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SEATTLE REPUBLICAN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1906 VOL. XII. NO. 39 [Name] [Name] JOHN RIPLINGER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF SEATTLE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON APR 29 1952 CAN PRICE TEN CENTS What Riplinger Will Do. In accepting the nomination for Mayor, John Riplinger spoke as follows: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: "I am indeed grateful for this, the highest honor that you can confer. "I am not devoid of gratitude or of appreciation of the responsibility that rests upon the mayor of this great and growing city. If elected mayor of this city, I promise you that my administration will go down in history like that of our present honorable mayor, as an administration for the people, and in the words of our President, 'an administration that will give a square deal to every man, woman and child.' "I approve of the platform as adopted by this convention, and if I am elected, I pledge you that the principles therein promulgated will be enforced, so far as within the power of the mayor so to do. "I am in favor of municipal ownership to such an extent as is consistent with good government and within the financial ability of this city. The Republican party of this city, like that of the nation, is a party of progress. "We already own the lighting and water plants. The water plant was first taken over by the city of Seattle during the Republican administration with Robert Moran as mayor; that was nearly twenty years ago. In later years the city has constructed a plant for the generating of electric power, and, while this plant has not been completed in all details, it has proved a success. Before we do anything further along these lines we must first take care of these two projects. It is generally understood that the lighting plant must be given more money to extend its system and make it possible to give the city light to householders and business firms. I say that the Republican party is a party of progress and is proud of its achievements. On Street Car Lines. "The time will probably come when the city will want to take over the street car system of this city. If I happen to be mayor at the time when the majority of the people believe that the street car lines should be owned and operated by the city, I would be their servant in bringing about such a condition of affairs. I believe that the question of the purchase and operation of public utilities, other than those that are owned and operated by the city at the present time, should from time to time, be sumitted to the people of this city, so that by their vote and voice they can decide that which to them seems best. For Common User Clause. "I believe that every street car franchise should contain a common user clause; as a matter of fact, I believe that all franchises for public utilities, whether for street railway, water or light, for public service should be so framed that in the event of poor service, exorbitant rates, etc., the city would have power to take the business over at a price to be fixed by a board of arbitration without any value being assigned to franchise THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN rights. With such conditions contained in every franchise granted, good service would be assured, and there would always be a weapon of sufficient strength to bring any corporation into line. "I am opposed, and always will be opposed, to any legislation that would rob the people of the benefit of any corporation or take from them any of their rights as citizens; I would be just as strictly opposed to any legislation that would abrogate the just rights of any corporation. "I am opposed to the granting of any franchise of public utilities that will exted beyond th eyear 1934, when the present street car franchises expire, to the end that if the people of this city wish to take over all public utilities, they may do so at a given date. "I am in favor of just and equal taxation. It is the poor man that has to bear the increased burden of taxation. Without any distinction of the production of wealth, the poor do pay a majority proportion of the taxes; the poor man's property is always in sight, where the assessor can see it; the rich have their holdings where they can and do conceal them. It is a notorious fact that the men of wealth evade their just proportion of taxation and thus feel less keenly than do their poor neighbors an increase in taxation. Will Eradicate Vice. "I am in favor of the eradication of vice in all its forms, and I pledge you that in my administration that this city will not retrograde, as far as it is in the power of the mayor to prevent it. "I am opposed to all cast that are contrary to law, either criminal or civil, and so far as it is possible vice in all its forms wil be kept out of this city, to the end that we may advertise to the whole world the fact that the city of Seattle is not only the most beautiful and progressive, but also one of the best governed and most law-abiding cities in the whole United States, so that the people who are here now, or may come hereafter within our borders, can do so with the assurance that their rights will be protected and that vice is not tolerated. "This city will never again be known as a wide open city or as a semi-wide open city. On the contrary, we will see that the law is respected and enforced. "Parks of this city, either public or private, should not and will not be infested by resorts of an unlawful nature; to be plain, I want to say that I believe the greatest crime that can be perpetrated by a city is the toleration of resorts, either in parks or elsewhere, where the virtue of our young people may be prostituted. "The Republican party has no fear; our record is before the people, and if backbone and courage of conviction is necessary to carry out the wishes of the majority of the people to give satisfaction, and to give to the city a clean, conscientious and businesslike administration, that in years to come we may look upon with pride, I will and do now pledge myself to supply the backbone and the courage." Moore a Political Turncoat Nothing more conclusively demonstrates that William Hickman Moore, the Municipal Ownership candidate for mayor of Seattle at the coming city election, is sailing under false colors than that his candidacy is being supported by the Seattle Daily Times, which paper, though professedly Democratic in politics, is today supporting the entire Republican ticket even to ward councilmen with the exception of the Republican candidate for mayor, Mr. John Riplinger, and which paper is an open opponent of municipal ownership. It is a notorious fact that the Times is the organ of the Seattle Electric Company and that company wants the Republican officials elected and therefore has ordered its journalistic mouthpiece to support the Republican ticket, though the company had no objections of it supporting the Municipal Ownership candidate for mayor because the company knows that Moore is no more a Municipal Ownership man at heart than is the president of the company himself and this the Times also knows and for that reason it can cheerfully support at least one Democrat. Would-Be-Mayor Moore is a Southern Democrat of the old school and the Southern political demagogue that is not ready and willing to wade through blood up to his waist for the sake of getting an office for himself is yet to be born. Riot, rebellion and mobocracy are all to his way of thinking as well as liking if any one attempts to stand between him and an office door on which he has set his heart to enter. When these revolutionary tactics fail him then he resorts to all the cunning devices known to the political trickster to get by chicanery what force failed to bring him. Moore's political history in Seattle is one of continuous office seeking and when he has ridden one hobby as long as it would be of any office seeking service to him he soon pushed it aside, but just as quickly mounted another. He came to Seattle a cotton mouth, fire eating Southern Democrat and boasted of it, but he soon learned that that would not get him an office in this state, so in 1896 he was quick to catch on to the free silver tidal wave and became one of its most ardent advocates. It gave him the desired office, which he held for four years, but his honor was convinced before he had served more than half of his term as superior court judge that free silver would soon go where the woodbine twineth and he began to hedge. In the middle of his term he began to flirt with the labor unions and to try his faith they appealed to him to permit them to ruin business enterprises which did not employ union men and he gave them that right by rendering a decision from the bench that labor unions had the right to destroy one's business if the management of such business enterprises did not employ union men. The opinion was doubtless one of the rankest decisions ever handed down from a judicial bench. He was shrewd enough to see that it would be fool hardy for him to make a second race for judge on the Fusion ticket so he declined a renomination and began at once to flirt with the Gold Democrats. In 1902 he secured a nomination for the FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1906 state senate in the thirty-fourth Senatorial district and then it was