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ner "Basterday Criticises Decision ot Supreme Court Regarding As- of Bank Stock. I Gervice.) ‘Wash, Jan Stat c Joo B at certain promincut day in of the b . ‘| introduced, have jenue bille have already been intro fuced, and several others are in he course of preparation and a@ arge measure of attention Is being deveted by the legtelature to the general subject of revenue and tax- ation. While all the bills, thus far hot yet been ‘| printed, the following are shown in sament due to a aw now on and a hocus po @ supreme court sy that bank stock at its roal value however, exceed Voder that law the guscesed-on 4 value ‘at which ft te car ity te that the has held that Dank and that the owner to deduct from value thereof any y be owing by him. certain eminently i m of thie vil ealy sworn off their the value of) bank of this city, ‘eff the value of that and almost reach: im, who is « stockholder Olympia. Hut tt hits ©. J. Lord, of the bank, where the who last year oa duews of $60, well tnformed per pere firmiy of the exist. had had the this condition” day tn conch know what would ‘Deore, but I appre | 5 ‘would have been “gommitted ~ Frost, while ‘with Mr. Basterday aad credits should od from ta Opposed to the RB of trring to reach He sal permits attempt to tax cred Phat it taxes ignor baad dishonesty to Barden. I am mm, however. th Beeld be placet on bet property which iMmple of collection. yteld | Terenue to the state i" eo burden apoa ‘pay it” Bitte Introduced. Mi by the members of the | & Sumber of rev of} at a emall/ the Dill flew relating to this gon pral subject Senate Bill, No. 46, by Senator Kaickerbocker of King, state depos ttory Dill, providing that state de poate shall draw interest to be fixed by the state board of finance comprised of the secretary of state, state auditor and a secretary ap polated by the governor, rate of tn: terest to be 21-8 per cent. until ohanged by the board, Senate Bill, No. 49, by Be: Gunn, Chelan county, exem: mortgages from assessment taxation, Senate Bill, No. 62, by Senator Gunn, Chelan county, exempting all credits from taxation, Thin ts the Basterday bill, Senate Bill, No. 58, by Senator | Boone of Whitman, state depository DIN, providing for interest on state deposite at the rate of two per cemt. which rate may be changed by the “state board of deposits” |ereated the bill and composed of the governor, state treasurer and ce ~- a il, No. 63, by Senator Boone of Whitman county, a bill tn eal bemrpeedinn’ tek anna |imal incorporation fee the state and from $10 to S the senual corporation license. This is & Measure recommended by the tax jcommission and by Governor Mead in his message. Senate Bll, No. 7%, by Senator Davis of Pierce, providing that all Property shall be assessed for pur. poses of taxati at 60 per cent of ite true value, instead of 100 per cent, as provided at the pres emt time, House Bill, No. 38, by Kayser of Kifekitat, providing for the immed: fate collection of the taxes on per sonal property about to be re moved from the state, House Bill, No, 43, by Cariyon of Pierce, providing for the invest- ment at Interest as the present | bermapent schoo! fina ie tnvested, jot the permanent funds of other state inatitutions. House Bill, No. 70, by Cartyon of Pleren, abolishing the special state nds and providing that al! moneys cept tl received from special levies aad the permanent funds, all be paid into the general fund House Bill, No. 74, by Bassett of | Adams, providing for a grosn earn ‘ings tax of five per cont. on the j earnings of express companion. This OI has been favorably reported from the committee on revenue and taxation. House Bill, No. 76, by Kayser of | Kitekitat, providing for the collec tem of interest on the deposits of | cities, | House Bill No. 78, by Rassett of Adams, providing for a gross ears ings tax of seven per cont om pri vate Gar Companies. House Bill, No. 9, by Darts of Litiecotn, providing for the collec ltom of Interest on county deposits ng and ASH APPARENT MMILLIN CASE } Bervice.) » fates enjoyed by on his lime ship Read of the Tacoma Lime company, ts feport yesterday of Committee on the Commission bears a ig feEmbiance tom white we Teport says the matter of a spe from Roche Har fn which Commis wae interested, finds that the rate Fears ago, long be