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JJ^ION WHICH OUR
~ TOWN COULD IMITATE.
Namet of Denver's Streets Can Be
Seen by Day or Night.
The old wooden street sii;iis nailed
to telephone and telegntpu i«oIl>s are
rapidi.v Ixmiik discarded for combina
tion iron poles and sijjns nnd for orna
niont:il bronze si^ns in Denver.
Borne of the signs ;tre iv the form
-*»ijjt 111 caii'tli' |>o\v-
groand <»f mica. ■ — '■ —•
of Ions: narrow
boxes, lighted 1»
--■ide l>y means of
candle pow
er Incandescent
lamps. The li^lit
is reflected to the
. dgßfl frnil the in
terior, the letters
l»f!M£ on a back
ground of mica.
illuminated
'"^H^t c r s can l»e
Jrt>n for quite a
mCW AND OLD KIND
OF STSEET SIGNS.
distance and are arranged so that they
can be removed without injury to the
standard in ease it should be desired
<o change tln> name. The lamp is said
to be so arranged that it cannot well
be disturbed by mischief makers, but
Can be removed for cleaning or repair.
THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE.
York, Neb., Has Park Which Was
Bought by Inhabitants.
York. Neb., is a little city about 100
mihs doe west from Lincoln and iv
the rolling lands to the south of the
river Platte. It has and has always
had much of green hVMs ■round it.
S'une dozen soars ago it boasted, in a
shamefaced way, of an area of nearly
thirteen acres, says K. T. Ilartuian iv
American City.
Presently a civic streak was struck
In the body politic of York, and leaders
sprang up to say that something should
be done and that the old pasture of
fered a good opportunity. A mass
meeting was called, and the Idea was
laid before the people. The ogre "cost"
thrust his bead among them in the
shape i>f a hirsute bead of patriarchal
cut and croaked as usual, "But where
is the money to conic from." He was
told lliar the leaders had secured an
option at a fair price, that there would
be n<> touching of the community purse
and that the money would come from
cv^ people, a dollar from each citizen
<*~4flfcu.~ all possible. The oi;re retired,
■•uid tue£>eople went to work.
The laiid was bought and a land
lea pc an-iiiicct employed to develop it.
And the people learned to use what
they bad provided. Tramping, pic
nicking and even camping became the
vogue, for any reasonable use is al
lowed so lo;i^ :i s the people scatter no
ruhhi*h
ORDINANCE NO. :{s:{.
As ordinance providing (or th>- improve
ment at Main Street, in tli- Citj of ('..1
--fax, Washington, from the mhuli tide of
jlu- UUnd Street bridge, to the north end
of the Cooper J.ak" bridge, by cleaning,
grading, curbing and guttering, and pav
ing the tame with Bitulithic Pavement and
providing for paying the eo*t thereof; for
establishing a 1 ■ •»- i * I improvement district,
for levying and collecting special assess
menu, for issuing local improvement bonds
f»r said improvement! and providing a
fund t,j pay the same.
Hie (Sty Council of the City of Coif ax do
ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Main Street, in the City
•1 Colfax, Washington, from the south side
of the Island Street bridge to the north end
•ii the Cooper Lake bridge, shall be improved
by cleaning, grading, curbing, guttering and
paving the same with Bitulithic Pavement,
which said work shall be done and completed
in all things in accordance with the plans
and spei ificutions ami profile! prepared by
the (Sty Engineer, and on lie in the office
««f4the City Clerk, and to the grades estab
lished by -aid Engineer, all of which plans,
specifications, tnd profile! have heretofore.
been ad ipted bj the City Council.
Section - That the co«t and expense of
making sa i ( l improvement, including the
- formed by the junction of two or
more streets, or where one mam street
terminates in, or crosses another main street,
md all necessary street crossings <t eross
•rayi at corners or intersections of streets;
publishing the resolution of
intention, all notices required by law t<> be
published, I I making up the assess-
and the vMrcllini; ot the county
l'.ir, and .1 iI oihrr in-cessary and
• "^/ruttl i .penses in the making of said
i;npj 01 .,,, n , . v including the cost of issuing
i-ocal Improvement Bonds, and legalising the
special assessment to pay the same, shall be
- d and 1 ivied upon the property In
cluded in the following Local Improvement
District, which shall be known as Local Im
provement District No. 20, and include the
following property, to-wit:
All that part of the wesl half of Block
•0, in the City of Oolfax, which lies south
most northerly part of the south side
•f the Island Street bridge, and oil the north
side of Island Street.
Lots 1, 2, :i, 4, 5 and 0, in Block 14.
Lot! I, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in Block 19.
Lots 1, 2, ;;, 4, 5 and »'>, iv Block 2.
Lots 1, '2, :>, 4, 5 and 6, in Block 7.
Lots 1, -J. :;, 4, .". and ti. in Block 10.
Lots I, '_', :;, 4, 5 and ti, in Block 'J*.
Lots 1. L\ ;;. 4, "> and 8, In Block .'>:?.
Lots 1, 2, ;:, 4 and the north 1- feet of
v), in Block 86.
Kast '."0 feet of Lots T, 8, 0, 10, 11 and 12,
in Block 15.
90 feet of Lots 7, S, 9, 10, 11 and
22. in Block 18.
East '.'ii feet of Lots 7, S, 9, 10, 11 and
12. m Block ::.
Baal 90 feel of Lots 7, S, 9, 10, 11 and
3 2 in Block C>.
