The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

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Interest among Spokane county
fruit growers has been aroused in
the sixth annual meeting of the
Washington State Horticultural as.
sociation which will be held at
Wenatchee January IL to IA.
A piece Of ground 100x142 on
the south side of Second avenue
between Division and Pine has
been purchased for $4,000 from
Lucia F. Gilbert by the Citizens
Investment Co., recently organized.
The Spokane high school won the
debate on the commission plan of
government last night, gaining the
decision over Walla Walla by the
unanimous choice of the judges. A
professor from Cheney normal and
two from Pullman were the judges.
Spokane can now compete in the
second series, to be held in Janu-
airy.
Ex-Mayor C. Herbert Moore has
returned to Spokane after three
months tour of the country as one
of the American commissioners in
charge of the Japanese party He
said the Japanese commissioners
sailed from San Francisco Novem-
Der 80 with the feeling that Amer
lea, after all, was their best friend
among the great nations.
An effort is being made to adjust
the difficulties as to maintenance
bonds for street paving so that-the
work of paving Lincoln street from
Fourteenth to Nineteenth avenue
can proceed. A number of other
improvements of the same charac-
ter are tied up because the bonding
companies have refused to sign
maintenance bonds beyond a
period of five years.
J. D. Bassett of Ritzvlle has in
terested Spokane capital in a chain
of 20 country banks controlled by
him. and as a result the Union Sc
curities Co. has been organized
with capital stock of 5000, 1000.
Men behind the Old National bank
have helped to finance the new
enterprise.
The Steel King Manufacturing
Co.. which will make wind mills,
has been incorporated here for
100000.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the
Univedsalist church will give a
rummage sale in the basement Of
their church Saturday, December
II. They will also hold Christ
mas sale at Davis shoe store on
December ii.
r. Lewis Clarke IS planning to
expend $50, 1000 on his country place
at Hayden Lake. One Of the inn
provements to be made at once
will be $4,000 home for his super
intendent.
Articles Of incorporation of the
Spokane Valley Irrigated Land Co.
were filed with the county auditor
yesterday. The capital stock Of
the company is $4,000, with Phil
T. Becher, Harry J. Nicely, d. M.
Thompson, c. F. Young and e. G..
Taylor as the incorporators.
Or. Frank W. HiIscher was given
the custody of his six year old son
Audrey by Judge Sullivan yester-
day. who modified the divorce de-
cree so as to give the father the
custody of all three sons.
Upon the application Of Martha
Wurm. Adam Wurm was adjudged
an habitual drunkard by Judge
Hinkle yesterday afternoon and
placed on the "black list"
F. A. Wingate Of krupp, WASH,
and the Fireman's Fund Insurance
Co. of San Francisco commenced
suit against the Great Northern
yesterday for $27,97420 for dam
ages alleged to have been sustained
in the fire which swept over the
business section Of Krupp last Au-
gust. The fire is said to have
started from spark from a Great
Northern train in pile of rub
bish negligently left on the track.
Charles D. Howell, charged with
holding up a Great Northern train
near Boomers Ferry March Is, 1908,
was brought to this city yesterday
and lodged in the county Jail to
await trial at the April hearing Of
the federal court.