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Now Groom modern cottage. All i'm
PROPONENTS In and paid Ia fun t70f
fitth Al g. price t7.ib0. call ownor.
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For the convenience ~ our readers We
have established agencies nj the follow.
tnR locations:
go Union ST. With Souvenir and curio
Shop Phone Elliott ~
T.. " Mullen. 5t0g Ballard nv. Phons
ballard 900.
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APPLICATToN NO. q

application was duly
made 70 ths Board OF County
toWmiaHiOners for King County,
Washington. by Puget Sound
Traction. Light r. Power Com
papy for the authority, right and
franchise for itself rs HuccessOrs
ana assigns. 20 construct. main
tain ana operate single lines OF
poles, with all necessary cross
arms. wires and other appurte-
nanceH. for telegraph and tele-
phone purposes, and 70 convey
electric energy for lighting. power
ana hentlng puTpOHes, upon. over.
along ana across certain roads,
Btreeta and other public places in
King County Washington. herein
after more specifically described.
and
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IN H1iGfN 'fF'S
Special Equipment for
MODERN
NEEDLE TREATMENT
in
SYSTEMIC AFFECTIONS
EHRLTCH'S ola
$1,000
Exclusive Office and Hospital
Practice
w. GRANT TUCKER. NJ. d.
Globe Blk. First and Madison
MEN A nssfia WOMEN
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SIGNS
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AUTOMOBILES.
FOR sAtE
1913 model motorcycles and motor boats
~ bargain prices all MAKES, brand mes
machines. on nasT monthly farfn"h'
plan Oct our proposition before buy
inr. or you win rsers, u Also bargains
o. used matnrryciss Writ. Va today
Enriass stamp fof rspiy Address Look
nor ~ rfsnion Nich ---.--.---..
ENCrt-IoR TWIN MOTORCYCLE
complete iisoso. H. X hoyt iia'
ri ,pI>G srANDAnD MoToRcYCtf
for sale. 1879 model, horsepower
GOOD tires. FULLY EQUIPPED tan
dem sect 'pssdoms,sr. nshS 'o,t
Webster care tn. s-aiile star -
~ FEMALE HELP WANTED
shor, hand touch ,ypswri,in9 oaFnplet.
20 lessons tof1 Arcade Hlf Main a7fi
wANrrD-YOt Nc woMI> TO WORN
A. telephone operators. experienced %
inexperienced. lady inairuetres-. with
corps % Rhis ASSISTANTS. II IN charge OF
completely equipped school Tor train
Ing inexperienced women Pupils PAID
whils learning Apply tho Pacific Tele.
phone q Telegraph Co. room 10. liit
FOURTH nv
SEATTLE EMPLOY MINT OFFICE
1917 Third Az.
We want two wnitresHeA. one iRundres'
ana ono kitchen helper same hotel. out
~ city Other HELM IN All lines
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petent girls Tor All kinds 81 house
work Free Public Employment OFFICE
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PRACTICAL NURSE. PHONE WEST
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SEATTLE DAY NURsERY
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we'll taken care ~ ~ tho day
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BIRHY rfCKERs WANTED rHoN
July 20 October 10 Girls in partie
Of TO or families Of Z good picker
or more, preferred steady plcklnl
ana good accommodations furnish ed
write me- y. n striohious. sumner
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BOX 2i2
40 BERRY PItKERS WANTED FOI
| Tnapbcrrica and hiacsberrioH: house
stow. wood and water free. families nj
parties ~ 20 9 preferred Write Al
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FAMILIES ron BERRY rICKIN,
wanted. work will commence ahnu
! July int Knud Nehmint summer wn
WANTED 20 BERRY PICKER'
about July ] house fuel and waite
/ furnished Address ! g Young Sum
nor wash
| WANTTD-B0 BERRY pICKIRS FOI
| rnspheRca and hiackberres. good nc
| commodntion. good berries wood
| water stove ana room FREQ. For In
formation address a WAhe. Sumner
Wash
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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE FIXING TIME AND
PLACE FOR HEARING APPL[
CATION OF PUGET SOUND
TRACTION. LIGHT & POWER
COMPANY FOR A FRANCHISE.
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Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. sTa. 76s. Of
State OF Washington, County of King. as
/, C. NJ Uyoda, Cashier OF tho above
named bank. do solemnly swear that
the foregoing statement Is true TO the
best of my knowledge and belief
c. NJ UYEDA.
Cashier.
Correct, Attest;
Y. KAYANo,
A. " WILLIAMS.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn 20 before me this
18th day OF June. 1913.
ARTHUR n, GRIFFIN.
Notary Public IN and for the state OF
Washington. residing at Seattle. Wash
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DAIRY RANCH EXCHANGE
so-FARMs AND FARM LANDS
A porLrRY RANcH