East !>u feet of Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and
12. in Biock 11.
East 90 feet of Lots 7, 8. 9, 10, 11 and
12, in Block -JO.
Ean !H) fert of Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and
12. in Block :i2.
East 90 feet of Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12 and
north 12 feet of Lot 8, Block 37.
All of said property in the original town
•f Colfax, Washington, as shown by the
recorded plat thereof and the records in the
office of the County Auditor of Whitman
County, "Washington.
Section 3. That the cost and expense of
tn&kiug said improvement shall be taxed
*nd assnssed against all the property in said
cal improvement district in proportion to
•benefits derived by said improvement,
lordauce with the provisions of Chapter
wLJi. ','' c f Pssil)n '•»«« «f the State of
h.,w..vir'' n for th« rm* 1911. bo« to «« 1,
'"'»; "si';;,..;!:;;;^ att -«• tk« th
iNlin 4, That said impr .vm.-iK shall
', i, . J ""itr;,,:, t fter bid* l,iv.. boen
;' 'V s'"' for '>>• '•'•• City Clerk, tor Uro
weekly iwm f -i,,, r ,, ]fiv - ,; :1/ ,.,.. th ., , )fli .
cialn.-w.5,,.,,,..,. , )f ,„ ci| whj# . h g^ id n ._,
, 1:tI' stilltl. ">•' time the bidi will be opened
y th.. City Council; tk»t e.ch contractor
>iri«lu.«f on tin- work ■hall endow with kii
bid to,- the work a certified check made pay
■»«• '" tli., City of Colfax, for 5 per cent
,'<"•■ hid. ,-uul the contractor to whom the
• 1 is awarded, if .• shall fail to enter
into a contract with the city, irithin ten days
, "'' "r «• ''."1 notice rim* lux bid haa
been accepted, and ht« a bond ronn
tae city, equal to the amount of tl n
tract price the certified check therein en
■ "mm »hall be forfeited to the city m fixed
wd liquidated damagoi for the failure to
••'u.-r into such contract. The city shall
lereupon let taid contract and . I •
the eft ""y d"'m "' the lj '""' """'■ ' :
Section 5 When the City C >unetl ihall
let the contract for the irork, it ihall require
""■ Peraoß or person, to whom the contract
J» i«, to make, execute and deliver to the
"• "f t!»«ax, a good and sufficient bond
wnn two r more *uretie« or with a surety
company authorized to do business iv the
•'■•"'■ of Washington, conditioned that such
l>-r>oii r persona shall faithfully perform
all the provisions of the contract and pay
su laborers, mechanics and subcontractors
•■■l'll material men, and all persons who shall
supply such person or persons or subcon
tractors with provisions and supplies for
'«>« carrying on of surfa work, all ju»l debts,
auea, demands incurred in the performance
oi such w,.rk, which said bond shall be ip
Proved by the City Council and filed with
"'•' ( ">■ Clerk. Said bond shall be in an
amount equal to the full contract price
; '~r ' '" h" paid for such work and im
proyemeut, and shall be payable to the City
oi < olfux, Washington.
Section •;. That at the time stated in
tae notice to bidders the Council shall >pen
all in.ls received and shall then or at a
later date consider the same and shall let
the contract for the work, or ma) reject
iill bids and re-advertise or make such orders
us they shall deem to the best advantage >:
the city.
Section 7. Thai all of said work shall be
done under the direction and supervision of
the City Engineer and that as soon as said
work shall W completed, approved by the
City Engineer and accepted by the City
Council, the street committee of said citj
and the City Clerk shall assess the cost and
expense of said Improvement on the lots
or parts of lots, tracts or parcels of land
in said Local Improvement District herein
provided, which said roll shall be til- I
th«> City Clerk. The Council shall thereupon
fix ■ date t.r hearing upon said roll before
th.' Council, and din-ct the Clerk to give
notice of such hearing and the time and
place thereof. Such notice shall specify the
time and place of hearing on said roll, and
si.all notify all persons who may desire to
objeel thereto to make such objections iti
writing and to hie the same with the City
• 'lerk, at, or prior to the date fixed for such
hearing. That at th.' time and place fixed
ami at such other times as the hearing may
be continued to. the Council will sit as i
Hoard of Equalization tor the purpose of
considering such roll. And at such he iring
or hearings win consider such objections
■Bade thereto, or any part thereof, and will
correct, revise, raise, lower, change or modify
said roll, or any part thereof, or set aside
such roll and order said assessment to be
nutde anew as to the said Council .shall ap
pear just and equitable, and then proceed
to Confirm the same by ordinance. Such
notice shall he published at least two times
in the Colfax lia/t-Me. the official weekly
newspaper of the City, provided: That at
least fifteen da>s must elapse between the
date of the last publication thereof and
the date fixed for such hearing. If .--.ii-i roll
shall be amended so as to raise any assess
ment appearing thereon or to include omitted
property a new time and place for hearing,
and a new notice of hearing on said roll,
.is amended, shall he fixed and jiven as in
the case of the original hearing
Section S. That as soon as said
caent roll lias been confirmed the City < lerk
i-hull certify the same to the City Treasurer
who shall publish a notice in the Colfax
Gazette, the official newspaper of th.- City,
tot two consecutive issues thereof, thai said
roll is in his hands for collection and that
any assessment thereon may lie paid at any
time within thirty days from the d: f
the first publication of said notice ■■
penalty, interest or cost.
