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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
3
Seattle marks the Fourth with many public events as offices close. Mayor Cotterill attends a baby show and speaks at Kirkland and at the Highland Park and Lake Burien railroad opening while city, county, state, and federal offices close.
Creditors of the Washington Orchard Irrigation and Fruit Co meet Tuesday afternoon July 9 in Referee Hoyt's courtroom to discuss funding to complete the Wahlake irrigation project started by W. E. De Larm who died recently while in hiding from federal service. Louis P. Sichler serves as trustee with A B C Dennison and Captain Jensen named to prepare a report.
At Oyster Bay on July 2 Col Roosevelt played tennis when asked about the Democratic nominee for president. He said he had nothing to say regarding the Baltimore convention the nominee or platform with a frosty grin.
A Renton Washington shale quarry produces paving brick through a two hundred foot high shale bank and eighteen nets to gather uniform raw material. The brick undergo crushing grinding screening and water tempering before stamping into columns and brick size. Kilns burn for nine days followed by slow cooling nine more. Tests include water absorption under three percent and Rattler weight loss under twenty percent.
Miss Leon Morton 25, of Winnipeg by way of Portland, attempted suicide at a singer’s home in San Francisco after receiving a deliv ered letter from Sidney Hargraves director of the Italian Bank of Los Angeles He warned he would leave for San Francisco Miss Morton swallowed wood alcohol but will recover A ring was tried after she regained consciousnessтон
In a court exchange, Hesler asks about the boy who ran the elevator. Sawless says he now works as an announcer for an ice dealer, prompting a quip about his seasonal calls. The judge notes the unusual career move.
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