Board Weighs Coal Scales for Private Consumers
The board considers setting coal weighing scales across stations to determine private consumer charges. Officials review private coal sales, and Cand Co. may be ordered to cover costs or adjust prices.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
7
The board considers setting coal weighing scales across stations to determine private consumer charges. Officials review private coal sales, and Cand Co. may be ordered to cover costs or adjust prices.
Dr Myron Dr S resignation was accepted by 83 to TS 8 of the congregation last night. Thomas, a close personal friend of Dr Haynes, induced many sisters' friends to vote in favor of accepting the resignation.
Mea Angellom Myers celebrated a 100th birthday yesterday at 2609 KE Ward. She was 12 when the Civil War began and recalls her grandfather’s Revolutionary War stories. A party with relatives and friends was held.
Inland Empire reports rain stoppage as plans grow for enlarging a public school building. The year promises a large fruit pack. Harclay McCutcheon of Bellingham South, jailed for stealing and wrecking a street car, receives one year hard labor and a $200 fine. Labor shortages in North Yakima force employing drunks. Vigu men of Aberdeen opposed Sunday closing. A jury acquits a violator in a Sunday opening case. William Allen Dello pleads guilty to murder in the first degree of Misa Addie Roper in Blaing last January. Yakima county commissioners offer a $1,000 reward for the return of H. E. Nicolas, president of the Sunny Side Law and Order League, missing awhile.
The North End Improvement club approved the park board plan to grant a right of way for Seattle Hieetric company to extend Woodland park der Stone av. ex tended, approving the proposal last night.
Poultrymen from several parts of the state met at the Savoy hotel to form a cooperative to control the poultry business and bypass cold storage. A Seattle house will open in about two weeks. Officers elected include R. Cotterill of Kent president L. Roper of Otirten and J. L. Robbins of Kellogg’s March vice presidents and Williams of Seattle secretary-treasurer.
County commissioners extend the tithe limit to February 1 1908 delaying canal work by at least six months. Chairman John P Hoyt says the delay is unavoidable though Major Chittenden had set July 1 1909 for completion. Exposition visitors may not see the waterway finished. Separate plan to dissolve the Standard Oil Company and allied groups on trust charges set for New York September 3.
The last edition of the Clytatian Wadeaver World praises Seattle and the cordial reception given during the recent convention, noting the warm reception and hospitality extended to attendees.
Dr. A B Kidd in East Green Lake warns of a potential typhoid outbreak due to crude sanitary arrangements. No sewers yet and many shallow cess pools are in use while the city engineer says work on the north end trunk sewer can start in a month.
A clean-up sale at Hall's 1111 Letay offers a 25 to 30 percent cut on all fishing gear. Customers are invited to examine the surplus stock and savings.
A Sunday afternoon program is set at Woodtnd Park with the Beattie Marine Band performing from 4 to 6 pm. The event promises live music in a public park setting.
Fifteen year old Janet Cook, an inmate of the Washington Children's Home at Dunlap, escaped for the second time yesterday. Arrested weeks ago as an incorrigible she was to be sent to the reform school. Police are searching for her.
Council to consider Crichton backed scenic boulevard proposal Monday night. A special committee including Crichton and Murphy endorsed a five mile long 66 foot wide circle from Prospect Street and Second Avenue around Queen Anne to West Highland Drive near the Navy Yard.
Union men clash with city leaders over the new charter in Everett. They defend initiative referendum and recall clauses but argue the signatures required to trigger an election are too high at 10 and 25 percent. They say the referendum time before legislation takes effect is also insufficient.
Readable items include roiled roast beef sirloin steak and leg of lamb at Ide store located on 609 Third Ave though full details are incomplete.
Sherley Falcke shot himself in a moving cab in London while with Irish Huey an actress he pursued. The self inflicted wound ends a troubling episode mirroring the Patterson case casting a shadow over the capital.
A Palace Meat Market listing at 504 2nd Ave advertises the shop as offering the best and freshest meat fish and poultry with a Sunday chicken call and two phone numbers for contact.
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