Section '•». That go much of tli.' cost md
expense of making said improvement a- re
mains unpaid at th.' expiration of th-' |
....>■ period a- provided for in Section B if
this Ordinance may 1m- paid by the ownera
of the propertj in said Local Improvement
District in ten equal annual installments i:i
stead of at one time and for such install
mentß there shall lie issued in 'he name of
the Cit>. Local Improvement Bonds if 'li ■
district,' payable ii ten annual installments,
bearing interest at the rate of f, ;>.-r cent
per annum, payable annuallj in denomina
tions of five hundred dollars each, a«*rord
ing to the provisions of < hapter !>8 >t' 'lie
Session Lavs of the State of Wash
for the year 101 I.
Section 10. That the City Treasure!
it th" expiration of th.- thirty d;i> period.
as provided for in Section s ;■ this Ordi
nance, certify said roll to the City Council
showing in said certificate the I"-, or parrs
of lots, tracts or parcels of land ill,.
been redeemed from said as essraent, and
showing therein the lots or par's
ti:i' -1» or parcels of land on which th.' assess
ment has been paid, together with that on
which the assessment has not 1 a paid,
the total amount collected. and the
amount that remains uncollected.
Section 11. That when said assessment
roll has been turned over to the City Coun
cil, as provided in Section l<> of this Ordi
nance, the City Council of said Citj -hi.,
issue in the name of the City of Colfax, lion.is
on Local Improvement Districr Number 20
in denominations of five hundred dollars each,
sufficient to cover that portion of said assess
inent which remains unpaid. Such bonds
shall be payable ia ten annual installments,
drawing interest at the rate of <> per cent
per annum, and shall be si^.u-d by tl:.' Mayor
and attested by the City Clerk and shall
bear the s"al of the City of Colfax and shall
refer to Local Improvement District Number
L'O and provide that the principal sum therein
named and the interest thereon shall be pay
able out of the Local Improvement fund here
in created for the payment of the cost and
expense oi said improvement and not other
wise. E*ch bond shall have attached thereto
interest coupons for each interest payment,
which said coupons shall be signed ■
Mayor and attested by the Citj Clerk, or
said coupons may, in lieu of being so
by the M IJ'Or and City Clerk, have printed
thereon a fae simile of the signatures of said
Mayor and City Clerk. Which said bonds
shall be numbered from one upward conseeu
tively and shall refer to this ordinance and
shall be substantially in the following form:
No. . - $500.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Local Improvement Bond.
District >»<>. 20.
gl ite <>f Washington,
City of Colfax.
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT BOND.
THE CITY OF COLFAX, a municipal cor
poration of the State of Washington, hereby
promises to pay to
or l>earer. ivE m .., DRKn DOLLARS
lawful money <>t the United States, with in
terest thereon at the rate of 0 per cent per
annum payable annually out of the fund
established by Ordinance No. 383 of said
City and known as Local Improvement Fund
District Number 20 of Colfax, and not other
wise both principal and interest payable at
the office of the Treasurer of said City
A coupon is hereto attached for each in
stallment of interest to accrue hereon, and
aaid interest shall be paid only on pr<
tion and surrender of such coupon to the
it • Treasurer, but in case this band is called
for payment before its maturity, each and
-very coupon representing inter- st not ac
crued at the time this bond is pay.u.le under
.nci, call shall ho void. ThU bond ,s pay
,W« on or be.ore
hv't'he'citv'Treasurer of said City whenever
Vere shall" be sufiic.ent money in said loca
mt.rVement fund 10 pay the same and all
improvcme. ser ies of which tins
bond'is o,e which are prior to this bond in
bond w »■"», >r an d above sufficient
fo" payment of interest on all unpaid
b° T t CitfcouSof said City a. the a ? ent
jhe Cit> <- j ement District Number
° Slwihv said Ordinance No. 383
_>() estal>l'f ,j;:,, \ iOn d to be issued in the
haS CT'iid 'itv a* the bond of said Local
name of sad <W£" he b((Iul or the pro-
Improvement V" st"rl' , ied iv part payment
ce eds thereof to be applie^ *
eS oi S^^r^a S& under satd
COLFAX GAZETTE, COLFAX, WASHINGTON, JULY 21, 1911.
Ordinance No. :;v:: as is levied and aaeeeed
against the propert; iaeluded in said Local
Irni.rovem.iit District, and benefited by said
i improvement, and the said Local teprove
n:.',,t rand District So. l'o of C>ltax has
1.-en establiahed by ordinance for said pur
poae and the holder or holders of this bond
[ shall look onlj to said fund for the payment
oi either the principal or interest of this
b- mi.
IHe rail for payment of (hie bond, or of
any bond of the tenet of which this i| one.
.-.hall be mad.- by the City Treasurer l.y pub
hshing the same ia the City Oficial News
paper of said City and when smch call is
made for the payment of this bond it will
be paid OB the day the next interest coupon
thereon shall become due, after said call
and upon said daj interest upon this bond
shall ceaae.
