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INDUSTRIAL, LABOR, LOCAL UNION NEWS AND REAL ESTATE
LOCAL CHEMIST DISCOVERS PIT MHO
PROCESS WHICH MAY REVOLUTIONIZE INDUSTRY
Claims He Can Make White Lead Direct From the Ore,
Eliminating Smelting—Now Has Working Plant, But ,
Will Construct a Factory.
George E. Kingsley, a local chem
ist, has invented a process of mak
ing white lead which he states will
revolutionize the paint making in
dustry. And he has convinced oth
ers, for a 11,000,000 corporation, the
Kingsley Chemical Reduction com
pany, has been organized to build
a $300,000 factory at Atlas, near
Spokane, on the Northern Pacific
railway, where the process will -be
used to produce a commercial arti
cle.
Where In the past It has been
necessary to reduce lead ore before
white lead can be produced, Kings
ley proposes to eliminate the
9molting process with its wastes
and expense and make his white
lead direct from the ore.
That he can do it he has been
demonstrating for several months
in his working plant on First uve
«Wje, Here is illustrated on a small
"ale the process which will be us
»d when the 50-ton factorry is com
pleted. Though it does not neces
sarily follow that because his toy
plant makes white lead from the
ore without smelting that tho 50
--ton plant will prove successful, Mr.
Kingsley and those who are back
ing him in his enterprise are san
guine.
BID AGAINST EACH
OTHER TO GET JOBS
Workingmen Gouged by Employment Agencies, Is Charge
—Movement to Get Protection by City Ordinance
Started—Would Make Agencies Pay Big License.
Make Spokane employment agen
cies pay into the city treasury as
much as they have to pay in other
cities the size of this and compel
them, for the protection of laboring
men, to charge no more than five
per cent of the first month's wages
for obtaining positions for clients,
or—put them out of business.
Standing on the above platform,
S. G. Polk of the Cooks' and
Kitchen Helpers' Local union No.
450 has taken up arms against em
ployment agencies, and through his
own union, and others is organizing
a movement which it is hoped will
result in city ordinances to correct
what are believed to be abuses in
the employment business.
HAS WRITTEN MAYOR.
i 'oik has already made his
charges in a written communica
tion to Mayor Pratt and he declares
thai If the mayor and city council
will do nothing the unions will take
the matter ttrOlympia and seek
...stale !• <;i.i|*»MW.
"Thsre Is* at present no
5 check on proprietors of employ
men offices and they are free
to charge what they want for
getting jobs, and it is often the
case that two laboring men are
found bidding against each
other for a job, the prize going
to the man who will pay the
most for it, which is sometimes
as much as $10 for a job pay
ing only $75 to $80 a month,"
said Polk to a representative
of The Press yesterday.
WASHINGTON WHEAT GROWERS TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF PRESENT HIGH PRICES
That' Washington growers took
advantage ot' the high prices that
have prevailed for wheat more ex
The Traders National Bank
of Spokane, Wash.
Oldest Bank in Spokane
Report of Condition at Close of Business, March
29, 1910.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $4,277,391.04
Bonds and Warrants 163,723.40
Dank Building 200,000.00
Other Real Estate 1,300.00
United States Bonds 401,000.00
Due from U. S. Treasurer 20.000.00
Cash tin Hand and in Hanks 2,917,183.59
Capital Slock $1,000,000.00
Surplus Fund 200,000.00
Undivided Profits 49,322.93
Circulation 396,100.00
Deposits 6,335,175.10
RESERVE 46 PER CENT
OrriOEBS:
A. r miClain. Prsslent
D. M DBUMKSLLEB, Vice President
CHAH A. McI.EAN. Oubllr
E. V. XLini, Aunt. Cashier
W. T. tripi.f.tt, Asst. Cashier
D IRE CTORH:
A. KL'HN fhnirman
.M.KHKU COOXIDOH Banksi and Capitalist
M. M. COWI,KV Capitol Ist
J. A. SOHILLEH Secretary l> llnizm.m Co,
A. H. CAMPIIKLL of Finch k Campbell
N I' ltioi) KH.sit! Physician ami Capitalist
l». M. imt'MllKl.i.Klt Vice President
JAMES MONAQ MAN President Granite Investment Co,
joB. it. IPBAR.. .Pres. Wash. Brick, Lime and Sewor Pips >'"
W. o. OKA VMS Ctraves, Klsor and Braves, Attorneys
A. w, -Mi < i.a i \ President
OLD PROCESS EXPENSIVE.