VIII pay big returns We have ,-acr.
pres ~ fa.s. On terms :" -, ensn
Gated for a chicken ranch. not far from
the mAcadhrn road that leads 70 the
Kirkland ferry dock You cant heat
this 90 direct 20 kirkland take Mad
ison car 20 the lake and country ferry
OF rrauta fis trips daily 90 Burke A.
Farrars office on wharf. or 100 Cher
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For good tote restaurant on ballard av..
seats - people. doing 1850 per month
cash, rent only t1s per month. Roy
y Powers 1851 Ballard nv. Phone
Ballard zoe
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Notice 10 further given that the
name OF the applicant for said
franchise Is Puget Sound Trnc-
ton. Light a Power Company.
and the description OF the county
roads and parts thereof. and Of
the streets and other public places
for which the application for such
franchise and authority Is made,
81 az follows. towit:
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7.HooM HotHE. MINITEs' RIDE
from city far sale or lease BY owner
on terms suitable 70 purchaser. or FOR
exchange for room cottage. Address
A.i0Bs. The star
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SELL On TRADE

huiidinrs ~ cattle. team chickens.
ducks. Implements $500 For Rs-
attic property WIN. Geertz. tit
Oriental fifk
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WHEREAS. the Board OF County
Commissioners for King County,
at a regular meeting OF said Board
duly held. fixed 2 O'clock p. m Of
the LIST day of July. 1913, as tho
time. and the office OF the Board
Of County commissioners. in
County Court House Of King
County. In tle city of Seattle.
Washington. as the place. for hear
Ing such application, ana ordered
the County Auditor 10 give public
notice thereof. at the expense Of
the applicant. by posting written
or printed notice In the manner
required by law.
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Ideal strawberry land. partly improved.
With berries now being marketed. This
place 10 known for ita early berries. and
was one - the first - send IN berries
20 Seattle market. located across the
bay one hours ride: IN well settled
district and close TO school
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Classified "A Hafes--Transisnt rate. are
cents per limo for charge ads. or
times for tho price OF 0. cents per line
for cash ads or times for tho price OF
3 Phones Elliott 90 or Main 1900
Ads may he loft a. these branches. whore
same rates Will be given as a, main
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United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27

DW. CHIMNEY SWEEP AND KING BIRD
BY JULIE ADAMS POWELL.

When the King bird arrives in the
early spring with his bride from the
south. he guards her most jealousy.
and fights most pugnaciously all 9TH
ers OF his kind who come near.
Noted for his hghtinE nature, the
King bird Is entitled TO his royal name,
and Is also called the tyrant Fly Catch
er. and from his epicurean love OF in
sects. he is known again as the Bee
Martin. although far removed from the
Martin family being really one Of the
Fly Catchers.
lie possesses no noble qualities. as
without provocation he often allows
his angry passions to rise. and
makes bold and aggressive attacks on
the crow. and often chases away
from his field the less offensive small
birds. Very like the Indians of the
western plains. the King bird never
likes TO meet n foe in open warfare.
preferring TO swoop down upon some
unofrcnding neighbor. giving him a
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27
s,eei Ties on European Railways,