! This bond is one of a series of
bonds aggregating in all the principal ram
"' , , . dollars issued for
sail Local Improvement Uistriet, all of which
bonds are subject to the same terms and con
ditions as herein expressed.
i N. B.—Tins bond is issued by virtue of
the provisions of an sc< of the Legislature
of the State oi Washington, entitled- "An
act relating to Local Improvements in cities
and towns and repealing certain a<-ts and
parts ot acts," approved March IT mil
Section ..:: of which act reads as follows'
to-wit:
Section 52. Neither the holder nor owner
ot any bond issued under the authority of
tnis act shall have any claim therefor against
the City by which the same ia issued except
from the special assessment made for the
improvement for which such 1 1 was
issued, but ins remedy in cash of non-pay
!" "*. sl'all be confined to the enforcement
ot such assessments. A copy of tins section
shall be plainly written, printed or engraved
ou each bond go i^~u».d
IX WITNESS WHEREOF the City of
Colfax has caused these presents tj be
signed by its Mayor and attested by its
City Clerk and sealed with its corporate" seal
this day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand"'nine
buudred and eleven.
B CITY OK COLFAX.
Attest: Major.'
Citj Cleric!
rhere shall be attached to each bond ten
coupons which shall represent the interest
thereon, payable annually for the term of
ten years, for which said bonds are issued
vMii.-h coupons shall be substantially in the
following form:
No $
INTEREST COUPON.
On the day of l')
THE CITY OF COLFAX '
»\ill pay to the bearer hereof at the office
of the city Treasurer the sum of $
the same being for interest due on that day
upon Bond Number () f the
bonds of Local Improvement Fund District
Number L'u. of the City of Colfax, from the
Local Improvement Fund District Number
L"o and not otherwise: provided, that this
coupon is subject to all of the terms and
conditions contained in the bond to which
it is attached, and if said bond be called
for payment before the maturity hereof then
tins coupon shall !•»• void.
Mayor of the <'in of ( olfax
<l,-rk of the City of Colfas.
Section 12. All installments on the date
tl ej become due. shall be deemed delinquent
and shall be subject to an additional charge
.of n per cnt penalty on the amount of such
| installment, plus accrued interest at the rate
of t; per cent per annum from date of such
I delinquency until paid, which int.'rest and
i penalty shall be included in. and shall be
a part of the lien on the property. That
the City Treasurer shall certify to the County
Treasurer of Whitman County all delinquent
installments, and be by him entered upon
the general tax rolls and collected as other
general taxes ar d lee ted
Section IS. That in case any installment
| become and remain delinquent for a period
|of two (2) year.-., the City Treasurer shall.
upon d.-mand. advertise and sell to the first
person offering to pay the amount dv i
each lot, tract or parcel f land or other
; property, and if there he no bidder for any
j lot, tract or parcel of land or other prop
erty, tor ;, sum sufficient to pay the de
': jinquent and unpaid installment thereon, with
j interest, penalty and cost, the Treasurer shali
Strike the same off to the City of Colfax.
I tor the whole amount which he is required
to collect Ivy Ba id sale.
Section 14. Within fifteen days after the
completion of the sale of all property de
; scribed in such assessment roll and author
i '"-'I '" be sold, the Treasurer shall make
return to the City Council with a statement
■>i his action thereon, showing all property
sold by him, to whom sold and the sum paid
therefor.
Section !•". That no sale mentioned here
"i shall be. mad.- jintil the game X directed
by the Citj Council, and notice given there
for, as follows: The City Treasurer shall
publish a uotice ■>!' such sale for three weekly
issues of the official paper, which notice shall
contain a list of all the properly upon which
such installment is delinquent, including the
cost of advertising such sale, together with
the name of the owner of such property, or
words "Unknown Owner" if the owner is
not known, as shall appear on the assess
j meut roll and shall specify the time and
I place of sale, and that the property therein
described will be sold to satisfy the assess
inent, interest, penalties and costs, due upon
the same. Such sale shall be made between
the hour- of ID o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock
p. m. and shall take place at the front door
".' the building in which the Council holds
its sessions, and shall be at public auction.
Section 16. After receiving the amount
ot the assessment, penalty, interest, costs and
charges, the Treasurer shall make out a cer
tificate, dated on the day of sale, stating
(when known' the name of the owner as
given on the assessment roll, a description of
I the land or property sold, the amount paid
i therefor, giving the name of the streets, or
; brief description of the improvement for
which the assessment «;b made, and specify
ing that the purchaser will be entitled to "a
deed two <li i years from the date of sale,
unless the same be redeemed, which said cer
tificate shall be signed by the City Treasurer,
nnd shall be delivered to the purchaser,
l Section IT. Any property sold under the
provisions of this ordinance shall be sub
■ jeet to the redemption of the former owner,
:or Ins grantee, mortgagee, heir, or other
representative at any time within two years
from the date of sale by the payment to the
j treasurer, for the purchaser the amount lor
which the same was sold, with interest at
I the rate of 15 per cent per annum, together
with all taxes ami special assessments, in
terest, penalties, costs and other charges
thereon paid by the purchaser of such prop
erty at or since such sale, with like interest
thereon. Unless the purchaser shall notify
! the City Treasurer in writing of the amount's
i of taxes and assessments, subsequently paid
by him, the same may b... redeemed without
including the same.
Section In. On redemption being made the
City Treasurer ghall give to the redemptioner
a certificate of redemption therefor, and pay
over the amount so received to the purchaser
oi the certificate of sale or his assigns.
Section i:>. should no redemption be made
within two years from the date of sale, the
< Ity Treasurer shall, upon demand from the
purchaser, and upon proof that said pur
chaser has served personal uotice on the
: owner that he would make application for
deed, and shall surrender the certificate of
sale, make ;i deed for the property therein
described. In case such owner be a non
resident of the State of Washington, or can
' not be found therein, such service shall be
made by publication for three weekly issues
of the city official paper.