White lead today is made mostly
by what is called the old Dutch
process, which necessitates the re
duction of the lead ore to thin sheet
! lead metal, the white lead being
' produced by allowing the fumes of
j vinegar to work on the lead, prp
ducing a chemical combination re
' suiting in the coating of the sheet
I lead with thin layers of the white
I lead, which when mixed with lin
| seed oil, is the commercial product.
' This process is expensive and it
takes about four months, and it Is
' necessary for the large manufac
turer to have thousands of dollars
invested continually in the lead
metal and there are other objec
tions to it.
Now what Kingsley thinks he
can do is to take the lead concen
trates as they come from the mill,
before they reach the smelter, and
by the action of chemicals, the na
ture of which are kopt secret, dis
solve the lead, zinc and other metal
from the ore and by tl*e addition to
; tho solution other chetuiipals i>reeip
i itate the white lead, taking only a
day in the process. " "
MUST COPE WITH OTHER
METALS.
The process, however, is by no
"SOAK 'EM, IF LOOK GOOD."
"Employment agency men
pay $100 a year to the city for a
license, whereas in Denver and
other cities they are assessed
$IGOO per year. The Spokane
ordinance gives absolutely no
protection to working men.
Agsncies can charge anything
they want, and in pi octice they
size a man up and tax him what
they think he will pay. If he
looks good, he is soaked maybe
$7 to $10 for a $75 job, whereas
the charge should not be over
$5 for a $100 Job.
' What we wani is a "city ordi
nance that will lie a protection to
us and other, workiug, men. We
want it staled in so many plain
words that the charge shall not be
over five per cent of the first
month's waives, and we believe that
the employment affenctes should
pay as much into ihe city treasury
here as they are compelled to in
other cities, I made these recom
mendations in the letter 1 wrote to
the mayor. 1 have not heard from
him. but he ha- i»ro'bftl>ly Irht'got
around as yet to giving it has aitcn
tion.
"If we don't git action on the
part of Ihe city coum jl Sl£ aiv.uot
going lo give up, but will take tho
matter directly to the state law
makers, whom. I am sure, will see
where it is absolutely necessary
that the great laboring class get the
protection in Ibis matter which
tensively than did farmers in other
parts of the I'nited States is shown
by reports received by the Spo-
LIABILITIES.
$7,980,598.03
$7,980,598.03
means as simple as these state
ments seem, for Kingsley must
cope with the other metals in the
ore —zinc, iron, silver and perhaps
gold—in less proportions than the
lead, but still there. He claims "to
be able to do this and says that he
can separate out all the metals In
the solution with comparatively a
small expense, so that his white
lead product is even more pure
than that obtaned by the old proc
ess which ofteu contains bits of the
lead metal and other impurities.
Furthermore, he lays stress on the
fact that he can put all the metals
in the ores beside the lead to a com
mercial use, making chrome yellow
pigments, zinc chrome yellows and
iron paints, as well as manufactur
ing sulphuric acid from the sulphur
which remains after the chemicals
have dissolved, all the metals from
the ore.
If all that is claimed for the King
sley process is true, it will indeed
revolutionize the paint making in
dustry, lor there are other consid
erations. For instance, when the
factory buys lead ore it will get free
all the other metals contained in
smaller quantities and if these can
be put to a commercial use at com
paratively small outlay il means a
clear profit. Smelters penalize for
the zinc contained in the lead ore
submitted for smelting, but the
Kingsley process will not, as they
can put it to use, and this means
that mines will be anxious to sell
to Kingsley, assuring plenty of raw
material. It remains to be seen how
the process works out in a big fac
tory.
kane chamber of commerce. The
average amount of wheat now In
farmers' hands in Washington,
Idaho and Oregon is about 19 per
cent, against an average for the
entire United States of 23.5
per cent.
Farmers in the three northwest
ern statea held 7,450,000 bushels of
oats on March 30, against 5,988,000
bushels on the same date last year.
Of this amount Washington had
2,424,000 bushels; Idaho. 2,304.000
bushels; Oregon, 2,1*22,000 bushels.
Twenty-live per cent of the cop
in Washington and Oregon is still
in the growers' hands, while the
growers in Idaho hold 30 per cent
of their crop.
