Rainier Valley Residents Rally Against Sewer Assessment
A Rainier Valley improvement club meeting with about ninety property owners urged building the Rainier avenue trunk sewer now, to be paid from the general fund or by bond issue. They oppose district taxation and demand fair treatment similar to other wards, supporting councilman Johnston’s stance.
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Rainier
Rainier Valley
Madison Street
Homer M. Hill
Club
Rainier Avenue
First Avenue
Gill
Third Ward
Greenlake
Brooklyn
General Fund
F. M. Muldoon
Johnston
Rainier Club
Thomson
Busihens
Crrtan
Muldoon
Walla Walla
Krug
Burnett
Renton
Cole
City cracks down on illegal handbook gambling and pool rooms
Police chief Delaney orders all handbook gambling closed after The Star reveal. Roving bookies at Portland races operated in at least two places with pool room creep in saloons and a cigar shop. Mayor Ballinger kept in the dark as authorities move to confine women of a certain class to a district.
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Star
Delaney
Handbook
Portland
The
Ballinger
Seven Women Arrested at Kentucky Saloon on Loitering Charge
Chief Delaney ordered seven women arrested at the Kentucky saloon located at Occidental avenue and Yealer way in the Korn building basement. Sergeant Stewart directed Detectives Freeman and Hubbard to effect the arrests. The saloon previously faced trouble for liquor sales to minors and for regulatory violations about storage boxes.
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Delaney
Kentucky Saloon
Occidental Avenue
Yealerway
Korn
Stewart
Freeman
Hubbard
Kentucky
Law Library for Tenants Opens in Seattle Block
W G Jones an executor of Dexter Horton s estate announces the new Seattle block law library will be on the top floor at Third avenue and Cherry street for tenants of the New York and Seattle blocks. It will hold about 12 000 volumes in five rooms with yearly additions and aim to be one of the West s finest. Photos available at 25 percent discount from Kegan Ericson.
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W. G. Jones
Dexter Horton
Seattle
Third Avenue
Cherry Street
New York
Battleship Excursion at Pier 2 in Hremerton
Three modern warships lie at the dock in Hremerton inviting public tours. Bouts from Pier 2 run Sunday hourly after 9 a.m. for visitors to view the vessels.
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Hremerton
Pier 2
May Be Murder May Be Murder Tacoma
Gilbert W. Coughran a young civil engineer was shot by a highwayman on Tacoma avenue. His condition remained critical last night but he rallied briefly and rested easier this morning. Doctors fear complications from a bullet near the right line. The Mercer excursion steamer runs daily at 11:00 a.m. and 3:15 p.m.
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Tacoma
Gilbert W. Coughran
Tacoma Avenue
E. M. Brown
Caughran
Youth Accused of Burglary
Dan Mahoney aged 12 is accused of burglary after being arrested on a warrant sworn by John TV. Kyne of 1620 Tenth Avenue South. Kyne alleges Mahoney broke a window and took five dollars in coin and valuables, later confessing under pressure from his brother.
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Dan Mahoney
John TV
Kyne
Tenth Avenue South
George
Young Mahoney
Mahoney
Steamship Dolphin and Rosalie get new burning apparatus
The Alaska Steamship Company awarded the contract for installing a burning apparatus on the Dolphin and Rosalie. Commercial Street Boiler Works received the bid. Pleasant Sunday invitation suggests a dance at Pleasant Beach. Boats run from Pier 3 hourly after 8 a.m.
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Alaska Steamehip Company
Dolphin
Rosalie
Commercial Street Boiler Works
Meachams ag malay Green Lake Tracts near city limits
Meacham notes describe 220 acres near the Seattle Everett interurban line three miles from the city. The larger portion comprises first class bottom garden land with spring water on many tracts. Five acres are said to support a family better than larger acreages. Land values northward are rising as the Attle Everett line nears completion, projected to double in value.
