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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
3
A plan to raise wharfage charges from 60 to 1 per ton was discussed among different wharves including Valdes and Seward. A quiet meeting last week supported the move, with reports that shipping firms were alerted and debate circulated through offices.
A brief ad noting Kingsbury hats offered by W. R. Hutchinson Co at their second and Union store location.
Shoppers in Seattle are urged to save money at a two day bargain sale at Bartell's Red Cross pharmacy 610 Qectave featuring glycerine rosewater bay rum borax and other household drugs advertised with low prices and limited selection.
The city considers a 76 cent per ton wharfage charge with no refund to steamship firms. Wharf lessees claim Seattle offers the lowest rates on the coast while wharfage remains the indirect toll paid by ships. The plan provokes shipper opposition and could draw Alaska trade attention to San Francisco and Tacoma. The Merchants Exchange notes the Elwell arrives at Lahaina leaking and reports the loss of 200000 feet of lumber after heavy seas. Kiwell departed Port Makeley.
Lieutenant Moyle of Engine Company No 4 stopped a runaway engine team after the horse line to the bridle loosened at the start. He leaped from the wagon and grabbed a horse, bringing the three-horse engine to a halt near Ninth Avenue. Witnesses disagree about the runaway report.
The prominent Pacific coast writer Prof. Morrow heads a writing school and is in demand as a teacher. Illness may force the lecture to be read rather than delivered in person at the Unitarian church next Monday evening.
Acreage with sound frontage, especially along the projected interurban railway and boulevard between Seattle and Tacoma and near the Beattle Everett line, is in great demand. The Pacific Investment Co Walker Building have leted several good pieces in these localities.
Members of the Young Women's Christian Association plan a four club season with Tennis, boating, outing and rambling branches to enjoy Puget Sound summers. The rambling club will feature song and country walls while the outing club offers walking and tally-ho rides. An April foot party drew about 80 members and a Wednesday evening millinery party invites each member to bring a young gentleman to trim his partner's hat for the event.
Newsboys from The Star city announce a planned Saturday matinee at The Star theater. They will meet at The Star office at 1:45 PM, march with Prof Miner's Star Carriers' band, and enjoy the show from a balcony reserved for them.
Italian Louie Tonito was shot in the back while walking on Washington last Sunday. He remains in Providence hospital in favorable condition and refuses to discuss the incident beyond saying he does not know who fired the shot.
Bartell's Big Red Cram drug store at 19 2nd Ave offers 25 percent off on syringes for Friday and Saturday only. The sale lists 2 qt Pairfax fountain syringes 600, Marvel whirling spray $3.60 now $2.45, plus discounts on hot water bottles and ice bags.
Five hundred church representatives gathered at Westminster Presbyterian Church to press for strict enforcement of morality laws. They plan a permanent group to back officials enforcing gambling, slot machines, saloon boxes, midnight saloon closings, and Sunday closing laws. Petitions will praise Mayor Hallinger for abolishing the slot machines and urge Mayor Moore to remove saloon boxes and close saloons at midnight and all busy houses on Sundays.
A minute notice touts a special Friday and Saturday sale at Bartelis Red Cross store 610 2nd Ave. It promises big savings on salts including Sodium Phosphate Vichy Kiesingen Magnesium Sulphate Phospho Lithia Lithum Citrate Potassium Citrate and Strontium Citrate.
Two essays selected at random describe the ideal man as kind to the unfortunate, reliable and honest, loving family, and guided by honor, justice, and compassion. The writers value self control, modest means, and spiritual integrity over material wealth in the Star contest.
Piper and Taft at 1024 26 Second Ave advertise a bicycle for thirty dollars. The model features a coaster brake and is promoted as the best value in the city.
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