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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
7
A remembered rider recounts early pony express days with relay stations, relays of fresh ponies, and dangers. He recalls dangers from outlaws and a buffalo attack near a station where a young girl narrowly averted harm as gunfire erupted around a dooryard.
An unnamed narrator recalls a near attack by a buffalo on a child. A mother rushed from a house shouting to protect her baby, abandoning fear to shield her child as men restrained the beast. The event ends with gratitude and a humorous note on teenage reluctance to kisses.
In Roosevelt county near La Laide a water drill struck rich native copper, triggering a rush with 4000 claims staked within a day. Locators flood the district as livery horses are worn out and weary prospectors press on despite sand and sun.
City civil service commission will administer part of the educational tests in the council chambers tonight for patrolmen applicants. The physicals are scheduled for tomorrow. About 160 men await examination for patrolman posts and there are nearly 2,000 applicants for city positions.
Take boats at Pier 2 for battleships view with ten trips daily at fifty cents per round trip.
Chicago May 5 a new reform movement within liquor interests gains headway and aims to elevate the saloon business. The United States Brewers association meets in Milwaukee June 8 9 and 10 to decide strategies against prohibition agitation. Topics include divorcing saloons from gambling and vice local option and prohibition laws Sunday closing politics and free lunch practices.
Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission teams with prominent society women to stage The House That Jack Built at Moore Theatre on June 5 6 with 160 children from city families. directed by Margaret R Martin and produced by Samuel Leroy Crawford with a mission committee. rehearsals start this week at Christensen's Broadway Ball.
In La Paz on May 6 Fernando Gromare was elected press Bolivia in succession to Isl Montes whose term will end August 14.
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