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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

Why talk city hall site until it is
determined first If one is needed?
There has as yet been no accept
ance of the union depot franchise;
and if current reports are to be &C
cepted there never may be any &C.
ceptance.
The only assurance the city has
that the site will be taken Is the
signed statement of Robert f. Stra-
horn that he will buy the present
city hall site for $352,000. but that
is only the word of Robert e. Stra-
horn individually, and not that Of
the North Coast railway or the Mil
waukee.
In fact. the rumor is rife at pres
ent in railroad circles that no union
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
TOTAL ASSESSMENT
IS $|00,000'000

a nice increase is expected in this
line. The railroads will add about
20,000,000 more to teh grand total
and will show a nice increase over
two years ago, because of the build
ing of the s., P. G. S., North Coast
and other lines.
The bulk of this added valuation
of real and personal property is
within the city limits ami should
aid the city council ana school
board in lowering the tax levies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

IA the close Of the three weeks
sessions of the county board of
equalization today it was found that
the total assessment of real and
personal property in Spokane
county had grown to 800 100000,
or nearly $20,000,000 more than the
assessment of two years ago.
The assessments of the railways
and other public service corpora
lions are yet to be added tc this and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
HAS THE ICEMAN TROUBLES?
=, WELL, JUST LISTEN TO THEM!

man? What? You would. Then
you don't know half the troubles
that you might encounter il you
had his job. Ever since the
world began, the iceman has fur
nished material for the jokesters.
Whenever the weather the sum-
mer boarder or New Jersey mos
Qutoes dropped into oblivion, so
far as the laugh sheets were con-
cerned, it was to make room for
the unhappy purveyor of frozen
aqua pura.
But take the job yourself for a
day and then see if you don't
believe in the saying that he who
jests at scars never got mussed
up. There is a redheaded iceman
in this town who grew laxative
the other evening while rubbing
the brass finish off the footrail
while he slowly accumulated
glass of essence of hops.
They say we have an. easy
time. do they? Well, let one of
the guys who makes crack like
that take a job on wagon for
a day and I'll slip you my pass
through the pearly gates if he
amt the sorriest geep you ever
spotted in your whole life.
Just to tip you off to what a
snap we've got, I'll tell what a
ton of brick was spilled on me
hethe other day. | was doing my
route when | got one of those
Ice Wanted signs right before
my eyes. 1t was in front of a
four-story apartment house, and |
knew the only one there who
bought ice from me was stopping
on the fourth
She always tells me that so
will do her until the next time,
so up I blows with chunk as
near to 80 as we ever come, for
you know it's nix on full weight
when we pulled a stunt in the
roosts. 1t was some hot day, but
was game cause | knew that
a two-bit tip was waitin' for me
when I landed.
up | went with the ice on the
end of my hooks. | managed to
do the top at last and tapped on
the door. She come, and gives
me an awful look. 'Nothin' dom
today she says. 1t was a stiff
one right in the wind, but | grin
ned and waded in.
OH GEE, FORGOT.
Say | chirps, how about that
sign down below oh gee. she
says, | forgot to take it in yester-
day I'm awful sorry | bothered
you And it was up to me to do
the downward marathon before my
hunk had peeled to shadow. And,
say, while pou're listening. maybe
you think it's sport to wrangle with
some old dame who's dead stuck
on seem that she gets four bits
worth of ice for two nickels and a
dime, mostly in pennies. She'll
chew the fat for a week, steady. if
you'd let her, and then call up
the boss that you were tryin' to
stall a rake-off out of her.
Those are the swell danes that
guy learns to slip one over on
in time, and gee, we get their
goat right when we learn the
trick. 'Tother ady a 200-pounder
slipped off my wagon out where
the big DANES live and hit the
pavement. That pavement was
slipper than any | ever met be-
fore. The whole gang for blocks
around was there to see me do
the JOY chase. | got the ha-ha
right,
Nix on it for me after the
sunshine chirps farewell I'd
rather herd streetcar any day
And the bartender set 'em up
to keep the iceman from weeping.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

FARGO, n. d., Aug. 20-John
Monson cares not how many Merry
Widow hats his wife wants to pack
in his trunk. There is plenty of
room Mr.. Monsoon has just COM
pleted the largest trunk in the
world.
1t is IS feet long. 1912 feet high
and 10 feet wide. The sight of it is
enough to give the average depot
baggage smasher' nervous pros
tration.
Mr. Monsoon has accordingly
taken pity on the railroads by MAX
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
YOUTH CONFESSES.

