The Spokane press. [volume], December 12, 1910, Page 7, Image 9

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12,1910.
SHAMEFUL ATTACK
ON ORPHANS' HOME
According to tbe report con
demning the Orphans' Home of
Spokane, the investigation was
made "early In the winter," leav
ing* *he inference that this year is
lntcrsrle(l. The home moved from
the building criticised a year ago
last October, and has since that
time been comfortably located at
E127 Bridgeport, with a cottage In
addition to the main building for
the care of Infected children. Yet
the committee's report is published
in form to give the impression that
present conditions of the home are
complained of.
Rev. Kimball, one of the minis
ters signing the report, is no longer
a citizen of Spokane. Rev. Mills
surrendered his pulpit some time
since.
This last attack Is a continuation
of a series that have been made
onjflbo Orphans-Home of Spokane,
tlnvfd always to cripple some little
benefit that had been planned. This
one, after being held back for more
than a year, comes Just two weeks
before Christmas, when the chil
dren who never knew what Christ
mas was until they came into the
home, are anticipating all the
pleasures Mrs. Dey and Mrs. Wil
PRESENT TO GIRL
CAUSES FINANCE'S
ARREST AS THIEF
NEW YORK. Oec. 12.—Miss
Alice Smith, 18 years old, of No.
10% Colden street, Jersey City,
and .lohn J. Dolan, will not be mar
ried as they had expected, because
young Dolan has been arrested,
charged with the larceny of a
watch, which he had given Miss
Smith as a wedding present.
Miss Smith called on Mrs. Bar
bara Dimmers of 306 Grand street,
Jersey City, to ask Mrs. Dimmers
to be a guest at the wedding. Then
ahe showed Mrs. Dimmers the
watch Dolan had given her.
"That's the watch that was stolen
from me," exclaimed Mrs. Dim
mers. When Dolan next called at
Miss Smith's house a policeman
was waiting for him. A watch,
found on Dolan after his arrest was
Identified by Miss Smith as her
property.
Dolan swore that he had bought
the pawn tickets for the watches
and redeemed them. He gave the
police the name of the man from
whom he bought the tickets.
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PAGE ONE
GAS COMBINE
mayor for nearly two years, has
had the city's legal department un
der his control, and could have
brought the gas company to time in
the matter of compensating the
people long ago. But Pratt Is the
friend of the gas outfit, because he
helped to pass the Roger Williams
gas franchise over the veto of
Mayor Boyd, and it naturally could
not be expected that he would try
to enforce the ordinance providing
tor the 2 per cent franchise tax.
HOW THEY PAY.
Inquiry was made at the office
of the city comptroller as to the
payments received by the city on
the two gas franchises. The rec
ords show that the franchise tax
has been collected every year on
the first or original gas franchise,
passed May 6, 1902, known as ordi
nance Alio:;. This is at the rate
of 1 iter cent per annum on the
gross earnings. It is found that
the affidavit fur the tax for 1909.
made by A. N. Cantrll, manager
for the Doherty syndicate, ts based
on tho "net" earnings. The ordi
nance requires 1 per cent of the
"gross" earnings.
The records sh- t that the 1904
Kleeb Sample Store—
USEFUL HOLIDAY
GOODS
You don t have to wait till
the end of the season for cut
prices. You find them here
..every day. Have new ship
ment of broadcloth, double
texture, and plush coats at
unheard of prices. Ladies,
you must see these coats.
$9.00, $12.50, $15.00,
$25.00, $28.50.
Positively worth double
the price asked.
Suits -correct styles, sat
Kleeb Sample Store
'.'us Rookery Building. EI .tor through E. J. Lip
pert \s stand, next to White house.
liams could secure for them. The
effect of the report will be to rob
those orphans and waifs of that
pleasure exactly in proportion as
its misleading statements are ac
cepted by the public and co-opera
tion withheld.