; S.-c: ion 20. Whenever the condition of
; the Local Improvement District herein ere
; ated, shall be such that the City Council
j shall deem it necessary and expedient to
provide for the foreclosure of any or all
property appearing therein for unpaid and
delinquent installments, the City Council
! .shall pass an ordinance therefor, authorizing
and directing the City Attorney to institute
■ in foreclosure against all the
j property described in said assessment roll
and unpaid. Thereafter all proceedings shall
j be had and conducted iv the manner pro
vided by la iv.
Bection L'l. The City Treasurer shall keep
in his office a resistor of such bonds in which
; hi' shall enter the Local Improvement District
; for which the same are issued, and the
amount, and number of each bond and the
term of payment.
Section 22. The City Treasurer shall pay
the interest on the bonds issued by this
ordinance out of Local Improvement Fund
District No. 1'" from which they are payable.
Whenever there .shall be sufficient money in
said Local Improvement Fund against which
said bonds have been issued over and above
i sufficient for the payment of interest on
all unpaid bonds to pay the principal of one
or more bonds the Treasurer shall call and
pay such bonds: provided, that such bond
■ ehall be called in and paid in their numerical
[order; provided, further, that such pall shall 1
be made by publication iv the official news-
ESlLf'tS? £?* '" the first Publication M
I.ract.cable. and shall state that Bond N >
: ■,"■;" <Klv»ng the serial number or
bonds shall be due and interest <Jn said bonds
-shall cease upon said date s
Section 23. Th.l there is hereby created
pona thereon attached '^ Cou
created only „, the payment of the tts a i
expense of said imprWe.ent priori© til
iMuin* of said bonds not to ev.-eed how
ever the amount of money in Midfund I
' Se^cUon 25 Ord Thn*r t- h, e -V 1™3 d™
vided dißbnr" the same as herein pro
-3s~ '™ ssssvas
JLbuSita. " ""*"""■ •p"r»«1 «J
Passed this 17th day of ,fu!v 1011
Approved this 17th d»y of July 1011
(Sea! ') X- W< Wi;l-N'"EK<>.
Attest: ««yor.
HOWARD BRAMWELL
, City Clerk.
Approved as to f,,rm •
J. H. SHKUFKV, rity Attorney.
Call for Bids.
Notice is hereby given that the City of Col
fax, Washington, will receive bids for the
paving of Main street between the south line
of the Island street bridge, and the north end
of the Ccoper Lak« Bridge. Said bids to be
imi on I ?. r,before 8 o'clock p. m. of July 31.
1911. Bids will be received for Bitulithic
pavement, according to the plans and speci
fications on file ia the office of the city clerk
Said plans can also be seen at the office of the
city engineer.
Each bidder will be required to deposit with
his bid a certified check for 5 per cent of the
amount thereof made payable to the Mayor of
the City of Colfax, Washington, as sacurity
that he will enter into a contract for the
makiDK of said improvements, and furnish
bonds as required by law and the ordinances
of said city, within 10 days after notice to
him that his bid haa been accepted. If he
shall fail to enter into a contract with the
city for said work in accordance herewith thq
certified check therein enc osed shall be for
feited to the city as fixed and liquidated dam
ages for failure to enter into the contract.
The bidder to whom the contract shall be
awarded will be required to execute to the
City of Colfax, a good and sufficient bond in
an amount equal to the contract price, condi
tioned for the faithful performance of said
contract, for the protection of material men,
and laborers furnishing material and labor in
the construction of said improvement, as re
quired by law.
Payment for the above work will ba made
by issuing to the contractor Local Improve
ment Bonds of the Local Improvement Dis
trict.
The city reserves the right to reject any
and all bids
Dated at Colfax, Washington, July 10,
HOWARD BRAMWELL,
City Clerk.
Call for Bids.
Notice is hereby given that the city of Col
fax, Wanhington. will receive bida for the
paving of Mill street from the north eida of
Park street south to the south side of Canyon
street, laiand street from Main to Mil street,
Upton street from Main to Mill street, Wali
street from Main to Mill street, Spring stieet
from Main street to Mill street, and Canyon
street from Main -treet to Mill street. S*id
bids to be tiled on or before 8 o'clock p. m of
July 31st, 1911. Bids will be received for
Bitulithic pavement, according to the plans
»nd specifications on file in the office of the
City Clerk. Said plans can also be seen at
the office of the City Engineer.
Each bidder wiil be required to deposit with
his bid a certified check for 5 per cent of the
amount thereof, made payable to the Mayor
of the City of Colfax, Washington, as secur
ity that he will enter into a contract for thy
making of aaid improvements, and furnish
bonds as required by law and the ordinances
of said city, within 10 days after notice to him
that his bid has been accepted If he shall
fail to enter into a contract with the city for
said work in accordance herewith the certified
check therein enclosed ehall be forfeited to
the city aa fixed and liquidated damages, foi
failure to enter into the contract.
The bidder to whom the contract shall be
awarded wiil be required to execute to the
City of Colfax, a good and sufficient bond in
an amount equal to the contract price, condi
tioned for the faithful performance of said
contract, for the protection of material men,
and laborers furnishing material and labor in
the construction of aaid improvement, as re
quired by law.
Payment for the above work will be made
by issuing to the contractor Local Improve
ment Bonds of the Local Improvement Dis
trict
The city reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Dated at Colfax, Washington, July 10,1911.
