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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14
For Sale By Owner

New five-room bungalow, best OF
plum bling, hard plaster, panels, plate
fet In dining room; all slash grain
fir walls beautifully tinted; cement
basement, laundry trays, furnace
eobblestone porch pillars. Must be
suit. 1416 North Cakes. Phone
A3542.
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Lost


LOST-Thursday, key to a Yale lock.
Return to Times office. Reward.
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For Sale in West End

q acre set out in fruit, 7-room
bungalow, good garden, coop and
yard room to handle eight hundred
chickens.
Also two lots, new 4-room cot
|tage. best porcelain plumbing, stove
Jail connected with hot water; $500
cash will handle this. For further
information call Main 1914.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14

EIGHT LOTS At HALF PRICE
Only $3.50 on terms for ~ lots at
southeast corner Wright ave-, $50.
33d) and Sawyer st. (between o and
Ainsworth). Water and sewer in.
sweeping view over city. Three
title. Will make two or three good
homesites. Go and see them.
Only $500 on terms for four lots
just south of above described cor
alley. Perfect title. Will make two
fine homesites. E. II. Miller & Co.,
2034 Bank of Commerce. Tel. Main
356
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14
FOR SALE
ron SALE ny OWNER

-Four acres, acres in fruit and
berries and one acre in hay; Groom
house. a big barn and a storehouse;
2 good wells and chicken houses.
Take Spanaway car to Lincoln ave-
nue., walk blocks east to A st. In
quire for @. A. Peterson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14

Acreage one mile from Woodland
station, on Puyallup line at $3.50 an
acre, on small monthly payments.
Inquire 1875 So. i st. Main 1869.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14
Exchange

1o-a. North Yakima. Fruitvafe, so
rods from car line. sc fare VIII
trade for Tacoma property.
10 acres close TO Snnnyside, WASH,
Ito trade also.
Address d. H., owner. care Spar
Hing Cigar Co.. Tacoma.
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SALE OR TRADE ny OWNER

20 acres, mostly cleared, 2 acres
raspberries; spring on the place
VIII irrigate; running stream. G.
W. Pickard. 101S So. 18th.
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Unfinished Rooms

mentg Of and rooms each.
Rent <ls and $40, 1875 So. E 81.
Address 1Ies Tacoma ave.
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Business Chances

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Coal and wood yard with siding,
fully equipped for business, close
Fin,. good location. VIII lease to
suit. Call M. 1868.
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FOR SALE
FARM WANTED

Broom house with, 2 full lots.
Phone A 2073 for particulars.
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Owner going north; south half and
N. w. quarter, section Belle, VAL
liable spring of water and heavily
timbered. Phone owner. M. 4482.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14
Who's Who
In Tacoma

Miss Classy Fled is the maid who does things
in Tacoma Times. 5afi
49,
She represents the classified Want Ads of the
Times.
No matter what you want she will help you to
find it.
). Hundreds of persons use the Want Ads in the
classified columns of The Times every day.
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JONES & WHITE

VIII trade your city property for
farm land or your farm land for city
property. They sell property at it's
value. Bank references to strangers.
500 Natl Bank Of Commerce Bldg.
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II you have real estate for sale,
list 1t with me.
M. C. HUGHES
OF Tacoma. Roy. 10 miles south.
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FOR SALE BY owNER-Nearly
new broom house, 2 lots. improve
merits Y s,s ane P sa6s is!f block from
monthly. Cab 81 2s1o 50. st.
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100 acres, miles from Yelm, 35
acres in cultivation, 25 acres easily
cleared, j acre potatoes. family or
chard; Groom house. barn and good
,outbuildings, close to school; 5 cows.
2 horses, 40 chickens, all farming inn
plements. Price $1,000: will take s4,-
600 in Tacoma or PuyalIup property.
time on the balance.
JONES e. WHITE
500 Natl. Bank of Commerce Bldg
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Small bungalow for sale cheap; 2
good lots. $1,000. 1928 No. Huson
St., A 3645.
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anted