that he sold himself soul and body to the corporations and the Republican party for his election. The former spent $40,000 to elect him and the leading Republicans of the district supported him, but under duress. In the legislature he was to vote for the Republican candidate for United States senator and of course was to always be ready to save the day for the corporation bills when called upon, but the deceptive part of this game was, he always worked with the labor union forces when he felt absolutely certain the measure he was advocating for them would fail of passage. Since his term of office expired in the senate he has been casting about for another hobby on which to ride into another office and was quick to accept the theory of Municipal Ownership because Dunne of Chicago succeeded on that plank. While the advocates of municipal ownership did not want him as their candidate yet they permitted themselves to be inveigled into a mass convention with the labor union folk and they packed the hall on them and as a result none of the real advocates of municipal ownership, such as Mathew Dow, George Cottril or W. D. Wood, could get within a stone's throw of the nomination, and so they had to line up for Moore, who had thrown the labor unions a bit of sop while he was on the bench. Moore hails from a section of this country that has no sympathy in the world with union labor and he himself has none for it only so far as he can use it for his own selfish ends. Now every move in Moore's campaign point to the fact that he is a municipal ownership advocate only for what it will bring him, because he himself seems to know nothing in the world about it and he does not dare to discuss the subject one way or the other but always manages to leave it to George Cottrill while he plays razzle dazzle to the gallery guards. The good book says, "you can not serve God and mamon at the same time." If that be true, and it is not doubted, how can Moore be the ideal candidate for the corporations and at the same time be the Moses of the labor unionists? Is not somebody somewhere down the line getting a song an dance? Either the corporations or the working men are not going to get a square deal and Mr. Moore should be fair enough in some of his speeches to say which one of the two he proposes to throw overboard if he is elected, for God hates a coward. The gamblers and thugs, it is said, have passed the word down the line that if Billy Moore is elected mayor, he will do as all other Democratic mayors in other cities the country over have done in the towns in which they have been elected, give Seattle a "wide open policy" and to that end they are working for his election by day and by night and more especially the latter, as they are able to raise more filthy lucre for campaign work by night. The gamblers seem to feel absolutely certain that Moore will do this, for they say, "is he not one of us." A publication in this city not long since editorially said that "the FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1906 most of Judge Moore's salary for the four years he was in office went to the paying up of his gambling debts." If that was true no one has heard of Billy reforming along this line. We do not positively say that Moore, if elected, will throw open the doors to vice as was it under the Humes administration, but on this subject he has been as mum as a mute. He may be planning to make a Sunday school town out of Seattle, but from his association in the past one would not be warranted in banking on it. Compare, if you will, Moore's public utterances on the wide open policy with that of John Riplinger's and then Mr. Law-Abiding Citizen speak right out in meeting and say which one of the men you feel it is your duty as such as citizen to vote for. We quote: "from Moore's speech of acceptance on the subject of a wide open policy. "This city will never again be known as a wide open city or a semiwide open city. On the contrary, we will see the law is respected and enforced." From John Riplinger's speech of acceptance on the wide open policy. Which, Mr. Good Citizen, are you for?" THE PLATFORM. We congratulate the city of Seattle upon the able, upright and efficient administration of public affairs by the present city officials under the leadership of the Hon. Richard A. Bellinger as mayor, and in the interest of good government we pledge the nominees of this convention to a continuance of the policies of the present administration. We demand of the city administration an economical, fair and wise disbursement of all public moneys; and further declare that the future welfare of the city requires that an adequate provision be immediately made for the acquiring and maintenance of playgrounds for the children throughout the growing residence districts and in the immediate vicinity of the public schools of the city; and we pledge the Republican party and its nominees to the fair distribution for such purposes of all public moneys available for the THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN acquiring and maintenance of parks, driveways and playgrounds. We commend the action of the present Republican administration in securing to the city of Seattle a reasonable rate of interest upon all municipal deposits, and we hereby pledge our nominees to a continued and faithful execution of this policy. We are in favor of the adoption, at the earliest possible date, of a plan of making party nominations which will give to the people a better opportunity to express their will in the selection of candidates, and to that end we hereby indorse the direct primary system as a proper and necessary reform in that direction. We favor the establishment of permanent street grades to all parts of the city, at the earliest practicable time; and we demand that contractors for public work be held to a prompt and faithful performance of their contract. In order to economically provide for the maintenance and repair and the future paving of our public streets, we pledge the Republican party and its nominees to the construction of a city asphalt plant. We commend the present Republican administration for the steps already taken toward the construction of a garbage plant, and hereby pledge our nominees to the completion of the same forthwith. We point with pride to the record of the Republican party in the construction and operation of the Cedar river water system, and demand of the city administration the further perfection and extension of the same system; and we pledge the Republican party and its nominees to furnish to each consumer an ample supply of city water at the lowest possible cost; and we condemn the proposition for the introduction of the meter system into the homes of the people. We congratulate the people upon the inauguration of the city electric lighting system, in accordance with the pledges of the Republican party, and further pledge each nominee of this convention to the prompt and early extension of said lighting system, to the end that an abundant supply of city light may be furnished by the city for public and private use; and we hereby further pledge each of our nominees to a faithful, wise, economical and businesslike construction, extension and management of the city lighting plant, in order that each householder at the earliest practicable time, shall be afforded the privilege and use of city light at the lowest possible charge consistent with self-sustaining and business principles. The best interests of the people demand that exclusive franchises and rights in and upon public streets should not be granted to any individual or corporation, and we pledge the nominees of this convention to grant no exclusive franchises, and, further, that all franchises granted shall contain and be safeguarded with joint user provisions upon an equitable basis to all. Every advancement in the direction of municipal ownership which has been made in this city has been brought about by the Republican party, and we hereby pledge our nominees to the furtherance of this principle, and, in order that the will of the people shall be ascertained, this convention pledges its nominees to call for a popular vote at the earliest practicable time upon the question of the purchase or construction by the city of an adequate street railway system; and we further pledge the Republican party and each of its nominees to faithfully carry out the will of the people so expressed. RIPLINGER THE RIGHT MAN. Never in the history of the Republican party in this city has it nominated a cleaner ticket than the one now before the public for its favorable consideration. Each and every nominee on the ticket is a man of honor and integrity and can be pointed with pride to by any citizen of the city. When the "machine" will nominate men of such integrity as the present Republican nominees in Seattle then the machine is good enough for the best. Our candidate for mayor, Hon. John Riplinger, is a man against whom never a breath of suspicion that if brought to light would in the least besmirch his escutcheon has been uttered. If the past is any criterion for the future he will be one of the most upright as well as successful chief executives that Seattle has ever had. The Seattle Republican has never seen a Republican nominee either of state, county or city that it more cheerfully gives its support to than it does to John Riplinger, the Republican candidate for