HOLD MUCH WHEAT AT
THE PRESENT TIME
Reports compiled by the statis
tical bureau of the chamber show
that approximately 12,250,000
bushels of wheat was in the hands
of farmers in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho the end of March, as
against 12,249,000 bushels reported
by the government on March -A,
and 8,949,000 bushels a year ago.
Of this amount the farmers In
Washington have 6,600,000. bushels,
with 3.150,000 in Idaho and 2,200,
--000 in Oregon.
The report states that about 18
per cent of the 1909 crop in Wash
ington is still on the farms, against
16 per cent, in farmers' hands in
1908. Id*ho farmers are estimated
to still hold 25 per cent of the
crop, against 20 per cent last year.
Oregon farmers hold less when!
than last year, having 14 per cant
of the crop, as against 16 per cent
last year.
COURT BUSINESS
Judge J. D. Hinkie, in the supe
rior court, this morning ordered the
arrest of Kosa Roll, an insane per
son.
In the suit of U, Doweese vs. M.
10. Mumford, the case was dismiss
ed this morniug in the superior
court.
Charles Itorgmau, as guardian ad
litem of Heruard Bergman, brought
suit for damages against the Wil
liam Musser Lumber & Manufac
turing company for personal In
juries sustained to the left baud
of Bemud Horgmau. while work
ing in the box factory of the de
fendant, for $20S damages and hos
pital fees of $47.50.
Ida Itcppert vs. Oscar S. Heppert.
The plaintiff brings action for ab
solute divorce on the grounds of de
sertion and non-support, $150 attor
neys fees, $5W costs ot suit und $".0
a year as alimony.
C. I.leherg and wife vs. Fred
Blomberg, Suit to recover posses
sion of certain piece of farming
land in Spokane county, consisting
of 20 acres.
ODD LIFE OF MISER
WHO LEFT $40,000
IS TOLD IN COURT
MOW YORK, April 2— The con
test over the $40,000 left in the
bank Uy Samuel Rogers, better
known as "Old Rogers, the Miser,*'
has been reopened,
Rogers' brother and sister, Kd
wnrd and Agnes Rogers, are seek
ing to obtain the money which is
deposited in six different banks. A
few days before Rogers died he
was befriended by Mrs. (Catherine
B. Thoma of Long Branch, N J.,
and assigned his bank account to
her.
Rogers' life, according to the
story told by witnesses, wus re
markable, j. it. Anderson, book
keeper of the Irving Savings Insti
tution, said he had known Rogers
lor 14 years.
"Old Rogers' clothes were al
ways ragged,' said Anderson. He
didn't wear socks, but hud) his
legs wrapped in burlap. Once he
came to the bank with a rubber
on one foot and an old shoe on
the other. He told me he slept
iv barns and fields.
"He told me that he walked nil
tho way from Long Branch to the
city many times to save car fare
He would stop at the Chuinbors
street bank first, make a deposit,
then walk to Harlem and deposit
more money In a bunk there. I
asked him wliy he deprived him
self, and he replied that he couldn't
afford to spend any money."
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat.—Appal
late court awards H'heo. Kearney
estate, valued at 18.000,000, to
I'ulveislty of California.
THE SPOKANE PRESS, SUNDAY, APRIL 3,1910.
HIAWATHA HEIGHTS, AMONG IHE
PINES. IS PRETTY HOME ADDITION
Hiawatha Heights, one of the recent additions to be put on the
market in Spokane, three and one- half miles from the heart of the
city, is one of the prettiest of ho me locations. From reports of
sales at the office of O. C. Kenyo n in the Peyton building, who is
sales agent, lots are selling rapidly, and many of the buyers intend
the erection of homes this year.
The addition is located among the pines on the bench., to the
north of the city. It is within the city limits, and would have made
an ideal park site could it have been acquired by the city.
WILL BUILD ANOTHER
$ 150,000 STRUCTURE
Five-Story Office Building to Be Erected at Corner of
Monroe and Indiana by J. W. Greene—North
Side Building Boom.
First announcement of another
$150,000 office building for North
Monroe street, to be located on the
southwest corner of Maxwell ave
liue, was made yesterday by J. W.
Greene, the real estate man and
capitalist, who, more than anyone
else in Spokane, has been a consist
ent booster for many years of that
part of the city north of the river.