WANTED = Bookkeeping fnsfruc-
fion book. Address Box K !. or
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VIII exchange one of the best
paying hotels for a nice improved
ranch, with some stock; not exceed
ing $500. Address Box M, care of
Times.
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Furnished Rooms

IMPERIAL APARTMENTS = Hotel
has been entirely remodeled with
an addition of 20 new, up date
room. unfurnished.~ Furnished 1, 2,
3 and 4-room suites. So a week and
up. Co. So. 10th and Yak, Main
BIOS. A 1897.
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For Sale, Real Estate
Will RENT SO ACRES

of bottom land, partly cleared. Nc
cash required; can take rent out in
clearing land and building house.
Lumber and seed furnished.
A. II. BARNHIsEL co.
422 California Bldg.
Or call 7s71-J s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14
FOR SALE

3 Ia acres. near narrows, fine
spring water, 200 feet from eth ave-,
by owner. Call main 5755.
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Do You Want to Sell
Your REAL ESTATE or BUSINESss
II so, see us at once. We guaran-
tee to dispose of your property for
cash within so DAYS. Reference
p. M. Ruthfield
t08 Provident Bldg. Main 5000
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New Groom bungalow, strictly
modern. Price $1,000; terms, $50
cash, balance s25 per month. 1415
No. AOakes. Phone A 3542.
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Situations Wanted-Male

MAN and wife want-camp or ranch
work. Good references. Phone
A4634. Mrs. Mack. Hyland hotel,
SOBER, steady, reliable young
man wants work. c. Lehman,
Gen. Delivery, Seattle.S
GOOD all-round man wants lob
around gentleman's place. Used to
gardening, horses. cows. etc. State
wages given. Address XII. care of
Times.
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SALE OR TRADE

SALE OR TRADE
What property have you to trade
as part purchase of up-to date new
finish 2 lots in South End; also g.
room house in West End. Phone M.
1857 or A 2435.
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Announcements

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DANCE at Davis hall, Satarda,
April 18th. Take Pac. Traction
car to American Lake.
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FOR SALE

BY owner. 2 nice lots, Groom
and some garden. 1913 East 35th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-14

FOR SALE-7-r. mousse and barn,
IN lots. Inquire 1915 No. 9th.
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F. D. HILL & co.

Successors to Norton & Hill.
Real Est, ms. and Loans. Berlin Bid
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Business Directory
Barber Shops

One OF the most up-to-date barber
shops in Tacoma; 10 chairs: Hanf.
cure. baths. open a. m-- to 10 b. IN.
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Japanese Employment

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Oriental Employment Agency, help
furnished to all employers. 1881 go.
G st. NJ. 1900. A 37s7.
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Help Wanted-Male

WANTED-Six good husling solicit
ors; good proposition. Apply at
once Times office. 76S Commerce st.
WANTED-20 experienced sales
ladies. Inquire after a. m. at 924
G st.
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Wanted to Buy

WANTED TO BUY from owner.
to 6-room house. with 4 to 10 lots.
Must be reaspna11e for cash. Phone
M. z180 or address J-3. care Times.
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Housekeeping Rooms

FURNISHED housekeeping and sin
gle rooms at moderate prices.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02

