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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
HUSBAND AFTER
PROPERTY aNOW

After having, it is alleged, de-
serted his wife and daughter back
in the Dakotas some 20 years ago,
Edward Fletcher now appears as
the legal heir to a piece of prop
erty since acquired by his daugh-
ter, Laura Fletcher, deceased. The
action has been brought by Lydia
R. Adley, o. M. Eaton and E. M.
Eaton, children of Mrs. r. M.
Eaton, who is said to have sup
piled the means for the purchase
of the property held by Laura
Fletcher, her granddaughter. Fol
lowing the death of Fletcher S
daughter, Mrs. Mary Fletcher, the
deserted wife, also died, where
upon the husband made his appear
ance.
The right to the title of the
property is being contested by the
heirs of Mrs. R. M. Eaton on the
grounds that she provided the
money and for the further reason
that Fletcher, having deserted his
wife, has no legal interest in the
property.
The property consists of q
house and lot on Shannon avenue
1t originally cost about 1,500 and
is worth several times that amount
at present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

missioner O'Brien. secretary of the
board of works, signs a requisition
without reference to the depart
ment estimates or whether the de-
partment is exceeding Its estimate.
Councilman Schiller's idea in
this respect is much along the lines
of the suggestion offered by Lee
Master & Cannon, the expert ac-
countants who uncovered several
shortages in city financial affairs.
In their report they recommend a
stores department which shall keep
regular invoice OF all purchases
and make periodical reports so
that city financial matters will be
kept within estimates.
Comptroller Farley today said:
1.-THE difficulty in connection with
the proposition to place the pur-
chasing power with the comptroller
lies in the fact that the comptroll-
er is a member of the auditing
board and he would be auditing
his own bills. l would recommend
that the comptroller's 0. X. be
placed on bills. In this way the
comptroller would be in posi-
ton to keep a check on depart
ments which would possibly exceed
estimates"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
OPPOSES TRACK
UNDER ARCH

What further plans the North
Coast railrod people have in mind
have not been given to city officials
who were informed of the terminal
plans, and in consequence there is
an amount of conjecture in the air
which has connected the North
Coast with every transcontinental
line aspiring for northwest bust
ness. Mayor Moore this morning
expressed himself pleased that the
company plans to expend such a
large sum of money on a terminal
site, but still opposes allowing it
to run it's tracks under the main
arch of the proposed new Monroe
street bridge. What we want
them to do" said the mayor this
morning, lis to cross the river
| north of the main arch. A string
of tracks under the arch to my
mind would mar the beauty of the
structure"
City Engineer Ralston today said
that he has no further information
on the North Coast plans than
those already made public. In re
gard to the line under the big arch
he expressed the opinion that there
is a possibility of the engineers de
vising a means whereby the arch
| would not be used.
Regarding terminal plans, Robert
e. Strahorn, president of the NORTH
Coast, yesterday stated that there
was no certainty of the company
closing Wall street He refuses t.
divulge any further plans of the
company, or whether the line will
continue east through the city. II,
says, however, that there are NJ
business relations with his line ant
the Inland Empire system, and tina
the North Coast will not use tn
proposed Graves tunnel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
ENGINE INVENTOR
NOW BANKRUPT

H. l. Call, who a year ago was
rated as a millionaire inventor, has
been declared a voluntary bankrupt
before j. D. Campbell, referee in
bankruptcy. Notices have been
sent out by the referee to the diff
ferent creditors. Two years ago
Call was the owner of 100000
shares of Crescent Rotary Engine
Co. stock, which according to the
testimony of brokers in the Rice
case was then worth from so cent
to 81 per share.
Rice promoted the company and
claimed they pitched him over
board and refused to pay him any.
thing for his services. He began
suit for $1,000,000 damages.
The bankruptcy case will come
up for a hearing on November 3.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
HAULED BREAD
IN DIRTY
WAGON
BAKER WHO QUICKLY PRO.
TESTED UTMOST CLEANLi.
NESS LATELY PRODDED
HARD BY THE HEALTH
OFFICE.