Several weeks ago a woman's or
ganization had decided to give a
benefit for the home. Hardly had
the arrangement been made when
George Armstrong, president of the
board of public works, broke loose
with a declaration that he would
put the home out of business. He
did this In the face of non con
demnatory report on the home from
a committee of doctors that In
spected the buildings. Lately one
of the city Inspectors went to tho
home, pretended to examine the
heating appliances and served no
tice that it must be fixed. A heat
ing appliance mechanic waa sent
for by Mrs. Dey. He went over the
pipes carefully and stated that
there was nothing for him to do.
The Orphans' Home of Spokane
is a home where room will be made
somewhere for every little wan
derer that nobody else wants. This
is the reason it is always crowded
and always In need.
2 per cent gas franchise paid fran
chise tax for 1906 and for a part
of January, 1907, when the records
show that the company "has ceased
to operate."
"The company has gone out of
business and we have but one gas
company," was the information fur
nished by the comptroller's office
in answer to a query as to why the
franchise tax had not been paid.
"Gone out of business"! sounds
strange, when the records at the
county auditor's office show that
this franchise was stocked and
bonded last fall for $7,300,000.
A LIVELY BILL
The bill at the Pantages this
week opened yesterday with a
swing and go which delighted the
audiences, for there is not a dull
or draggy moment in it. There is
also enough variety to please all
tastes. Bert Swor, one of the king
pins of the blackface fraternity,
who established himself firmly as
a favorite when here last with Mac-
Mahon's Southern Review, repeat
ed his former success and even en
larged upon It. The "Barber Shop
Chord" has been done to death on
all the circuits, but he managed
to make it go well.
Otto Fiechtl's Tyrolean sextettte,
with their tuneful yodels and songs
of the Fatherland, made a hit as
usual, and were obliged to respond
to many encores. Their dancing
was good and the song "Schlitz"
was a winner. Two pretty girls,
Babe Mason and Kdlth McClaire,
in character songs and dances,
were one of the hits of the bill,
their German specialty bringing
the house down.
The three Melvin brothers do
some excellent gymnastic work
and their head balancing and
throwing has never been equaled
en the circuit. They introduce sev
eral new stunts, which bring forth
applause and their act is alto
gether a pleasing, clean-cut one,
with no alleged comedy or stalling.
Nelson and Mllledge have a bunch
of frivolity, replete with laugh win
ners, which they call "Putting In
Glass." The headllner, Ray Thomp
son and his woudertul horse, "Joe
Bailey," delighted everyone. Joe Is
a very handsome horse and his
tricks are well worth seeing, for he
certainly understands music and
rythm.
METHODIST CHURCH -
OUT OP DEBT
Members of the First M. B.
church of this city are rejoicing
over the lifting of the floating In
debtedness upon the property. The
pastor, Rev. Will A. Betts, who re
cently came from California, took
the matter up with the official
board the other night, and yester
day at the morning service the full
$13,500 was pledged.
in lined, mixtures and plain,
$10.00, $14.00, $18.00.
Worth from $18.00 to $30.00.
We claim these goods to be
the best on earth at the price.
Large assortment of dresses.
Dresses for street.
Dresses for afternoon.
Dresses for dancing.
Dresses for theater.
Actually cheaper than can
get them made. It will be a
pleasing surprise to you to
visit
NO IRE SALOON
LICENSES
Spokane saloon keepers who
have their licenses tucked away in
safe places had better hang on to
them. Saloon licenses are likely to
be in lively demand this next 10
years. An ordinance passed by the
council years ago states that
as soon as the proportion of one
saloon to every 500 Inhabitants has
been reached, n more Usenses shall
be issued until *000 additional In
habitants have been registered. In
other words, until the next census
no more licenses will be Issued un
less some one goes out of business.
Hotel men, however, may provide
a bar for their patrons if they have
over 50 rooms. Spokane now has
243 saloons, and her official popu
lation is 104,000 inhabitants, so that
the city already has more than the
specified number of dispensaries.
JAP WANTED TO BE A "COP."
