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VOLUME IX

CONQUEST VALUES GUN HIGHCharacter of Ore Permits Saving

of Values.

In Hands of Experienced Man.

Ihe recent»big strike in the Conquestmine, located about eight miles north ofNewport, is attracting considerable at-tention. Mining men of this sectionwho have visited the property since thestrike was made are confident of itsworth, and that the mine is now in afair way to be pushed to full develop-ment.

A mining writer in the Spokane In-land Herald has the following:

While the quality of the big ledgestruck recently in the Conquest mine ofthe Newport district differs littlefromthat of ore developed elsewhere in theproperty, there has been a change ofmetallic distribution that is expected tomake large profits poseible*where theywere small before.

Equality of inharmonious metals, ina measurement of dollars, was the han-dicap imposed on an earlier profit-tak-ing, the metallic association being otlead and copper. In the extraction ofcoppei the lead was lost, so the net valueremained in the copper, amounting toabout $12 to the ton, and in about $5worth ot gold. The lead loss was $8 aton. Values in the new ore body are $20gold and $18 copper.

Oscar DeCamp, superintendent, whorecently brought down samples of theledge, has received an assayer's certifi-cate testifying to the presence of thesevalues. He regards the samples as hav-ing been fairly representative of condi-tions across the 12 feet which the veinmeasures between walls.

The ore lies between quartz and dio-rite, has a north and south trend, andwas|exposed at a depth of 165 feet. It hintersected by ledges of less width, hav-ing an east and west course, that con-tinue into the diorite. Part of the mainledge traverses a smashed area. Waterlevel is 50 feet below. Near the base ofthe hillis a cropping that suggests a

basin-like curvature of the ledge.These conditions with others have pro-

vided a geological problem that is rel-ished by Supt. DeCamp because of its

Ready to Start Diking

T The clearing of logged off lands

J is the big problem confronting thepeople of this section. Intelligent

£ handling of the soil will produce2 good results and higher land values.

complexities. He is credited with hav-ing solved the Le Roi puzzle and paidthe first dividend, and is quoted as hav-ing said that he sees large opportunitiesin the Conquest,

Development will be centered on thebig ore body at the present dopth, butthe ultimate center of operations willprobablv be through a new ayenue.

The railroad contracting firm of Jones& Onesrud, whicli last year made a con-siderable part of the grade for the I. &

W. N. extension, has taken the contractto build the dike for Calispel DikingDistrict No. ], and is now assemblingoutfit preparatory to starting the work.

Diking District No. 1 comprises about6500 acres north of Cusick. The matterof diking has been in the courts for sometime and only recently had all courtmatters oeen completed. This was ac-complished too late to permit of adver-tising and selling bonds to raise money

for the work and get the work done thisspring. Messrs. Jones & Onesrud havesimplified matters and done away withthe necessity of issuing bonds by agree-

ing to do the work and take warrants ofthe district in payment therefor.

The I. & W. N. has granted the dis-trict the right to use its railroad gradeas a part of its dike, and the road is alsoputting in a concrete fill across Trimblecreek, which the district will fit withgates to keep out the overflow waters ofthe Pend Oreille. The contract for thedike calls for its completion by June 15,the date at which the Pend Oreille highwater usually reaches the crest. Farm-ers in the district are putting most oftheir land under plow this year and areconfident of saving their crop.

The Coleman & Cowan store at Blanch-ard was burned to the ground Sundayevening, the building and contents beinga total loss. The sale of the stock hadbeen under negotiation, and transfer ofthe same was to have been made thefirst of the week.

mission Report.

TEACHBtS' MEETING PROGRAMDiscussion of Country Life Com-

At Newport Saturday, April 23.

A teachers' meeting for the teachers

ot Eastern Stevens county and the ad-

joining section of Bonner county willbeheld at Newport on Saturday, April 23.