COLFAX, Wash. Aug. 20.-In the
presence Of the prosecuting attor-
ney and the sheriff. Jim Roberts.
aged IS, is said to have confessed
to having killed Del Mcconnell in
the Newcastle saloon here on July
4. Roberts was arrested yesterday
and is alleged to have admitted
that he killed Mcconnell today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
IS new CITY
HALL NEEDED?

station will be built, that the MIL
waukee and the North Coast rail-
ways will detour to the Great
Northern depot and use 1t in COM
mon with the Hill road.
Mr.. Strahorn may take the city
hall site at $4,000, and he is then
getting good real estate buy. but
the rest of the two blocks between
Howard and Washington will stand
the same as it does at present.
The plat of the proposed union
station that was once filed at the
city hall has been removed and
never returned, and no new plat has
been submitted, hence the union
depot is still largely a matter. Of
uncertainty. -.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
VIC. MURDOCH
HERE TONIGHT

senator, but the form of the ballot
permits nut one choice. The at
torney general has held that there
is but one choice. An Everett man
has now tatken the question to the
supreme court and it will be known
in a few days whether or not there
are to be two choices for senator.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
RUPTURED
WATER MAIN

A contractor carelessly blasting
near the corner of Fifth and Arthur
yesterday afternoon did more dam
age than he counted upon, for he
ruptured a six-inch water main and
soon had regular geyser in action,
which continued so long and poured
fourth with such recklessness that
the car tracks were almost washed
away. The water department ans
wered hurry-up call on the case,
and this morning the break was re-
ported as fixed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

Congressman Murdoch of Kan
sas. orator at tonight's progressive
republican meeting at the Audi
forum, will arrive in Spokane at
4:S0 this afternoon and be escorted
to the Spokane hotel. He will re-
main in the city probably until
some time tomorrow Afternoon.
Reemer's band will escort the
speaker to the theater tonight and
play ON the street before the meet
ing opens. A. w Doland has been
chosen tot preside over the gather
ing and one hundred of the more
active members of the PoindeXter
Progressive club will be honorary
vice-presidents of the gathering.
Congressman Murdoch was in the
forefront of the fight on Joe Can
non and in all other scraps in the
lower house which the insurgents
faced the standpatters. He is an
interesting talker and comes with
story worth hearing.
Friends of popular government
have heason to rejoice over the
fact that the bulk of the candidates
for legislative positions on the re-
publican ticket in the state have
taken the pledge to stand by the
peoples choice for United States
senator. There was a well organ
lied movement on foot six weeks
ago to defeat the popular will by
electing men to the legislature who
were not pledged. However. the
matter was given such publicity
and the determination was made
known to knife any man who re-
naged on the popular choice, until
the fellows who would have liked
to duck were afraid to come into
the open. Of the 65 republican
candidates for Legislative positions
in King county, all but one have
taken the pledge. All OF the repub-
lican candidates for the legislature
in Spokane are pledged to abide by
the will of the people.
The aggressive manner in which
w. l.. LaFollette, the Palouse
farmer. and cousin of the great La
Toilette of Wisconsin, is handling
public questions and showing the
records of his opponents has in
jected the first life into the con-
gressional campaign. LaFollette
has the courage of his convictions
and says it is fight of the people
against the interests.
The matter of first and second
choice for United States senator in
the primaries is not yet settled. The
text of the primary law says that
there shall be first and second
choice votes for congressional
candidates" which would mean
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

ing the trunk so it can be taken
apart and packed in sections. Even
then it weighs several tons.
In its making there were con.
sumed 1920 feet of canvas, 500 bolts.
81 yards of canvas, 10 gallons of
paint and paste, "a pounds of nails,
80 yards of lining and 920 pounds of
iron framework.
Mr.. Monson will use the trunk as
and several windows, with plenty of
room within for several cots, chairs
and other furniture.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
QUINN WIRES
IMIvDLI fs.
FOR ANN|S

