The Newport Miner from Newport, Washington • Page 1

VOLUME VIII USING THE NEW BRIDGE Great Northern Track Revision About Completed. Been in Progress Two Years When the Great Northern Oriental Limited passed over the hiidge at Albeni Kalis this aiternoon, the bridge which has done service since the: road was built sixteen years ago was abandoned and the new bridge placed in -t- rv ice. For over two years the work of track levision lias been going on at this place, and with the connecting up of the track both ends of the new bridge, which Has done after the passing of No. 2 tay the work is practically completed. In order to make this revision several tin lid red yards of rock cut were made, also a fill three-quarters of a mile long, which required nearly a million yards of dirt.

By this revision sharp curves are eliminated, the track shortened and; cades cut down. (ieorge Cooke Sons, of Minneapolis, had the contract for the building of the piers for the new bridge. Their work should have been completed before high water last year, but owing to the diffi eulty of securing good foundations for the piers they did not complete their i contract until last fall. For several months the steel workers have been busv putting up the huge steel structure and the first trains passed over it today. The new bridge is located about 100 yards up stream from the old one, which was directly oyer the falls.

The new bridge is 1080 feet long, having five spans of 200 feet each and one of 80 feet. The piers and abutments are of concrete. Lhe stringers are 42 feet above low water i mark. Coming onto the bridge from the east there is a stretch of over a mile of straight track west, on which there formerly were four curyes. The elimination of these curves will make a considerable saving of time and wear and tear on equipment, which will make the track revision a paying investment.

It is estimated that the building of the new bridge and consequent track revision have cost the Great Northern a million and a half dollars. The old bridge will be taken down by the company as soon as a contract can be let for wrecking it. There has been some talk of Bonner county acquiring the bridge to convert it into a Aagon bridge, and the matter should placed before the county commissioners, as the Great Northern people would doubtless put a low figure on it if it could be utilized for public benefit. Supt. L.

Bowen, of Spokane, has tieen in Newport today, superintending i the work of connecting the new bridge i and tracks. Northern Mercantile Company Ltd. Agents HuitericK. New Skirts Black Voile $13.50 Black, blue, brown, red, gray and tan Panama all late styles, trimmed with silk and satin aa folds and buttons these range from $6.50 to Silk Rain Coats $12.00 Don't fail to look over our BARGAIN TABLE Corset covering embroidery 17 in. wide 1 90 Sheetings, 15 cent values 100 Sheeting, 12 1-2 cent values 08c Linen towels 18x28, sell lor 25c now 156 Linen towels 18x38, sell for 30c now 19c Linen towels 18x40, sell for 35c now 20c Silkalines in various handsome hand bags at Flannel gowns 1-2 price 3 pieces table linen 1-2 price The Newport Miner A change in the management uf the Pend Oreille River Nayigation Co.

will 1 occur this week, Jack Mclnnis being succeeded general manager by his Ids brother James, better known as Jim. Jack resigned in order to take a position in charge of the outside work of the Panhandle Lumber and-will nave headquarters at Spirit Lake, which Newport people will regret, as they do not like to see Jack and his family leave our town. Jim, the new commodore, has had considerable exnerience on the Pend Oreille, and will make a good general manager for the boat company. The Pend Oreille River Navigation Co. is enjoying a good business tjjese days.

Passenger traffic is picking up rapidly and freight business is large, they having the handling of all the material for the railroad construction. The steamer Defender has been placed in commission as a tow boat by the Pend Oreille River Navigation Co. Capt. Clarence Sample is at the wheel and Ray Ferrol is engineer. She took her first load down the river Tuesday morni ing.

Last Thursday Martin Woldson, one of the stockholders of the Metaline Navigation obtained a judgment in Stevens county superior court against i the company for the sum of On Saturday Deputy Sheriff C. A. Ledgerwood came to Newport and levied an execution on the company's steamer, the Ruth, and posted a notice of sheriff sale, to take place at the boat's landing place on Wednesday, March 24, at which time the boat will be sold to satisfy the judgment. Piling on More Water Rights Water lights in Stevens county seem to be eagerly sought after. During the past week 0.

L. Olsen and Floyd B. Daggett have transferred to the Arcadia Orchards Co. water rights on Loon Lake in western Stevens county. Mr.

Olsen has also filed additional rights on Loon Lake and on Calispel river and lake in eastern Stevens county. Floyd B. Daggett is at the head of a big irrigation project being pushed by Spokane capitalists, and it would appear that Mr. Olsen is working in conjunction with him. This company has succeeded in copping out the water rights on most ot the lakes in southern and eastern Stevens county.

