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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
6
Auction notices describe NeGrovate residence contents including mahogany pieces, dining set, and chairs. Real estate adds farms, timber claims, acreage, and building sites near Seattle and Tacoma with terms and contact details for MALTRY and associates.
Real estate ads describe parcels and homes for sale or exchange near South Seattle, Westlake, White River Valley, and along car lines or near Alaska building. Offers include 40 foot lots, a 09 modern home, assorted farm implements, and trade possibilities with terms to suit buyers.
The Independent Telephone company tests a home sermon system using large receivers on church pulpits. The first instrument went live Thursday at the First Baptist Church and worked for those present. Next Sunday Rev. Myron B. Haynes will have his sermon heard at parishioners’ homes along with the hymns and organ music.
David Calvert and associates financed the Seattle, Everett & Skagit electric railroad and completed the right of way between Seattle and Everett. No immediate Tacoma interurban merger, but a traffic plan may route Tacoma to Everett without Beattie transfers. Calvert predicts English capital seeking Northwest investments and plans another Pacific coast tour next year.
George Desart of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers association said in Seattle he secured promises for more lumber cars. He pegs the shortage at about 4 000 cars, lower than Victor Beckwith’s figure from the coast association. Washington report notes Luke Wright will resign as governor general in December amid Philippines unrest. For Sale Real Estate.
Mayor Ballinger will reappoint City Engineer J H Thomson for a three year term, despite opposition from The Times. Thomson, praised for key vetoes and his leadership of the board of works, maintains influence amid foes, while graft worries linger and party shifts could end his tenure.
The Cheyenne tribe debates the fate of an elk tooth robe tied to Nannie Howling Crane. Old Crow, the tribe chief, seeks to reclaim the robe after a merchant sold it to a collector. The tribe imposes a two year ban on Howling Crane from the green corn dance and removes her from succession.
Large quantities of Concord grapes are arriving daily, boosting market supplies. Traders note steady demand from buyers as fruit enters regional markets with fresh shipments continuing.
Helena Mont October 12. In the Edward Hickey et al or Heinze interests versus the Anaconda Mining Company known as the Nipper case the Supreme Court denied Heinze the right to argue the case orally and refused to grant any rehearing.
Tokyo glitters as Vice Admiral Sir Henry Gerard Noel arrives with the British squadron. British residents and locals alike celebrate in illumination and ceremonies honoring the visiting commander. Washington and Chicago markets report mixed agricultural prices and futures in late October 1905.
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