. Eddie QUINN, the Tiger man. =
. ager, wired this afternoon to Z
= Tacoma, telling Annis, the lit Z
= tie southpaw. to report in Spo =
. kane tomorrow morning. Ed =
q die intends to use Annis in .
. one of the games tomorrow af- =
. ternoon, provided the Fingers .
. arm is all right. Fl says he =
. will probably use Hall in the .
q other. =
90 q % 800
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
Get Your Teeth
Fixed Now at the
Right Place.
the Old Reliable
New York
Dentists

Don't put off the matter
of getting your teeth fixed.
Delay may be dangerous,
and may result in your los
ing permanently teeth which
you certainly cannot afford
to lose. Don't delay. Come
here today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

BEVERLY, Mass.-Pres. Taft ex-
presses the opinion that the Phil
ippines will not be ready for indie
pendence in the present or even the
next generation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY HELD
BACK POOR W0MAN'S MONEY

position filled. Three or four days
later she returned to Mrs. Keatitng
and demanded her money, but it
was refused on the ground that she
did not come back to the agency
Immediately upon finding out that
she couldn't get the Job.
This morning the mayors secre-
tary, Mr.. Jesseph. told the worried
woman to go to Mrs. Heating and
ask for her money. He also called
Mrs. Heating upon the phone and
instructed her to refund the dollar.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

TO Box Canyon Tomorrow
Down the beautiful mirrored
Pend Oreille via |. & w. N. train
and steamer lone, Spokane's grand
est scenic trip of 240 miles, $40
a. m. to s p. m. at special rate OF 81.
Dinner on steamer. Tickets on sale
at /. & w. n. 705 Sprague. phone
Main h97
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

400 acres, including part OF
with plenty of water to
irrigate, $4,000 per acre; easy
terms.
MccREA e. MERRYWEATHER,
Washington safe Deposit B Trust 90.
Phone Main i121. Corner Howard
and Spraaue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

WOODBURY., Ga.-Two negroes
shot to death here for accusing a
white man of having stolen corn
from them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
I'VE HAD ENOUGH Of
MARRIAGE MRS. PR0SSER

were good men and true and could
only agree upon one thing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20
5 100 REWARD

for the conviction of the party OF
parties claiming to be agents or
solicitors of the Partisan Dyeing &
Cleaning Works. sos First avenuA
Z. A. Lehmann. prop.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-20

The matter of a first and second
choice for United States senator in
the primaries is not yet settled. The
text of the primary law says that
there shall be first and second
choice votes for congressional
candidates" which would mean
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27

Zine Job Printing scar omoA.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27
BOXING BOUTS
WERE LIVELY

After an absence of four months
boxing made it's temperance in Ho,
nolulu last night at the Asahi Theater.
Jackson has blossomed forth as a
fight promoter, and it must be said
right away rat his efforts were sue
cessful The only thing that was
wrong was a wait of quarter of an
hour before the first bout came on,
but this is characteristic of such en-
tertainments, so nobody took any
notice of 1t. Bauersocks caused a
long delay before his encounter with
Marine Fink took place. He demand
ed that his division be paid to him
before he entered the ring, otherwise,
he said that he would not appear.
Jackson had to give in to the hold-up
game, and at last the fight came on.
1t would not be fair, therefore, to
blame Jackson for this; as fact
Jackson should be congratulated on
the manner in which everything was
carried out, for he did all he pro-
missed to do.
The three bouts provided some
good, clean sport, and they were pro-
ductive of some excellent displays.
There were no fouls, and not once
were the referees appealed to. The
referees had no occasion to give de-
cision; each fight was won as the
result of a Knockout. There was a
long wait between the scraps put up
by Bauersocks and Fink and McGurn
and Hoao. McGurn seemed to be the
late one, for Hoao got into the ring
some time before the fight took place,
and had to wait. Jackson, however,
very commercially induced Rance
Smith to sing the banana song, and
then he did a short dance.
The fighting was of clean-break
variety, which is much better to watch
than those that develop into hugging
a minimum, and it was never neces-
sary for the referees to separate the
men forcibly. Each bout was a good
one, but, of course, that put UP by
McGurn and Hoao, created the great
est interest. Hoao seemed to be the
faWorite, for when he was giving
punishment, the cheers were deafen-
ing. McGurn, of course, had many
supporters, and when he waded into
Hoao, there was loud applause, but
the native lad had the greater amount
of sympathy. McGurn never seemed
to be extended at all. He was tough,
and that was all there was to it, At
one part of the game he received
some terrible punishment, but when
the bell went he walked to his corner
just as fresh as though he had never
been hit. He was in good condition.
Hoao seemed perceptibly to tire as
the fight progressed; now and again
he would liven up, but the efforts were
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27
x$4Ox5I-$24OO