Felix and Jos. LeClerc returned Sunday evening from a four months' visit among the scenes of their childhood in the vicinity of Quebec, Canada. Mrs. Felix LeClerc, who was with them, remained for a longer visit. Both Felix and Joe thoroughly enjoyed their visit, and found some of their old friends alive to greet them, but are glad to get back to the Pend Oreille.

ONE HALF PRICE River Notes JVetvport'-r -BIG STO'RE NEWPORT, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1909 PLAN BIG WATER POWER New Light and Power Company Has Big Projecta i 1 Starting on Local Improvements, H. H. Jones, of Sand point, general manager lor the Northern Idaho ctMontana Electric Light was in town the first of the week, looking after the iuteieits of the company. They have assumed the management of the North-1 em Electric of this city, and are having a plat of the lines made in order to ascertain the improvements neces' sarv to give the town the service re" quired. Several extensions are planned and one on the South Side ha 9 been i 1 started.

It is the intention of the com- -1 pany to give the best service possible at an early date without awaiting the de-1 I i velopment of water power. The gentle- men representing the proposition are proceeding in a businesslike way to place their plans before the public. Their application for a franchise was read be- fore the council Tuesday night, and was i referred to the proper committee. At i the next regular session the matter will i be np for discussion. In writing of the new electric power I pioposition the Sand point Review ha 3 the following: The company has not inlly determined upon the source of power supply, but it ia pretty well determined that the; Cabinet gorge of the Clark's Fork river will be utilized for that purpose.

If I such shall be the ease the company will harness the greatest water power in the United States outside of Niagara Falls i and at a great outlay. The company had its engineers make soundings in the I gorge, and complete reports showing the i amount of power to be secured there II have been made to the company. The I engineers reported there were 10,000 i cubic feet a second going through the 1 i' gorge at the point where the power would be harnese9d and that there was available 75,000 horse power, which leaves Niagara its only competitor in the United States for the amount of i power to be generated from a single stream. ii When the sounding were taken last 1 fall for the Byllesby company by En- gineers Nichols and Lane, of their staff, a wire was stretched across the Korge i from bank to bank and a batteau was i I held in the seething waters below. A heavy weight was attached to piano wire and the soundings taten.

A depth 'of 120 feet was found. The engineers had a precarious job, and once or twice the batteau came near overturning them. As before stated by the Review the I location of the hig concern here for the THE GREATEST SALE OF Laces and Embroideries Ever shown in this county We will place this lot of LACES and EMBROIDERIES on sale flarch 24th to 27th WE BOUGHT IN NEW YORK a lot of laces at a price which enables us to sell them to you cheaper than other stores in this section can afford to. There has been an immense advance by the manufacturers in the price of laces, but we accepted an ODportunity to buy a quantity at an extremely low price, and we are going to give our customers the benefit of our lucky purchase and run them out durimg this sale as follows: Lot No. 1 Val laces, new patteans, in matched sets, worth up to 10c Our price 5 cents Lot No.

2 Fine English Torchons, in matched sets all widths up to 15c Our price 5 cents Lot No. 3 Extra fine Vals in matched sets, dainty patterns, worth 20c Our price 10 cents Lot No. 4 Qood showy Embroideries, worth up to 20 Our price 10 cents NORTHERN MERCANTILE COMPANY development of power for all this country means an awakening of life which nothing else could mean. It is the intention of the company tQ furnish power for this whole region at a price which will do away with steam entirely for the work of its mills and bring into it factories of all kinds, which will utilize the wealth of this favored section. Had Enjoyable Trip George ii.

Jones and wife, of Usk, rea turned Wednesday morning from a trip i to the Hawaiian islands. They left on Dec. 28 and since that time have been enjoving the pleasures of a tropical 0 climate and viewing the strange sights presented in the South Sea islands. Mr. Jones reports that the climate was most agreeable, the highest temperature 1 i they encountered on the islands having 1 been 79 and the coldest 67.

The ocean retains an even temperature in the neighborhood of 80 degrees, and salt water bathing wa9 a treat that they quently indulged in. Honolulu, where 3 where they spent most of the time, is a i modernized town of about 200,000 peor pie. It is strictly up-to-date and sents all the advantages of city life that the American towns possesses. It is a 11 great seaport town with an unexcelled harbor, through which the products of all the islands find their way to market, as many as 15 to 20 large ocean craft clearing from the port every week. About 10 per cent of the population is wtiite.

Oood schools are maintained and the roads are not surpassed any(i where. Sugar is the great product of islands and great plantations and i eries are operated. On their return trip they stopped at Victoria, British Columbia, where Mr. Jones spent some time investigating i business conditions in the province. 11 Mrs.