mayor of Seattle at this time. Always fair, courteous and accommodating, are characteristics of the man that cause him to be admired, honored, esteemed and even loved by every man, woman and child that have ever known him. No wonder Mayor Ballinger unhestitatingly announced, "I will give my hearty support to the candidacy of John Riplinger," because since he has been mayor no one about the city hall came nearer being Mayor Ballinger's "right bower," figuratively speaking, than Comptroller John Riplinger. Mayor Ballinger's official success was largely due to the strong Riplinger spoke in his official wheel. What John Riplinger will do as mayor of Greater Seattle we have his manly words before the convention which nominated him, and the ringing words of the platform of the same convention, every word and plank of which platform he promises to cheerfully support. The other nominees were no less outspoken than Mr. Riplinger and The Seattle Republican bespeaks for each of them a hearty co-operation with the chief executive in carrying out the party pledges. THE CANDIDATES: John Riplinger, nominee for mayor on the Republican ticket, was born on a farm near Hastings, Minn., October 12, 1864. He attended the country district school until 13 years of age. He then went to work as a farm hand, following this occupation until 18 years of age, in the meantime supplementing his education by studying evenings. At the age of 18 he secured a clerkship in Hastings, and learned the printer's trade, working after business hours to master the art, which he did to a sufficient extent so that in 1886 he was able to purchase a one-half interest in a shop in his home town. This he conducted until the fall of 1890, when he sold out and came to Washington, arriving in Skagit county in the spring of 1891. He came to Seattle in July, 1891, to reside. He went to work for Byron Phelps, then county treasurer, to revise and compile the old tax rolls. On December 1 of that year Treasurer Phelps appointed him chief clerk in John Riplinger. the office, in which position he continued under the succeeding administration, retiring on the election of J. W. Maple, Democrat. For a year he worked as an expert book accountant, after which he went into British Columbia as a prospector, returning to Seattle in the fall of 1897. On January 1, 1898, Will H. Parry appointed him chief clerk in the comptroller's office, where he served under the Parry and succeeding Paul administrations until the spring of 1902, when he was himself nominated for the office and elected by the largest majority of any man on the ticket. Two years ago he again led his ticket, being elected by a plurality of 4.500, the largest ever given a candidate for city office. He was married on December 13, 1888, at Hastings, Minn., to Miss Ada L. Richards, and now resides with his wife and child, a daughter, aged 15 years, at 720 Fifteenth Avenue North, on Capitol hill. He is a member of a number of local secret and benevolent societies, among them the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Woodmen of the World and Foresters. James Conway. James Conway, Republican nominee from the First ward, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1865. He came to Seattle from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., in 1887. He engaged in the contracting business for bridge building and pile driving, and also in the grocery business. Mr. Conway is now a member of the firm of Conway Bros., feed and sale stable. He has already served one term in the council, from 1902 to 1904, and has been twice elected to the legislature, in 1896 and in 1900. Herbert L. Jaffe. Herbert L. Jaffe, Republican nominee from the Second ward, was born in San Francisco in 1875. He had a common school education and came to Seattle in 1890 with his parents when 15 years of age. Mr. Jaffe is now secretary and treasurer of Jaffe & Co. He has never held political office. H. C. Gill. Hi C. Gill, the nominee for councilman from the Third ward, is not only well known among the local politicians, but is also one of the most prominent lawyers in the city. He was born in Waterville, Wis., and came to this city when a young man and entered the law office of one of the local attorneys as a stenographer. Soon he left this position and started out for himself in the legal line. He quickly gained a reputation for cleverness, and has been for many years one of the most prominent Republicans in the city of Seattle. During the last year he held the office of president of the city council. Mr. Gill comes of an old political stock, and his father, a colonel during the civil war, held the office of commissioner of pensions under President Grant. Frederick Sawyer. Frederick Sawyer, Republican nominee from the Fourth ward, was born in Dover, N. H., in 1885. He was in the railroad business as a station agent, holding that position in Butte and Helena until he came to Seattle in the summer of 1894. Mr. Sawyer is proprietor of the old Rainier Hotel and has never held any political office. Ellis Morrison. Ellis Morrison, Republican nominee from the Fifth ward, was born in But- (Continued to page 7.) . The Seattle Republican Established May, 1892 H. R. Cayton..............Editor and Publisher Susie Revels Cayton.................. Associate SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ........c cee ee eee e eee e eevee eee eo $2.00 Six Months .........eeseseeeeeeeeceveeeeee 1.00 PHVCC MONS 357 eacc secretes ievesteciascase) 100) Published every Friday at 214 Columbia St. Entered at the Postoffice at Seattle as Second- class Mail Matter. THE TICKET. Mayor, JOHN RIPLINGER. Corporation Counsel, SCOTT CALHOUN. Comptroller, H. W. CARROLL. Treasurer, GEORGE F. RUSSELL. 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He has a mustache and is looking directly at the camera. The background is a solid black oval.]] F. H. HURD, Candidate for Councilman-at-Large. [Name not visible] SCOTT CALHOUN, Candidate for Corporation Counsel. [Name not visible in the image] [Name not visible in the image] HARRY W. CARROLL, Candidate for City Comptroller. M. B. GEORGE F. RUSSELL, Candidate for City Treasurer. Proposed Charter Amendments for the City of Seattle A resolution and proposition to amend section 9 of article IV of the city charter and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: the city of Seattle as follows. That section 9 of article IV. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 9. The council shall meet upon the first and third Mondays of each month, or if either of those days be a legal holiday, then upon the next day, not a legal holiday, thereafter, and all its sessions shall be public, and it shall not adjourn to any other place than its regular place of meeting. The mayor, or in his absence or disability, the president of the council, or any three councilmen, may call a special meeting of the city council." And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held the 6th day of March 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, 1906. H. C. GILL. President of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER. City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 821. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 2 of section 11 of article VIII. of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 2 of section 11 of article VIII. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Subdivision 2. The city council shall, by general ordinance, provide the manner in which the aforesaid improvements may be made, and prescribe all needful regulations for the exercise by the city of the power granted and contained in the foregoing subdivision of this section; provided, that in all cases in which the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any such improvement is to be defrayed by the collection of a special assessment upon the property specially benefited thereby, the following proceedings shall be taken, viz.: There must be presented to the board of public works a written petition setting forth the street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, squares or places, or parts thereof to be improved, the nature of the improvement, the mode of payment and the fact that the signers are the owners of the property to be benefited by such improvement to the aggregate amount of a majority of the special assessment to be levied therefor according to the transfer books in the office of the county auditor. If any such property stands in the name of a deceased person or any person for whom a guardian has been appointed, the signature of the executor, administrator or guardian, as the case may be, shall be equal to the signature of the owner of the property on such petition. If the board of public works finds the facts set forth in said petition to be true, they shall cause an estimate of the cost and expense of such improvement to be made and transmit the same, together with all papers and information in their possession touching such improvement, with the estimated cost thereof, and their recommendations thereon, a description of the property which will be specially benefited thereby and a statement of the proportionate amount of the cost and expense of such improvement which shall be borne by such property, to the city council. The city council shall have full authority to consider all matters in relation to such proposed improvement, and may