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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
7
A long, cluttered display shows rooming houses, furnished apartments, and multiple realty offerings on First Avenue to Second Avenue and beyond. Listings highlight 6 to 15 room houses, 1 to 7 room rentals, waterfront properties, and price terms with phrases like cash, terms, and easy payments. Local brokers advertise Madison Street and Madrona area properties with view and near streetcar access.
Public notices describe plans for a Queen Anne home with updated utilities including electricity and sewer, new furnace cover, lawn grading and seeding, and a two new three room cottages in South Prattle and South Seattle Factory Lots. Rates mention £1.80 fines and terms of sale on several parcels near the railroad.
Property offering by The Realty Security Co MS Roetun includes 170 acres of improved land with fruit trees berries and timber. The listing notes cattle horses wagon items and farm equipment on site within one mile of the railroad station. Address: Bloomskog & Brickbon 0 Washington fMrook.
The Milwaukee railroad offered a site to the city for a fire station in exchange for the current station at Utah and Massachusetts. the fire and water committee rejected the proposal seeking a satisfactory exchange. Chairman Zbinden and Chief Cook will discuss the matter with attorney B Hughes to arrange another adjustment.
Matt Ifil of New Weatninster reports sleeping in a Union saloon box on October 8 and waking to find 60 dollars in money and a 140 dollar check missing. Patrolman Jack King notes possible rifling by someone in the box. bartender cites several women visiting. Proprietor Linstrum is listed as staying there. The saloon box housed multiple patrons during the night shift.
Wrangel is recovering after a week since a town fire destroyed the business section. Purser Floyd Bush says buildings are rising as fast as lumber is produced. No aid is needed. residents are self sustaining and shipments from Seattle firms replenish burned stocks.
The Humboldt will fail tonight at 9 from Pier A bound for Skagway and Dawson with a full load of freight. William McKensie ships 6 tons of mining machinery to Windy Arm near Caribou for Conra City mines, while Duncan Shaw and Ruffner Co. gear up for northern trade. Six Northern Commercial men go to Skagway then Dawson to work aboard company steamers, with R A Brown and Paul Johnson also aboard. Lieut. Paul Hurst returns from Washington to Fort Seward, as the Humboldt departs for the north.
Riverton April 5. The River ton Laurel club of this place will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at McCoye hall tonight.
Classified real estate ads describe a boarding house and hotel site on 10th avenue with unobstructed mountain views, a 1 1/2 story house, and 1% blocks on terms. Also offered are waterfront lots near Kirkland, acreage options, and a Beattie area waterfront parcel with 6 boats daily service.
Julius Parker of Seattle Cloak & Suit and Mrs. Cather Douglas wed in Victoria after two weeks of courting. The groom’s work at Seattle Cloak & Suit and the bride’s employment there are noted as they begin married life amid friends’ congratulations. Meyer Moore seeks council support for two police sub stations in Pike district and Premont. In San Bernardino County, Walter Beott, accused of assault to commit murder, was released on writ of habeas corpus after a $500 bail set by Judge Dunne.
Reports from Hillman Brighton and Rainier Beach note C K Sturtevant closing a deal to purchase the Hillman water system including franchises mains and right of way. The move unites Hillman and Rainier Reach assets with expected future interconnected service and higher rates. Nearby, land plans and local events fill a busy regional note.
The jail records show Jailer Oscar Wine accepted funds from Teonett after the inmate was prematurely discharged. Wise says the money was for the inmate’s fine, a claim supported by the discovery, but the discharge was not properly recorded.
J. W. H. Rogers of the White Pass & Yukon route announced at the Hut ter hotel that the Klondike Mines railroad will be extended from Dawson to a point beyond Bonanga. Materials for construction will move immediately, with heavy hydraulic machinery and five new dredgers heading interior. Dawson is expected to see freight rise this year, and a new water system at the camp will enable work on large concessions with enormous output from old claims.
Secretary Root has consented to extend his projected visit to Rio de Janeiro around the Horn and to other South American countries at the request of diplomats stationed in Washington.
In superior court the city of Beattie plans to appeal Judge Morrie’s ruling in the Holgate improvement case. The decision holds railroad property on tide lands can be assessed for street widening, but roads under contract to build overhead bridges may not be charged for temporary paving. Both the city and Great Northern railroad are expected to appeal.
Judge Griffin ordered the Olympie Chelea Women of Woodcraft to reinstate Mrs. Anna Woodring, granting her eligibility for benefits. The Mallard group had argued her sister’s death from a disease resembling consumption made her unfit, but the court voided the expulsion, directing reinstatement.
Idaho Falls report says D Davie died and Charles Beach likely fatally injured after sacks toppled during wheat loading at a warehouse. They were buried under falling sacks and found nearly an hour later. Boston dispatch notes C Swift of Swift & Co. died there early this morning.
The store at 610 2nd Ave cuts prices to attract buyers with steep markdowns on thermometers braces crutches and elastic bandages. Regular items drop to 95c 64c and 1.20 to 1.75 a pair with 2 off on select products.
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