In line with the statements Of
Inspector Otto Bittrick of the
health department that unsanitary
bakeries are behind the failure of
the city council to pass the bakery
inspection ordinance, Manager
Alderman of the Spokane bakery,
the largest concern of its kind in
the city, if not the northwest, yes
terday denied that his place is
among the unclean or unsanitary
ones, or that his products are han
died In an unsanitary manner, al
though his place of business had
not been named as such. He offer
ed to show anyone through his
shop, and invited inspection of his
wagons, bakers, and in fact every
thing in connection with his estab-
lishment. The health department
has record of letter which was
sent to this bakery October 20. 1t
reads as follows:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
TIGHTER GR|PON
CITY CASH
SCHILLER STARTS MOVEMENT
TO HOLD EXPENDITURES
DOWN TO ACTUAL AMOUNT
or APPROPRIATIONS.

The city council in committee of
the whole yesterday afternoon
agreed that two checks were ne.
cessary to safeguard the city funds
| in the future.
One is an ordinance of sufficient
bind force to hold down the vari.
Gus departments to the amount OF
money appropriated for their use
by the city council.
The other is the need of a change
in the methods of Q making pur-
chases for the various departments
of the city. This prerogative Is at
present vested in the secretary OF
the board Of public works, who is
purchasing agent.
1t was shown that during the
present year the city departments
had expended $4,000 more than
waws appropriated for their use
last year and that this excess has
to a great extent caused the large
increase over last year in the
amount of money to be raised by
taxation for city purposes.
TIL city comptroller said the ex.
penditures had been made without
regard to the appropriations and
that the debt against the city was
first contracted and the appropria-
ton, when the funds were eX
hausted, secured afterward.
The city council was much i'm
pressed with the Seattle plan OF
a monthly allowance for each de
partment, beyond which they can
not go, these allowances to be
made by the city council at its
last meeting in each month. II
was agreed to adopt some action
along this line and the corporation
counsel was requested to draft the
necessary ordinance.
Councilman Schiller spoke in ia
vor of putting the purchasing
power in the hands of the city
comptroller to the extent that each
department head should make q
monthly statement to the comp
troller who should see to it that
the purchases did not run over the
estimates. None of the council
spoke against the suggestion, al
of them evidently being highly il
favor of it.
The present method of making
purchases is for department heads
to sign an order, the mayor places
his o. X. upon it and then Com
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

spokane Bakery Co.-You are
hereby notified that before noon
you sent q load of bread to the
Model bakery In an uncovered
wagon which exposed It to dirt and
dust. You are hereby notified that
unless you in future convey bread
in covered wagons and in a SAM
tary manner. you will be prose-
cuted. DR.. M. B. Grieve, health
officer"
This unsanitary manner of con.
veying fresh, hot .loaves of bread
through the filth and dirt of the
streets, was discovered by Inspec,
tor Tim Reardon about II o'clock
Tuesday morning. Evidently the
wagons Of the company were all in
service for a rlckety express wagon
was commissioned to take the
bread to the Model bakery. The
wagon itself was unclean and the
bread was exposed to dust which
followed In the wake of the wagon
and settled upon the fresh bread.
The bakery ordinance which will
give health inspectors authority to
so regulate bakeries that they will
be kept sanitary has been held up
in the committee Of the whole
council, to WHICH it was referred,
since last April, and efforts to have
1t brought out and discussed have
failed. However, since The Press
announced that bakery interests
were back of the failure of the
council, Otto Bittrick, the inspector
who made complaint has been ask.
ed to appear before the council
next Tuesday, at which time the
ordinance will probably be brought
up.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
PHONE TRUST NERVOUS
ABOUT new FRANCHISE