Spokane has an energetic 1 lttle
Jap of the mentally unsound sort,
it is feared, who showed up at the
police station yesterday with a re
volver and a desire to become a
"copper." He also had recommen
dations as to his honesty, etc., but
the police put him down as "bugs"
and let him go.
Ten cents will buy a bed in
downtown lodging houses, but ho
boes bumming it in from the coun
try have not even that left after a
round of the saloons, and frequent
requests for a sleeping place are
heard at the police station these
days.
Special Prices Tuesday on
Fancy Assorted 3*/ 2 and 4 Tier
JONATHAN
APPLES
See our display 620 W.
Second Aye., Cor. Wall St. We
aim to please. We deliver.
Empire Produce Co.
W620 Second Aye., Cor. Wall St.
PHONE MAIN 7186.
Haworth
Bros.
DENTISTS
In our practice we find
the proper care of children's
teeth the most perplexing
question in all our work.
That is the care they should
have to prevent decay and
umlacclusion. To take the
child first to one and then
to another dentist is bad
practice. They should be
under the care of one good
dentist, and not different
ones.
Where It is necessary to
extract the temporary teeth
to admit the permanent
ones, it should be done with
great precaution.
Too many temporary teeth
should not be extracted at
one time, leaving the mouth
too sore, or without teeth to
chew the food. Some den
tists think it is the proper
thing to begin aud take the
entire number out while the
child is in tho office and in
the notion, which is entirely
wrong. Only have the badly
crowded and the ones above
the flushed or swollen gums,
which is sign of the new
tooth wanting to come
through. ,
It is quite advisable to fill
temporary teeth with some
soft, easy inserted filling, in
order to retain them until
the new tooth asks admit
tance.
PARENTS
Examine your children's
gums and decayed, broken
down, temporary teeth, and
what you don't know about
them you should ask about.
These are a few points to
know if you don't want the
child to lose its permanent
teeth at an early age.
Exanrthatfcns free at any
time. Every day. Sun May,
9 to 12. Evenings, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, 7 to
8:30.
Rooms 21112 Nicholls blook.
THE. SPOKA.NE PRESS
Toyland prices as usual
lowest here.
Imported Leather Bags
AN importers' samples
and his surplus stock
of high grade leather hags
have just taken their
pjajpes on the sales tables
anfl counters. These bags
are different from the ordinary ones shown in
most good stores, in that they are imported.
You will find plain gilt, French silver, and
perfectly plain frames. Some have heavily
embossed animals here and there. Others
are plain effects and still others are leather
covered. Pigskin, real walrus, buffed alliga
tor, seal, pin goat, etc., in colors suoh as red,
brown, green, blue, tan, champagne and
black. Fitted with coin purses and vanity
sets. Values that would regularly sell at up
to seven dollars and a half. QiA QQ
Special •P**.*JO
UMBRELLAS
I ft
PRACTICAL gifts for the man
or woman who appreciates the
best. It seems as though the
clerk of the weather has changed
our 1 climate —so continuous
is onr rainy season—making
these handsome gifts all the more practical.
You will find the women's with long Direc
toire handles, plain, carved effects ajid some
are in combination with gold, silver and
pearl. Patent runners and covered with sel
vaged edged Gloria silk. " "
The men's are plain, cane and crook han
dles, with name plate of sterling silver or
gold for engraving purposes. £Q An
Specially priced at tP*ts*«7o
Fur Trimmed Slippers
EVERY kind of slipper that's
made is carried at this store,
we think. The assortments seem
complete in the extreme. There
is no gift so practical, so sought
after as are house slippers for
men, women, boys and girls.
Women's fur trimmed house slippers in a
splendid variety of fashionable colors, fur
trimmed and high cut. Priced
at... $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50
Men's opera, Faust and Everette cut house
slippers, leather with soft soles.
Priced at $1.24, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.50
Travelling slippers for men, in cases, $3.50
Boys' and girls' house slippers
at 69«S 891 and $1.00
Christmas Candies
THI sweetest gift of all. Purity stands
for candy character. It means that
here the Ingredients are what they pro
fess to be, nothing more nor less, aud
that the compounding is done with ut
most care and cleanliness. This is so in
all grades.
