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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
6
Advertisment rates for want ads set at 10c per line per day for two consecutive days with seven words per line. Minimum ad charge 20c. Agency contact at 321 Ballard Ave and main office on Seventh Ave between Union and University. The Star disclaims accuracy and responsibility for errors in telephoned ads.
Special notices include Eyewear guarantee from Prof Optical Co and a shoe sale by G Rawseh. Also present are a moving service claim by a carpenter Randall, a loan repayment request at Main 944, and a doctor’s office reference by Dr F L Powell.
Mixed listings show livestock and poultry notes, machine ads, rental offerings, real estate, and sale notices. Entries mention Cedar Poultry Farm, a 3-room flat for rent, and an auction at Port Orchard, with names and phone clues scattered through the damaged text.
Real estate notes describe multiple rural properties in Western Washington. Listings include one acre homes near Everett with wells and chicken houses, five acre tracts from $250 to $400 each, a $2 600 property near Tacoma with down payment options, seven acre tracts south of Port Orchard near schools, and 40 acre fruit ranch opportunities in Friday Harbor. Also advertised are relinquishments in Yakima Valley and 30% commission brokerage offers.
In Douglas and Juneau on April 8, the new city administration led by Henry Tire and allies won in a tight race. Emil Refling was elected school clerk and a slate including Mary Valentine and Fred Stevenson won council seats while Chase Goldstein defeated William Gilmour for school director amid 700 votes cast.
George C Beckley son of the city’s Admiral Beckley, once a Stanford football idol, works in a steamer engine room between San Francisco and Honolulu. He recently secured a job offer and says he understands steam construction before the toil wears off his hands.
A hospital ship crew reports a whale washed ashore at New Port Beach after target practice near Maxdelena Bay. Sailors aboard the Helief believe the whale was among several shot during exercises.
The April demand for labor in Boise rises as contractors seek to release prisoners to work on projects. A proposal was made to the Boise chief of police to employ all releasable inmates for at least a month at 2.50 to 3 dollars per day.
A crowd of about 900 unemployed men marched to city hall shouting they faced starvation. Police halted the mob before entry as riot control lines were used. Leaders urged continued resistance while a second wave of 2000 unemployed planned another march downtown.
Fred Becker, part of a gang charged with robberies in Pagler bachelor apartments on March 12, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Steve Meek and jailed. J Robieson and Edward Hradford were arrested in Spokane. The trio allegedly befriended victims, looted furniture and a $260 waste box from the Lake Union residence, with loot valued at $500, sold to local second hand dealers. The group is said to have prior similar robberies.
At a library board meeting last night an elite was chosen for a Green Lake branch library at the corner of Fourth Avenue North East and Green Lake Boulevard. The board will establish the branch if Green Lake residents deed the lot to the city within two weeks.
In Rome memorial services were held today in St Peters for Pope Clement XI who died on April 21 1721 at age 72. He reigned for 20 years and his memory is honored in the remembrances.
Arrangements by Canadians seek funds to buy the Plains of Abraham in Quebec where the 1759 battle occurred. The plan calls for the battlefield to become a national park and be donated to Quebec City on its 300th anniversary, to be celebrated in Antigua. A. J. Calder of Canadian Pacific will oversee Seattle contributions.
The funeral of Swan HB Heck occurs at Johnson & Hamilton Undertaking parlors Thursday at 2 PM with remains sent to Papieo Maine for burial. The Manning service follows Thursday at 7 30 PM at Butterworth & Sons chapel, with interment planned in Papieo Maine.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co will place the vessel Governor on the Seattle to Frisco service in the next ten days with Captain Jepaen at the helm. The President will resume the run around May 19. A local ad offers lawn mower sharpening and service by Piper & Taft for one dollar plus oil and adjustments.
Excited dispatches from Tokio report Japan and Kuseta talks over Harbin administration. references to an American warship Meet and future representations in South Manchuria. Washington dispatch says the US will oppose Russia and Japan actions in Manchuria and demands Japan relinquish present claims. Comments run high on the move.
Officials from Japan and the United States joined in paying last respects to Durham White Stevens, an adviser to the Korean council, murdered in San Francisco by a Korean fanatic two weeks ago.
Ambassador Takahira presided over ceremonies with Secretary Root present at the service. Albert Allen was arrested at Mab lard on suspicion of multiple thefts and confessed to stealing a rover from the launch Hialcom.
Mr. Heney will depart on the Yucatan tonight with 170 men to Cordova to resume active operations on the Guggenheim railway. L. Peles, an Alaskan hunter, travels as a passenger and aims to guide Richard Elkins, son of the senator, for bear hunting near Kodiak for two to three months.
A four member Harmony Big Four slate has been agreed to represent New York Democrats at the national convention. The group includes Judge Alton B Parker, Lt Gov Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, William J Connors of Buffalo and Chas F Murphy, Tammany leader.
Take boats at Pier 2 for battleship viewing with ten round trips daily priced at 60 cents per round trip.
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