Westport News

The liberty poles are not only increasing in number but creeping higher. Antone Fernandez, proprietor of the Lisbon House, has installed one in front of his hotel which will have a clear height of 92 feet above the top of the ground.

PG & E of Eureka has been granted a Caltrans Encroachment Permit for tree trimming from Manchester to Crispin Road beginning Wednesday.

Mark Scripter, the brother-in-law of James Denoyer, the man who was charged in a widely publicized animal cruelty case after a herd of his horses was seized in Fort Bragg in 2005, has settled his own lawsuit with the county.

It came as a great surprise to his many friends here. - Mr. Biggers has had his engine put up on the Odd Fellows lot, to be used in construction of the new building.

The Mendocino County Planning Commission will meet next Thursday, May 21, at 9 a.m. in the Mendocino County Administration Center, Board of Supervisors Chambers, at 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah.

Smith at Westport burned to the ground on Friday afternoon. Some of the furniture was saved, but owing to the high wind the house was gone in an hour and a half from the time the fire started.

Viewed from the southwest in 2006, the barn and surrounding structures on the White property may be taken down to increase the land's marketability.

A Seattle company wants to build an unusual offshore power plant near San Francisco that would generate electricity by tapping the region's potent wind and waves.

We publish below some statistics which have been kindly furnished us by respective proprietors.

Duffey's mill near Alpine was not damaged to any great extent by the recent storm, with the exception of the elevator which was carried away.

At Gualala, January 19, 1884, by Rev. C. H. Crawford, Edward Jacobs and Miss P. L. Robinson, both of Mendocino County.

Born at Russian Gulch, Jan. 3, 1884, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gray, a daughter. A Grand Calico and Necktie Ball will be given at Salmon Creek hall on the 25th inst.

A short time ago we had a call from Messrs. McFaul and Keene, the proprietors of the Switzer Gulch sawmill.