The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-28
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s.opokaHe anu cdStCVU SdpteauSeS,
represented by +. r. Clark, have
purchased the holdings of the old
Pacific Cement Co., near lone,
Wash. An eight kiln plant will be
built with a capacity of 1000 bar
rels. daily and will employ 300
men.
Mayor Pratt will probably ask
the city council to pass an or
dinance for further regulations
concerning pool rooms. Downtown
pool rooms, that now run all night,
may be closed at midnight, and the
pool rooms in the residence dis
tricts abolished entirely.
J. II. Kane, selected for freight
rate expert of the Spokane Mer-
chants association, was formerly
chief of the tariff department of
the Wisconsin Central.
Arthur Hooker, recretary OF the
eighteenth national irrigation con-
gress, will leave for Pueblo, Col,
January to make that city his flu
ture home. Mr.. Hooker will take
active charge of the work of pre-
paration for the coming congress
at Pueblo, which promises to be
a highly successful event.
Tony Neves, a Portuguese, could
not tell the date of his birth when
questioned before Judge Whitson
for final naturalization papers and
his application was rejected.
The new north wing erected at
the North Central high school will
be opened for use when school
begins again January 8.
An ordinance will likely be in
troduced in the city council at the
request of the mayors office re-
curing the employer to pay the
fees exacted by employment
agencies, and not the men getting
the jobs, as at present. Railroad
companies threaten to get their
men from st. Paul if a rule of this
kind is passed.
John z. White, of Chicago, ad-
dressed the Young Mems Demo
cratic club last night at the cham
Der of commerce assembly room on
free trade. He scored the demo
cratic members of congress who
voted with Aldrich on the tariff
bill and said that if the party of
Jefferson and Jackson is to disin-
tegrate it is because of such weak
kneed stand for principle that
has been upheld by the party from
the beginning.
A continuation of the high at
mospheric pressure that has pre-
vailed for the last few days is pre-
dicted by the weather man. A
general cloudy condition prevails
in the northwest. The tempera-
ture yesterday was % above at the
minimum and 26 above at it's high
est point.
A team Of horses drawing stone
wagon fell over the steep en-
bankment at the west side of the
Monroe street bridge yesterday
and rolled down to the river, dis
lance of nearly 800 feet, without
sustaining any injuries. The
driver also escaped hurt.
The wholesale department Of
the Spokane Dry Goods Co., oper-
ating the Crescent store, will in
wade the Alaska territory the COM
ing year in competition with the
Seattle houses.
The McGoldrick sawmilI has
shut down until the latter part of
February, During the II months
ending December 25 the mill cut
100000 lath and 100000 feet
of lumber.
Charles Gill is under arrest by
United States officers for the al
legged theft of a horse from Louis
Bishop, Occur d'Alene Indian.
1t developed that the horse was
taken in payment for a debt, but
the United States commissioner at
Tekoa held that the balance due
on the horse, in excess of the debt,
had to paid to the Indian or Gill
must face charge of horse steal
ing.
The new combination auto am
bulance and road wagon pur-
chased for the health department
has arrived. 1t will be used for
transporting cases of contagious
diseases to the isolation hospital
and FOR other purposes in the de-
partment as a road wagon.
Alton Tredick, manager of the
Star theater, was fined $25 for
contempt of court by Judge Web
ster yesterday, the first fine I'M
posed by Webster for this offense
during his 10 months on the
bench. Tredick was subpoenaed
as a witness in a civil case and
failed to appear.