This is what you have lost in only
five years paying rent to a landlord
DON'T DO 1T ANY LONGER.
Let us build you beautiful Bunsa-
low in kaImuki, Ocean View or Palolo
and pay tie rent to YOURSELF.
How would you like to have a home
like this? You can have it and never
spend a dollar that does not 90 to-
wards making it Your Home
We will build it for you at once. You
have always been intending to secure
home. Do it NOW. Don't go on
paying rent for the next five years.
Give up collecting rent receipts and
assisting landlords to pay for the
house you live in. Buy your own
house at the same price. Talk it over
with your wife. Make her a Christ
mas present worth having-one that
you both can enjoy. We are ready to
assist you in every way.
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lost
or Saved. WHY NOT SAVE 1T?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27

out. Fink's win was a popular one.
The next bout was the piece de
resistance. Jackson announced that
Kid Fink of the Marine Corps had ac-
cepted Kid Hardings challenge, and
that Battling Nelson of Camp Very
would challenge the winner of the
McGurn- Hoao fight Hoao's weight
was given at las h., and McGurn's at
las ID: Mike Patton was the referee.
IN ROUNDS.
Both men started to fight from the
very beginning, and from some lively
miX-ups both broke with honors even.
A tame period ensued, and McGurn
pushed a few to Hoao's face. Hoao
then took a hand and he began to do
things to McGurn that reused the
enthusiasm of the spectators. Both
men mixed it, but when the bell went
there was no perceptible damage to
either McGurns wind seemed to be
in perfect order, but there seemed
to be nothing wrong with the pride
of Honolulu.
AS soon as the second round was
satrted McGurn adopted whirlwind
tactics. Both men exchanged words,
and they fought savagely. Hoao
crouched unnecessarily, and his blows,
driven upward, lacked power. He
then stood up and fought. He got in
some telling body punches, and when
he put over some fast ones that found
marks on McGurn the crowd shrieked
with delight. Like a wooden man
McGurn unblinllingly took them all,
but Mike Patton had to get busy for
they fought all round the ring, and it
! took Mike all his time to dodge into
| safety. They both broke even. Nc
Gunr walked to his corner without
any outward signs of distress. Hoao
also seemed all right.
The third round began very lively
and Hoao's nose was soon bleeding.
Hoao certainly fought in this round.
He landed blow after blow on Nc
Gurn, who seemed to grow dizzy under
them, for he looked as though he
were powerless to block them or
move out of range. The crowd rose
and shrieked itself hoarse, for the
pride of Honolulu seemed to have
McGurn where he wanted him But
McGurn reversed the position, and
the cheering and the shouting sub
sided, for the Frisco boy looked as
! though he were going to hand it out
good and strong enough to stop the
! fight. Hoao, however, freshened up,
and the danger seemed to be past.
He got in some good, hard punches
| on McGurn, end the bell stopped
some hard fighting. McGurn justified
his title of being an iron man, for he
looked none the worse for the severe
gruelling he had received.
! The fourth round was but a re-
petition of the third, and both men
mixed it freely. McGurn seemed to
emerge quite fresh, but Hoao was
, looking a lot the worse for wear.
The fifth round was where the
obsequies were performed. Both men
went to it, and they seemed deter
mined to end it in that round Pun
chs were given and received. McGurn
was delivering some telling punish
ment, while Hoaos blows were with
out sting. Hoao was adopting his
crouching attitude, and McGurn seem
ed to be waiting to deliver the real
thing, but before he could do so,
Hoao dropped to the floor thoroughly
done up. He failed to come round in
time, and McGurn became the win
ner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27
TWO FAST FOOTBALL GAMES