HOWARD BRAMWELL.
City Clerk.
CALL FOR BIDS.
Sealed bida will be received by the board of
county commissioners of Whitman county,
Washington, st its office in the Whitman
county coiut houte in Colfax, Washington, up
to the hour of two o'clock p. m. on August 7,
1911, for the construction and improvement
of Whitman County Improved Koad No. 2,
bepinninz at a point in the Colfax and P&louae
City ri>f»d where the Pfction of improved road
heretofore orJeied end-i, <-aid point being the
point where the section line between sections
13 and 14, township Iti north, rang* 4.5 E. VV.
M. intersects said O:)lfax and Palouee City
roads and running: thence in an easterly di
rection along the Colfax and Pa!ou*e City
road, a distance if rJJOO feet, said highw.y to
be improv d in accordance with the provis
ions of Chaptet 35 of the Hepslon Laws of the
state r.i Waohinaton for the year 1911, and to
be construe'ed and built according to plans
and specifications on file in the office of the
board of county commissioners of Whitman
county, at Colfax, Washington. Said high
way to be completed during the year 1911.
Each and every bid must be accompanied
by a certified check made payable to the
board of county commissioners of Whitman
county in the eutn of not less than 10 per cent
of the amount of auch bid, the same to be for
feited to the county in case the person, firm
or corporation to whom the contract is
awarded doea not comply with the require
ments for contract arid bond as required by
the laws of the state of Washington.
Bids to be filed with the undersigned and
the name of the bidder to appear on the out
side of the envelope inelc sing bid.
The bidder to whom the contract is awarded
must sign contract and furnish bond, both of
which shall be satisfactory to the aaid board
of county commissioners, not later than the
21st day of August, 1911, said bond to be
equal to the consideration of the contract
awarded. Plans and specifications for said
highway improvement may be examined at
the office of the board of county commission
ers of Whitman county, Washington, or of
the county engineer of Whitman county,
Washington, on and after the date of the first
publication of this notice, to-wit: the 14ih
day of July, 1911.
Th 9 said board of county commissioners re
seive the right to reject any or all bHa.
S M. McCROSKEY,
County auditor and ex officio clerk of the
board of county comrnisaionen.
By B. F. ManriN';, Deruty.
Sheriff* Sale.
State of Washington, county of Whitman 11
in the superior court of the state of Washing
ton, in and for Whitman county.
Decree of foreclosure and order of gale
Marion Spawr. plaintiff, vs. Walter H. Bay
niilier. Charted A. Coleman, J. K. Backin, and
M*rJ, Backus, hii wife, and F. U .Spangler
and -Jane' Spangler, his wife, defendants.
ny.virtue of a decree and order of aale, made
and entered in the above entitled cause and
??"" oa. ">e £d day of July. AD. 1911, a copy
of which has been issued and certified to me by
the clerk of the said court, under the seal
thereof, bearing date the 3rd day of July. A. D ,
1911. for the sum of $600 00, gold coin, with tn
.h^'fn.t 1 i he rate of 8 Per cent P er annum from
«» i.»tf May> A D•• 19K> aud the further
t ™£ mi° (%osts> and the f"rth« sum of
Jloo 00 attorney's fees, and also the increased
costs thereon, I, Q B. Carter, sherlfi of Whitman
county, Washington, will on the Mh day of
August. A. I).. 19U, at the hour of U o'clock a
m_, of said day. at the south front door of the
w hitman county court house, at Col fax Whit
man county, state of Washington, sel' at public
auction to the highest bidder, for cash, the fol
lowing described real estate, situated, lying
and being in Whitman county. Washiugtou
and particularly described as follows to-wlt-
Lot one (1) in block B. in Holbrooks addition
to the town (now city) of.Pullman, Washington,
together with all and singular the tenements,
hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging or in anywise appertaining. Said
property is takeD and sold as the property of
waiter U. Baymiller et al, above named de
fendants.
Da-ed at Colfax. Whitman county, Washing
ton, this :*rd day of July, A. P.. 1911
G. B CARTER,
sheriff of Whitman county, Washington.
_. r _ By (;ko. L. Corner, Deputy.
D.C. Dow, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Summons for Publication.
In the superior court of the state of Wash
ington, in and for the county of Whitman
Levi Dallas, Mary J. Smith, Sarah A.
Huffman, Addie E. Rom, Richard Dalian.
Newell Dallas, William Dallas, Eli/.ibetb A.
Weatherwax and Lulu M. Gordon, plaintiffs,
vs. Jeremiah S. Dallas, George Dallas, Bertha
L. Dallas. Edythe Dallas, Grace Atwood.
Clarence Atwood, Manning I. 1 homa?, Levi
Johnson, Henry Johnson, Martha A. Allaire,
George Johnson, Huth A. Williams, Abel E.
Thomas, Ephriam Thomas, Emma Piston
and U. S. Beach.
The unknown heirs of the following deceased
persons, respectively: Martha Thomas, Jos
eph Dallas, Rebecca Thomas, Jonathan Dal
las, Susan Newhouse, Mary Ritter and
Holmes Dallas;
Also, all other persons or part;es unknown,
claiming any right, title, estate, lien or in
terest in the real estate described in the com
plaint herein, defendants.
State of Washington, county of Whitman,
SB.
The state of Washington to tha said Jere
miah S. Dallas, George Dallas, Bertha L.
