The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-12-12
CITY news.

The Card club will meet this
afternoon at Miss Bertha Hogan's,
802 Indiana ave.
For the week ending yesterday
the bank clearings amounted to
$2,137.958, an increase of $456,910
over the previous week.
Coach Strong of the High school
football team is the recipient of a
gold watch, a gift from the High
school Athletic association.
Miss Irma and Mr.. Theo. Childs
and Miss Elsa Doerr will give a
dance to the jolly Sixteen at the
home of the former, S504 Hemlock,
this evening.
The police have been asked by
telegraph to find George Bagley of
Hope, Idaho, who is supposed to be
in this city. The telegram merely
said he was wanted on an import
ant matter.
| An Indian basket exhibition is
being held in the Hyde block this
afternoon and evening by the Art
league. Many very artistic and in
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are on show.
| The Spokane city council has
been invited to send a committee
of five to conference of commit
tees from the three principal cities
of the state to consider the sub
ject of better laws.
A basket social will be held this
evening by the Y. P. S. G. E. of
Bethel Presbyterian church in the
social hall in the upper part of tte
church. There will be an interest
ing musical and literary program.
The city commission, it is ex-
pected, will within few days place
an order for two new pumps to be
added to the city water works.
When these are installed the works
will have a capacity of 100000
gallons every "a hours.
Caroline Ness, the woman who
has been repeatedly brought into
the police court for annoying Pro
prietor Larson of the Norden no.
tel, appeared before Judge Hinkle
| yesterday on the same charge. The
case was continued until Decem-
Der 26.
! Main ave. is to be extended to
the Monroe st. bridge on level
with the bridge and a branch of
the street will extend down into
Peaceful Valley. The south end of
the bridge is to be torn out and re-
built. The improvements will cost
$50 900.
Minnie Cahill, whose husband
was killed last spring at Mullan
on a branch line to the Morning
mine, has commenced action to re-
cover $4,000 damages from Green
ough & Larson. She estimates the
damage to herself and three chill
dren at $4,000 each.
Four Indians were brought be-
fore Judge Hinkle on a charge of
drunkenness. Moses Lot would not
answer questions put to him as
to whether he was guilty or not and
was fined IS and costs. Jim Hayes
said guilty and was fined 81. B. D.
! Peone and Moses Phillips pleaded
not guilty and their cases were
continued until December IL.
Some Of the youngsters who
seem to have a mania for defacing
the cards on the United States mail
boxes and shooting full of holes
the rural free delivery boxes will
face Uncle Sans court. The last
case which came before Judge Han
ford was made in form of light
sentence on the promise of the pa
rents to prevent its repetition.
| A<chapter of the Junior Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution is to
be formed in Spokane. The Seniors
have appointed a committee COM
posed of Mrs. C. II. James, Mrs. G.
w. Roche and Mrs. Jack Feather
stone to arrange details of the or
ganization. A meeting has been
ARRANGED for December 80, when
the proposition will be put before
the junior descendants in direct
| line from patriots who served in
the War of Independence.