Qumdrops, Horehound Drops, Rasp
berry drips, a pound lot
Ribbon Candy, Honey Comb Mixtures, Bon Bons and
Chocolates, Merry Widow Kisses, Molasses Kisses, a
pound 20<»
Jelly Beans, Chocolates, Pure *lncy Mixed, a 1b..15<
The best selected bleached EnflTsli Walnuts, a
pound 25^
Nineteen ten fresh crops of BraslLnuts, a pound.2o^
Paper Shell Almonds, a pound^T...... 25^
Pecans, a pound ,pj 20<>
Uniform Filberts, a pound . .«.H 2<>c
Hickory Nuts, a pound .......H , IH+
Fresh Butter Nuts ■ M ....l<>«'
Black Walnuts, a p0und......H...., lor
Christmas Nlckwear
THESE iMutiful hand em
embroßered and band
made neck pftces have all the
characteristic! of neckwear
that we have sold formerly at
more than double the price we
are asking for this lot Dainty Jabots, stock
collars or imported hand-made laces, rabots
and bows in combination with the finest
French lawn and Persian silks we have ever
seen. Each piece has that something that
brands it different from anything shown be
fore. Daintily put up in holly boxes.
Special .... .$1.48
Embroidered linen collars, packed six in
a box, at.... nrnxmnemam •» anau *»™ • •«»j».6of*
Kemp & Hebert
The People'm Store Corner Main and Washington
Brilliant Cut Glass Pieces
mahe Ideal Gifts for Women
DO you realise that most
women like their pieces of
flashing, scintillating cut glass
better than anything else that
graces their sideboard or buffet
and that they always want an
other bowl, pitcher or Jug, or just some one
dish? There is a wonderful gathering of per
fectly cut crystal here that is moderately
priced.
Cut glass salt and pepper shakers, with
sterling silver tops, priced
at 25tS 35**. 53«? and 75«t
Cut glass water glasses, extra heavy bot
toms and well balanced .. 48<*, 53«* and 69«*
Back Combs. Barrettes
THE best artists in our land
have contributed to this
collection of high grade shell
and amber back combs, side
combs and barrettes. The
combs are all hand polished
and hand carved, inlaid with gold, and set
with semi-precious stones—mostly brilliants.
The barrettes are the strand effects—very
beautiful indeed. A Q
Specially priced at *P * •**o
Holly boxes on application.
Other lines of beautiful shell and amber
back and side combs and barrettes in plain,
carved and gold inlaid designs, priced at 48«r>
MAKES AN ACCEPTA
ABLE GIFT, INDEED
EVERY woman loves it,
particularly if she
loves the better qualities.
Are high grade linen
fabrics, fashionable in the
last degree. Boxes are prettily shaped and
come in Poinsetta, holly and red designs.
25c holly boxed stationery, 24 sheets of pa
per and 24 fashionable envelopes. Good
linen. A box 19«*
50c boxes of gift stationery in holly, poin
setta and red designed boxes, with tight-fit
ting lids. Fifty sheets of paper, and fifty
fashionably shaped envelopes. A box. .29**
75c gift stationery in large flat boxes of
holly, poinsetta and red designs. Letter, note
and invitation designs. Special, box ... 48**
Thousands of Kerchiefs
NO daintier or more conven
ient gifts can be given to
the woman or girl than a box
of kerchiefs, for the reason that
they are underpriced and most
of them hand embroidered.
Made from flainty lawn and pure linen in
plain and cross-bar effects.
25c child's kerchiefs, three in a box—a
box 18**
500 women's kerchiefs in box containing
three. A box 20**
$1.00 women's kerchiefs packed three in a
dainty box. A box .59«*
Thousands of plain and initial kerchiefs
priced from 10c to $1.00 each are ready for
your choosing.
