The Newport miner. [volume], January 30, 1908, Image 8

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CLOSE STORES EARLIER
The merchants of Newport, get
ting in line with other progressive
cities of this section, have agreed to
close their places of business earlier
beginning next Monday. They are
able to attend all the wants of the
community during the hours they
are open, and the new arrangement
will give themselves and their
clerks an opportunity to give some
attention to matters of public in
terest and welfare. Under the old
arrangement they were tied down
in their places of bosiness from
early morning until late at night,
and it was difficult to get out the
business men to any public gather
ing. When the people become ac
customed to the new idea, as tbey
quickly will, all will appreciate the
advantages gained. Following is
the text of the closing agreement:
We, the undersigned, business
men of the Town of Newport, Wash
ington, do hereby agree, jointly
and severally, to close our respec
tive stores or places of business,
hereafter, at 6:30 o'clock p. m. of
each and every business day of the
week, excepting Saturdays and the
day or days immediately preceding
legal holidays, on which said days
the closing hour shall be 10 o'clock
p. m.; and at which said hours the
door or doors of our respective
stores or places of business shall be
closed and locked; customers or
buyers who are in said store or
stores shall be waited upon and al
lowed to depart, but the door or
doors or openings of any kind must
be closed.
We also hereby agree that should
we or any of us keep open or opjn
our said places of business contrary
to the terms and conditions of this
agreement, then the owner of such
store or place of business so breach
ing the terms of this agreement,
intentionally or negligently, wheth
er it be an individual or a corpora
tion, shall be lined and compelled
to pay the sum of fifty (50) dollars
as forfeit for breach of agreement
as aforesaid. Said sum or sums of
money so forfeited, should there be
any, shall be paid or turned over
to the Commercial Club of New
port, Washington, for the purpose
of furthering the interests and ad
vertising the advantages of said
Town of Newport.
This agreement shall be in force
and effect on and after Monday,
the 3rd day of February, A. D.
1908, and shall so remain until re
scinded, altered or amended by
mutual agreement of all the parties
hereto.
This agreement shall be binding
upon the heirs, executors, adminis
trators. successors or assigns of the
parties whose signatures are hereto
attached.
Signed and dated at Newport,
Washington, this 24th day of Jan
uar}', A. D. 1908.
Noble & Hurd, Northern Mer
cantile Co., D. Caldwell & Co.,
Stadelman Bros., Farmers' Co
operative Trading Co., A. Ray
Williams, Reid Hardware Co., Gil
bert Mercantile Co., McDonald
Mercantile Co., H. A. Miller, B. T.
Foote, Ladies' Bazaar, C. Schneider,
H. M. Lund, J. A. Warner, Edith
Fee, Gust Anderson.
Teachers to Entertain.
The teachers of Newport are to enter
tain the school directors and the visiting
educators, who will be in attendance at
the meeting of directors of East Stevens
county on Friday and Saturday of this
week.
A reception will be tendered the visit
ors by the teachers at the residence of
Mrs. B. F. Seeley on Friday evening at
the conclusion of the program at the
school house, and will continue from 9
until 11 p. m.
On Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock a
public entertainment will be held at the
school house. The teachers extend a
very cordial invitation to all of the pat
rons of the schools and those interested
in educational matters to attend this
entertainment, and hope that there may
be a good attendance. s
A public entertainment at the Opera
House will be given Saturday night bv
the pupils of the high school and of the
seventh and eighth grades. An admis
sion fee of 15 cents for children and 25
cents for adults will be charged at the
Opera House, and the program will
start, at 8 p. m.
Arrangements are about completed
by Mr. Heffron to pull off the proposed
wrestling match between Joe Heinrich
the 170 pound champion of the Pacific
North wost and Earl Rusho the Newport
strong boy. Heinrich agreeing to throw
Rusho three falls in one hour actual
wrestling time. This is a match that
should delight the fans, as Heinrich is
exceptionally aggressive and fast; and
Rusho who weighs 210 pounds is a
natural athlete and a wrestler of no
mean ability, though lacking the ex
perience of his lighter and more agile
opponent. Those who patronize the
match will get a whole lot of excite
ment for their money, as clean sport is
guaranteed by the management. The
bout will be pulled off in Newport some
time next week. The management is
looking up material for a preliminary
nnder ametuer rules.
NEWS OF OLD TOWN
H. D. Thomas, 0. L. Smith, F. W.
Miner and Walter Wagner have been
selected as jurymen from the Newport
district, Bonner county, for the district
court.
