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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1921
Page
5
County Assessor Frank W. D announced that initial efforts to list persons subject to the poll tax are bringing in about 3 000 a day. He expects the number to rise to 10 000 shortly with April 1 as the deadline and May 1 as the due date.
Final accounting shows a city council allocated fund of $10,300 for the municipal railway traction probe. Mayor Caldwell deposited $2,206.90 with the city treasurer, leaving the remaining balance. Expenditures listed include Cyrus A. Whipple $5,023.43, Wilmon Tucker $1,000, James R. Royce $44.68, and William J. Burns Detective Agency $1,714.73.
The membership committee at the Children's Orthopedic hospital launches a recruiting campaign to recruit 5000 new donors. The hospital faces financial strain after Governor Hart vetoed a $50,000 appropriation bill. Police court Wednesday involved a man charged with twenty plunks.
Councilmen Low Cohen John F Carroll and C B B Fitzgerald were guests of honor with Police Chief W H Searing at a luncheon by the One Hundred Percent club. They were not allowed to speak. A barbecue followed at Arcade Building Tuesday.
The Third and Pike corner is opened to vehicular traffic while workmen finish towing cars from the tracks. Western Pike street traffic remains barred until further notice. Rail Way Chief D. W. Henderson announced the delays and a two week wait for streetcar rerouting.
City officials consider enlarging the county building with two new stories following an annual report by James E B Blackwell. He notes overcrowded departments and urges builders to use fireproof masonry to reduce fire hazards and costs.
A vintage promotion claims pale thin blood can be strengthened by Nuxated Iron. It cites endorsement by former senators, judges, physicians, and even the Pope in a Rome communication. The ad asserts over 4 million users annually and places the product in drugstores nationwide.
University of Washington political science professor Frank J. Laube condemned the current general property tax in the United States as the most discredited system and said Washington State lags behind in reform. He urged amending Article VII to end uniform taxation and noted real estate bears 84.4 percent of the burden while personal property pays 13.4 percent, calling the system inequitable and urging reform efforts by the tax commission.
An ordinance drafted by Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meter at the request of council finance committee chairman C. B. Fitzgerald would start all new city employees at the civil service minimum wage. Hearings revealed department heads often assign new hires the maximum salary allowed. The measure would require full data on all new employees from department heads.
Trustees praised Morinobu Hirota the Japanese consul whose retirement due to ill health was approved. Hirota plans to depart on the Suwa Maru on April 1 for an unspecified vacation.
City officials will travel to Swan Lake next Saturday for an inspection as a prelim to evaluating the proposed 4,000,000 water supply extension for the city.
George H. M. Cecil district forester states that initial timber loss estimates of billions of feet were not exaggerated after an aerial survey. He notes the heaviest damage lies between Clearwater and the Hoh and between the Hoh and the Bogachiel. Planes were sent again Tuesday as a sketch map is prepared.
Funeral services for Frank L. Johnson, fatally injured by a Lake Burien car last Friday night, will be held at Booth Undertaking company's parlors at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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