Town in danger near Waterloo forest fire near Lebanon
A massive forest fire threatens Lebanon Oregon and Waterloo six miles away as firefighters mobilize over 100 volunteers. The blaze has burned over twenty square miles and crews fear more towns may be at risk if conditions worsen. A second large fire fifteen miles east consumes timberlands.
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Lebanon
Ore
Waterloo
Thin Place
Here
Foresta
Delegates to Mining Congress Gather in Portland
Delegates to the National Mining Congress arrive in Portland Oregon for the meeting starting Monday. Headquarters site competition is heating with Salt Lake City and Denver leading bids. Others in the mix include Los Angeles El Paso Nevada City Cincinnati Omaha and Chicago. The contest for officers centers on the secretary post and presidency with several candidates favored by factions.
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Portland
Ore
National Mining Congreens
Salt Lake
Denver
Los Angel
Fl Paso
Nevada City
Cali
Cincinnati
Omaha
Chicago
Irwin Mahon
Congress
Carlisle
Pred Shaffer
Colo
J. H. Richards
J. F. Galbreath
Dean
John Dern
Balt Lake
Col Henry K B Coach Honored by Japan Order
Col Henry K B Coach of Portland has been decorated with the Order of the Treasury from the Japanese emperor through Minister Takahira in Washington. The honor follows his practical management of the 1903 Japanese exposition in Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Henry KB
Takahira
Washington
Order of the Treasury
Miss Wood a Heroine of the North
Daw son August 20 Miss Wood a young woman well known in Dawson became a heroine by aiding disease stricken Indians at Fort Yukon. She lived with the children, nursed and attended them during a diphtheria outbreak in which 22 Native victims died.
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Dawson
Miss Wood
Fort
Yukon
Multiple local incidents span theft arson and a fire
Eugene Bond found an adult skeletal remains west of Rocklyn. H H F P White jailed for robbery in Northport with a $1000 bail. A N Godfrey resigns as Port Townsend deputy and Kees B K Chestnut of Seattle to replace him. Fourteen men suspected in Moscow Idaho depot robbery arrested. Christ and Lina Johnson divorce for the second time in seven years, father custody of five children. A fire at Mann millinery in Centralia, wife accused. $1000 insurance. Great Northern overland delayed three hours due to forest fires near Wellington.
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Christ
Lina Johnson
Everett
Mann
Centralia
Little Falls
Marsha Shields
Great Northern
Wellington
Meeting A Success At Gospel Tent Ballard
Hundreds gather nightly at the Gospel tent in Ballard to hear Theo Hanson attack wrongdoing and warn of lasting effects. Two services are set for Sunday with Emiies Moffatt singing at 3 pm. The evening topic is Balancing Books with the Armstrong trio providing music.
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Gospel Tent
Ballard
Theo. Hanson
Emiies Moffatt
Armstrong
Masonic Dead Beat Gallery Identifies Suspect Visitor
The Masons maintain a dead-beat gallery and recognize Charles McCulley, an alleged dead-beat, who tried to visit Sonic Lodge No. 90 on August 106. He was turned away after prior membership in good standing and later suspended.
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Charlies McCulley
Sonic Lodge No. 90
McCulley
Time has faced arrest over lodge member funds claims
A report notes that a man has tried to earn a living from his lodge members and that he has previously been arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Sald
They Hunt for Midas Creek Riches in Alaska
Aug. 7. No word from Midas Creek discoverers Duncan and Griggs. Forty stampers who backed the Midas Creek project left St Michaels aboard the Scotia for Koyukuk seeking the rumored riches. Griggs and Duncan had promised a wonderful creek.
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Midas Creek
Duncan
Griggs
St. Michaels
Scotia
Koyukuk
Duncap
Doyle Sues for Divorce Over Incompatibility and Desertion
W. Doyle filed for divorce from Katherine Doyle citing incomparability of temper and desertion. The couple married in New South Wales 32 years ago and have not lived together since 1881.
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W. ©. Doyle
Katherine Doyle
New South Wales
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