newport
at 11 a. in.
0 B. McCready and wife, of Blue
«li»le, were Newport visitors Tuesday.
,|oa. Barry ha 9 been on tae sick list
tiie past week and confined to his home
pin t of the time.
K>R SALE—Good milch cows and a
litter of well bred pigs. Prices right.
A. W. Westfall, Newport.
John Harper has removed to Sand
point, where he will start a livery stable.
lit- shipped his household goods on
Monday.
L K. Minct, of Saco, Mont., a former
Newport resident is here for a visit
while on his way to the coast to spend
the winter.
The Foresters of America at their last
regular meeting decided to give another
of their popular dances on Feb. 14th,
Valentine Day.
FOR SALE—High grade piano; terms,
part cash down, balance ninety days;
can he seen at Miller's furniture store.
George H. Bobier. 29-5
Messrs. Furness, Kellogg and Emory,
old town, will open a saloon at Bonners
Ferry in the near future. Furness and
Kmory weie in Spokane Monday buying
fixtures and stock for the new place of
business. They will continue to operate
tiie Conquest as before.
i. J. Covell, of Cusick, received to
day a twenty-five horse power traction
engine for use down the river. He has
a mill on Small Creek in the Calispel
Valley. The engine will be barged
down to Cusick as the roads from here
down are too narrow to permit of its
passage.
The Modern Woodmen of America
elected the following officers for the en
suing year: Consul. E, G. Grover; ad
visor, E. L. Kirkpatrick; banker, F. H.
Kmuter; clerk, Fred Phillips; escort, J.
if. Flvnn; watchman, J. C. Grover;
sentry, Ed Schneider; manager three
vears, D. Caldwell; chief forester, S. G.
Higginson.
DON'T
20 per cent. DISCOUNT SALE
ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT
We will save you 20 per jcent. on things
you need now, and will need every day
for the next three or four months. Such as
WOOL underwear, wool S\UKTS, wool
SOCKS AND WOOL PANTS, SHofcS,
MITTEN-S, 6LOVE.S, DRY 600D*S
SLTRKET-S AND CoMFoRT-S.
Here is a Chance to Make 20 Per Cent.
Look after your own interests; if you don t
FRIDAY and' SATURDAY
WBLE SSL HWR2>
ANKERSON'S ADDITION
Sales in these favored additions have bean very satis
factory. A large number of lots have been sold to Newport
people and outsiders for building purposes and investment.
I will continue to sell lots at the same low prices until 1
dispose of half my holdings, when prices will be raised to
something nearer their present value. Buy now in the
. most sightly place in Newport. City water in front of
every lot. Soil free from rocks and level. Terms to suit.
A CORNER —Four lots 011 Newport Ave. and G. N.
Tight of way for business purposes. Three lots on State
Ave., a snap. Several small houses on the installment plan.
A few good ranches at bargains. List your bargains 'with me.
T. ANKE&SON, Owner.
Henry A. Miller was a Rathdrum
visitor over Sunday. _
Inspector Weller, of Spokane, checked
over the Newport poatoffice Monday.
Miss Margaret Brown, of Locke, was
the guest of Miss Edna Seeley last week.
Miss Freda Vawter, daughter of F. A.
Vawter, is quite seriously ill with pneu
monia.
Two, three or four rooms to let, lo
cated near Idaho school on east side.
Mrs. Crain. 29-2
W. M. ("Tamarack") Booth, of Priest
River, has been in town several days
this week.
Gus Elstrom has come up from Dal
kena, and will make his home in New
port for a time.
FOR RENT—Good 4-room house close
in; city water; electric lights; $10 per
month. A. M. Harris.
A "Clearing House" dance is the lat
est. It will be given at Kelly's Hall
Friday evening of this week.
Would't a year's subscription to The
Miner be a nice Christmas remembrance
to send to your folks at the old home.
Six street crossings have been put in
on Washington avenue by order of the
city council. Fred Kimmel has the con
tract.
Dr. Heldring, the veterinarian, now
has his office at his residence on the
south side, earner of Fourth street and
State avenue.
Colored concert company at the Opera
House Saturday evening. Genuine
southern plantation songs and dances,
Tickets 25 and 50 cents.
A meeting of the Newport-Metaline
Steamboat Company was held at
port Tuesday, several of the Spokane
stockholders being in attendance.
J. H. Long, of this city, has filed a
suit in the superior court at Colville
asking possession of the Emma L lode
mining claim down the river. He al
leges that the defendant, the Sterling
Silver Lead Co., is trying to secure a
patent on the property that belongs to
him. The mine is alleged to belong to
him.
The W. A. Club of the High school
presented |the comedy "All a Mistake"
in a creditable manner at the Opera
House last Thursday evening. Some of
the young people showed particular
adaptability for the parts they assumed,
and all aaquitted themselves with credit.
The net proceeds, about $30, will be
applied to the piano fund of the High
school. The bad weather undoubtedly
kept many from attending.