The county commissioners of Bonner
county have levied a special road tax for
the year 1908 of 5 mills on each dollar
valuation of all property in the county
not within the limits of incorporated
towns. The per diem of road overseers
was fixed at $3 per day. The commu
tation fee for road poll tax was placed
at $4 per day, and all moneys collected
by road overseers was ordered paid into
the county treasury.
Old Town would be tickled to death to
construct a court house for Bonner
county and rent it to the dear pfeople at
the rate of less than $300 per month, if
the county would only pay for the heat
ing. plumbing, partitions, side walls,
loof and foundation. We have the finest
site in the county for a court house, and
will furnish the site and windows free.
It would be a fine stroke of business for
the people hereabouts to have both the
the capitals of Stevens and Bonner
counties located here.
Some people in this vicinity appear to
have flexible consciences, as they are
reported to be able to swear to a resi
dence in Idaho to vote and one in Wash
ington in order to hold down a home
stead.
The Spokane business men, who were
the guests of the Blaekwell road last
Saturday, were loud in their praises of
the beauty of the old Pend d'Oreille
river. They had to come over on the
Idaho side to. get a look at it, and more
than one of them stated that they would
be in Newport this summer and investi
gate the beauties of the stream more
fully.
W. \V. Warner, of Metaline, is a pros
pective purchaser of the steamer Fram,
now owned by the Metaline Navigation
Co. If he purchases the craft it will be
continued on the Box Canyon run. Mr.
Warner has recently returned from a
trip to Portland, where he went for the
purpose of investigating l iver craft avail
able for the business through the can
yon.
L. R, Chase, a Priest Lake mining
m&n, was in Old Town last week at
tending to some business matters. Mr?
Chase is an old-timer in the Priest Lake
district and has some valuable prospects
in that locality.
Samuel Yick, of Detroit, Mich., rep
resenting the firm of Ormund & Yick, of
that city, was an old town yisitor Fri
day. Mr. Vick's company deals in
mining lands and acts as fiscal agents
for mining promotors and prospectors.
They have large interests in the Priest
Lake district. Mr. Yick states that he
looks for the development of at least
three prospects in that district into
paying mines during the coming season.
The Continental, already a mine, is
constructing a tram road to get their ore
to the railroad. When this is completed
and the railroad extended the Continen
tal will be a continuous shipper.
The water in the river continues at a
very low stage. A raise of two feet
would probably allow thfe driving of
logs from the booms at the falls, and in
that case the Jurgens sawmin.would
probably resume operations?
The Gildea sawmill, across the river
from old town, is rapidly being dis
mantled. It is being removed to a loca
tion south of new town.
The Coulter & Buttons mill people are
awaiting the arrival of a new Berlin
planer. It will be installed before this
mill resumes work.
The Newport hotel is being brightened
on the interior by decorators. When
the work is finished the house will be
one of the finest in North Idaho.
Custer Kellogg, of Bonners Ferry, was
a visitor on this side of the line over
Sunday and attended to some business
matters.
A case of smallpox located
in the Newport Hotel. The victim is a
woman who arrived in the city on Moh
day night from the vicinity of Lewiston.
The woman and her husband, Henry
Noel, formerly a resident of old town,
have been quarantined in their room
and Dr. Page, of Sandpoint, arrived
Wednesday morning to take charge of
the case. The woman was around both
towns Tuesday and visited various stores.
Justice McCurdy announced yesterday
morning that Jerry Newsome had been
reappointed constable for old town. The
justice stated that Newsome had re
ceived his appointment from Sheriff
Doust. Newsome will
as the person who, while filling the same
position a short time ago, shot up the
town one night. For this offense New
some was fined $25 and costs by Mc-
Curdy and was relieved of his arduous
duties.
"bhorty" Coleman, a well known
Seattle prize fight impressario and sport,
was in Newport Tuesday for a few hours
looking over the bustling little city, and
while here made a call on some of his
friends. It is Mr. Coleman's intention
togiye boxing lessons here during the
balance of the season, and if the proper
arrangements can be made he will give
boxing exhibitions near Newport from
time to time. Local sports would un
doubtedly welcome this innovation. Mr.
Coleman says he can bring out some
Spokane material to go up against local
talent, of which there is no scarcity. It
is some time since any boxing matches
were pulled ofi in the old town, and
they were well patronized by local pat-
Rons of the manly art. Mr. Coleman
left for Spokane Tuesday afternoon and
will return here within a week or ten
days and make arrangements to locate
here.
