The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-08
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Their Humane society has con.
cluds4 not to sell it's old site at
Broadway and Wall street, for
WHICH an offer of $4,000 was
mades and work on the new hu-
maneivbarns was begun yesterday.
Ther buildings will cost $500.
Detective John S. Delaney Of the
Crest Northern yesterday after
noon underwent an operation for
appendicitis.
Al Y. Rankin, former night clerk
at the Empire, has succeeded H. B.
Hudgin, who has taken the man.
agement of the new Standard hotel
on Riverside avenue between
Washington and Bernard. w. S.
Freeman, formerly bookkeeper at
Dayenport's, will be the new night
clerk at the Empire.
The humane society during the
past year captured over 1000 I'M
licensed dogs, of which 1885 were
killed. The humber redeemed was
575, sales were made of 164 and six
were given away.
J. n. Kane, the rate expert re-
Gently employed by the chamber
of commerce, predicts a decision of
the rate case the latter part of the
present month or during the early
part of February.
The annual meeting of the Spo-
kane Building & Loan society will
be held tonight in the assembly
room of the chamber of commerce.
The association has declared
total dividend for 1909 of Sla per
cent
Dr.. T. c. Barnhart, county health
officer, reports AZ cases quaran-
tined in December. The expenses
of the office amounted to $SO.65,
most of which went to outside
deputies.
Discharging his attorney, Fred
H. Moore, Joe A. buddy, the I. w.
w. leader, was tried before Justice
StOcker yesterday afternoon and
was sentenced to 60 days on the
rock pile. buddy decided after 30
days in Jail that he might as well
be serving a sentence as waiting
for trial.
John G. r. Hieber and wife, own
ers of the Carlyle hotel building,
withdrew their suit against George
F. Carr and wife, the proprietors of
the building, yesterday, and the
hotel is to remain under the pres
ent management. Suit was insti-
tuted to secure possession of the
property for the back rent.
According to the report Of County
Physician w. @. Webb, filed yester-
day with the county commissioners,
400 charity calls were made during
December. including calls to the
county Jail, hospitals and homes of
a few patients. In addition to the
500 salary of the officer, the ex-
penses of his office amounted to
$2s2.S5.
The PaIouse Irrigation & Power
company, Alp First avenue, will
open offices in number of the
larger cities in the central states.
George s. Brooke of the Fidelity
bank has been appointed a men,
Der of the library board by Mayor
Pratt. He succeeds the Rev. Dean
Lockwood, who moved to North
Yakima. s. 'nr
Mrs. Rachel Newman and her
son, Jesse Newman, will erect a
three story. $4,000 brick and terra
Gotta building on the south side
of First avenue, between Madison
and Jefferson streets.
Rev. D. s. Sharpe, pastor Of the
Third United Presbyterian church.
has been called to Lawrence, Kan.
to attend the funeral of his sister
and her infant child, who were
burned to death.
The county commissioners have
ruled that the Spokane & Eastern
Trust company is entitled to no re-
duction in it's assessment of $780,
600 for taxation for 1910. The
company claimed that there was. an
error on the part of the assessor
in making out the assessment, due
to his misunderstanding as to the
surplus.
W. J. Herwig, who looked after
the affairs of the Anti-Saloon
league in eastern Washington, has
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