This time Mr. Greene, who has
already invested several hundred
thousands of dollars in apartment
houses and office structures on. the
north side, will build a strictly mod
ern steel frame building, resting on
concrete piers, It will be five stor
ies high, the ground floor to bej de
voted to stores and the upper stor
ies to offices, 19 on a floor. Plans
for the building will be completed
at the office of Cutter & Malmgrpji,
architects, by May 1, and work wjll
probably be started, says Mr.
Greene, shortly afterward.
The Monroe office building, being
erected on the southwest corner of
Monroe street and Indiana avenue
by Mr. Greene, is now almost fin
ished, the interior finishing being
practically all that remains. This
building is costing Mr. Greene
about $110,000. or $15,000 more than
he' originally intended to put frtto
then structure. It is the second
monument M,r. Greene has built to
his 'faith in tlu> future of the north
side. He sold his apartment house,
erected not long ago, recently.
TO BE SPLENDID, MODERN
STRUCTURE.
The "Greene building." as the
new office structure : now being
planned will be called, will be of
brick, faced on the exterior of. the
first story with terra cotta and with
similar trimniiugs over windows
and elsewhere on the outside.
There will be two large stores
fronting on North Monroe street.
The building will extend 100 feet on
Monroe street and the stores will
hr ahont W feet wide. There will
be 71 feet frontage on Maxwell ave
nue. Costing $40,000 more than Mr.
(Iwnp'n Ixiilding now under oon-
Exchange National Bank
Statement of Condition at the Close of Business,
Tuesday, March 29, 1 !>!().
RESOURCES.
Loans and dis
counts $4,181,5UA
r. s. bonds i.085.000.#t>
Bond! and war- m\
rants 140,000 94
Banking house... 375.000.hn
Real estate 32.t>3oJi,
Cash and due
from banks.... 2,232,94196
$8,047,78T(jw
Depository of the United States, the State of
Washington, the City of S|>okane, and
the Counts of Spokane.
Continuous Growth Is a Murk of Confidence and
(iood Service.
EDWIN T. COMAN.
President.
C. E. MoBROOM,
Cashier.
E. N. BEALE.
Ass't Cashier.
Deposits of Individuals and Finns Tnvited.
I structfon, the projected one will of
course be fully as much in keeping
with the artistic and substantial
improvement of the north side, and
it will be larger.
Mr. Greene has moved from his
offices in the Kmpire State building
and will occupy quarters in the j
Monroe building as soon as it is |
completed. He believes that being
located on the north side he will be
In a better position than ever to
boost and push the development of
that end of the city.
PORTLAND LINE
MAY BUILD HERE
The Astoria, Seaside & Tilla
mook railway is the name of a new
electric line, promoted by the Na
tional Public Utilities Co., which
, will give* Portland direct connec
• tjon with Warrenton, on the Paci
fic ocean at the mouth of the Co
lumbta river. That the new line
may extend to Spokane is not un
likely, according to the promoters.
P. 1.. Smith, vice president of the
company, who is now in Portland,
says the new road is going to give
the Pacific Railway & Navigation I
Co., the I.yle roajj and the United
Railways vigorous competitfbn.
The new road means much for
Warrenton. where the $10,000,000
\ jetty, which has been under con
struction since ISB9, will be com
pleted this fall. The jetty will be
• six ami one-half miles long.
j "John Jackson," the name given
' yesterday to the police by a culprit
found ransacking trunks on the
third floor of the lodging house
above the Combination bar, Main
avenue and Stevens street,' is an
alias. His real name is J. G. Marsh,
according to the police, and "he was
released but ashrtrt time ago from
1 the county jail at Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho, where he had served six I
months for laro*»ny.- -•
THE
Spokane, Wash.
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $1.000,000.00
Surplus 250.000.00
Undivided profits 50.101.17
Circulation 907.450.00
Deposits 5,774.186.22
$8,047,797.39
OFFICERS.
THOB. EL BREWER.
Vice President.
WM. HUNTLEY.
Vtca President.
M. W. IJCWER.
Ass't Cashier.
O. If. C.REEN.
Ass't to President. p»HMHt«*-S
COOKS AND KITCHEN
HELPERS ELECT
OFFICERS
New officers wero elected last
week by Cooks' and Kitchen Help
ers' union, local No. 450, as fol
lows:
John Moore, president; John
O'Donnel, vice president; F. J.
