The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
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Asphalt on the level streets and
brick on the grades were decided
upon last night by the Cannon
Hill Improvement club as the
proper paving materials for the
large street improvements planned
for the hill.
The young people Of the Bethel
Presbyterian church gave the
fourth strangers social" at the Y.
M. c. A. last night, and the event
was attended by 100 persons. A
literary and musical program was
given.
A volunteer band has been or
ganized among the members Of the
companies stationed at Fort
Wright. Instruction is being given
daily by the bandmaster of abe
regiment, and the boys are making
Roadway rapidly.
There was a gathering Of Bap-
lists of the city last night at the
Masonic temple to meet the Rev.
DR.. Riley, president of McMinnville
College, Oregon, and the three min
listers here with him, the Rev. d. l..
Whitman of the First Baptist
church of Seattle, the Rev. J. Whit,
comb Brougher of Portland, and
the Rev. Mr.. Whirrey..
The Occur d'Alene Trustee Co.
has Incorporated for 100000 in
Spokane county. 1t will carry on a
general real estate development
business.
A lecture on "Recent Archaeolo s-
zeal Investigations in Palestine
will be delivered tonight at the
South Central high school by the
Rev. Edward Arthur Wicher of San
Francisco, who recently completed
a tour of investigation in the holy
land.
The North Central high school
and the Hillyard high school will
have a joint debate on the night of
December 10.
THE Spokane & Eastern Trust
Co.. has earned $111,000 in net
profits in the last year, which will
enable 1t to give it's stockholders a
total dividend for the year of 20
per cent.
The Blanchard property. on Sec
ond avenue, purchased by Cyrus
Happy, the attorney, for $3S,500,
will not be improved by him, but
will be held as an investment for
the present. The building is under
lease to +. c. Blanchard & Co. The
ground is 50x142 feet, with two.
story frame building.
Tho Northside Improvement
club was organized last night at a
meeting at the office of the Hol-
land Advertising Co., on North
Stevens street. F. A. Foss was
elected president; A. Conklin vice
president, e. J. DeHart secretary,
and A. Bergum treasurer. The dis
trict to be covered by the club in
Ats development work is bounded
on the south by the o. R. & N.
tracks, on the north by Corbin
Park. on the east by Division street
and on the west by Wall street.
w. w. Leghorn of Spokane has
been named as deputy state hotel
inspector. He is travelling sales
man and was appointed on the
solicitation of the drummers. Part
of his duties will be to see that
hotel sheets are the length re-
CURED by the state law, 81 inches.
The girls class of the Hays
Park M. e. church gave a social
last night to raise funds for the
support of an orphan child in
India. as part of the church's con-
tributions to foreign missions. For
the purpose $15 was netted.
The prize for the best apple
cider at the apple show yesterday
went to John A. Perkins of Mitch
ell, Ind, his product surprising
that of the northwestern apple
growers.
Work of raising the steel for the
new Shubert theater will begin
within few days. as the~steel is
expected to arrive within the com
ing week.
A. N. Storch Of Okanosan county,
supervisor of the census for this
district, is in the city. He says
that So enumerators will be turned
loose in Spokane April Is and will
complete the count Of the city's
population In about two weeks.
The figures will not be given out