placed direct with the people. Since
then the Pacific States company
has had to work on a new tack.
There is no question about the
intention of the Pacific States in
the Spokane situation. 1t must &C,
quire the independent company,
either through absorption under
the old Pacific States name or by
a dodge of selling out to the Home
people, and operating under its
name.
Such INSCRIPTIONS of Independent
companies in other cities in the
northwest have taken place, and
to those well informed it looks as
if a similar move is on foot in
Spokane.
To lessen the public cutlery
against such a move is the occa-
sion for the long winded argument
against two phone companies.
The people had the two phone
companies argument threshed out
before and voted the competing
franchise. Hence they will oppose
with vigor any prolongation of the
Bell monopoly in Spokane tele-
phone affairs.
Manager McGougan, of the Pa,
cific States Telephone Co., when
asked today as to the purposes and
intentions of the publication in the
new directory, said he knew moth
ing about it; that the directory
was printed in the home office in
San Francisco, where the article
was prepared and inserted. He
disclaimed all knowledge of how
the company proposed to have a
one-phone town when two com
panies were already in the field.
The Pacific States Telephone Co
at San Francisco is the concern
that gained such undesirable no
toriety through it's association with
the corrupt political boss in Frisco
Abe Ruef.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
LIGHTER CHARGE FILED
AGAINST WARE

In filing the information against
Edward Ware, who was arrested in
company of Ida May Parker in the
Colonial lodging house on a statu-
tory charge preferred by the
mother of the girl, w. c. Donovan,
deputy prosecuting attorney, after
being fully advised in the matter,
has decided to give the defendant
the benefit of the girls previous
incorrigability and bring him to
answer to the lesser charge of con-
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor female child. His trial has
been set for November IL.
Ware will be arraigned as soon
as the information has been pre-.
pared. The girl, who is under the
age of II, was given a hearing in
the juvenile court this afternoon
and ordered sent to the Home OF
the Good Shepherd
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
BALKANS,
LEAvIN1f:
FOR war

Five hundred natives of the
Balkan provinces will leave Spo-
kane in a few days for their native
land to fight against the oppres-
sions of Austria. For hundreds of
miles around Spokane these. Ser
VANS and Montenegrins are throw
ing down their picks and shovels,
packing their blankets and heading
for Spokane as fast as they can.
Several meetings of the patriots
have been held in the Balkan club
rooms on Main avenue. Another
meeting will be held tonight. al
ready 125 men have signed roll
and pledged themselves to fight
for their country.
This number is daily being add
ed to as the Balkan natives come
to town. In the club rooms all is
an air of war. Swords of ex-
soldiers are hung upon the walls,
pistols of every design and make
are promiscuously scattered about.
An air of expectancy pervades
the place, for daily telegram from
Belgrade is expected notifying the
band of what preparations have
been made for their protection
across the ocean and when to
start.
The following committee is in
charge of organization: Radovan
Bojich, J. X. Duletch, Radak Ad-
zick, Milo Ragenovich, Cren STAN
ich, Radwica Wuisich, Rades Tad
ich, Spiro Radovich, Jerreni Uscim-
Itch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
TO LATE TO CLASSIFY

EXTRA BARGAINS.
$25 cash, balance $40 a month,
will buy choice of Ia nice
level lots, close in, and near
carline. Price $3.50 each
$50 cash, balance $40 a month,
will buy choice of fine lots
on south side, all near car
lines. Price $500 and $3.50
each.
SIS cash, balance $40 month,
will buy choice of 2 fine cor
lots, south side, fne view,
snaps; price $3.50 ande$600.
500 cash, balance as rent, will
buy a nice new room house
and good lot, blocks of car
line; near good school; a
snap. Price $1,000. ;Eg
$3.50 cash, balance $40 a month,
will buy nice news A room
house, fine lot. etc., pear car
line. Price $500. *
5000 cash, balance as rent, will
buy a good 7 room modern
house, fine lot, good lawn,
shade and block Of carline.
Price $500.
5000 cash, balance $40 raonth,
will buy the best snap in
the city. A fine new Broom
modern house, fine lot, lawn
ETC.. overlooking the city;
first class snap. Price
$4,000.
We have SO houses and lots In
various parts of the city
ranging in price from $500
to $4,000, with from to
rooms. and on payments OF
from 500 to $500 down, and
balance on any terms de
| sired.
| SLATER LAND CO,
42O Rookery Blk. Phone Main 1857
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
TACOMA CANDIDATE HERE

Edwin F. Masterson, of Tacoma,
democratic candidate for state in
surance commissioner, will speak
here Monday night at two meet
ings, the first in Stafford's add
ton and the second at Corbin Park
hall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
ADMIRAL ENDS SERVICE