authorize the same by ordinance or refuse it in its discretion; provided, that unless the petition for said improvement shall be signed by three-fourths (%) of the property to be assessed therefor and specifies a greater percentage than fifty per cent., the city council, or board of public works shall not have authority to further proceed in the matter of such improvement whenever the cost of any work or improvement ordered, to be done by the city council and chargeable as a lien, under the provisions of this article, against the property specially benefited within such assessment district shall exceed fifty per cent. of the total assessed valuation of the lots or parcels of land contained in such assessment district as the same appears upon the last annual assessment roll, made for the levying of taxes for municipal purposes, in which case such improvement shall not be granted unless the same be so modified that the cost thereof shall not exceed such fifty per cent. of the aforesaid valuation. Said limit of fifty per cent., however, may be extended when any improvement shall be petitioned for by the owners of three-fourths (%) of the property to be assessed for said proposed improvement, and when such petition specified not to exceed a certain higher percentage. The action and decision of the city council as to all matters passed upon by it in relation to the rejection or the granting of such petition shall be final and conclusive. The city council may order the whole or any part of the streets, lanes, alleys, squares or public places of the city to be graded, regraded, sidewalked, residewalked, planked or replanked, paved, repaved, macadamized, remacadamized, graveled, regraveled, piled, repiled, capped, recapped, or may order any bulkhead, retaining wall, viaduct, tunnel, water main or sewer with manholes, catch basins and other proper connections, to be constructed or repaired therein and may provide for defraying the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any such improvement by the collection of a special assessment upon the property specially benefited thereby in the manner provided in this section without the presentation of any petition either to the board of public works or to the city council; provided, that unless a petition as hereinbefore prescribed be presented, such improvement shall not be ordered except by ordinance passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the city council, at a regular meeting, or at a meeting which is an adjournment of a regular meeting; provided, no street shall be ordered graded without petition, except by a unanimous vote of all members present; and provided that there may be established sewer or drainage districts in conformity to the requirements of the topography of the ground; and constructed in each of said districts a main or trunk sewer. Such district shall include real estate which can be conveniently sewered or drained into such main or trunk sewer, either directly or by means of sub-sewers, and which will be benefited thereby. There shall first be levied against the property immediately abutting and contiguous to such main or trunk sewer, and which can be conveniently sewered or drained into said main or trunk sewer, such amounts, in accordance with special benefits as would have been levied against such property in case there had been constructed, in the same place, a branch or sub-sewer for the service of that immediate neighborhood only, the remaining portion of the cost of said main or trunk sewer shall then be distributed and assessed equitably against all the land included in said sewer or drainage district in accordance with special benefits and in proportion to the area of the various lots, tracts or parcels of land therein. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held the 6th day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906. H. C. GILL, President of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER, City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 819. Proposed Amendment No. 3. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 3 of section 11 of article VIII of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Re is resolved by the Be is resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 3 of section 11 of Article VIII. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Subdivision 3. Every ordinance ordering any improvement mentioned in this section shall establish a local improvement district to be called 'Local Improvement District No.'—which district shall embrace, as near as may be, all the property specially benefited by such improvement. Unless otherwise provided in such ordinance, such district shall be deemed to include all the property between the termini of said improvement, abutting upon, adjacent or proximate to the street, lane, alley, avenue, place or square proposed to be improved to a distance back from the marginal line thereof to the center line of the blocks facing thereon; provided, that in any case the distance back from the street shall be at least ninety (90) feet; and provided further, that in the case of unplatted property, the distance back from the margin of the same, for purposes of assessment, shall be the same distance as that included in the assessment of the platted lands immediately adjacent thereto, and all property included within said limits of such local improvement district shall be considered and held to be the property specially benefited by such local improvement, and shall be the property to be assessed to pay the cost and expense thereof or such proportion thereof as may be chargeable against the property specially benefited by such improvement, which cost and expense shall be assessed upon all of said property so benefited in proportion to the separate and special benefit conferred on such property by reason of its area and particular location within the district. Said local improvement district shall, for the purpose of assessing the cost of such improvement, in proportion to the separate and special benefits conferred, be divided into four subdivisions to be numbered respectively, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th subdivisions. The first subdivision shall include all lands living between the street margin and a line drawn parallel therewith and thirty (30) feet therefrom. The second subdivision shall include all lands living within lines drawn parallel with and thirty (30) and sixty (60) feet respectively from said street margin. The third subdivision shall include all lands living within lines drawn parallel with and sixty (60) and ninety (90) feet respectively from said street margin. The fourth subdivision shall include all lands lying between a line drawn parallel with and ninety (90) feet from said street margin and the outer limit of said local improvement district, as hereinabove described. If the areas of each of the four subdivisions are equal, there shall be assessed against the first subdivision 40 per centum of the whole cost, against the second subdivision 25 per centum of the whole cost, against the third subdivision 20 per centum of the whole cost, and against the fourth subdivision 15 per centum of the whole cost. If the areas are unequal, the rates fixed for each subdivision shall be fixed on the basis that the benefits conferred on a square foot of land in subdivisions first, second, third and fourth respectively, are related to each other as are the numbers 40, 25, 20 and 15 respectively. The city council, at all hearings on assessment rolls, shall sit as a board of equalization in open council for the purpose of changing, altering or amending said rolls, that all assessments shall be made, as near as may be, strictly in accordance with special benefits, and the subdivision rate of assessment herein prescribed shall in nowise limit or abridge such powers of the city council. All notices of hearing on assessment rolls shall clearly specify that at such hearing the council will proceed to confirm all assessments shown thereon, or lower, raise or otherwise modify or alter the same, as in its discretion may be deemed just. All assessments levied upon lands of the city of Seattle shall be paid by the city of Seattle out of its general fund. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification at the next general election to be held the sixth day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, A. D. 1906. H. C. GILL, President of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER, City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 816. A resolution and proposition to amend section 1 of Article XVII. of the city charter and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That section 1 of article XVII. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1. The mayor shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, payable monthly. The annual salaries of the following officers of the city shall be payable monthly, and shall be as follows: Treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; city comptroller and ex-officio city clerk, three thousand six hundred dollars; corporation counsel, five thousand dollars; councilmen, one thousand five hundred dollars each. A deduction of ten dollars for each absence shall be made from the salary of each councilman who shall be absent from any regular meeting of the city council. This section shall apply to all councilmen holding office subsequent to the adoption of this amendment. including those holding office by virtue of an election held prior to the adoption of this amendment. All parts of the city charter in conflict with this section or any part thereof, be, and the same are, hereby repealed. And be it further resolved that the foregoing amendment be, and the same is, hereby, submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for the ratification or rejection at the next general municipal election to be held Tuesday, March 6, 1906. Passed the city council the 2nd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 2nd day of January, 1906. PRES. PRO. TEM. J. E. CRICHTON, Of the City Council. Filed by me this 2nd day of Jan. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 813. Proposed Amendment No. 5. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 14 of section 18 of Article IV. of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general municipal election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 14 of section 18 of article IV, of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Fourteenth—To provide for erecting, purchasing or otherwise acquiring, as the sole and exclusive property of the city, water works, within or without the corporate limits of the city, to supply said city and its inhabitants with water for any and all purposes, and to fix, alter, regulate and control the use and price of the water so supplied; provided, however, that the city council shall not enter into any contract or agreement whatever any person, company or corporation for its water supply or distribution, or for the joint or entire use of the whole or any part of the city water supply or distributing plant, including conduits, mains and reservoirs, without first submitting such proposed contract or agreement to a vote of the qualified electors of the city at a general election, or special election called for that purpose, and unless a majority of said electors voting at said election shall vote therefor; provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the city from selling to any consumer water for power or other uses, or the power manufactured from water, upon terms open to all consumers; and, provided further, that the city council may, in its discretion grant, by ordinance, to any institution which is supported in whole or in part by public charities, the free use of city water; and be it further resolved that the foregoing amendment be, and the same is, hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general municipal election, to be held Tuesday, March 6, 1906. Passed the city council the 3rd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in open session in authetication of its passage this 3rd day of January, 1906. H. C. GILL President of the City Council. Filed by me this 3rd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER. City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. RESOLUTION NO. 832. Proposed Amendment No. 6. A resolution and proposition to amend subdivision 37 of section 18 of article IV. of the city charter and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That subdivision 37 of section 18 of article IV. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "37th. To project or extend or establish streets over and across any tide lands within the corporate limits of the city and along or across the harbor areas of the city, in such manner as will best promote the interests of commerce, and to excavate and improve, for use as public slips or wharves, any of said streets, and to use all or any portion of every street extending to or projecting into the water as a public slip or wharf. No street extending to or projecting into tide water shall be vacated, except and unless such vacation be made for the purpose of altering the location of any such street, and then only after there shall have first been deeded or dedicated to the city, in exchange therefore, land equally or better adapted to the uses of the city for street or municipal purposes. And be it further resolved that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held March 6th, 1906. Passed the city council the 3rd day of January, 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 3rd day of January, 1906. H C G H L President of the City Council. Filed by me this 3rd day of January, 1906. JNO. RIPLINGER. City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. RESOLUTION NO. 831. A resolution and proposition to amend section 20 of article IV. of the city charter, and providing for the submission of such proposed amendment to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle at the next general election. Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Seattle as follows: That section 20 of article IV. of the city charter of the city of Seattle be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 20. No street car, telephone, gas, electric or heating franchise shall be granted, extended or renewed to any date beyond December 31st. 1934, which does not contain adequate provision authorizing the city to acquire the plant and appurtenances built thereunder at their reasonable cash value at any time after said date: no value being assigned to any franchise right. Every franchise extending beyond said date shall contain definite provisions for ascertaining and determining such value and for submitting any differences to arbitration. No street car franchise shall be granted, reenwed or extended to or for any period of time along the routes herein described, which does not contain a provision that the city of Seattle or any person or persons or street railway company hereafter obtaining a franchise from the city of Seattle authorizing the operation of street cars for the purpose of carrying passengers or freight within the district or along the routes hereinafter described shall have the right to the common use with the grantee, its successors or assigns, for the running of the cars of the city of Seattle or of such other person or persons, company or commission as the case may be, upon paying to the grantee therein, its successors or assigns, such monthly or annual rental or compensation as may be just and reasonable, no value being assigned to any franchise right. Each such franchise shall contain definite provisions for submitting any difference respecting the proper amount of such rental or compensation, to arbitration in conformity with the laws of the state of Washington in that regard, or in such manner as shall be prescribed by the city council in the ordinance granting such franchise. The routes hereinabove referred to be as follows: Denny way from the west line of Warren avenue to the east line of Second avenue north, and Second avenue from Denny way to Pike street; Fourth avenue, Fourth avenue produced and Fourth avenue south from Denny way to the southerly city limits: Westlake avenue from Pike street to Denny way; Pine street from First avenue to Fifth avenue; Prefontaine place from Yesler way to Fourth avenue south, and such other routes as the city council may from time to time designate as canon or strategic routes. Every grant of a franchise, right or privilege shall be subject to the right of the city council at any time thereafter to repeal, change or modify the said grant if the franchise granted thereby is not operated in accordance with the provisions thereof, or at all, and every ordinance making such grant shall contain a reservation of the right of the city council to so repeal, amend or modify said ordinance. When the right, privilege or franchise has been granted, and has been accepted, the city council shall not extend the time for which such right, privilege or franchise is granted until within three years of the expiration of the time for which such right, privilege or franchise is granted. And be it further resolved, that the foregoing amendment be and the same is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Seattle for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held the sixth day of March, 1906. Passed the city council the 3rd day of January, A. D. 1906, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this 3rd day of January, A. D. 1906. H. C. GILL. President of the City Council. Filed by me this 3rd day of January, 1906. JNO RIPLINGER. City Comptroller and ex-Officio City Clerk. First publication January 19th. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8. Notice is hereby given that on February 1, 1906, a petition and proposition to amend Article XVIII of the City Charter of the City of Seattle was filed with the City Clerk of said city, which said petition and proposition prescribes the respective terms of all elective officers of the City of Seattle and provides a method for the removal of any such officer. That there be and hereby is submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Seattle to be voted upon at the next general municipal election to be held March 6, 1906, the proposition to amend Article XVIII of the City Charter of the City of Seattle by adding the following section, which amendment is the same amendment petitioned for in the above-mentioned petition, to-wit: The term of all elective officers of the city of Seattle shall be two years (except councilmen-at-large, which will be four years), unless removed by a method hereinafter provided. In case of the removal of any such officer by the method hereinafter provided, the successor of said officer shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term unless said successor is removed by the method hereinafter provided. The procedure to effect the removal of an incumbent of an elective office shall be as follows: A petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent, equal in number to at least 25 per centum of the entire vote for all candidates for the office, the incumbent of which is sought to be removed, cast at the last preceding general municipal election, demanding an election of a successor of the person to be removed, shall be filed with the city clerk; provided, that the petition sent to the council shall contain a general statement of the grounds for which the removal is sought. The signatures to the paper need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number. Any person competent to make affidavit may circulate such petition. The person circulating each such paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths, that the statements therein made are true, and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be thereunto subscribed. Within ten days from the date of filing such petition the city clerk shall examine the register and therefrom ascertain whether or not said petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified voters; and if necessary, the council shall allow him extra help for that purpose; and he shall attach to said petition his certificate showing the result of said examination. If, by the clerk's certificate, the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate. The clerk shall, within ten days after such amendment, make like examination of the amendment to the petition, and if his certificate shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person filing the same without prejudice to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If the petition shall be found to be sufficient, the clerk shall submit the same to the council without delay; and thereupon the city council shall order and fix a date for holding said election, not less than thirty days nor more than forty days from the date of the clerk's certificate to the council that a sufficient petition is filed. The city council shall make or cause to be made publication of notice, and all arrangements for hol- FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1906. THE CANDIDATES. (Continued from page 3.) ler county, Pennsylvania, in 1850. He was educated at Pennsylvania military college, from which he graduated with the degree of civil engineer. He was city engineer of Newcastle, Pa., for ten years, until 1885, coming to Seattle in 1890. Mr. Morrison has had a long political career, being first a member of the Pennsylvania legislature from 1880 to 1885, and of the Washington legislature from 1893 to 1895. He was elected speaker of the House in 1895. Mr. Morrison was chairman of the Republican state central committee in 1902. Arnold Zbinden. Arnold Zbinden, the nominee from the Sixth ward, was born in Switzerland, and came to this country with his parents when a child. His family remained in Nebraska, where he was educated and lived from 1864 to 1891, when he moved to Seattle, where he has made his home ever since. He is in the liquor business in this city and is also heavily interested in grain in the Middle West. He has held the office of councilman for the past two years. T. P. Revelle. T. P. Revelle, Republican nominee for councilman from the Seventh ward, was born in the state of Maryland in the year 1868. He is from Republican stock, his father having been one of the organizers of the Republican party. Mr. Revelle took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at the Western Maryland University, later ing of such election; and the same shall be conducted, returned and the result thereof declared, in all respects, as are other elections. The successor of any officer so removed shall hold office during the unexpired term of his predecessors. Any person sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise, in writing, the clerk shall place his name on the official ballot without nomination. In any such election the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. At such election, if some other person than the incumbent receives the highest number of votes, the incumbent shall thereupon be deemed removed from the office upon the qualification of his successor. In case the party who receives the highest number of votes should fail to qualify within ten days after receiving notification of election, the office shall be deemed vacant. If the incumbent receives the highest number of votes he shall continue in office. All parts of the charter of said City of Seattle in conflict with this amendment are hereby repealed. Witness my hand this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1906: JNO. RIPLINGER, City Comptroller and Ex-Officio City Clerk. Date of first publication, Feb. 9, 1906. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington for King County. The Acetylene Lighting Company, Plaintiff, vs, A. H. Kellogg, Mrs. A. H. Kellogg and J. L. Derwent, Defendants.—No. 49955. Summons for Publication. State of Washington to said A. H. Kellogg and Mrs. A. H. Kellogg, his wife, defendants: You and each of you are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit: within sixty days after the 26th day of January, A. D. 1906, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled Court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve a copy of your answer upon the attorneys for the plaintiff at their office below stated, and in case of your failure so to do judgment will be rendered against you according to the demands of the complaint which has been filed with the Clerk of this Court. This action is brought by the plaintiff to recover judgment against the defendants upon a contract for the sum of one hundred seventy-five dollars, and attachment has been issued upon the property of the defendants. Office and Post Office Address: 78 Sullivan Bldg., Seattle, Washington. Date of first publication, January 26, March 9. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for King County. Henry Brandt, Plaintiff, vs. C. P. Miller, Defendant.—Publication of Summons. spending one year in the Westminster Theological Seminary and graduating from the law departlegislative experience as chaplain and clerk in the senatorial branch of the Delaware legislature. He has been a resident of Seattle for the past seven years and has been practicing law for the past year. He is married and has three children. Dr. J. E. Crichton. Dr. J. E. Crichton, the nominee for councilman from the Eighth ward, is an old member of the city council and is a well known physician. He was born in Perry, N. Y., and is a graduate of the University of Buffalo, and also took a post graduate course in the Bellevue Hospital. After this he practiced medicine at his home for five years and then moved to this city, where he has remained since. William Murphy, of the Ninth. William Murphy, the nominee of the Republican convention for councilman from the Ninth ward, is the present incumbent in the council from that ward. He has been there for four different terms, and at present represents the interests of the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh wards in the city council. Mr. Murphy is a large merchant, and has stores in Fremont and at Green Lake. He is one of the heaviest property owners in the city. F. H. Hurd. F. H. Hurd, the G. A. R. candidate and Republican nominee for councilman-at-large, was born in the state of Connecticut in 1843. He received his early education in pear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wit, within 60 days after the 26th day of January, 1906, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff, at their office below stated. And in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you, according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court, and a finding and judgment will be made and entered, finding and adjudging you to be indebted to the said plaintiff upon two promissory notes, one for $100.00, executed by you to Henry Brandt, and one for $200.00, executed by you to the Puget Sound National Bank, together with interest upon the respective sums, and attorney's fees in accordance with the terms of said promissory notes, together with costs. And you are further notified that said plaintiff has caused attachment to issue in said case, and garnishment in aid of attachment to issue, and be served upon John Olsen and John A. Olsen, and John Olsen and John A. Olsen, co-partners doing business under the firm name of Olsen & Olsen, for the purpose of reaching the indebtedness due to you from them, and the property in their possession, belonging to you, and that in said cause finding and judgment will be entered, that the said indebtedness sued upon be satisfied out of said property, so levied upon by said attachment and garnishment in the hands of said garnishees hereinbefore named. GRAY & STERN. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and Postoffice Address, No. 513 Bailey Building, Seattle, Wn. January 26—March 9. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. Pearl Lockie, Plaintiff, vs. James Lockie, Defendant.