Jones returns greatly improved in health and both are enthusiastic over the pleasnres of the trip. New Postoffice Established The postoffice department has established a new postoffice called Frem! ming at Conquest sanding, on the east side of the river, about six miles north of Newport. 11. E. Fremming has been appinted postmaster and the office takes his name.

Mr. Fremming received no- tice of the establishment of the office Wednesday, and expects that supplies I will arrive so that the office can be opened bv March 24. The new office will be quite a convenience for ranchers in that vicinity and also miners of the Conquest mining trict, in which are located a number of good prospects. Supt. I.

Bowenand Roadmaster Connolly, of the Great Northern, were i Newport visitors Monday and inspected the work on the new cutoff east of town. TWO STORES: Sandpoint. Idaho, Jietvport, Wash. KILLED BY ROCK SLIDE Two Workmen Buried at Brandt Gamp Sunday. Two Others Were Badly Injured.

The live 9 of two men were crushed out and two others were injured by a rock slide at the camp of Gilbert Brandt, op, posite LeClerc creek, on the I. N. extension Sunday morning. 1 The accident occured about 8 o'clock i in the morning. Five men, one of whom had the contract for the station work at that point, had gone to work to i clean out of the cut some rock which had been loosened by a blast.

The cut was about 35 feet deep and the sides were apparently safe. They had barely started work when a huge mass of rock from the top of the cut slid down upon them. One of the men had his head crushed, left arm torn off and leg broken while another was cut nearly in two, with tons of rock laying on them. One other had a leg broken and a fourth was badly bruised while the fifth man escaped injury. Mr.

Brandt immediately started to drive to Newport, a distance of 35 miles after the company physician while his men began the work of recovering the bodies. Justice Long accompanied Mr. Brandt to the scene the same night but when they artived they found that the injured men had been brought to Newport by the Steamer Spokane. Dr. Phillips was called to the hospital to attend to their injuries and they are now recovoring.

The dead men, Otto Blad and Gus Nelson were brought to Newport Monday noon on the Steamer Newport and were buried Tuesday in the potter field. About 15 of Mr. Brandt's men also came up on the Newport having quit the job as soon as the accident occured. Though there have been several deaths among employes on the construction work these are the first violent deaths that have occured. Planting Fish in Small Streams S.

S. Drew, of the state fish hatchery, at Dartford, on the Little Spokane, was in Newport to-day on his way back from a trip down the river. Mr. Drew has recently planted 85.000 brook trout in Davis Creek, Smalls' Creek and the Calispel river and has also placed some in streams near Jared's landing. These shipments are from the half million purchased by the county out of the county game fund.

Mr. Drew states that parties desiring to seduce fry for planting from the state supply can do ao by making aplication to him. Grand Opening DEPARTMENT March the 24 and 25 An experienced milliner will be in our store and exhibit the latest styles of spring millinery. Don't fail to attend. On Saturday afternoon, March 20th, there will be held in the high t-chool room of the Newport High School the annual Teachers' District Institute of Stuvens County at 1:30 o'clock.

At this time the discussion of educational topics of moment will be engaged in. The program will be interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. It is highly desirable that parents who have children in nur schools, and patrons who are eager to cooperate inrendering our public school system more efficient should grace this occasion With their presence, and take an active part in the discussions which will follow each topic. The topics to he discussed pei tain to the increasing of the effectiveness of our public the methods and discipline of educational work, and the co-operation of teachers and parents. A cordial invitation ia extended to each one to attend this meeting and participate in the various discussions.

Following is the program Music Pupils of Public School Recitation of Public School "Some Ways of Stimulating H. King Ten Questions on the Above Topic, Ethiyn Kent Music Pupils oi' Public School "Why There Are So Manv Poor Lewis Discussion Alice Anderson "Importanceof Meisncr Charlotte Dnveuport "Co-Operation of Teacher and Patron" E. S. Aopel Discussion Esther Rogers The telephone extension down river of the Newport Telephone Co ha 9 reached Cusick and connections are now established with all points between here and Cusick. The line working very satisfactorily and Spokane tions with Cusick are heard just as plainly as at Newport.

The work of extending? further down the river will be taken up just as as the conditions the liver improve. The mud and slush are now so bad as to make work extremely difficult. The construction force is now working in Newport connecting up a number of new phones, which will bring the total number of the in use in this town up to 215. A new addition to the town of Newport will be placed on the market April 1, consisting of several blocks of the Panhandle Lumber tract, adjoining the town on the northwest. C.

F. Craig, of the First National bank, will handle the aadition and will be ready to talk business with prospective purchasers about April 1. It will make ach residence district, located in and only two blocks west of Washington avenue. OF OUR MILLINERY Wednesday and Thursday District Teachers' Institute Phone Connections With Cusick NUMBER 44.