During a recent visit to Europe the
writer was struck with the fact that
the steel tie. which has made very lit
tie headway in the United States. is
extensively used abroad. and particu.
larly in Germany, where only two
years ago the Prussian State railways
alone purchased over 10000 tons OF
ties of this character. We noted on
the fine stretch OF road between Ber-
lin and Hamburg that the steel tie
track was OF most excellent quality,
both as regards the surface and align
ment, and We were particularly sur
prised to find that contrary to the gen
eral impression, the track was not
noisy. but was as a matter of fact
more silent than some stretches of
good track over which we have ridden
which were laid on wooden ties. 1t IS
fair to state, however. that the Ger
man locomotives and ears are much
lighter than those in the United
States-Scientific American.
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27
MILES WITHOUT CURVE
LONGEST STRAIGHT STRETCH OF
RAILROAD CLAIMED FOR TEXAS.
Headlight Can Be Seen for Forty-Nine
Miles, and Unsophisticated Trav-
eIer Really Need Not Have Been
in So Much of Rush.

e. ii. Moeller. who recently return
ed from Kansas. where he has been
travelling and making the Panhandle
Of Texas, received the following letter
from a friend of his who who made
his first trip through the Panhandle:
Il have been on the road for a
Kansas City house now for six years
travelling Kansas and Missouri, but
the house has now added the Panhan-
die Of Texas to my territory and I
have just finished my first trip. The
first town out of Kansas across the
strip was Tyrone, Okla. had spent
the afternoon there and intended to
take night train back to Liberal A
bunch Of US were sitting on the front
porch OF the Commercial hotel when
| saw a headlight looming up down
the track. | made a rush for my grips
and yelled at the boy to get his cart
and take 'em over to the depot quick.
| didn't wait for his answer. but ran
over to the depot and rushed up to
the window and demanded a ticket for
Liberal
How's this?' said to the agent. I
thought this train wasn't due for an
hour. and here she is not mile away
Mister he replied. you better go
back to the hotel and buy cigars for
that bunch. This is your first trip
down here. amt it? Well. thought
SO. That headlight is just 40 miles
away; you've got pretty nearly an
hour to finish that game of rummy.
This is the longest stretch of straight
track in the country. &c miles. clear
across the Panhandle without a curve.
You see that house over there? That's
where live. | don't have to light a
lamp until after 9 o'clock winter
nights. About sundown the Golden
State Limited looms up down about
Texhoma and she shines right into my
kitchen window for an hour. finally
getting SO bright that my wife has to
pull the curtains. and ten minutes
behind her comes No. "a. and it takes
1t 20 minutes TO get by with its light.
It's a great saving for me, and my
wife has gotten so she won't wash
dishes by anything but electric light
never have TO call the dispatcher to
to get :. line on the trains. l climb to
the roof OF the station, get q line on
the headlight and mark up my board
accordingly Have you any baggage
to check? FORT Wayne Journal
Gazette.
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27
TAUGHT NOT TO TAKE CaA.cE
Railroads Working to Impress on EN-
ployes the Necessity for Careful
ness When at Work.