hous and the Iron Works top the list
with three points against the Males
two and the High Schools nil.
On Monday next the series will be
continued and as the Males meet the
Iron Works, and the Punahous the
High School, two good games should
result
The competition table is as follows
Goals
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27
HONOLULU IRON WORKS CO., LTD.

Steam Engines, Sugar Mills, Boilers,
Coolers, Iron, Brass and Lead Cast
ings, Machinery of every Description
n lie to Order. Particular Attention
Paid to Ships Blacksmithing. Job
Work Executed on Short Notice
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27

HARMONY LODGE, No. 3, |. o. o. F.
Meets every Monday evening at 1880
In Odd Fellows Hall, Fort st. VISIT
ing brothers cordially invited to at
tend.
H. E. MCCOY, N. @.
E. r. HENDRY, Sec.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-27
Wan FraternsI Meetings
HONOLULU LODGE NO. SIS.
r p n ETKS

Meets In their hall on King Street
aear Fort, every Friday evening. Visit.
ing Brothers are cordially invited 70
attend. q
JAMES D. DoUGHERTY, E. r.
GEO. T. KLUEGEL, Secretary.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-15
ARMED CONFLICT
IS FEARED
Mexicans Reported to Be
Marching on Rock Springs,
DENIED BY LATER DISPATCH
Cowboys and Ranchers Arm
Themselves and Go to Meet
Imaginary Foe.

Rock Springs, Texas, Nov. 15.-As
the result OF the report today that
400 armed Mexicans are marching up.
on this town, cowboys and ranchmen
of the surrounding country, armed
with rifles and revolvers, are pouring
into Rock Springs this morning. The
ranch people of this section are so
anxious for a combat with the Mexi.
can band that they probably will start
Ion march this afternoon to meet
the alleged invaders.
Report is a canard.
San Antonio, Nov. 15.-There is nc
truth in the report that armed Mexi-
cans are marching on Rock Spring,
Texas, where Antonio Rodriguez who
was supposed to be Mexican, was
recently burned at the stake.
Prepared for Any Emergency.
San Antonio, Nov. 15-A telephone
message from Sheriff Pope~of Ed
wards county stated that he had an
armed force ready to meet any hostile
movement that might be made by the
Mexicans. He said that there is no
indication of any such movement at
Rock Springs bue nevertheless he has
made preparations to meet any
emergency. Everybody is on guard
and not Mexican in sight," is the
way he describes the situation. The
sheriff at Del Rio has heard nothing
Of any suspicious movements.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-15

it means few hours of day or night
which are not given to public griev-
ances; as the office is purely an hon
orary one without salary attached to
lit, and Mr.. Seligman's time is worth
money and good deal of money,
many people wonder why he is bother
ing with it at all. But it is love for
the old town, patriotism and a spirit
of duty. Mr. Seligman, who will next
year reach the forty years mark in
age, has been in public life a good
deal. AS chairman of the board of
county commissioners he gave the
county model administration and
placed its consumptive finances in the
oonvalescent ward; he has been sec
retary of the territorial irrigation
commission, accomplished much work
for New Mexico as member of the Pan
American Exposition and the st. Louis
Worlds Fair Commissions, he is the
present chairman of the Democratic
county central committee and is a
Democratic senatorial possibility. he
is an Elk and has travelled the de-
grees in the Masons of which order
he is one of the mainstays He is a
financier who is an authority on taxa
ton, assessment and bond matters;
he is an enthusiastic good roads advo-
cate, he is prominent businessman,
member of many organizations and
yet finds time to be a good fellow.