Meetings will be held in the Newport

High School building, beginning at 1

o'clock p. m.County Superintendent Daisy Hard

has arranged the following program :

Music.Discussion of the Country Life Commis-

sion's Report."Rural School Problems"

James D. Neaville, Sandpoint"Why Do Country Boys and Girls Drift

to the City?"Prof. H. T. Irion, Sandpoint

"AHigh School Course in Agriculture"Leo H. King, Newport

"Education for Country Life"E. S. Appel, Newport

"Some Needed Improvements in RuralConditions".C. B. Sawyer, Sandpoint

"Redirecting the Rural Schools"H. D. Showalter. Cheney

A cordial invitation is extended to allto attend this meeting, especially direc-tors and parents of children attending

school. The program is one of interest

to all. The discussion of the report ofthe country life commission, which tour-

ed the country at the suggestion of Pres-

ident Roosevelt, is a novel idea in a

program for a teachers' meeting. Thereport of this commission was publishedby the Spokane Chamber of Commerce,

after congress had refused to appropriate

funds for that purpose, and copies ofthis report can be had free by address-ing L. G. Monroe, secretary of theChamber of Commerce at Spokane.

The Great Northern Railroad has is-sued its annual bulletin, deyoted to ad-vertising the resources ot the-Northwest.Newport is given good mention in itscolumns and a picture of Silver Birchfarm of C. M. Talmadge is labeled as atypical clearing from logged-off lands.The Fidelity mill at Newport is alsopictured as a type of sawmills in East-ern Washington and the Idaho Pan-handle.

Improving Kelly's Hall

King Mill Starts Sawing

NEWPORT, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1910

Boost your home town. Notown in the Northwest has a bet-ter location or better prospects forgrowth than has Newport. It isup to us to work its development.

Kelly's Hall, which has been usedlargely for dancing, is : now being fittedwith a stage, and when improvementsnow under way are completed the hallwill be in shape to handle satisfactorily

theatrical productions. Astage is being built in the north end of

. the hall, 30 feet wide by 20 feet deep.The proscenium opening will be 12x18feet. In the rear two good-sized dress-

i ing rooms are provided. These improve-ments, together with the fireproof stair-way erected last fall, make a desirableopera house.

Newport people have of late got out ofthe habit of going to shows, largely be-

j cause of inadequate facilities for hand-ling the shows. Now that the opera

j house is being improved so that a satis-jfactorr performance can be given andseen there is no reason to doubt thatgood attendance will be given to events

: in the future.The first performance in the altered

j house will be given tonight by theMaude Henderson Stock Co., presenting"Dora Thome." The company comeswell recommended and the managerguarantees a good performance. Thecompany will be here: for threenights, closing the engagement Saturday

; evening.

The new sawmill of the King Sash,Door & Lumber Co., to replace the onedestroyed by fire last summer, startedoperations last week, sawing the firstboard on the Bth. Theonill is runningin good shape and has sawed as much ak30,000 feet in a ten-hour shift. With anincrease in boiler power the mill willcut from fifty to sixty thousand.

This season's cut will run up to aboutfive million feet. They now have abouta million and a half feet of logs bankedat the mill, and as soon as the grounddries up logging operations will be re-sumed.

WEN DISTANCE TWINESNew Road Proposed From Bead

Lake to Newport.

Change Would Benefit Many.

Residents of the Marshall Lake andBead Lake countries and the miners in-terested in the many promising pros-pects in that section are working for anew road to Newport that will cut offabout three miles of the distance. Inaddition to shortening the mileage theroad willrun on the second bench fromthe river, and many low spots along theriver that are marshy on account of thenumerous streams and springs would beavoided.

A petition is being circulated amongthose interested, asking the establish-ment of a county road. Practically allof the right-of-way can be secured with-out cost. While a survey has not beenrun, it is estimated that the road wouldnot cost oyer $1000 to place in passablecondition with but few grades. A largepart of the way it would run throughopen timber land. Those interestedstand ready to donate a large part of the

| labor involved in its construction.The road would follow along the foot

of the second bench from the Conquestmine, and would place that property

jwithin five miles of Newport. MarshallLake would be brought within six milesof town and Bead Lake nine miles. Bothof these lakes are being stocked withfish and in a few years will be good fish-ing resorts.

