The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-04
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Since the last call, deposits in
the Old National bank have in
creased to over $S,00O,000 and in
the Traders bank to over $1,000
900.
City Commissioner Armstrong
has taken up the work of securing
lump prices on the printing used
by the city. He proposes to award
contracts for such quantities of
printing as the different offices
may need in the course of the
year. The city is at present pay
ing a printing bill of about $1,000
per month through the practice of
each officer buying handful
when needed.
Deputy Prosecutor. A. c. Clau-
sen addressed gathering of
workingmen last night at the On
dawa Inn. His talk was of philo-
sophie character, based on Emer-
sons Essays.
The bids for the trapoid paving
of Washington street, Second to
Eighth avenues, have been reject
ed New bids will be asked in
which figures on both trapoid and
asphalt will be received.
The Walton College entertainers
| will give a reading tomorrow night
at the. South Central high school.
Miss Clara Mckinney Greening
will take the leading part in the
entertainment.
Fred Archibald is prisoner In
the county Jail on a charge of sell
ing liquor to Indians. He was ar
rested yesterday at Tekoa by dep
uties from the United States mar
shal's office.
3. S. knudson, one of the pro-
prietors of the Spokane Furniture
Co., Indiana and Division, has pur-
chased the building and grounds
on the north side of Riverside av-
enue west of Madison street, own
ed and occupied by Mitchell,
Lewis & Staver, vehicle dealers.
The price was $4,000, or $500 per
| front foot. The sale means the
erection of five story building on
the railroad tracks by the vehicle
company The Riverside property
has a frontage on that thorough
fare of $50 feet and varies in
depth from 1874 to 1S9 feet.
The bail of George II. Coonce,
charged with the theft of letters
from the Spokane postoffice, has
been increased by order of the
federal court from $4,000 to $1,000,
A. C. Powell of Columbus, o., has
| succeeded Coonce in the local
postoffice.
Grover s. Thompson, 1880 Pa
cific avenue, member of the bar
bers' union, was buried this after
noon at Greenwood cemetery. Fu-
neral services were held at the
Gilman undertaking rooms and
union BARRIERS were pail bearers.
! Peter EarIing, a brother Of A. J.
Earring, president of the Milwau-
kee railroad, is in the city from
Wisconsin, Mr.. Earling is a bank.
err and is thinking of locating IN
Spokane.
The office force and statesmen
| of the Washington Cracker Co.
held banquet last night in the
Gothic room at Davenport's in
honor of the visit of H. Witten-
berg of Portland, general manager
of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Co., of
which the local institution is an
off-shoot.
Mrs. Jessie e. Atkinson has
again been endorsed by the w. G.
T. u. as its candidate for the
school board.
The late Frank German, who lost
his life Monday while rescuing a
friend in the burning of the Elk
lodging house at Bellingham, was
buried this afternoon at Paramount
cemetery. following funeral serv-
ices held at the Buchanan under
taking rooms by the Rev. II. |.
Rasmus. German belonged to the
Spanish War veterans. the Eagles
and the bricklayers' union, and is
survived by his mother, residing at
| 1908 Dean avenue.
The convention of Baptist
| churches of eastern Washington