Dallas, Edythe Dallas, Grace Atwood, Clar
ence Atwood, Manning I. Thomas, Levi
Johnson, Henry Johnson, Martha A. Allaire.
George Johnson, Ruth A. Williams, Abel E.
Thomas, Ephriam Thomas, Emma Poston,
and U. S. Beach; And to th« unknown heirs
of the following deceased persons, respective
ly: Martha lhomas, Joseph Dallas, Rebecca
Thomas, Jonathan Dallas, Susan Newhouse,
Mary Ritter and Holmes Dallao; Also, to
all other persons or anies unknown, claiming
any right, title, estate, lien or 'nterest in the
real estate described in the complaint herein,
defeodants.
You are hereby'summoned andjrequired to
appear in the superior court of the state of
Washington, in and for Whitman county,
within sixty days after the date of the first
publication of this summons, to-wit: within
sixty days after the 'Jih day of June, 1911, and
defend the above entitled action in the above
entitled court, and answer the complaint of
the plaintiffs in said action, and serve a copy
of your said answer on Manna & Hanna, the
undersigned, attorneys for plaintiff*, at their
i ffice in Colfax, Whitman county, state of
Washington, and if you fail to appear and
defend said action and answer the coinp'aint
of the plaintiffs aforesaid, within the time
aforesaid, judgment will be rendered against
you, according to the demand of the said
complaint, which haa been tiled with the clerk
of said court. The object of the above en
titled action in to determine the interests of
the plaintiffs therein and of the said defend
ants, Jeremiah S. Dallas, Georgn Dalian, Ber
tha L. Dallas, Edythe Dallas, Grace Atwood,
Clarence Atwood and Manning I. Thomas,
in and to a tract of 12?^ acres of land situated,
lying and being in Whitman county, state of
Washington, and being a portion of section
12 in township 17 north, of range 44 E. W. If.
which tract is particularly described in the
said complaint and is owned and held in
common by the plaintiff* and said last named
defendants and to preclude all the other de
fendants in said action and all persons claim
ing through, by or under them from any in
terest, right, title, estate of inheritance or
freehold therein or any part thereof or any
claim thereto, and to quiet the title of said
mentioned tract of land in the plaintiffs and
the said defendants holding in common with
them therein.
Dated June 8. 1911.
HANXA k HANXA,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Poatoffice address: Coifax, Whitman county,
Washington.
Order to Show Cause Why Mort
gage or Sale ot Real Estate
Should Not b9 Made
In the superior coir! of Whitman couutj\
stale of Washington.
In the matter of the estate of W. R. Johnson,
deceased.
It appearing to the sail court by the petiiton
this day presented and filed by Mary A. John
son, the administratrix of the estate of W. R.
Johnson, deceased, prayinf? for an order for
mortgage or sale ol reni e<='aie; that it is neces
sary to mortgage or se!i li of the real estate, to
pay the debts, claims allowed and filed, and ex
penses of administration.
It is therefore order..-il by Hie said court that
all persons interested iii me estate of said de
deased, appear before th i said superior court,
ou the 22nd day of July, 13U, at 10 o'clock a :n .
of said day, at the court room of said superior
court, at ( o'.fax, in laid ouuty and estate, to
show cause why an order should not be granted
to the said administratrix to mortgage or sell so
much of the real esta'e of said dece.tsed as shall
be necessary; and that h copy of this order be
published at least four uicCtiialre weeks in the
Colfax Gazette, a newspaper printed and pub
lished in Whitman cou.ity, state of Washing
ton.
Dated Col/ax, June 22, 1911.
THu.VAS SKILL Sup'rior Judge.
State of Washington. oou:i v of w hitman-ss.
I. Geo. H. Newman, clerk of the superior
court of Whitman county, state of Washington,
do hereby certify that the foregoing in a true.
full and correct copy of an order duly made
and entered upon the minutes of the said su
perior court.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court,
this 2:2 nd day of June. I'll.
GEO H NKVMAN.Coun'y Clerk.
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.
Ey virtue of an execution, iaraed out of the
superior court of the state of Washington, in
and for the county of Spokane, holding at
Spokane, in Spokane county, in said state,
aD<i to me directed and delivered, for a judg
ment rendered in said court at Spokane, said
county and state, on the 14th day of October,
1910, in favor of J. R. Benton and Mattie G.
Benton, plaintiffs, and against E. E. McCue,
defendant, for the sum of $700, with interest
at tha rate of 6 per cent per annum fr m aaid
14th day of October, 1910, and the further
sum of 575.00, attorney's fees r»nd $7.00. coats
cf suit, I have levied on the following de
scribed real estate, towit: Lots n;ne (9), and
ten (Id in block eleven (11), of J. H. Mc-
Coy's Fir*t Addition to tne town of Oakea
dale, situated, lying and being in Whitman
county, Washington.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday,
the 29th day of July, 1911, at the hour of 1:15
o'clock p. m.. of said day, at the court house
door, in the town of Colfax, in the county of
Whitman, said state, I will sell all the ri^ht,
title and interest of the said E, E. McCue,
defendant, in and to the above described real
estate, at public auction, to the highest and
best bidder, to satisfy said execution and ali
costs.
Given under my hand, thia 23rd day of
June, 1911
G B. CARTER,
Sheriff of Whitman county. Wash.