The people of Newport should be in-terested in any attempt to improve theroads leading into town. The Commer-cial Club will be asked to endorse thescheme and will doubtless do so.

Frank Baker, Jr., who owns a ranchin the Cahspel valley, has been missingfor several months. He also owns prop-erty in Newport and was a frequentvisitor to town. At his Calispel valleyranch neighbors found his cabin openand stock uncared for, as if he had goneaway for a day expecting to return. Itis feared that he must have met withsome accident in the woods or has beenfoully dealt with.

Steamboats Ready for Use

Spokane to Have Paper Mill

NUMBER 48

Don't let the census enumeratorm'BB V°u - Newport wants a fullcount as the record of 1910 willstand for ten years until the nextcensus is taken. Get listed.'\u2666\u2666UUAaaaaaaaa A.

The steamers of the Petni Oreille Nav-igation Co., which have been tied up atlone the past winter are now ready forthe season's work. The Spokane willbe the only boat provided with a regularcrew. She will be used for towingbarges and rafts, and will have a crewof from ten to fifteen men. In additionto towing the crew carried on the boatHillconstitute a sort of floating lumbercamp, putting logs into the stream atthe various points where they arebanked.

The Newport has had no repairs madeon her this season and will not be placedin service. She will be kept at the boomat lone as a houseboat for the accom-modation of the river men working onthe boom.

Capt. LeClerc will be in command ofthe lone this year. The boat has beenrepainted and put in good shape for useas an excursion boat. She will be oper-ated for excursions only and will behandled by the crew of the Spokane,making the run to Newport on Satur-days to take out the excursions fromthis point on Sundays.

Jay P. Graves and other Spokane rap*

italists have formed a company for theerection of a million dollar paper millnear the city of Spokane. Work ofconstruction is to be started in a shorttime. The building of this plant will hewelcomed by newspaper publishers andother large users of paper in the North-west, as freight rates a»d shortage ofwood pulp in the east are making thecost of paper high.

The small black pine, of which thereia a considerable quantity south hih!west of town, is said to l»p adapted t. iuse as pulp wood. It' this i* true a vmufwi'.l be created for a wood that at pie?

ent has but little value, being too smallfor saw logs or cord wood, Black pinethickets in this section at present bringbut littlereturn in clearing the land.

FIRST NATIONAL BANKNEWPORT, WASHINGTON

CAPITAL $25,000-SUR PLUS $2,250

A Good Place to Transact Your Business

Ifyou are buying or selling a piece of property our Es-

crow Department will taKe care of the deal for you and

make all collections. ABSTRACTS FURNISHED.

We will make you a loan on yourFarm for five or ten years time

SAFETV DEPOSIT BOXES keep your

valuable papers where they are safe.

DIRECTORS

HENRY TWEEDIE. CHARLES F. CRAIG, A. E. REID

JACOB MARTIN. E. E. REID, J. B. TARBET,

The Young Menof this city were quick to discover the Student Style garmentswhich we sell. Practically every well dressed young chapwears these clothes. We carry such an extensive line ofthem that very few of the]] styles are carried in duplicate, so

you will not find the same style being worn by ten or fifteen?! ? different people. =======

The moment a pronounced successis made in any particular venture,

there arises a multitude of imitators.

You can tell an imitation of a FratStudent Style as far as you can see

it. There is always something lack-ing, it is either overdone or so farfrom the original that the result is

comical to say the least.Prices <t|A 00 (tOO ®0R^ g tplU.= 10 $zz.=

For the' Children?» .

Take a few'minutes today

Examine the Spring Show-ing of Perfection Suits

For BoysNever were so many good features combined tO $7.50with good Clothes Making. Prices Y

A Wise Step to TakeStep into our store today, permit us to show you styles and patterns

in suits that are different.