The trouble comes from the little
accidents. The big cause OF injuries
is the little accident. 1t is not the big
wrecks that bring up the figures but
the slips OF carelessness. A yard man
stands in front of the switch engine
between the rails. and swings up on
the footboard. He does this for i've
years with never a mishap. Then one
morning. when the footboard is Gov
cred with ice, his foot twists and be
slips-and his oldest son is taken out
of school to help support the family
or course the right way is to stand
outside of the rails and swing on. il
he slips. then he will suffer nothing
more than a jar-he will not go down
between the rails.
a yard man is running along b. the
side of a car and is just about to
swing up when he stumbles over II
chunk of coal and goes under the
wheels. A loose board is left un-
mended on the roof of box car,
brakeman coming along stubs his toe
and pitches off headlong into the
night. These are the little accidents
that make the widows.
The New York Central is one OF the
roads that teaches the men TO be
careful of the little accident through
committees of safety. This company
has so OF these committees with an
aggregate mem bership of 900 men
They wear a button and report all
lapses Gil part OF the employees. A
member of the committee OF safety
has authority over a man of his rank
who is not q member For instance.
if track walker who is a member of
the committee sees another track
walker taking chance. he reports
him for his carelessness Then the
careless track walker is laid OF for
Is days. There is nothing like cut
ting of a mans pay for a couple of
weeks to teach him to get over his
careless fabits. The New York Cen
trail has 900 pairs of eyes constantly
watching and safeguarding The
president of the road can't see every
thing; it is the track walker who finds
the broken rails.-Homer Croy in Les
lies
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27
PEAT FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVES
Swedish Engineers Plan TO Utilize
the sess of His Country Seems
Feasible.

The announcement that Hiaimar
Won Porat. a Swedish engineer had
perfected a process for utilizing peat
powder as fuel for locomotives has
awakened interest in the possibility
of developing the extensive peat bogs
OF Sweden for this purpose. says Pow
er.
The powder is manufactured By the
Ekelund process. 1t does not appear
that this process has made much
headway as yet. but it is now predict
ed that in connection with the disccv-
cry of Mr.. Won Poret the use OF peat
powder will in time become exten-
sive.
In the Won Porat system the peat
powder is fed by an automatic de
vice into the furnace OF the loC0mo-
tive, which is specially arrsu=ed to
consume it According TO Mr. Won
Porat the results obtained with peat
powder may be summed Up as follows
Substantially the same results an
be had from one and one-hali tons Of
peat powder that one ton OF coal will
produce. Peat powder may be burned
with an admixture Of about per cent.
u Soi- As ~ uiihS Win peat poNuet
the work is almost nothing in com
parison with firing with coal. because
the powder is forced into the furnace
by automatic process. No change
had to be made in the boiler and none
in the firebox. except installing the
special apparatus. There is no diff
Guilty in bringing the powder from the
tender TO the firebox. as it passes
through conveyance pipe AroIner
advantage in using peat powder is
that no cold air can get into the IRE
box and neither smoke nor sparks
escape from the smokestack
AS result OF Won Porat's Invention
it is reported that number Of the
swedish railways are preparing 10 use
peat powder instead OF coal
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27

eye. You're second edition OF Ralph Waldo
Emerson, my boy" said be little quizzicaly.
They're pretty by the water said Billy and
the wind whispers to them and they tell me what
the wind says"
You're a poet" said the with the box.
Il wouldn't pick your flowers they the
real gold they seem to be. but I'm after birds.
too"
-Bang 'em and put 'em in a box"
NO. just look at them"
''I'lI show you lots" said Billy
The came 10 the meadows often after this
and met Billy The lad knew where the lark
finch. where the vireo placed its paper-lined
home and where the oriole swung Its cradle. He
showed all his treasures to the who
willing to look and TO spare. One day Billy
brought papers to his Observation-Disclosures
cal acquaintance. They're poems. he said
like what the man with the gray beard wrote
about bobolinks and like what the man Shake
something said about the yellow swamp flowers"
Billys naturalist friead took the manuscript
make photographer weep. but there poe
try. The boy said In essence that the marigold
didn't die because he thought OF II all the year
through. and thinking OF things makes EN- live
One OF By's sehoolmates had trapped shore
lark The bird slnEa II scars and In that
spect Is like the lark that at heavens gate
singE" Billy had fought good fight for the
homeward but crowd OF schooImates who re-
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27

