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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1922
Page
7
Buick salesman T Strong argues in Lincoln Nebraska that the young generation will own cars as essential tools. He claims nearly one million Buicks built save time for owners and notes bicycles and trolleys give way to the motor car as the era’s king.
French engineers claim a semi-Diesel engine combines the virtues of spark ignition and diesel, offering lower fuel costs and simpler upkeep. A Paris to Bordeaux road test reportedly proved the concept, as it runs on cheap low grade oil while retaining gasoline engine advantages. Ongoing experiments aim to fit Paris buses with the engine.
The North Carolina road congress opens January 15 in Chicago, featuring women highway officials, Indian chiefs Red Bird and Eagle attending as delegates, and a vast exposition of road building machinery and materials at the Chicago Coliseum. Delegates and guests from states and Canada are invited. the event includes a banquet, entertainments, and discussions on federal aid and highway maintenance.
Bee school opens on Vashon Island with a general talk by B A Slocum Washington State College extension specialist. Stephen J Har meling Vashon honey producer also speaks. County Agent A B Nystrom outlines courses in spring management queen rearing diseases fall management marketing and winter management.
A conference between the zoning commission and city and company officials will decide the Barton packing plant fate on W Spokane St. The Barton permit to operate at the present site is said to have expired a year ago. The city zoning ordinance is nearly ready for submission to the city council.
Prohibition agents seized a 50 gallon still and mash at 2486 Dexter Ave. on Friday night and arrested John Kennedy as the suspected operator. Division Prohibition Director F A Hazeltine directed the seizure.
Three letters chosen as runners up to The Star's Exciting Night contest share perilous adventures. M J Sumtall recalls a voyage near Smythe's channel with cannibals and forbidden whisk and tobaccy demanding a meal. Mrs Cecil McPherson describes a spring avalanche destroying part of a mining town and a frantic night of warnings and prayers. Jarme Beyers recounts a late night car collision after a dimmed headlamp and a street car crash near Michigan and Marginal Way.
The Star invites readers to help locate missing relatives. Anton Ditman 37 seeks inquiries in Seattle via H. Ditman, St. Regis hotel. Caroline Kircher of Flint asks for son Kircher. Red Cross will forward tips. Raymond Blais seeks his son near Everett. report to local Red Cross.
Police have failed to locate Karl Larkin, a mer cler k for the Admiral Oriental line, missing since December 23 after allegedly circulating forged checks totaling over 3000 dollars. Authorities suspect California as his destination, with no trail found by Southern authorities. His fiancée Milne Ada Tilley, a University of Washington music teacher, was to return to Seattle Sunday after a Christmas trip to California.
A passenger recounts clinging to a baby during a collision between an automobile and a streetcar. The motorman claimed he valued their lives little and feared he had struck them. The baby escaped unharmed while the parent suffered bruises and concern for the child.
Two large Seattle sewer lines are in dangerously bad condition threatening collapse and interruption of sewage flow. A Bay View tunnel under Beacon Hill drains North Rainier and carries sewage to the Waterway. engineers urge urgent repairs and possibly a new tunnel, with future plans to route all sewage to the Bound.
James R. Howard former president of the American Farm Bureau federation told the American Economic association in Chicago that postwar prices should be set by the exchange ratio of farm products rather than dollars and cents, arguing prewar price levels are irrelevant to after war markets.
City officials port commission and business groups united to urge Washington lawmakers to seek a 350000 appropriation to improve the Duwamish waterway. Support will be pushed at the rivers and harbors board meeting on January 16 with the mayor and other representatives expected to testify.
Grover Cleveland obtained a marriage license at the county auditor on Friday. The license lists Olella Henkie of 1681 Ninth Ave as the bride.
The Automobile club of Washington opposes a plan to replace a 1 mill public highway fund levy with a 1 cent per gallon gas tax. Walter C. Baldwin says the switch shifts taxes to farmers and producers, adding hardship while not delivering real relief. The club cites farm use of gas and outlines tax shifts to city real estate, railroads, and timber lands. Akron the firm is conducting night classes for its workers.
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