Handloy, secretary-treasurer; J.
Cash in
vaults.. $1,039,598.06
Cash in
reserve
banks.. 2.579.103.12—53,019,001.18
Due from U. S. Treas-
urer 50,000.00
IT. S. Bonds 1,075,000.00
Bonds 526,492.18
Hank building 303,714.40
Loans and Discounts.. 5,702,915.38
Spokane Sr Eastern
At the Close of Business, March 29, 1910
Cash in Vaults and in Reserve Banks $1,918,813.38
Bonds, Stocks and Other Securities 673,502.83
Mortgages and Loans Secured by Real Estate 385,427.31
Loans and Discounts 1,740,453.02
Overdrafts 3,519.85
Banking House 161,442.21
Trust Investments 968,771.26
Total $5,851,M9.86
Deposits $4,226,030.07
Capital Stock 300,000.00
Surplus Fund 200,000.00
Undivided Profits 126,318.76
Reserved for Taxes,lnterest, etc 30,809.77
Trust Accounts 968,771.26
Total.
DIRECTORS
J P M RICHARDS
IIKNRY U. RICHARDS
II U RITTTHR
H. H PAT KUBUN
W. 8. MeCRKA
I. M l>.\\ iSNPORT
X INBINOKR
KRA.WIS S R VNOS
CHARIJCB ti HKKUBH
I'KKI > PHAIR
II WIT IIKRSt'OON
\V. O. M KUft YW X ATHKR
I>. L. HI NTINOTON
C, W WINTKR
8. IIAIUiHIKIRS
JAMES IH'NTKR
A L Fl-EWKLMNO
FRANK W. KETTKNHACH
E F. C VAN IWBBEI.
UARDNMR a CHAMWERLIN
F. F. JOHNBUN
O. B Ol BUNSKY
ICl'OßNlfl B. FAVHJC
Archambault, treasurer; Joe lum
ping, financial secretary and busi
ness ag*nt; T*. S. Smith, Inspector;
Clarence Haas, sergeant-at-arms;
Thomas Williams, Frank Kelley
and Earl Allen, executive commit
tee; Jack McCracken, J. O'Donnel
and J. F. King, delegates Joint
executive board.
The meeting was well attended
and was followed by a smoker and
discussion of apt topics.
WASHINGTON, D. C—Senator
Smoot introduces bill for transfer
of water power sites from national
government to state jurisdiction.
Report to the Comptroller of the Currency
(Condensed,)
Of the Condition of
The Old National
Bank
Spokane, Wash.
At the Close of Business March 29, 1910
RESOURCES
Strong and well equipped, progressive, yet conserv
ative, this institution offers every branch of banking
service. Accounts are solicited from firms, corpora
tions and individuals, who may rely upon courteous
consideration and the best terms that are consistent
with good business methods.
Trust Company
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Deposits $ 9,020,929.76
Circulation . 990.100.00
Undivided profits 266,083.38
Capital 1.000,000.00
$11,277,123.14
RESOURCES
MILLIONAIRE BOY
It SEEKING HEALTH
NEW YORK, April !—Sailing to
day for Italy on a lone quest la
search of better health was Henry
B. Plant, the nine year old son of
Morton F. Plant and grandson of
the millionaire steamship and rail
road man.
The boy is one of the richest chil
dren in America, for When he comes
of age he will have a halt share la
an estate estimated at between
$17.000,000 and 120.000.000.
LIABILITIES
$11,277,123.14
$5,851,929.86
OFFICERS
3. P. at. KIOXAJUM
Praaldaat
IUIT BL BIOK&BOI
Vloa Praaldaat
B. L. mVTTBB
Vice Pres., Sao. and Ctaa. Mgr.
m. a. FATBBM*
Tlca Praeideut
luiitT wirmuooi
Aaat. aec'y ana Traat Officer
OBOBOa fITTR
Aealatant ■eoretajry
Ballf ST WIBVtI
Aaaiatant S•oratory
rviD AUPAUtttt
A»jt, Sao jr sad lip. Or ad It Dept.
oossos iLkton
jSorta^a^PayartaaanS
Mgr. Seouritiea Demrtaaeat
W. Ik ObUtt
AaAltoj
jos. o. Tftn
Manager aalea Department
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