garded the larks as fair prey made numbers
carry the day.
One day Billy and the stroller afeld were
tramping the meadow that edges the Bowman
vile road that along and crosses the rustic
bridge over the north branch of the river. They
heard shouts and turning that building
facing the road was fire. 1t frame
structure with the two upper stories occupied by
families. 1t was the ledge of the front win
dow of the upper apartment that the Gagged lark
which Billy had tried to had been impris-
oned for several days. The and boy started
for the of the fire The building a
furnace -Everybody's out" called a man in the
crowd that had gathered.
Billy, the wtless, looked up He the lark
in the cage. The stairway burning. He
eluded OBTAINING hand and dashed into the en-
trance and up the stairs. a jumped after
him. but II too late He driven back.
In less than a minute the people with staring
eyes the boy appear at the front upper win
dow. His form framed with smoke and
flame They saw him fairly tear apart the cage
that held the lark In instant the bird was
free and went soaring heavenward singing
There was crash; floor had given way. A
little later crowd had gathered round the dead
body of a boy The school teacher and Billy s
naturalist companion were looking down the
face that the flames had left untouched
He wanted 10 be a poet said the teacher.
Wanted TO he9r said the tramper OF the fields.
Wanted 10 be- His whole life was a poem
and his death was song"
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27

parts are grayish slate color: on his
head is u concealed orange red crest.
The under parts are white, washed
with gray ON the breast. The tail is
black. tipped with white. The nest is
built at the end OF a branch OF some
low tree. several feet from the ground.
and is compact structure. composed
OF leaves. string. weeds. grass. fine
rootlets. bark and hair. The number
OF eggs are generally five. and they
are creamy white. spotted with dark
brown and purple gray
suppose that every boy who reads
this paper has seen the Barn Swallow.
but how many have seen the bird at
work building her nest? Some day
If you hide away inside the barn. and
keep very quiet. you can witness this
very interesting performance.
One day last summer was out on
farm, and in the barn | heard a great
chattering and chirping, and discover
ed the Barn Swallow were building.
AS the male OF most bird families
does not assist his mate in this work.
| concluded that it was he" who was
doing the chattcring. whiie the little
housewife carried the mud and straw
of which the walls of the house were
built. Most OF the time he was inside
the half-finished nest giving advice.
while she worked
There were three nests under way.
and they were round In form and the
mud and straw were firmly and
smoothly plastered together. and the
inside of finished one was lined with
soft feathers from the chicken yard.
These birds are very graceful. and
they go about in colonies. flying
low over the meadows and fields while
mn the lookout for the insects on
which they feed.
The male and the female Barn
Swallow are marked alike. The upper
parts are steely blue throat. upper
breast and forehead are chestnut
rufous in color. and the under parts
are washed with the same. shading TO
bun. The tail is very slender, and
deeply forkcd. The female Is slight
ly smaller than the male. and her col
oring is paler. She raises two broods
of young in a season, from the four
to six eggs at sitting, which are
white with spots OF purplish brown.
The Chimney Swift is more com.
monty called The Chimney Swallow"
United labor bulletin., 1913-09-27

than those OF bird. as he darts hith-
er and thither. and il is often perplex-
ing. at dusk. to distinguish the two.
These odd birds cling to the sides
Of the chimney, and to rough places. as
sisted by their spine-like tails. and are
never seen to alight on the ground, be-
cause they would be unable to arise
again. on account of their long wings
and short feet Their song consists
OF rolling twitter. which is quite
pleasant to hear
The Chimney Swift is about an inch
shorter than the English Sparrow, but
its long wings make it appear larger.
The male and female are marked
alike. being of deep, sooty gray. The
tail is even. and has very elastic and
sharply pointed quills. beyond which
the wings extend an inch and half.
The feet have exceedingly sharp
claws.
In country houses, during the sum-
mer. I have heard the roar, like dis
,ant thunder. of flock OF these birds
rising from one OF the large chimneys.
in the early morning.
The Swift laws from four to six
pure white eggs.