By Geo. L. Cornkb, Deputy
Hcr>" & Uptox, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
hey there also
hay here
most everybody has
a heap of hay this
year a big lot of it is
being put into barns
"with acme big sheave
carriers, beats all
how mad or sad a
man gets when he
has trouble "with his
hay car; it is hard to
fixit. here is your
chance to put in a big
sheave no trouble car.
always trip and al
ways lock- have
sling cars too.
colfaz implement co.
24 Main St. Phone Main 821
Notice of Settlement of Final Ac
count and of Distribution of
Residue Thereof.
In the superior court of the state of Wa*h.
mgton, in and for Whitman county.
la the matter of the estate of Maria Bm
sett, deceased.
Notice v hereby given that George W
Case, Jr., administrator of the estate of MarL»
Bawett, deceased, has rendered and present*!
for settlement and tiled in the above entitle.!
court his final account of his administration of
said estate, and his petition for the diatribi:
tion of the residue of said estate, after tha
settlement of said final account, and that
Monday, the 24th day of July, 1911, at tin
hour of 11 o'clock a. m. of s*id day, at tha
ourt room of the Whitman county court
house in the city of Oolfax. Whitman county'
state of Washington, has been duly appoint*!
by order of the above entitled court, for the
settlement of said final account and for tha
distribution of the residue of said estate to
the parties entitled thereto, at which tirn*
and place any person interested in said estate
may appear and tile exceptions in writing to
said hnal account and to the distribution of
the residue of said estate, and contest tha
same.
Dated this 19th day of June, 1911
GEO. H. NEWMAN,
County clerk and ex-otiicio clerk of th*
above entitled court
Notice of Settlement of Final Ac-
count and of Diatribuiion of
Residue Tnereof.
la the superior court of the state ef Wuh
iutfton, in and for Whitman c maty.
In the matter of the estate of Augtwt
Becker, deceased.
Notice h hereby given that George M.
Carey, administrator with the will annexed a!
the estate of August Becker, deceased, hu
rendered and presented for settlement an i
tiled in the above entitled court his final ac
count of his adminitt-ation of sai 1 estate and
his petition for the distribution of the reaidu*
of siid estate, after the settlement of said final
account, and that Tuesday, the 2">th day of
July, UUI. at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m. 4
said day. at the court room of the Whitmas
county court house in the city of Colfar,
Whitman county, state of Washington, ban
been duly appointed by order of the abov-»
entitled court, for the settlement of said final
account and for the distribution of the residue
of said estate to the parties entitled thereto,
at which time and place any person interest*!
in said estate may appear and file exception*
in writing to s»id final account and to tin
distribution of the reiidue of sail estate, ant
contest the same.
Dated this 19th d*y of June, Hill
UK ). H. NEWMAN.
County clerk and ex-officio clerk of thi
above entitled court.
Notice of Sale of Real Estate.
In the superior court of the state of Wash
ington, in and for the county of Whitman.
In tha mitttr of the estate of Detlef lUhn,
decp-vand.
Notice is hereby given, that in purau»o.:a
of an order of the above entitled court, n.-*:i
on the 28th day of June, 1911, in the matt*:
of the above entitled estate, the undersigne-l.
the admidistrator of sai i estate, will sell i-.
public auction to the highest bi der for caah,
lawful money of the United States, and aob
jact to confirmation of the above entitlti
court, on Saturday, the 291h day of July
1911, at the hour of two o'clock p. m,, at tha
a.juth front door of the Whitman county court
hr.uae, in the city of Co!fax, Whitman couat7,
state of Washington, all right, title and in
terest and estate of the said Detlef Kahn de
ceased, at the time of his death and all tbi
ri^ht, ti-le and interest that the said estata
has by operation of law or otherwise, oth*r
than or in addition to that of the said Dethf
Kahn at the time of his death, in and to ail
that certain lot, tract, piece and parcel of lanj
situate, being and lying in Whitman county.
?-t te of Washington, described as follow*, t•',
wit: The northwest quarter of the northew.
quarter and the northeast quarter of th-*
northwest quarter and lota one (1) and tw .
ofs'Ction thirty (30) township fifteen .
m-rth, range forty-one (41) E. W. M., con
tainiog 160 acres more or leaa.
Terms of s»le, cash; ten per cent to be pa: I
on day of sale and the balance on confirm*
tion A the sale by the above entitled court
L L. BKUMNG.
Administrator of the estate of Detlef Raha^
Je'eas*-d.
' \h L. Chambebli.v, Attorney for Ai
mini*trator.
Notice of
Appointment of Guardian
In the superior court of the state of Wtwh
injrt.jn. in and for the county of Whitman.
la the matter of the guardianship of the an
tate of Mary E. Einseid er, an insane person
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed as guardian of the eatat-j
of Mary £. Einseidler, an insane person, that
letters have been issued to her a* Huch, ani
that as iuch guardian ehe has the management
and control of the property of said estate, an '
will collect all debt? due her said ward mi
give acquittances and discharge thereof, ant
will ad.' l-t and settle all the demands due an i
comine due from her ward so far an her enat-j
and effects will extend, under the order of th-s
court in the matter of said guardianship, an i
that any creditors ef said Mary E. Einseidler
shall present their claims to her as guardian of
her said estate, within one year from the date
of the first publication of this notice, to wit:
within one year from the 7th day of July
1911.
BESS IK B. BOWMAN,
Guardian of the estate ot Mary E. Einseidler.
an Insane person.
For summer diarrhoea in children al
ways give Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil.
and a speedy cure is certain, ior sala
by all dealers.
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