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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary text reads as an aviation notice or report with unclear names and dates. Readable parts reference an air event or project and possibly a person or organization connected to flight, but specifics are not recoverable from the sentence.
A city health drive aims to document dairy sanitation and related health measures. Officials plan official notices and blank cards to publish daily advertising and required statistics. The effort centers on state health statutes and publishing deadlines, with implementation slated before the month’s midpoint.
Officials publish two comprehensive scores for cattle and dairy conditions with chemical and bacterial tests on milk. The law sets butter fat at 3.25 percent and total solids at 8.75 percent with gravity not below 1.060, and tasting will show how samples measure up. Health officials warn enforcement may slip without government score cards, as Acting Milk Inspector Henderson conducts the current trials. State Milk Inspector Will Adams assists from Spokane and recovers at home.
Seattle clearings total 1 560 168 61 with balances 156 905 56 and 588 314.00. Portland clearings reach 1 282 754.00 with balances 77 288.00. The figures reflect daily banking activity in two West Coast cities.
San Jose June 3 It was announced that trustees of the University of the Pacific have accepted the resignation of Dr W Bawyer head of the German department and former acting president due to ill health.
A Star editorial urging a city license plan for auto operators prompts broad support in Seattle. Citizens, drivers, and professionals call for a license board, examinations, and strict enforcement to prevent accidents and protect pedestrians and fellow motorists.
Cushman, the aged night watchman at the United States assay office, is on trial before Judge A W Frater in the superior court on a charge of second degree murder for the March 29 shooting of L A Arnold on a South Seattle car. Arnold reportedly was intoxicated and quarrelsome. Cushman is defended by Wilaeon R. Gar who may argue self defense. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John F. Murphy represents the state.
The federal grand jury returned indictments against Joe Hernier and Wi G Watson for shipping obscene materials through the mails. Yoshaika Wakayama faces an opium importation charge. Ah Sook is charged with silk smuggling. Ben G Mitchell is accused of robbing the University Station post office on a December date in 1907. Wallace E Foster is indicted for forging a mail order.
Seattle division No. 350 of the Order of Railway Conductors will run excursions to Laurelwood Park across Lake Washington on July 4 and 5.
Charles Morris a 42 year old logger was killed instantly by a falling tree at Falls City yesterday. Fellow worker Jasper Devand warned him but Morris could not escape the danger at the Bomney Watson undertaking establishment.
A group of 28 dentists met to form the Willington Pair Play Club aiming to influence politics and board decisions through advertising dentists. They plan a statewide membership, a weekly organ The Mig Buck, and events as they push for changes in the state dental board rules and prosecutions of unlicensed practitioners.
A dental clinic touts the Alveolar Method to restore missing teeth without plates or bridgework. They claim teeth can be made to look act and feel natural with no pain and no extra charge beyond standard bridgework. Free examinations offered with recommendations after check. Address provided.
John Hays Hammond, noted mining engineer and former Guggenheim smelter trust employee, announced his bid for the vice presidency. He states he is not connected with the Guggenheim trust and lists his California birth and Gloucester Massachusetts residence with past adventures in South Africa around the Jamieson raid.
San Francisco June 2 permission has been received from Washington for the wives of Atlantic fleet officers to sail to Honolulu and Manila on the army transport Thomas. The ship leaves July 6, a day before the fleet sails for a voyage around the world.
A weekday worker urges that the A P E facility remain open to accommodate people like him. He argues for continued access during regular hours, appealing to practical needs of working individuals.
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