Sheriff Doust was down from Sand
point on Wednesday looking after af
fairs on the Bonner county side. He
stated that he knew nothing regarding
the appointment of J. Newsome as con
stable and that if the appointment had
been made it did not come from or
through his office.
The case of smallpox at the Newport
hotel has been isolated and the quar
antine against the house has been raised.
Tiger Talk.
Tiger, Wash., Jan. 26,1908.
Ben Franklin and family were up from
lone yesterday, to do their shopping at
the Tiger store.
J. L. Baily stopped here on his way
home from Blueslide, to exchange a
few thoughts and receive congratula
tions from his Tiger friends.
Arthur Norman and Nelson Hanson
have gone to Newport on business.
J. W. Wooding made a business trip
to lone one day last week.
Chas. Moffet and A. Chrysler were
down from the Lost Creek Ranch and
done their trading at the store.
J F. Myers made his (once a week)
call at the postoffice and store yesterday.
Thomas Wooding delivered a load of
provisions to homesteaders on the divide
one day last week.
H. S. Savage was down from the Roy
al Crown ranch a few days ago on busi
ness.
Mrs. Jennie Wooding called on Mrs.
J. B. Miner one day this week to ex
change a few thoughts.
The Yoder Cottage has had its full
share of patronage the past week.
The people in the lower Pend D'Oreille
valley fully realize the need of better
transportation facilities than the pres
ent navigation is able to give. The
freight and passenger traffic is steadily
increasing, and at the low stage of the
water, when the people are obliged to
content themselves with gasolene
launches, service is everything but de
sirable.
A deal is in progress by Tiger parties
that will probably be corrpleted in the
near future. One thousand dollars is
involved in the deal.
Mrs. R. Greenamyer, Mrs. Ada Wood
ing and Mrs. Cora Lucu3 were callers at
the Yoder cottage one day last week.
Cass Hacker and family were up from
the Acme ranch last week to do shop
ping at the store and visit with R. F.
Yoder a few hours.
Do not forget to call on the postmaster
at Tiger and order the Newport Miner.
Read your local paper and get posted
and be happy.
C. Buisman was up from the Canyon
where he is at work on the public road
construction, under the supervision of
W. L. Morris. Mr. Buisman reports
the work progressing fine. Mr. Morris
has twenty men at work, Ed. Russell,
one of the gang, is sick at home now,
but will return as soon as he is able to
go to work again.
Mrs. F. E. Braddock returned to her
home on the Wilwood ranch from New
port, where she had gone on business
two weeks ago.
Wm. Strickland is offering his person
al effects for sale. He intends to go to
Australia in the Spring.
The advance guard of the immigra
tion west are beginning to arrive.
Several families came to Newport the
past week.
The cleaning out of Spokane leads
many of the disreputable characters of
that city to seek new places of refuge
and Newport in common with other
towns of the Inland Empire will have to
guard against the locating here of un
desirable citizens".
The Great Northern pay car went
through here Sunday distributing the
monthly checks to the company's em
ployes along the line. A considerable
amount must haye been left in this
vicinity as the road is employing a
great many men on the work between
here and Albeni Falls.
The Spirit Lake 10,000 Club has writ
ten to the Commercial Club of Newport,
inquiring as to the kinds of fire hydrants
and hose used at Newport, with the idea
of getting similar sizes, so that the two
towns could turn out and help each
other in case of a serious conflagration.
Harry Saddler's favorite family horse
was severely injured Saturday evening
by a blow from an ax carelessly handled
by a boy. An artery was completely
severed and the cut went clear to the
bone. It took Dr. Heldring five hours
to stop the flow of blood but the animal
is now rapidly recovering.
A party of Great Northern engineers
undei charge of M. A. Butler arrived
Tuesday for the purpose of surveying
for the Great Northern spur from
Albeni Falls to the new mill site of the
Fidelity Lumber Company. The build
ing of the spur necessitates considerable
work and is estimated to cost from
$40,000 to (60,000.
Resolutions of Condolence
The members of the Sandpoint lodge
No. 59 I. O. O. F., extend to Brother
C. E. Hadley, their heartfelt symyathy
in his time o! sorrow and affliction.
F. H. Bonde,
Geo. H. Palm,
Committee.
School Notes.
Mr. Dewey, deputy state super
intendent; Dr. Showalter, a man
who is interested in the cause of
education, and Miss Hard, the
county superintendent, are expected
to be in Newport Friday and Sat
urday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, to con
duct the meeting to be held hereon
those dates.
