The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
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good music.
Plans are being formulated for
the holding of a conference of all
commercial organizations of the
entire west in Spokane next year.
August Wolf and Secretary L. G.
Monroe of the chamber of COM
merce have received a communfca-
ton from A. Decker outlining the
plan.
City Engineer J. c. Ralston
states that the Mission avenue con-
crete bridge will be finished by this
year and he is very enthusiastic
over the outlook for the completion
| of the Olive avenue concrete
bridge.
Work was started yesterday
morning on the big south central
pier for the new Monroe street
bridge. Twelve men are employ
ed On the work.
Washtock e. Chew, railroad con-
tractors of Spokane, will build 10
miles of the Spokane and Tekoa
branch of the North Coast road,
mostly through solid rock, for a
consideration of 100000.
The transcontinental lines will
give a rate of $3.50 for round trip
from st. Paul to Spokane for the
National Apple show. The sale
dates are November 9, 10 and II.
Edwin LoveIand, who secured a
saw and plane from the Spokane
Hardware Co., on the credit of the
sisters of the Sacred Heart hospi-
tai, and then pawned the tools, was
given so days in the county Jail by
Police Justice Hyde.
Burt Harold, Edward DoIson and
Charles Smith will be placed on
trial tomorrow in the police court
on a charge of holding up Andrew
Dean near the Schade brewery Sun
day morning.
Further proceedings In the re-
ownership of the United Securities
Co. in the superior court Of Spo-
kane county will be held in abey-
ance until the outcome of the suit
| over the iceless refrigerator pat
ent held by the company is deter
| mined in Seattle. The continuance
was granted on the motion Of Mrs.
Fem, one of the persons who insti-
tuted the original proceedings
against c. r. Hesseltine, president
of the company.
Lot 8, block 5, Railroad addition,
extending from Sprague to First
avenue, sold about two years ago
for $4,000. The Sprague avenue
half of the lot has just been pur-
chased by M. J. Phelan for $51. 900.
The property has more than
doubled in value in two years.
Dill Ward, age "a, 315 Maxwell
avenue, and Miss Opal Fritz, age
20, of Rathdrum, stole away to
Occur d'Alene yesterday and were
married. They will leave on an ex-
tensive wedding tour.
Under the present arrangement,
the city market is open from 6
a. m. to 4 p. m. every business day,
except Saturday, when it is open
all day. This is the height of the
markets prosperity, as about 40
teams are present every day.
The newly oranized city Sunday
school union expects to give
parade early in October in which
over 1000 Sunday school children
will be in line. J. H. Bowers will
be the grand marshal.
Miss Edith M. Logan Of MiIwau-
kee has been appointed instructor
in stenoraphy at the Spokane col
lege.
A party of so from Harrisburg,
Pa, stopped for 10 minutes yester-
day in Spokane, but made 1t two
hours before they left.
The Italian colony in Spokane is
stirred up considerably over the
friendly rivalry between two girls as
to which shall be the Spokane
queen at the A. Y. P. September 6
Italian day. Miss Chiara Spada-
fore has 1855 votes and Miss Eliza
beth Dilio 1916.
IroquoIs tribe No. IT, Improved
Order of Red Men, will hold an
open meeting tomorrow night at
Eagles hall to discuss the launch
ing of a membership campaign on a
large scale.
J. e. McAndreWs reported to the
police last night that watch was
stolen from his vest as it hung in
the Y. M. G. A. The detective hav-
ing charge of work about the pawn
shops is making a search for it.
The new parental school will
open about October 1, with Super
intendent Baker in charge. The
school board has decided to employ
man and wife as attendants at
500 per month to look after the
pupils to be detained there. A sew
erage system will be installed at
the school.
Fifteen days in the county jail
was the punishment meted out yes
terday afternoon by Judge Hyde to
Leo Himbleau and William Bren-
nan, arrested by OfficerWilliams for
stealing watermelon from a
Northern Pacific car.
Carl Williams, age 10 years, was
sentenced by Justice 8. c. Hyde of
the police court to serve Is days In
the county jail, yesterday afternoon
for the theft of S. from Mrs. Annie
Mendell at the Penny Arcade Sun
day afternoon.
The city has spent 1878 for
street car tickets for the month
of July, according to City Comp
troller Robert Farley.
Declaring that the owners of
Cooks subdivision to Mantle park
have one lot in the plot which ex-
tends about 10 feet into Twenty