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. "a
Rear Admiral James II. Dayton,
former commander in chief of the
Pacific fleet, will reach the age
limit tomorrow and be retired. He
was born at South Bend.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

PORTLAND, Oct. 24.-Stripped
of all clothing and with wrists
slashed, the body of A. G. Murray,
employed by the Pacific Telephone
C Telegraph Co., said to Dc a
brother of ID. S. Murray, San Fran
cisco, general superintendent, was
found in the yards early today. He
died from loss of blood. Both po-
lice and coroner believe it a case of
suicide.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
MRS. CLARKE IN CHARGE

Through a missing letter last
night it was made to appear that
by mutual agreement the business
of the Spokane Tea & Coffee Co.
had been given into the control of
Mr. Clarke. 1t should have read
Mrs. Clarke"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

Much speculation has been heard
over the city for the last two days
as to the motives of the Pacific
States Telephone Co. in advocating
city supervision of telephone af,
fairs with rates based on the in
vestment of capital involved.
Coming from this hitherto most
arrogant public service corpora
ton. this has created such sur
prise that people have wondered
II 1t really were true.
This platform is launched in the
front of the new telephone direc-
tory in connection with an argu-
ment for single phone system in
a city.
The underlying motive for this
seemingly benevolent change of
heart of the Bell telephone trust,
which owns the Pacific States COM
pany, is easily discerned by any
one conversant with the facts.
The Pacific States franchise in
Spokane will expire in about six
years, at which time it will have
to go before the people of Spokane
for a new franchise. The city
charter as amended three years
ago requires the submission of all
telephone franchises to a referen
dunn vote of the people.
In the light of its past shortcom.
ings the Pacific States company
feels a little uncertain as to the
outcome of such a franchise propo-
sition. 1t realizes that the people
of Spokane will demand fran
chise such as the Bell telephone
trust does not like to accede to if
1t can avoid it.
And this is the way it proposes
to get around the difficulty. 1t
wants one phone town, that
phone to be the Pacific States sys-
TEN. To secure this it is trying
to train the public mind along this
idea with a view of arouSing nc
opposition to the purchase by the
Bell company of the plant and
franchise of the Home Telephone
Co., which has been installing a
plant here for two years. BY some
it is limited that this purchase has
already taken place. This is de-
MED, however, by the Home.
The people voted a franchise to
the Home company for the purpose
Of breaking the telephone monopoly
in Spokane. They are told in the
Pacific States argument that this
was a bad thing to do, which nc
doubt it was, from the Pacific
States standpoint.
1t is very evident from the ed
itorial in the Pacific States direc
tory that the action of the people
in voting competing telephone
franchise has had good mora
effect on the Bell phone trust, al
least insofar as its Spokane hold
ings are concerned No one would
have accused the Pacific States oil
any such weakness as the ad
vocacy of telephone control by the
people prior to the passage of the
new amendment to the city char
ter governing the issuance of tele
phone franchises.
The Bell company was behind
the opposition that fought the is
suance of an Independent telephone
franchise until the people, by char
ter amendment, took the same GU
of the hands of the council anC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

Next Monday will be law day In
the federal court. Cases will be
reset and the docket rearranged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
THE "BUILDER's BOOK"

VIII help you II you are building.
Call at Spokane Paint & Oil Co..
Madison street e. n. p. Ry. '*s
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

A six-room modern house; a snap;
$1,000 down, balance to suit pur-
chaser, without interest Geo.
Whitesel, 1919 West Mission av-
cnue. Phone Max. 1900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

Under the Des Moines
plan all public service cor
poration franchises would
be subject to the same rule
that Is now bothering the
Pacific States telephone
monopoly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-02
OVER 1000 FARMS
RECLAMATION PROJECTS
OPENED THIS MONTH
Farms Ranging from 10 to so Acres
i'm Size and Costing From 5000 TO
12OO-Projects Opened in Nevada
and South observation-disclosures on
and Cultivation Of Land VIII Be
Required.

