The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-05
LAKE VIEW HEIGHTS.
A Far Distant Addition" to the
City of Seattle.
COCHRANE'S LAST SHARP PLAN.
Lots Near Lake samamish for Every.
body who Guesses Conundr INN and
Pays Double Value.

: Arthur D. Cochrance, whose skill in contriv-
Ing questionable schemes Of fnanciering has
already been commented upon in the Posi-
lSrELLIGEScER has devised still another cfrcu-
Lar To allure the unwary. some weeks ago he
printed In the New York Voice an Advertisement
saying that IN order to get new subscribers 20
the West Shore Magazine the publisher would
send 1t SIX months on trial for 80 cents In post
age stamps. Any one thus subscribing could
send an answer to the following conundrum:
"Whsre in the Holy Bible does It tell what Lot &
wife turned intoT The advertisement went on
to say:
To the first one sending the correct answer to
tne above question we will give Seattle building
tot Seattle 10 the largest city In the most prom
lsing state in the Union. Real estate actually
doubles In value every four years, so the lot Ne
oner VIII constantly increase. The second one
sending correct answer viii receive 500 IN
gold. III there should be q third IT will entitle
the sender to $3.50 in gold. The fourth will re-
cefve 500 in gold, and the fth will receive $50
In gold Ii there should be any more correct
answers the next forty-6ve will receive f25 in
gold each, aud the next fifty sendsrs of correct
answers viii receive $40 sach. Thus We offer
100 ratndole presents, which We will give away
simply TO introduce our great magazine The
names of those who send the first correct an.
swsrs will appear in the West Shore Magazine for
January ID, 1892. Az this offer Is made only to
stamps for trial subscription, or no notice will
be taken of your letter. II you can find the cor
rect answer at once you will be sure to get Q
present; even II not the first, you may be the
second or third.
The natural inference from the wording of
this advertisement is that the building lot''
spoken OF 10 worth more than $500. II would
appear. however, that Ar. Coohrane Is much
more willing to distribute first prizes than Sec
ono ones, for he got out q letter In typewriter
and took OF a number OF copies awarding this
magnificent building lot" That he must have
H. 60 AZ
that two have already been brought to the Posi-
lsrxLLiGENcER for Investigation A copy was
printed yesterday beginning:
Dear Friend: Your letter Is received and We
hasten TO send you the news. which you will no
doubt be glad to hear, that your answer TO our
prize conundrum Is the correct one, and that
you are entitled to our magnificent building lot.
Mr.. Cochrans then goes on to say that the ex-
penss OF making the transfer OF the property il
A75, and il that money is forwarded at encs q
deed to the lot VIII be sent.
Thus far the observation-disclosures has bssn
unable 10 obtain any copies of letters awarding
the cash prizes of 5000, $3.50. $780, ETC., but Mr..
Cochrsne has gotten out in the same style as the
other the following circular:
SEATTLE, Wash, Dec 7, 1891.
Dear hdddm: Your letter with 50 cts, en-
closed for six months subscription ID re-
caivsd and we have entered your name 70 be-
gin with the December number which will
soon be ready
AS to the conundrum, your answer is correct,
put not III time to CONS in for any OF the cash
prizes. You have taken great pains to find the
Bisie verse for u.s. aud IN case you would be dis
appointed when you see q hundred names in the
January number OF thoss who won presents, and
your: not among them, we have decided TO give
you, too, Seattle building lot as a present, il
you will agree to advertise the WEST SHORE
MAGAZINE when IL and the lot prove all that
you sxpsct them to- Enclosed you win fine q
plat. showing the lot we havs purchased for
you, marked In red ink You will see how beau.
tfuily IL lies with regard 10 the lake. giving ysu
residence site overlooking one Of the preItiest
TO increase in value, a. Seattle 10 the fastest
growing city in the great West
Ii will cost yen something, however, II you
wish this present. Notsriss Public charge good
round ices for their services and, ~ q guaran tee
oil good faith on your part, we will ask you to
SEND to Us IS 10 to cover all fees etc. IL you do
abstract and tax statement all made out in
proper form, by registered letter, and you will
be the owner absolute OF the lot This amount
may seem a good deal to pay for fees, etc., but
We do not wish TO give present of this sort TO
any one who does not care enough for 1t to
want 70 have all legal requirements absolutely
fulfilled so If you do not wish to send US this
amount please let us know at once, and send US
back the plat as in that case we will give the
lot to the next correct aRswerer. But we be-
lisys you are suite BILE person to advertise our
pc per among your friends, or you would not
have answered the advertisement in the first
place, and If that ba SO we shall axpsct to hear
from you with bank draft or p. o. order for
the amount We are striving to improve The
WEST SHORE MAGAZINE with every issue The
regular price is IS per year aud We hope you
will like 10 so we'll at the end Of your six months
that you will renew even at that price With
best wishes. we are, yours truly,
The sNYDERCoCHRANEP PUBLISHING HOUSE.
Printed in red ink on the side of the letter
sheet are complimentary notices of the Vest
Shore, from the South Bend Journal, Rosalis
RHstlsr and Orting Oracle also one or two letters
toll s,f s4aF,,
healing OF the letter A. D. Cochrane is put down
as president and treasurer. At one time he tried
10 secure credit by putting John H. McGraw
down as treasurer, but Mr.. McGraw emphatic
ally forbade the use OF bis name in any such
connection.
Since Cochrane eneloses the plat OF the land,
the fact is of interest shat yesterday "a
trustee" he fied with the county auditor
plat Of what he calls Lake View
Heights" addition to the city OF Seattle.
BY railroad and trail through the woods the
addition" Is twenty-four miles from Seattle.
II embraces the south ten acres of the northeast
quarter of the southeast qusrtsr of section 49,
township q north of range east, in King
county. There are four and one-halt blocks,
with ten lots in each block, making forty e va
lots in ALL Forty are 60xl20 feet, and Ave are
6oxeo feet The plat is nicely drawn, but does
no. purport TO be O plat of survey II Is
acknowledged by L. J. Fowler, and the wit.
nesses to Coehrsns signature are l. J. Fowler
and J. II. RsnnicK. The names OF the streets in
the addition ara Maple, south Willow, franklin
Place, South Walnut, Chestnut and Lemon
avenue.
In one corner of the plat is a drawing showins
a section OF what is marked Lake" and between
this lake and the plat 10 q line marked proposed
electric road" but the most prominent thing on
the drawing IL an index pointing west, with
the explanation: ITO CITY HALL AND CouRl
HOUSE,"
TIT addition Is one-half mile south OF the
southern extremity not OF Lake Washington
but of Lake samsmish and Is about two miles
northwest of the town Of Gilman. In direct
air line the distance from the nearest point OF
the addition" 70 the nearest point TO the city
limits is nine and one-quarter miles. and BY the
county road, provided one could go across Lake
Washington by the shortest possi bic route-s
route that no steamer makes-hs could reach a
point il the woods within q mile or so Of the ad
Fdiiion by travelling thirteen miles from the post
ONCE in seattle. The only easy way 10 get to
the addition is 70 go by rail 10 Newcastle. twenty
one miles distant. and ghen climb over the foot.
hills OF the Cascade mountains a distance oil
three miles.
A lot in the addition would Re nearly value