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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
7
A sprawling city charter amendment discusses license transfers and renewals for liquor sales, with provisions on ownership, premises, and fees. The measure outlines license duration, penalties, and the city clerk’s duties, aiming for ratification at the next general election.
The document outlines amendment procedures for selecting the city’s official newspaper printing contract. It details publication requirements, bid conditions, payment terms of 2500 dollars, bid rejection rights by the Board of Public Works, and the process to designate a newspaper to print city notices and legal ads for the fiscal year in Seattle.
Resolution proposing amendment No 12 to sections of the city charter submitted to Seattle voters for ratification at the next general election. The council approves the amendment and directs submission to qualified voters on the prescribed date for public vote.
Resolution snippets discuss amendments to city rules on franchise construction in streets, reporting duties of a public works official, and ratification procedures. It outlines how a board member assesses franchise work and labor, and notes a 1908 ratification process. The second item proposes charter changes to Section 12 of Article VIII detailing payment modes for improvements and to the reporting of parcels and owners for assessments.
A long form notice outlines the assessment roll process for city parcels, detailing filing, objections, corrections, approval, and levy. It explains notice by publication and mail to owners, delinquency penalties, and collection by the City Treasurer, with ratification by voters at the next general election.
Short notice classified listing shows furniture and housekeeping rooms for rent in a single building. All rooms appear occupied. The ad references an address and an order to buy and sell items, with names Miller and Weir mentioned in connection to the property.
A dense page lists loans utilities and job notes from agencies in downtown Seattle. It includes wage-earner loans from Beattie Crean Co and Alaska Midge firms, rental storage and moving ads, and multiple land tract sales near Seattle with terms and down payments. Names such as Robert Malty and Cammler Co appear with office addresses.
Auction notice for a farm in Puyallaap Valley offering 9 acres of improved land with orchard, stock, and outbuildings. Includes two fine houses, a barn, school access, and farming implements plus two cows and horses. Price listed at $2,000 with Auguste Armstrong contact at 140 New York Block, Robert Maltry contact 910-970-871 Alaska Ridg e.
Wanted to buy farms from 16 to seeker in our office. Interested in country property within reach of Beattie market. If you have land for sale at a reasonable price call immediately or write with full description. We specialize in selling country property. Hobert Maltey, 919-020-921 Alaska Ride.
Property ads show new Queen Anne 6 re room houses from 3 150 to 4 100 with views near Port Orchard and University area 10 room house near Port Madison 40 acres for sale or exchange and groves wheat farm near Quincy priced per acre general notes on prices terms and nearby properties by Kelley Isacron and OCelman Mide
A flood of real estate notices promote cottages and four room homes near parks and car lines. Listings include five room cottages, practical terms, quarter acre sites, graded lots, and near schools. Dealers cite low deposits, monthly payments, and easy terms from Rutherford Hoggins Elliott and Nichols Union Block.
Ballard area listings include 50x100 lot, cash price 1160. new cottage 605100, cash 500. 100x100 vacant lot for 400. 50x100 for 950 cash per acre. Close in total 2 dollars? half cash. Call Young & Roerberg 2004 Jefferson Place Ballard Phone Ballard 13-13-13.
Superintendent of Streets Youngs may substitute artistic colored Morale street signs for the present signs to better welcome visitors at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
A $2.50 check rejected for lack of funds led to the confession and the death by own action of Max Siebert, a sign painter and secretary of the Sons of Hermann. Bond-company action began to recover the shortage. Siebert was esteemed in the lodge but left a note with interpretations that caused confusion, as members mourn the missing funds.
The civil service commissioners took two appeal cases under advisement. L. P. Applequist, a discharged patrolman, was accused by Fremont women of insulting them while attempting to force his attentions. Applequist denied the charge, saying he spoke to young women on duties in his line. J. Wilson, a discharged foreman of the fire department, is charged with clocking in for hours he did not work. He denies the charge.
The First Baptist church, nearly inaccessible after Fourth av regrading, met to choose a temporary home. Options include renting Temple de Hirsch at Marion and Hoyleton or building a $4,000 tabernacle on Broadway and Madison to seat 800.
Mrs Dora McDonald widow of Michael C McDonald was acquitted by a Chicago jury after six and a half hours deliberation in the Webster Guerin murder case. Judge James Hamilton Lewis credited for the victory and praised the defense as the trial concluded.
Bank of Farmers & Manufacturers in Rich Hill Missouri was blown open at midnight with two dynamite charges. About $25,000 in currency vanished as residents awoke to explosions. Police suspect the same bandits who robbed Willard bank earlier, with $10,000 taken.
United Press reports a revolutionary attempt to kill all Americans at the Santa Rosa mine in Sonora 20 miles south of Douglas. Dynamite placed under a boarding house store and foreman and superintendent residences exploded or failed to ignite. fifteen injured but no fatalities. Eighteen Mexicans arrested. Governor Torres alerted. rurales on scene. suspected sympathizers tied to Los Angeles revolutionaries.
A massive blast at the Monongahela furnace in McKeesport near Pittsburgh early today left at least 15 dead and many injured. Glass shattered for blocks around the plant as ambulances and patrols rush the wounded to area hospitals. The suffering is described as severe.
Henry A. Stanley a 59 year old grain and feed dealer shot himself at his Fairview Avenue home after despondency over a failed business deal. His daughter Marion 17 found the body with a note and a list of creditors. He formerly did business in South Dakota and Auburn. Survived by two sons, his wife had died earlier. Body at Bonney Watson's.
A broken rail derailed a Southern Pacific train on the West Side division near Forest Grove Oregon. Three people died including Mrs Edward Bates and child of Forest Grove and J A McDonald of McMinnville. eighteen injured. The railway commission traveled to Forest Grove to investigate.
Mack Hand operatives exploded dynamite under Vincenzo Manelli’s home on Prankfort Street, blowing a side of the building apart. No one was killed. Manelli had received three letters demanding $600 under threat of death and a wrecked home. Russia to Spend Funds on War Efforts.
Plans for converting Vladivostok into a first class fortress are laid out with estimated expenditures near $6,000,000. The project aims to strengthen defenses and upgrade harbor and coastal facilities to deter potential threats.
A. J. Warling president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul R R traveled to Tacoma with H R Williams president of the road's Washington branch to inspect terminal properties. They will then review the Coast extension route to Montana.
William H. Zinger, a 47 year veteran teller with the Dexter & Co. banking house, reportedly committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. The Philadelphia tragedy ends a long career in banking.
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