—No. 49832. Summons for Publication. The State of Washington to the said James Lockie, Defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 13th day of January, 1906, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled Court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for the plaintiff at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said Court. That plaintiff's cause of action against you, as set forth in the complaint, is for divorce founded on non-support, desertion and cruelty. Attorneys for the Plaintiff. Office and Post-Office Address, Room 606 Oriental Block, Seattle, King County, Washington. Jan. 13-Feb. 24. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, in and for the County of King. In the Matter of the Estate of THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN the academy at the little town of Clinton, Conn., and left to enlist as a private in the Fourteenth Connecticut regiment in July, 1862. He served through the war from Antietam to Appomattox, and at its close he began life in the milling business at Quincy, Ill. In 1887 he moved to Seattle and engaged in the hay, grain and feed business. In 1894 Mr. Hurd was elected to the house of delegates, the lower house of the city council under the old charter, and in 1896, under the new charter, he became councilman from the Fifth ward. He held this position for two successive terms. For the past five years he has not been actively engaged in city politics. R. T. Reynolds, of the Tenth. R. T. Reynolds, candidate for councilman in the Tenth ward, is one of the heaviest property holders in that section. He was a councilman in the city of Chehalis for two terms, and at one time was the owner of a stage line in Lewis county. He is one of the framers of the famous Southwestern Washington combination, which has played such a signal part in the politics of the state. George W. Hill. George W. Hill, nominee for councilman from the Eleventh ward, was born in McMinnville, Ore., thirty-seven years ago. He came to the State of Washington in 1880 at the age of 12 years, and was first located at Coleman, in Whitman county. Five years ago he came to Seattle, and, locating at Green Lake, engaged in the mer- Laura Ellis, Deceased. No. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that John W. Ellis is the executor of the estate of Laura Ellis, deceased, and all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned executor, or to his Attorney, Gill, Hoyt & Frye, No. 427 Colman Building, Seattle, Washington, within one year from the date of the first publication of this notice. JOHN W. ELLIS. Executor of the Estate of Laura Ellis, deceased. Date of first publication January 19—Last, Feb. 23. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. Puget Sound Savings and Loan Company, a corporation, plaintiff, vs. Elizabeth Brunner and Benedict Brunner, her husband; Lake Washington Mill Company, a corporation; S. W. R. Dally; W. P. Fuller Company, a corporation; James McNamara and Jane Doe McNamara, his wife, defendants. No. 50,228. Summons for Publication. The State of Washington to Elizabeth Brunner and Benedict Brunner, two of the above named defendants: You are summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit: within sixty days after the 9th day of February, 1906, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff, at his office below stated, and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This action is to recover judgment upon a promissory note made by Elizabeth Brunner and Benedict Brunner, her husband, through James McNamara, their attorney in fact, said note being dated at Seattle, Washington, December 14th, 1904, and being for the principal sum of ten hundred fifty-five and 52-100 dollars ($1,055.52), divided in equal monthly payments of fourteen and 66-100 dollars ($14.66), payable on the 10th day of each and every month, commencing with the month of January, 1905; the sum of seven hundred fifty and no-100 dollars ($750) being principal payment, and three hundred five and 52-100 dollars ($305.52) total interest for the full period of seventy-two months. The further object of this action is to obtain a decree foreclosing a mortgage upon the following described property, given, made and executed by said defendants, through their attorney in fact, to secure the payment of said note, said mortgage being upon the following described property, to-wit: The north one-half (1/2) of lot seven (7), block two (2), of Seattle Homestead Association First Addition to the City of Seattle, King County, Washington. Judgment is asked for the sum of cantile business. Two years ago he changed to the real estate business and has since been dealing in Green Lake property. Scott Calhoun. Scott Calhoun, unanimous nominee for the office of corporation counsel, was born in Port Townsend, Wash., on February 12, 1874. He was graduated from Stanford University in 1895, having been a brilliant student in the constitutional government and law classes. In 1895 and 1896 he was a reporter on the Post-Intelligencer and other local newspapers and then studied law under George Donsworth and James B. Howe. He was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1896 and in 1897-8-9 acted as assistant secretary of the California Code Commission. In 1899 he was chief clerk with Piles, Donworth & Howe, and in 1902 left that connection to succeed John W. Pratt, deceased, as grade tax attorney. He managed Mayor Ballinger's campaign in 1904 and was elected corporation counsel on February 20, 1905. He is a charter member of the Young Men's Republican Club, a member of the Seattle Athletic Club, the Rainier Club and the local lodge of Elks. Mr. Calhoun is married, his wife being a California girl, a daughter of the Hon. Bart Burke, a leader of the bar of Central California. H. W. Carroll. H. W. Carroll, candidate for comptroller, is a native son of California, having been born at the capital of that state. He is a grad- eight hundred fifty-five and 5-100 dollars ($855.05), together with interest on said sum from the 22nd day of December, 1905, at the rate of twelve per cent per annum; for plaintiff's costs and disbursements, and in addition thereto the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) as attorney fee and counsel charges. A decree is prayed for foreclosing said mortgage, and ordering the sale of said property for the satisfaction of any judgment obtained, and a deficiency judgment, in case said property be insufficient to satisfy said judgment, is asked for against said defendants. A decree is also prayed for foreclosing and barring any right or claim that any of the other defendants in said action may have in or to said property, and decreeing that the claim or interest of any of the other defendants be declared subject and subordinate to the interest and claim of the plaintiff. WALTER S. FULTON. Postoffice Attorney address: 306 Postoffice Building, Seattle, Wash. Date of first publication, February 9. 1906; last March 23. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, in and for the County of King. Myrtle Masser, plaintiff, vs. Amas W. Masser, defendant. No. _____. Summons. The State of Washington to the said Amas W. Masser, defendant: sald Amas Wr Masser, defendant. You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the first publication of this summons, to wit: within sixty (60) days after the 13th day of January, 1906, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the above entitled action is to procure from you an absolute divorce on account of nonsupport. JOHN L. NEAGLE. Plainn's Attorney, P. O. Address: Room 306 Bailey Building, Seattle, King County, Washington. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Seattle, Washington, February 1, 1906. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Alaska Central Railway Company will be held in the office of the Company at Rooms Numbered 304 and 305 of the Denny Building, No. 1408 Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington, on Tuesday, the 6th day of March, A. D. 1906, at Two o'clock in the afternoon. JAMES A. HAIGHT, Secretary of Alaska Central Railway Company. January 26—February 23. uate of the University of California in the mining engineering course. During 1887 and 1888 he was representative to the California legislature from Sacramento county. While there he introduced a bill amending the function of the bonded debt commission of the city of Sacramento, that has since resulted in freeing that city from its bonded indebtedness of $1,600,000. Mr. Carroll moved to Seattle in July, 1890, and ergaged in mercantile pursuits and practical mining. In 1894 he was chosen by Will H. Parry as his chief deputy in the comptroller's office, where he has since remained in the capacity of comptroller's accountant. He has also served one ter mas reading clerk in the state legislature. George F. Russell. George F. Russell, the nominee for city treasurer on the Republican ticket, is a Seattle boy and a son of one of the oldest pioneer families in this city. His father came here in 1852 and lived for many years at Alki point. Mr. Russell was born on September 30, 1872, on the site where the Sullivan block now stands. He received his early education at the Central school and later graduated at Gonzaga College in Spokane. He has lived in Seattle all his life and has held various positions in the county offices. He is at present the secretary of the Young Men's Republican Club of Seattle. Mr. Russell is married, and with his wife and child lives at Eleventh Avenue and Aloha Street in the Seventh ward, although he formerly lived in the Fourth ward. