The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-26

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she had swung the door open
again.
mo, quito sr.- assured her. I'm
from the county assessors office.
want to asa~~s you for your poll tax.
You ar. under 80. ia imagine"
"Eighte~D." she said. biting her lip.
40 you're the smart assessor. are
your Well. tho landiady hasn't come
down yet. she's home asleep, hut
Ms jogt an we'll for you she isn't
here She's pretty sore At you. You
come down here and didn't even come
In. and assessed her furniture for
$3.50. II isn't worth 1900
-Just . minute l interrupted.
when the Assessor came 10 anxesr
tho furniture. he could hear voices In
the hotel here. but the door was lock.
rd and they wouldn't let him In. SO
instead OF calling the police. like he
should have done. 10 chop down the
door. he Kucsscd af the value OF the
furniture and ansexxod Il for $3.50.
Toll tho hndiady TO come down To
tho office n she isn't satisfied"
"Weit. I'm Ia I don't have To pay
the POLL tax. DO r.
mot II you're only ~. How about
the r~~s Of the people In the hotsl7"
Nobody here now but two mrn
on~ Of ems about 80, and IN.
others So. You can come back when
the hndiady's here In the evening.
She's over ~. Ask for Pearl Mias
whise.~
Oscar Collins was not In his pool
room on Jackson near 18th ave. T. ]
caught a glimpse Of him vanishing up
fire escape 81 the rear Of tho build
ing. explained my mission TO a
knot Of ooiored mon in the front of
the place. and asked for Oscar.
"Ahm suah. sab" said one. 'Ah
dom know where oscah has went
B1iebe he's beat II downtown Amt
bccn here To- couple hours
While he wzs explaining there was
unAnimou. exodus of eo'or~d Ken.
ticnen from tho pool ru-om- One by
one. and In lunches Of three apd four.
They dwtndied away.
I'm be back" I said. and my In.
formsnt s~~med relieved
-wh.wfaf time. nah,-
oh. this afternoon
COIL N-T UNDERSTAND TILL
M MENTIONED POLICE
-y~~. Eah. Ahn Try 70 have oscah
heah. rah.'
I dropped into the International
restaurant where the floor b covered
with rawcu.s and Greeks Nobody
could speak Engissh until mention
al the police.
II was finally explained that no
body In tho restaurant lived In s~at-
tie. but all WIRE merely In town on q
visit OF something. and tho boss
would report ss The asscasur,s office
to account for himsslf and his en-.
pioyeA
MixsAh Luther n. Evvr~ss vxs hav.
ing his shoes shined In his barber
shop the Luson- lie has the repu.
safion a being The erap -shocsin sss
baby In town.
80 the govcnah Sign The bifi. ana
hsY- inquired Luther. .Ahu my
that's tough Don't ovAhsook NAH
former wife Maud. In the poii tax.
She's got plenty money. Maud hAa'
Down IN . shack on Eighth ava r..
lives Maxxis corAk and her two
brixht<yed tota Her house In a.
neatly kept inside A. the admirsi's
flagship. Her hands mr.. cAJiousei
from hard work The poll TAI Law
gets her. and hr~ husband. Toni
Yea she sighed '-ronfs out
looking for work. He's -. I'm ~.
We can't pay now. tho. I don't
know how we're going TO pay
The law IL the lax.- told her. A.
shr closed the door.
CASEY ASKS ABOUT
THAT RECALL
didn't find AIRS. Laura Barker
unsil reached the home Of Mrs
Nina Hendrickson. At 1871 resier
Way. Mrs Barker has n room up.
STARK.
Come In. please said Mrs. Hen.
Erickson. ushering me into a nea,
little parior with old fashioned pic.
lures on the waii.
There's my husband and I living
downstairs He's past 50. bu, IN
have TO pay. Downstairs lives Mr..
and Mrs J. n. Casey. You can sce
him, but III ask you not to rse Mrs.
Barker. she's not we'll"
Casey IL a big Irishman. out Of
work. He came TO the door with a
ready smile
You get me and my wife, ne uaid.
when are you going to get the re-.
call ouf7 I'm going to sign that Pc
tition. too. It's rotten. this poll tar.
Amt III"
Now. what about Mrs. Barkcrr-
asked Mrs. Hendrickson.
She snt down and told me.
Mrs. Barker" she said. lis about
70. She's n widow. all alone. And
she's sick in bed she hasn't any
money. or any job. She's too sick to
work II she had one. She had ter.
rible bad night. last night. sat up
with her til morning. She's just go,
10 sleep. no I ask you not TO disturb
her II you can get along without H."
] told her II wasn't necessary.
~ DIRTY SHAME
SAYS SEAFARER
That's good" spoke up Hcndrick
son. big. hardy. seafaring man,
who had swung into the room. ITS
dirty shame, takjng poll tar from
that woman. that's what Il is"
That's why I say there are some
things I'd rather do than collec. the
tax J asscssed yesterday against Mrs.
Barker.
II can be easily done. and legally.
much more easily than from some OF
tho big. healthy men ! listed and tho
hotel folks I met.
For the law the governor signed a
week ago empowers the tax collec.
tor TO take from Mrs. BARKER what
abe has--her wedding ring. her shoes
or the bed she lies on.
But I'D rather not be the one to
do II. ia tell Gov. Hart he could