J. F. Rogers, representing the North
west Mining News, of Spokane, was a
New|«rt visitor last week, interesting
our people in the forthcoming issue of
that paper, which will contain write-ups
of the raining districts of the northwest,
and in which the Newport district will
be represented, Mr. Rogers having gath
ered data for the write-up. The North
west Mining News is devoted exclusively
to raining news and interests of th«
Northwest, and is an attractive, reliable
paper with a large circulation through
out the country.
OVERLOOK
OUR
on Your Money
nobody else will. "Nuf Sed."
NORTON'S ADDITION
Opp. Postoffice.
Two |.ood houses for rent. See Verne
Branigin.
Miss Edna Seeley was a Spokane
visitor Monday.
Good house and lot for sale. Inquire
of W. F, Millard.
Jerry Desart, the jeweler, was a Spo
kane visitor Thursday.
Sandpoint authorities are having* a
hard time fighting smallpox.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Miltner, east of town, Sunday.
Chas. Luce and James Fleming went
down river Wednesday noon on a deer
hunt.
i Northport elected a Socialist mayor
by a majority of 11 votes after a hot
contest.
Look at the big clearing out announce
ment of the Usk Trading Company in
this issue.
There will be a dance at the Ooera
House Christmas Eve. Music by Barry's
orchestra.
Henry A. Miller recently received a
fine new hearse, which he has added to
his undertaking equipment.
FOR SALI£ —21-room hotel and fix
tures ; will be sold cheap. Address J.
W. Cusick, Cusick, Wash. 22-tf
Chas. Luce, J. E. Williams and Jack
Crickmore were among the Nimrods who
have bagged deer during the past week.
The Fidelity mill is closed down this
week while an inventory is being taken,
but will resume work again on Monday
next.
The Spokane International is moving
its shops and round houses to Spokane,
abandoning the temporary structures at
Sandpoint.
Saturday evening there will be a col
ored concert company at the Opera
House. Prices for this engagement have
been reduced to 25 and 50 cents.
George Neff, who has been down the
river on a ranch the past summer is
again holding down the first chair in his
barber shop on Fourth street.
Special bargains during the holiday
seasop in lots and acre tracts in Quale's
addition to Newport. Pays better than
bank interest and is a safer investment.
W. S. Straight has been appointed
night marshal, vice Henry Allen, re
signed. Mr. Straight is a young man
and was well recommended to the coun
cil.
Locating Engineer Russell, of the
Blackwell . road, with an assistant,
started Wednesday for the lower river
to do some work in the neighborhood of
Tiger.
The new bank at Spirit Lake opened
for business Monday morning, and it is
reported that a good line of accounts
were opened that day and considerable
money deposited.
Dr. Pfister, the noted eye specialist
from St. Paul, who has been visiting
Newport regularly for the past six years,
will again be at Hotel Antler Dec. 19-20.
Examination free.
Gerald Eaman, a young man from
near Albeni Falls, was brought to town
on the "dinkey" Thursday morning so
as to receive better medical attendance.
He is quite seriously sick.
WANTED—To sell or trade for city
property, a nice little ranch; good house,
abundance of water, rich alder bottom
soil, some land cleared, plenty of tim
ber. Inquire of Bennet, the blacksmith.
When winds shriek high in fiendish glee,
And enters winter with his key;
Protect yourself, from disease be free;
Take*Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
At Adam's Pharmacy .
The Northern Mercantile Company
will keep "open house" next Tuesday
evening, Dec. 17, the date of the open
ing of their "Week Before Christmas
Sale." Barry's orchestra will furnish
| music for the occasion.
"Are You Crazy" was received with
varying degrees of approval. Some were
highly pleased, while others were as
disappointed. The songs and
dances seemed to please most of the
audience, while as to the plot, one should
not expect much from a musical farce.
H. M. Yocum, better known as
''Shorty," engineer on the Spokarfe,
started Wednesday noon for a'trip to
his old home in Ohio. It will be hTs
first visit at the old home in 23 years,
and his friends expect that he will thor
oughly enjoy it.
The Usk Trading Company has an
advertisement in this issue announcing
a big clearing out sale, which starts Dec.
12 and ends Dec. 24, to which they in
vite the attention of down river people.
They will give a free dance at Usk on
Christmas Eve to their friends and in
vite all to come.
The Farmer's Co-Operative Store is
now getting everything settled in good
shape in their new location in the Vaw
ter building on North Washington ave
nue and have a neatly arranged store
room. The latest improvement to be
added is a cash carrier system, which
was put in place this week.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing term at the last meeting of
the Foresters of America: C. R /F. M.
Buck; S. C. R., James Falls; treasurer,
,W. C. Adam; F. 8., W. J. G^ary; E. S.,
Dr. Boudwin; 8. W., C. Zeigler; J. W.,
Chas. E. Smith; S. B. Chas. O'Harra;
J. 8., Frank Sherman; trustees, John
Koch, D. E. Heianer, Chas. Schneider;
lecturer, Azel McCurdy; visiting com
mittee, F. M. Buck, C. B. Boudwin,
James Falls, C. Zeigler, W. C. Adam,
W. J. Geary.
J. W. Black and wife, of Lenora, were
in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. John Hiett, of Cement, was a
guest at the Antler Tuesday night.