Christmas Stationery
Copyright Books
Thousands of the best authors
■ are represented In our popular se
lections of copyright books. These
books are sold In some good stores at
more than a dollar. Only the Immense
quantity purchased allows us to sell
them at the following low prices.
The following list Is only a small
number of the books carried In onr stock:
Alice of Old Vincennes. Arisona Nights, The Battle.
Beverly of Grauatark, Cap'n Kir, The Christian. David
Harum. Taf* Duke Decides, Elusive Isabel. The Firing
Line, The Flame Dancer, The Gambler, The Garden of
Allah, Hearte and Masks, Idols, If I Were King, Judith,
The Jungle, Lkk ttuLatto, The Little Mluister. Mr.
Isaaos, .Saucy BtaifT Pam Deotdes, Paid in Full. Prisoner
of Zenda, Jta> Keokyniu* B> Elmo, The Shuttle, The
Third Degfte, auj tW Otsl Montana* and en
many others, at, Jfr oopy. „ M OUC
Perrin's Glove Bonds
ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED
EVERY PAIR OF THEM.
GIVE Gloves that are reliable)
and practical. No glove
possesses so much style or in
dividuality as does the Perrin's glove. It is
in a class by itself.
Perrin's gloves are made from selected
French kid. Every skin is perfectly tanned
and carefully examined before it goes into the
hands of the operators—after which it is
scanned for imperfections, and no glove—no
matter how unnoticeable the defect —is al
lowed to have the stamp of Perrin's name up
on it.
You can select with every degree of safety.
Priced at *2-0° and $2.50
Holiday Stockings
THESE stockings have been
emphasized for many
years as Christmas gifts, and
have, at no time in the past
been more popular than they
are today. They are daintily
boxed, and the ribbon tied in holly boxes that
give them tone and character. Some of these
lisle silk stockings have garter bands in col
ors with a little touch of the same color at the
heels and toes. Just enough to represent the
Christmas spirit in which they are given.'
Women's fine lisle silk stockings with col
ored garter tops and hells and toes to match.
Three pairs are packed in a dainty holly box.
A box $1.50
Women's silk hosiery in black and colors.
A pair 98e>
Girls' cashmere hose, daintily packed, three
pairs in a box. A box 75«>
Beautiful Electroliers
IDEAL gifts for ths library, den
dining room or parlor. It's a
thing of beauty and a joy forever
vastly more appreciated than any
other gift could possibly give, and
the prices are about one-half those charged by
most good stores.
Highly finished brushed brass, polished
brass, verdigre copper, etc., with highly col
ored and irridescent shades. Some library
lamps are included.
Priced at. .$5.98, $6.48, and up to $10
Reiser's Christmas Ties
NO maker of Christ
mas ties is so re
nowed as Keiser. His
ties go the world over.
This store makes a
specialty of Reiser's neckwear, even if the
profit be less, the satisfaction is very much
greater.
One table of Reiser's good silk ties in re
versible and flowing ends you will find priced
at 55«*
One table of Reiser's extra heavy quality
silk ties you will find priced at $1.00
Thousands of ties that will appeal to the
man and good taste and bring praise to the
giver, choice 35**
Christmas Gifts for Baby
A F all gifts, the meat acceptable
v are those for baby. There are
two people who are pleased; it'a
mother and the baby, and then by
pleasing these two, you yourself are
also pleased.
Children's White Kid Bootees, with
patent leather Boeings and soft sole*.
From si* to ft.BO
Nany'a crocheted bootees, come In
silk, wool and silk and wool. Priced
at .... ißes, SOeS 48* and 60*
Baby s rabbit doll, made from reel
a»e>
Esquimox dolls, with tinkling belle
attached *xi*
Imported twine dolls, with under
, . _ rattle, from 8M to «•*>
Plain and hand painted celluloid rattles. .84M and un
Dainty satin coat hangers SO* to ••*>
Rubber dolls and animals that squak.... IB* and un
Crocheted baby aacques, daintily edged In oolors «B*
MOIt
The Christmas store for
all Spokane.