■
There is to be a meeting Friday
afternoon of the directors and pat
rons of the school. In the evening
a reception is to be given by the
teachers at the home of Mrs. B. F.
Seeley, in order that all interested
in the work done by the school
may meet these people, who are
working for this cause.
Saturday afternoon the teachers'
association is to meet. In the even
ing there is to be a program given
at the Opera House by pupils of
the seventh, eighth and high school
grades, at which Mr. Dewey is to
give an address. All are invited to
attend. The money taken in will
will be used to defray the expenses
of the interscholastic meet.
The eighth grade took the state
examination two weeks a&o, so that
worrysome task for the pupils who
take it has been gone through once
more
The third six weeks' examination,
which ends the first semester, was
given last Thursday and Friday.
Sickness has prevented a great
many pupils from attending school
lately. Kathryn Kimmel has been
quarantined for two weeks on ac
count of having scarletina. King
Reid was taken with diphtheria th<
first of the week. Adeline Grove
has the scarlet fever and they an
quarantined. A short time ag(
several of the Harris children hac
s/
pneumonia. There are a numbei
of other Cases of sickness among th(
scholars, but we hope they all wil
soon be able to attend.school agair
soon.
The pupils of Room B, secont
and third grades, have organized :
good behavior club, and are tryin
to see that their members abide b
the rules.
Spokane has been made a reserve cit
which means that banks in that cit
may be designated as reserve agents b
bankers in the smaller cities. A re
serve city must keep 25 per cent, of it
deposits on hand which will make i
much easier for the country banks t<
do business and get money from Spo
kane.
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If you are making a sale and want some one to
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Notary Public
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T J KELLY President JOHN McINNIS, Vice-President G. S. THOMAS, Cashier
FIRST STATE BANK
CAPITAL, -525.000.00
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and time deposits. Loans on farm prop
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J. W. BLACK, THOMAS METCALF, J. J. COVELL, JOHN T. ROGERS, O. F. MELDER.
News From the Metalines.
E. R. Ward, vice-president of the
Spokane Lead Mines Co., accom
panied by W. C. Mcßratney, of
Portland, Oregon, drove up from
Metaline the first of the week,
making the trip in a day and a
half. They report the roads in
good condition for travel, and thfit
the work on the Metaline-Cement
road is nearly finished. There are
about 30 men employed oh the job
and the blasting is about completed.
A large sum of money has been ex
pended, but a good road is insured.
Mr. Ward reports that there is
considerable activity at the camp
this winter, and that the outlook is
fine for a good season, with a pros
pect for more advancement than
at any previous time. About
half the machinery for the concen
trator is on hand. The remainder
has been built and will be shipped
down as soon as possible. Suffi
cient money has been railed to
complete the work of installing it
and active operations will begin in
the spring.
Mr. Tarbox and Capt. Lanneau,
of Metaline, accompanied the party
and went to Spokane with them.'
The captain has his plans for his
new freight and passenger boat to
run Box Canyon about completed.
It will be 100 feet long with a 20
foot beam, and will be built at
Newport and ready to enter the
service in the spring.
Has Valuable Invention
Safety Deposit boxes $3.50 per year
DIRECTORS
Henry Schultzie, a well known ranch
er, who resides about one and one-half
e miles from Lenora, met with a serious
accident laßt Sunday. While returning
1 in his boat from Cusick, where he had
been for several days, one of the oars
n broke and his boat drifted with the cur
rent as far as Brown's. The Brown
a brothers fortanately noticed the boat
with its helpless occupant and went to
his rescue. When found he was in a
stupor and lying: in the bottom of the
it boat. It is probable he had been there
e several hours. The unfortunate man
was removed to the Brown residence,
I where it was discovered that both feet
* were badly frpzen. He was hastily re
moved to his home by the Browns, and
I. everything possible was done by his
j s wife and neighbors to make him as oom
v fortable as possible. Late reports are to
P the effect that the amputation of one m'
18 his feet and possibly of both may he
5- necessary. Schultzie is an elderly man
n and formerly resided in Cusick, whore
t he conducted a saloon.
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prices here are very low now and money
invested in the houses and lots listed
below will advance rapidly in value.
y Residence Lots.
I.' $50—Two on Fourth street; terms $1
• per week.
$62.50—Tw0 on Newport ave.; $5 per
,o month.
a $75 —Two on Washington ave.; $5 per
month r.
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Farms
$12 per acre—Quarter section, good
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nd garden, plenty of wood, everything
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$15 per acre —Quarter section, 2 miles
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NEWPORT. WASH.
A. £. *REID, Cashier