We hear a great deal about the So
called best sellers" in these days
novels that have sold many editions
and that have brought wealth in great
er or less degree to their writers. But
this is no new experience. Fifty years
ago there we're a number of best sell
lers and prodigious as was the sale OF
Harriet Beecher Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin" there were at the time several
other stories that we're selling by the
thousands. even the hundred thous-
ands
The approaching centenary Of Har-
riet Beecher Stoves birth-it occurs
on June 11th-reminds me Of an ex-
perience which | had In Florida In the
spring of 1888. ! was seated with a
company of gentlemen, some Of whom
were familiar with Florida life, upon
the deck of a steamboat bound from
jacksonville, Fla, to Sanford, town
which is situated at the head OF navi-
cation on St. Johns river. One of the
party pointed to an orange grove a
little distance south of the village OF
Palatka.
Just beyond that orange grove is
the Florida home of Harriet Beecher
Stowe" he said. "She has invested a
good deal of the money she has receiv-
ed from her novels in large orange
grove. and she is not the only writer
who has put earnings from story
writing into Florida land. Solon Rob
inson put a considerable part of mis-
earnings from his very popular fiction
into Florida lands, coming to the
State only four or five years after the
close of the Civil War"
Solon Robinsonl / had not heard
that name for so long a time that ]
had almost forgotten that he was at
one time deemed a very successful
writer of romances, one of his books
having a sale in excess of one hundred
thousand copies and standing a good
second for some years TO Uncle Toms
Cabin" in point of popularity.
Solon Robinson was born on a
scraggy farm in eastern Connecticut
and learned the carpenters trade when
a boy. He gave that up when he was a
young man and became a peddler. That
shift, strange as it may seem, was the
turning point of his career, and how
this was the case Solon Robinson, in
the latter years of his life, used fire.
quently to tell his friends in these
words:
"If have had any success as a writ
er, IL was due to the opportunities
which my early career as a peddler
throughout Connecticut gave me. AS a
peddler used to take great interest in
quaint. original characters whom
met, and I learned in that way the
habit of observation and of discrimi-
mating observation. l learned, too, a
great deal about farming, and I be-
gan to write something for the news
papers descriptive of farming life. In
that way I became acquainted with
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
THE IssIE TnMnRRnW

II HE voters of Wilmington will decide tomor-
4 row whether Mayor Spruance, the Demo
cratic candidate or DR.. Harrison w. Howell, the
Republican nominee is TO be chosen Mayor for
the next two years. Fortunately the issues involv
ed in the election are not complicated. They are
very plain.
Two years ago the Democrats with profuse
promises were enabled TO carry the city, to elect
their candidate for Mayor and a majority of the
members of Council The city government was
turned over to them.
After two years of trial, the same administra-
ton comes before the people for approval With
the Democrats in control two years ago there we're
high hopes of a successful two years of Demo
cratic rule. In the minds of some Democrats, at
least, these hopes have been blasted. Democratic
rule instead of winning commentator and praise
is now defended merely on the ground that it is
bed, but not so bad Republican rule. Think
Of that kind Of defense for administration
that is asking for new lease of life. 1t is worse
than no defense
De uocratc rule has been condemned in its own
household. This fact alone should be sufficient
to tell the tale of the ballots tomorrow tale of
Republican victory.
The only ele 1t of doubt about the result
hinges on the question Of whether the Republicans
will poll anything near their normal vote II is
not question of full vote on the part of either
contending force, but it is question of which
force will bring the greater number of supporters
to the polls.
Developments during the last few days, the lift
ing of the lid on the financial condition of the
civ. the frantic efforts 10 make it appear that a
a condition TO which a Democratic city Off
cal called attention is a fiction, should insure
Republican victory This Democratic testimony
is more condemnation from the Democratic side.
AS we have often said the election is simply a
matter of approving administration and rule
of affairs of the city which has left us in critical
financial condition that will take some clever
work to get out Of. Should the control which has
brought about this state of affairs be entrusted
with further power? Democratic rule brought
about these conditions but could Democratic rule
relieve them?
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
GETTING A JOB.
One Wilmington Workingman Relates
His Recent Experience.

One Wilmington WOrkingman Relates
His Recent Experience.
Editor of THE EVENING JOURNAL.
What is justice and do we get 1t?
] will relate my experience. l met
a brother workman one day with his
box of tools on his shoulder, and he
stopped and told me where he was
going and that there was a chance
fGT me. / went to see a prominent
contractor and he talked as though
he wanted several men and told me
to be sure 10 report for work the next
morning.
1 hired a colored man to help me
with my box of tools and was there
some time before the foreman came.
and when he came he wanted to know
Row many men there we're that show
ed up. ! told him had not seen any,
and he said that the head boss want
ed two men up at the Office and told
NE to take my tools and report at
tho office. l took my box on my
shoulder and reportsi at the Office.
There / met the head boss and told
him my business. lie told me to wait
until the foreman came back.
waited and when he came two
hours later he toid me he did not
need me, and / ASKED why, and was
treated with contempt. l asked him
to pay me for my work, but he re-
fused I told him would try to make
it by law.
went to one magistrate and ex-
planned the case to MN and he re-
piled that it was a very small matter
and asked me if / would put up the
costs. I happend to nave the amount
with me and after he saw that ] had
the amount he refused to accept it
and would give no reason why.
then went to another magistrate and
he advised me not to bring suit
against the contractor as 1t would be
almost impossible for me to get work
I'm this city afterward.
Then / went TO another magistrate
and he refused to take the case Give
this your deep consideration and ask
yourself If | got Justice.
A native citizen and steady reader
Wilmington, May 81.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
Editorial Opinion
Woman Suffrage.