A government bulletin issued May
says of the opening Of various recla'
nation projects in the west
Nearly 1000 farms were put on the
bargain today by Uncle Sam and will
be disposed of to the first persons who
comply with the government pro-
visions for their disposal.
All Of the land is contained in ir-
rigation projects constructed by the
government In the semi-arid districts
of the west, The area of the farms
ranges from 10 to 100 acres each
Purchasers will be allowed 10 years
in which to pay for them.
In Nevada, in connection with the
Truckee-Carson project, 1000 farms
of so acres each can be taken up
with an entry fee of IS and SO an
acre annually for 10 years.
In South Dakota 175 farms will be
available in tracts of so acres, and in
Wyoming 200 on the North Platte
project and 200 on the Shoshone pro-
ject, costing from 5000 to $1,000.
Residence on and cultivation of the
farms will be required of the pur-
chasers, and every means will be TAX
EN- TO guard against spectators pur-
chasing them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-02
Free Delivery Assured.

II. C. Ball and Charles Wilson re-
ceived official notification from the
postofflce department yesterday that
they have been accepted as eligible
for the positions Of carriers for the
free mail delivery for the city of La
Grande. says the Observer. or the
five who were examined by the civil
service officers on the 21st OF last
month, these two. were successful and
they secured a very creditable percent
age In the examination.
This notification is accepted as a
certain indication that the postofflce
department will establish free mail
delivery for La Grande as has been
heretofore announced, and that the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-02
AMONG THE EXCHANGES
OF THE
INL AND E M PIRE
s1,OOO,OOO Fruit Crop.

But few people realize the immense
fruit crop the orchards of Asotln
county will produce this season, says
the Lewiston Tribune. In making a
careful estimate OF the different varie-
ties, computing from the actual num-
ber of acres OF orchard in actual bear
ing, It is found with the present out
look for a crop, there should be over
81 100000 worth Of fruit this season.
In Charleston and In tributary terri
tory there are 1856 acres OF peaches
which, at conservative estimation, will
produce 10000 boxes or 1888 carloads;
$50 acres OF cherries which should
yield $4,000 boxes or 396 carloads;
III acres of pears, which should yield
"a. 900 boxes or 48 carloads; III acres
Of plums and prunes which should
yield II 900 boxes, or II carloads; 1876
acres OF grapes which should yield
10000 crates or 20 carloads; 80 acres
OF berries of all varieties, which
should yield 5000 crates or carloads;
$50 acres OF apples, which are mostly
In the Alpowai and Cloverland dis
trlcts, which should yield $4,000 boxes
or &C carloads, making a total of 3002
acres which produces 1859 carloads,
OF which the three canneries and the
local market will probably consume
about one-half. leaving something like
$50 cars to be shipped, besides mel
ons ard early potatoes, which are
rather early to estimate but which
will probably run from so to rs car
loads
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-02
service will go into effect on the 18th
OF this month.
Book OF Scenery"

A man and family in covered wag-
on came up on the boast last night
from near Seattle, he said, and before
arriving at Seattle, he called Wiscon-
sin his home, says The Dalles Chronl-
Gle. They were headed for Burns,
and said II they could not find 100
acres OF land there that he could get
at least four acres from that he could
farm, he would come back here. The
man said he had heard all about this
country and had whole book Of
scenery about It," and spoke rather
derislvely about the outlook from
here. He was directed to go to the
Business Mems association rooms and
see for himself what had been grown
here. but he was bound for Harvey
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-02
RUN FROM PORTLAND TO SALEM
Relay Race Arranged Between Chem
ava and Portland Teams.

The annual relay race from Salem
to Portland will be pulled off Satur-
day and the event is creating a great
deal of interest, says the Salem
Statesman. The start will be made
from the steps of the state house at
8 o'clock in the morning when the
runners will carry message from
Governor Chamberlain to Mayor Lane
at Portland
H. L. Keats, who will follow the
runners in his auto, will arrive today
from Portland bringing with him
three Of the Portland racers, Carto-
zian Ga Turk,) Wetterberg and Keyes,
who will cover the first three laps at
this end of the route. The road will
be mapped out in five-mile stretches
by Grilley, physical director of the
Portland Y. M. c. A.
Salem has no team this year, but
the Chemawa Indian school has a
team, which comprises seven of the
last years team, and the Indian boys
expect to win.