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, KING County, Washington. Lucile Sutherland, Plaintiff, vs. Walter R. Sutherland, Defendant—No. .... Publication of Summons, The State of Washington to the said Walter R. Sutherland, defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service, and defend the above entitled action in the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for King County aforesaid, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below stated. In case of your failure so to do judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which is filed with the Clerk of said Court. (Action divorce prayed for.) Post Office Address, 606 Marion Building, Seattle, Washington. First publication, January 26, 1906. Last publication, March 9, 1906. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington in and for the County of King. In the matter of the estate of Arthur L. Davis, Deceased.—No. 6755.—In Probate.—Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the estate of Arthur L. Davis, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers within one year after the first publication of this notice, to the undersigned administrator at 633 Pioneer Building, Seattle, King County, Washington, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. This notice is given under and by virtue of the order of the above entitled court, made and entered on the 27th day of January, 1906. Dated this 1st day of February, 1906. JOHN L. YOCUM, Administrator. Date of first publication, February 2, 1906. Date of last publication March 2, 1906. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. In Probate. In the matter of the estate of David C. Bothell, deceased. No. 6558. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against the estate of David C. Bothell, deceased, are required to present the same, with the necessary vouchers, within one year from the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit: the 17th day of February, 1906, to George Bothell and W. A. Hannan, executors of the estate of said deceased, at their place of residence at Bothell, King County, Washington. WINSOR & HADLEY, Attorneys for Executors. 78 Sullivan Bldg., Seattle, Wash. _-si‘i(‘(lltttsté... THAT SUNDAY CLUB. After giving the subject of a Sunday club much thought, a number of Afro- Americans in this city have agreed to undertake the perfecting of an organ- ization to meet at least one Sunday in every month and discuss such mat- ters as are of general local interest to all, and as many more Sunday after- noons in the month as those taking an interest therein seem inclined to at- tend. The first open meeting will be held at Lee’s Chapel, 1525 Fourteenth Avenue, next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, to which the public is cordial- ly invited to attend. The organization will under no circumstances be sec- tarian, and yet it will have some re- ligious features. Under no circum- stances will it tolerate polities, and yet the time may come when the mem- bers thereof will be called upon to use their influence in a political campaign. lt will not be organized or conducted to boost any one into an office, but it will endeavor to do as much general good toward advancing the good citi- zenship of the Negro as lies within its power. Harmony among the factions, if any there be, will be its object, and he or she who does not ally himself or herself to it with that aim should be conspicuous by their absence. Better meet and have a season of song serv- ice and adjourn than to meet and spend the hour in wrangling over some point of no interest to the race or the community, regardless of how it is settled. Be ready and prepared to say something that will be food for thought for your neighbor, and not do something that will result in a black eye to your neighbor, who happens to not wholly agree with you. 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Fred Archer, plaintiff, vs. Mary A. Archer d,efendant. No. ———. Sum- mons. The State of Washington to the said Mary A. Archer, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty (60) days after the first publication of this summons, to- wit: within sixty (60) days after the 28rd day of February, 1906, and de- fend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the un- dersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below state; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you accord- ing to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the above entitled action is to procure from you an ab- solute divorce on account of cruel treatment. T. G. GREGSON; Plaintiff's Attorney. P. O. Address: Room 518 Mutual Life Building, Seattle, King County, Washington. Feb. 23; April 6. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, in and for the County of King. Mason Russell, plaintiff, vs. Flor- ence Russell, defendant. No. —-——. Summons. The State of Washington to the said Florence Russell, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty (60) days after the first publication of this summons, to- wit: within sixty (60) days atfer the 28rd day of February, 1906, and de- fend the above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the un- dersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below stated; and in case ot your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you accord- ing to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of the above entitled action is to procure from you an ab- solute divorce on account of cruel treatment and incompatibility. ANDREW R, BLACK, Plaintiff's Attorney. P.O, Address: Room 315 Pacific Block, Seattle, King County, Wash. Feb. 23—April 6. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF the State of Washington, for King County. Lena Pier, plaintiff, vs. De Forrest Pier, defendant. No. 60402. Sum- mons by, Publication. The ‘State of Washington to the said De Forrest Pier, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this sum- mons, to-wit: within sixty days after the 28rd day of February, 1906, and defend the ‘above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to ‘do, judgment will be rendered against you accord- ing to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of the said court. A brief statement of the object of the said action is to dissolve — the bonds of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and the defendant, on the ground of non-support, and ‘on the ground of desertion,’ and on the ground of cruelty and of failure on the part of the defendant to make suitable provisions for the support of, this plaintiff and his family. WILSON R. GAY, Attorney for ‘Plaintiff, P. 0. Address: Suite 1220 Alaska Building, Seattle, King County, Washington, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF King County, State of Washington. Clara Schwanz, plaintiff, vs. ‘Theo- dore Schwanz, defendant. ‘No. 50376. Summons for Publication, The State of Washington to Theo- dore Schwanz, defendant: You are hereby summoned to ap- pear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this sum- mons, to-wit: within sixty days after the 28rd day of February, 1906, and defend the ‘above entitled action in the above entitled court and answer the complaint of the plaintiff therein, and serve a copy of your answer upon the attorneys for the plaintiff at their office below stated, and in case of yours failure so todo, judgment will be rendered against ‘you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This action is brought by the plaintiff for the purpose of her ob- taining a decree of divorce from the defendant dissolving the matrimonial bonds between them upon the grounds: First: Of the abandonment and de- sertion of the plaintiff by the defend- ant ever since the 13th day of Au- gust, 1904, Second: Upon the ground that the defendant has neglected and refused to support the plaintiff ever since the 13th day of August, 1904. ropated this 2ist ‘day of February, WINSOR & HADLEY, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and postoffice address: 78 Sullivan Bldg., Seattle ,Wash. Feb, 23—April 6. PROBATE NOTICE. In the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for the County of ng. State of Washington, County of King.—ss. In the Matter of the Guardianship Estate of John Nolan, insane. No. 6530. Notice of Settlement of Final Account. Notice is hereby given that Patrick Nolan, the guardian of hte estate of John Nolan, insane, has rendered to, and filed in said court, his final ac- count as such guardian, and that Thursday, the 15th day’ of March, 1906, at '9:30 o'clock a. m., at the court room of the Probate’ Depart- ment_of our said Superior Court, in the City of Seattle, in said King County, has been duly appointed by said court for the settlement of said account, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writ- ing to said accotnt, and contest the same. ‘Witness, the Hon. Arthur E. Grif- fin, judge of said Superior Court, and the ‘seal of said court hereto affixed this 16th day of February, 1906. OTTO A, CASE, Clerk. By D. K. SICKLUS, Deputy Clerk. H. BE. FOSTER, Attorney. Feb, 23—-March 9. Acme Publishing Go. eA IE 214 COLUMBIA ST. our Specialty Telephones: |independent, 1306 Hilling-Owen Studio 811 EAST PINE ST. 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