New York Evening Post
The passage by the Wisconsin Legis-
lature of the bill submitting the ques-
ton OF woman suffrage to the voters
of that state Is noteworthy, and that
Irrespective of the result OF the vote.
The Ave stars on the suffrage flag
would be doubled as popular appeal
n 10 them should be added one repre-
senting a commonwealth this side Of
the Mississippi, even though 1t we're
one that had shown itself as hos
pitable to reforms as has the home OF
La Toilette and of Victor Berger. On
the other hand. defeat in such a COM
munity would be a doubly serious set
back But the really significant thing
in this preliminary victory is the win
ming Of an opportunity to present the
issue directly TO the mass of voters.
Nothing could more definitely indi-
cate the progress of the movement in
recent years than the fact that the
Wisconsin Legislature in taking this
action has reversed that of its prede-
cessor Of two years ago. Advocates
of the reform have obtained the ear OF
Legislative assemblies. which are find
ing il increasingly difficult to deny
them the referendum s1hey ask. The
result in Wisconsin viii be regarded
as a test of popular sentiment over a
wide area
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
THE PLAYGROUND DEAL.

IT HE JOURNAL has not changed its position
4 in regard to the playground deal. 1t thought
the deal unwise and practical waste of the
money of the city when it was consummated,
and it still thinks So
The Journal has not considered that it was val
liable land in growing part of the city. The
Journal thinks that a figure much too high was
paid for the property, and it believes that the
money could have been spent for ground much
more conveniently located for the purposes in
mind. We think this is the Overwhelming senti-
ment throughout the city.
The Journal has referred to the deal time and
time again. 1t has considered the purchase
to be bad bargain on the part of the city. The
people understand il fully, and it is one Of the
things that have hung around the Democratic rule
of the city like milestone A vote for the con-
tinuance of Democratic control is an approval of
the playground deal and would be an encourage
ment to the Democrats to follow in the same
tracks in managing the finances of the city that
they followed when the unwise playground pur-
chase was made
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
NE wv NE WS
OF YES TIE DAY
BY
4" H 0 L L A N D I"


Horace Greeley and he offered me
place upon the New York Tribune.
well. the same habit of observa-
tion that ] had fallen into when l was
a peddler l adopted when / accepted
Greeleys offer and became news
paper writer in New York. saw many
things-quaint, humorous and pathe-
tic--in New York life lust as ] had
seen many things of like nature while
| was peddling my wares throughout
the country towns OF Connecticut.
Then, one day, I wrote a sketch based
upon something which / saw. II was
printed the next day. 1t seemed TO
touch popular chord, and l was ask
ed to expand the sketch and did so. In
that way my book Hot Corn was writ
ten and sold in excess of a hundred
thousand copies with a year.
ut was nothing but a little sketch OF
New York life as | saw it, and | never
should have written that story or, in
fact, done any other writing, but for
the happy necessity which compelled
me to give up my trade as a carpenter
for that was injuring my health
and adopt the vocation of a peddler,
where learned TO use my eyes discri-
minatingly."
Copyright. 1911, by z. ]. Edward. All
rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell of
'sThe Metal That Mckinley Held to be
Most Valuable to America"
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
DIR. HowELL's FIGHT.

