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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1912
Page
7
A vintage dental ad promises guaranteed restorations and full value with refunds if needed. It touts a gold crown for 4.09 and a famous crown at 10.00, offered under manager D. D. Clark at 8. Ave N. W. Cor Union.
The Washington county engineers convention in Tacoma voted to ask the legislature to require all county engineers to be graduates of a recognized engineering college and to pass a satisfactory examination before serving. The group discussed wide tire questions and planned a banquet with Gov. Hay, Gov elect Lister, State Engineer White, and Highway Commissioner Roberts as guests.
In his annual report to congress the chief of the army engineering corps recommended the appropriation of 1 000 000 for the construction of the government locks on Lake Washington canal. Other appropriations urged include dredging Kalin river 30006 Cowitz and Lewis rivers 233 500 straightening and dredging Snohomish river 75000 and for dredging Willapa harbor 45009.
Premier Saloni resigns as minister of war due to inability to appoint a successor to Lieut. Gen. Uyehira. Uyehira had stepped down after cabinet members balked at a plan to boost the army with a division for Korea service.
ASK MILLION FOR NEW LOCKS IN LAKE E. C. Cheauty, chairman of the street and roads committee of the Chamber of Commerce, presided at a meeting of the committee this afternoon. Delegates will be sent to the Tacoma convention tomorrow to urge the construction of the eastern highway through the Snoqualmie Base. Since King county has voted $3,000,000 for the construction of good roads, it is felt that the roadmaking program should meet with local approval.
Dr Dec. 3 police in major Northwest cities search for Fred Lewis 19 of Vancouver B C and Gladys Curtin 17 of Oregon City who eloped after a two year romance. Lewis had not met his bride until arriving in Oregon City to claim her and authorities believe the couple are in Canada.
Aberdeen Washington December 3 reports Guy Fawkes a self stated descendant of the Gunpowder Plot figure is jailed on a disorderly charge after a dramatic ride in a boy’s tin wagon. He refused to walk and rode in the cart.
The largest timber land sale in the Pacific Northwest history closed in Portland. Tillamook and Washington counties’ 22,000 acres were conveyed to Til lamook Timber and Logging Co of Delaware for 5 million dollars, negotiated by J. O. Eldred who held an interest in the buying firm.
Los Angeles voters decide on a charter establishing a commission form of government and other municipal changes. The ballot also asks about the fate of the free lunch in saloons in a single, high-stakes local decision.
Governors of states attended the conference opening in Richmond Virginia with sessions focusing on uniform tax plans and a rural credits initiative. The same day the Charity Organization Society announced its annual dinner at the Arctic Club on December 5 at 6 30 p m and a local furniture ad appeared.
Prospector Pat Gibbone of Renton reports a rush into the La Conner Swinomish flats in Skagit county as leases and options cover many acres. He claims the field holds rich petroleum strata and notes he was the first operator after decades of scouting.
A nocturnal bulldog with a strong baritone performs nightly near a Sixth Avenue hotel, warming up before evening concerts with operatic aria from La Bohème. From nearby windows comes a mournful strain as neighbors sigh over the disturbance. Mrs. A Gowan reported the issue to police seeking aid.
Adele Nasarallah, a Syrian woman, gives birth to a baby girl today the third Titanic baby reported. A telegram of congratulations came from Mrs. John Jacob Astor. In Baltimore, Allen Roselyn, 15, died after leaping into a water culvert to avoid injuring others during a coast scene.
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