Now is a good time to send in your
subscription to the Newport Miner.
Louis Wike, of the firm of Wike Bros.,
Cusick, Was a visitor in the city Tues
day.
G. H. Kimmel, of Harrison, Idaho,
was the guest of Newport relative* over
Sunday.
Miss Margaret Brown, of Locke, was
the guest last week of her friend Miss
Edna Seeley.
FOUND—A gold locket with mono
gram engraved on it. Owner can get it
at this office.
Kelly's Hall has been engaged for a
dance Christmas Eve, with music by
Kirkpatrick's orchestra.
Judge D. R. Lusher is again able to be
out, after having been confined to the
house by siekness for a week
A sidewalk has been built this week
on Third street, from the Noble & Hurd
corner to the Miller furniture store.
"As Told in the Hills," a western
melo-drama, is booked for the Opera
House Tuesday evening, Jan. 31st.
Mr. Wagner, of Spokane, is assisting
at the postoffice and will be there during
the holday rush which Uncle Sam's em
ployes go up against at this time of
the year.
Agent J. T. Gibbs, of the Idaho &
Washington Northern Railroad, now
has an assistant in the person of J. E.
Dicks, of Troy, formerly an employee of
the Northern Pacific.
Be present at the opening of the
Northern Mercantile Company's "Week
Before Christmas Sale" on Tuesday
evening, December 17. Barry's orches
tra will furnish music for the occasion.
Dr. Murphy, of Spokane, has been a
guest of J. P. Berneck and went hunt
ing with Joe, but they are not telling
their friends to come around and par
take of any choice venison*.
Caldwell & Co. have met with great
success in their stock reducing sale and
announce that the same list of bargains
as advertised last week are still being
continued.
D. B. Birks, president of the Spokane
Lead Mines Company, who has been
supervising the building of the rafts for
floating the concentrator boilers and ma
chinery down river to Metaline, has the
rafts about completed and will start the
j6urney down stream in a day or so.
Two rafts have been built, one 16x40 and
one 14x40. The machinery weighs about
25 tons. Thev also expect to use. the
rafts for floating docks at Metaline.
Two Lots For Sale
On the South Side, $50.00 each. Chas.
F. Craig.
T. J. KELLY, President
We solicit vour business. Interest paid on savings
and time deposits. Loans on farm prop=
/ erty at reasonable rates
T.J.KELLY, H. M. LUND, JOHN McINNIS, SB. R.P.SCOTT, G.S.THOMAS, W. I. FOUNTAIN,
J. W. BLACK, THOMAS METCALF, J. J. COVELL. JOHN TT ROGERS, O. F. MELDER.
Lund Hardware <£k
The pioneer hardware house of Newport is still at its old stand
corner of Fourth street and Railroad avenue. We have just received
a carload of common and good sense bobs; also the Marienette and
McClaren sleighs, which we sell at Spokane prices and save you the
cost of freight. . . .
V Double Bitted Axes at 75c, $1.00 and $1.25- 1-4-in tested Steel
Chain at 150 per lb. All sues of B. B. and B. B. B. Cham, also
Lund's Special. Atkins and Simond Saws on hand.
We still have a good assortment of all kinds of Heating Stoves
which we are selling at way down prices. .
yours for business
Lund Hardware Co.
Constable Nuzum, who shot up old
town Monday night, was arrested upon
complaint of an old town citizen on
Thursday. He was taken before Judge
M'cCurdy and plead guilty to disorderly
conduct. His fine was assessed at $2$
and costs. The trimmings only amount
ed to $8 in this case. The justice told
the constable that ii he ever came be
fore him again thas he would give him
the limit. He also requested the offi
cer's resignation. It is understood that
the resignation has been forwarded to
the sheriff at Sandpoint. If it has not
the officer will soon be a statesman with
out a job, as one of his bondsmen went
to the county seat Thursday afternoon
to withdraw from the bond.
In the Halford addition. This is a
bargain. Apply at the First National
Bank.
JOHN McINNIS, Vice-President
FIRST STATE BANK
Constable Fined.
An Acre For Sale
given away free to the person buying the largest amount of
goods from me by February 20, 1908. Coupons given with
every purchase.
For a Christmas Present
Nothing is better appreciated than a handsome piece of jewelry.
It is oherished for a long time and the giver is always held in
grateful remembrance. I have just reeeived a choice new line of
Watches, Chains, Charms, Pins and Novelties
which are just what you are looking for. Come in
and look them over.
JERRY DESART
In Rogers & Talmadge's
Office
CAPITAL, $25,000.00
directors
Home Cooking and Baking at the
Home Restaurant
Next Door to New Miner Office
STEVE HARRIS
Blacksmith.
Horse Shoeing Wagon Making
OPPOSITE MINER OFFICE
WANTED—Relinquishment. Add ret a
John Garling, R. R. 1, Hillyard, Wash.
BOARD AND ROOM
$5.50 PER WEEK
THE BANQUET RESTAURANT
Chicken Dinner Every Sunday
Given
Away
Free
This handsome 20 year, gold case
ELGIN
WATCH
G. S. THOMAS, Cashier
Newport,
Washington