HR. HOWELL, the Republican candidate for
~ Mayor, who should be elected tomorrow, in
his talks about the city TO various gatherings has
dwelt upon one point which is a very good thing
to keep before the minds of the voters.
1t is that every man, whether he is a property
owner or not should be concerned in good gov
ernment The renter of property, the lodger, or
the boarder, is as mucfNnterested, or should be-
as the property owner.
DR.. Howell has pointed out that every man who
lives in Wilmington is an ultimate consumer" In
other words, he pays the bills, whether he pays
them directly or indirectly. If the tax rate is ad-
vanced, If the city wastes money, or is extrava-
giant, more money must come from the owners
OF property and they pass the added expense
along down the line so that rents are increased,
the price of lodging is increased And it often
happens that the advance is more than sufficient
to make up for the additional taxes.
No one should delude himself with the belief
that because the tax collector sends him no bills
he is not paying taxes, not contributing to the
support of city government and therefore should
not care whether the tax rate is one dollar or
FIVE dollars.
Dr. Howell has been very frank in all his talks.
He has promised to give the city a good admin
istraton so far as lies in his power But it may
be said that they all do that that no man is going
to say that he will give the city bad admins
tration. True, but the only way in which we can
Judge fairly is by the record of the candidate and
his general reputation as a good citizen. DR..
Howell has made creditable record as a holder
OF public Office. Naturally would think that
he certainly would not wish that record marred.
Then again the doctor is known a progress
sive citizen, sane and reasonably progressive He
is not hy-away. He realizes fully the big task
that confronts him If chosen Mayor. 1t is a task
that many men would not want But DR.. Howell
entered the fight and he will see it to a finish.
If elected he will try to give the city satisfactory
administration so not TO disappoint his friends
If defeated, he will have made conscientious fight
as high class candidate for Mayor, one of whom
the citizens of Wilmington should feel proud.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
FRIDAY, JUNE 2. 1911
AN ELECTION TOMORROW.

VATE AGAIN remind the public that an cleo
Wv ton is TO be held tomorrow at which
Mayor and other city officials are to be chosen.
When several of the political leaders we're asked
how things were going, the reply was that good
many people didn't know that there was to be an
election and that some thought it was TO be held
next autumn So we are doing our duty as far
as we can, to remind these people of an election.
1t is really Of some Importance. We don't have
as many elections as they do in Tacoma, for in
stance, where they are recalling or trying to re-
call this man or that man every few weeks.
The election really should not prove to be of
much Inconvenience to the people. 1t is pos
sibe to vote and then 10 play golf during the after
noon. 1t is possible to vote even before the base
ball games start. Because of voting man need
not lose fraction of second in ascertaining the
result of the baseball games or how the scores
are going by innings. A man may vote and have
plenty of time during the day to 90 fishing, boat
ing, or TO do anything else
The only men who will be Inconvenience by
the election will be those who are in distress when
they cannot get drink at public place. 1t will
be long time for them between drinks-from
Friday night until Monday morning-but they
might try few chocolate sundaes during the in
termsson and give their stomachs rest-or
shock.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
THE DAY OF RECKONING.

II HE question of new city charter for Viii
Il mngton is not concerned in the present cleo
ton. That subject will come up later The only
question in the present campaign is as TO the best
course to be pursued towards getting the best re-
suits during the next two years.
We shall have plenty of time to discuss the
city charter scheme, but for the present What
is to be done? The people would be taking long
chances with the Democrats And yet the Demo-
Gratis had an opportunity to make a fine record
during the last two years. But When they came
into power, they seemed TO forget all about their
promises They didn't think the day of reckon
ing would come.
Evening journal., 1911-06-02
PEOPLES COLUMN

ing some such catastrophe as oc-
Cured? II Is also common knowledge
that Mcnamara was not in Los An
geles at the time Of the explosion.
Taking these and other facts into con-
sideration Socialists are demanding
an honest deal which is something
hard for a worker to get in this capt.
talist cursed world of ours.
In conclusion / predict large gains
in the Socialist vote of Wilmington at
the next municipal election. Trusting
that you will be fair and give this
article space in an early issue / sign
Respectfully,
Milton Harris,
Eleventh Ward.
Wilmington, May 80