The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-15
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A lecture on "The Peril and the
Preservation of the Home" will be
given tonight in the auditorium of
the administration building of the
South Central high school by Pro.
lessor William Worthington Of
Whitman college, under the
auspices Of the Social Hygiene So
ciety.
The Peoples Portland Gene Mt
Co., 1t is announced, will soon be-
gin the construction of a 1000 bar
rel Portland cement plant at Lake
Pond Oreille, to be ready for opera
ton by next August.
The Spokane Merchants associa-
ton will have a traffic manager
after aJnuary 1. The position will
be filled by j. H. Kane of Mime
apolis, formerly with the Wiscon-
sin Central railroad.
The Central Labro council has
adopted resolution in favor of the
election of city commissioners ev-
cry two years under the proposed
commission plan of government. 1t
will be presented to the charter
revision committe at it's meeting
tonight.
The annual business meeting Of
the Westminster Congregational
church will be held tonight.
Twenty-Five extra clerks will be
placed on duty Saturday at the
postoffice to aid in the holiday
rush. The new rule as to keeping
the postoffice open until p. m.
goes into effect January 1.
imperial lodge of Odd Fellows
will initiate class of 16. candi-
dates tomorrow night.
An emphatic denial has been
given by the board of trustees of
the chamber of commerce to the
statement published in Wenat-
chez paper that the Spokane cham
Der of commerce had purchased a
carload of apples there for the pur.
pose of exploitation in New York.
c. w. Wilcox, state secretary of
the Y. M. c. A., is in conference
with the trustees of the local asso.
citation.
In aid of the church Of the Rev.
Mr.. Schrock, the Elks' quartet gave
concert last night at Deer Park.
On the motion Of Councilman
Jacob Schiller the petition of
Brownies addition property owners
for paving the streets of that sec
ito nwith petrolithic was filed last
night until such time as the entire
matter of the paving of that region
is taken up.
Dr. Frank Rose, city chemist,
will erect a $4,000 home on Rock
wood boulevard in the addition of
the same name. He paid $2750 for
a lot 90xl20 feet.
The Spokane chamber of COM
merce has asked congress to APP
propriate $4,000 for the improve
ment of the upper Columbia river
in conjunction with the state,
which has voted like sum for the
same purpose.
City authorities have learned
that j. F. Costello owns some of the
property on which the new south
east reservoir Is to be built. He
has asked $500 for the ground,
but Is willing to take his chances
on the Value of the land, the same
as the owners of the rest of the
site.
A complaint for damages has
been filed with the city council by
property owners residing on Wood
fern avenue in the Altamont dis
trict because of the flooding of
their property due to the excessive
ly high grade of the street, which
was built this. year The grading
of this street has been the source
councilmen, and number of COM
mittee meetings have been held |
over it. The street was raised |
from three to four feet above the |
adjoining property and the engi- |
neer's office is blamed for the con-
ditions that prevail.
The city cuoncIl has refused to
pay the claim for damages filed by |
Adelaide Scarpelli for the death OF
her husband, who was killed by n
live wire last summer on East
Sprague avenue.
The grading Of Sherman street
from Tenth avenue to- Rosedalc
boulevard was ordered by the city
council last night to proceed. A
protest had been filed against 1t
by property owners living between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues.
On the solicitation Of the prop
erty owners the city council has Or
dered that the board of public
works accept five year maintain
ance bond for the paving of Lin.
coin street from Fourteenth to Min
teenth avenues.
n. n. Scott Of New York, gener-
nj manager of the Doherty Oper
ating Co., who is in the city, says
that the Doherty syndicate expects
to expend 100000 in developing its
plant in Spokane in the next three
years. A water gas making ma
chine is being installed and six and
a half miles Of new mains are be-
ing laid in total of "a miles
planned. Twenty miles of mains
will be laid during the coming
year The Doherty company. which
has its headquarters on Wall
street, operates a string of IL gas |
and electric plants in various cities
In the country.