d com “e alvo aleed « bill and tasofar as it} ia favored rate White all of these statements are | : technically true, the fact remains the same that MoMiilin’s rates are lower than those on other commodt ties over certain lines. The charge of favoritiom, as published from time to time since McMillia’s ap pointment two years ago, was not that he enjoyed « special rate, but that be enjoyed a favored rate As the committee says the rate was an open ome and could have been enjoyed by all persons desiring to ship lime, but the fact remains that it was made for MeMiIlin, and that his company was the only shipper of lime im any considerable quan tities. The charge was tot that there wae a spectal rate from Roche Har bor to Portland, but that there was from Tacoma to ara Pershing, Feb, £1, at Christensen’s Broadway Hall. “Hocus THR SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY EVERETT TO HAVE NEW Portian This cannot be contro verted. The rate on lime from Ta coma to Portland tn 15 cents a bar rel or 7% conte per handredweight, | Rate Expert Calderhead of the state rallroad commission looked the matter ap yeaterday and is author ity for the statement, there ts no other commodity on which the Northern Pacific has} Made 4 rate ag low as TH cents per hundredweight.. There ts provision | that empty tank ears ehall be car tied free, but that appears to be merely a privilege wrung from the roads by the Standard Otl company, but there t# no rate as low as 7%) cents per hundredwoight. On this! point the committee merely took the word of Mr. MeMillin, The tn erease in the rate referred to by him is in the wharfage for handling the product at the ‘Tecoma wharves, WILL INITIATE LARGE GLAS Royal homestead No. 426, Broth- erheod of American Yeomen, of thia| elty, will hold a special meeting Gaturday evening at Cotambta hall, Seventh av. to initiate a of candidates, The 4 will be exemplified by best degree teame in t the etate, Coast Manager H. A, Miller, of Loa Angeles, will be pres- ent to assiet, After the tnitiation there will be @ banquet. There are| now in this city over $00 members | A special effort te being put forth | 900 members in the next 30 days. A clase of 100 members wii! be! initiated some time during March, | when the supreme president, Wil- Mam Koch, of Des Moines, Ia. will be present. He expects to make a epecial trip to Beattle to aesiet tn | taking Into the organisation the big class, Which will be initiated and) tnatructed In the mysteries of the PLANS FOR THE g's FUTURE “Planning Seattle for the future” was the subject of the lecture which City Engineer Ro MH. Thomeon livered before the Real Betate sociation at the Chamber of Com merce last night. ‘The constant improvement of the sewer and water system; the re) grade work necessary to provide ar- | tories from the business district to the suburban homes of the work. | ingmen, and the conatant extension of the park system, using the Ger nyatem, are ideas which they are to * deprecated the tendency | to bufld unsanitary homes and nar row streets, Biustrating bie re marks by citing the work that i#/ being done by German cities, par Uewlarty Cologne There, Mr Thomeon said, the streets are from | 180 to 180 feet wide, and there are} 87 milee of parked thoroughfares. Speaking of the Cedar river wat neon said that limited to} day the ted ex-/ RESIGNATION 1S ACCEPTED (Beripps Telegraph Service.) LONDON, Jan. 30.--The Globe says the government has accepted Gov. Swettenham's resignation TIDELANDS—The tm # for old age. BR. Cooper Cotman building ANCY LANPS_A Clearance We find that we have too many fancy lamps in stock for this season quence we reduce lessen the stock of the In ¢ wee great deal 6 order ( during the year pric You can buy here heat three days like this $1.50 Shad $2.00 Shade $2.25 Ghade $2.50 Shade Globe Globe Globe Globe Globe Giow Globe Globe Lamps at. Lampe at .. Lampe at Lampe at Lamps at Lampe at Lampe at Lampe at Lampe at Lampe at Lamps at . Lampe at 83.00 83.2! 84.50 85.00 85.20 window display of these lamps. THE THEATERS Last of “Red Feather.” A matinee te being given this afternoon at the Grand of the “Red Feather” and the engagement closes tonight “She Stoops to Conquer.” “Bhe Stoops to Conquer,” that de N@htful comedy, will be given af the Grand Friday and Saturday nights by Willlam MH. Crane and Bt lie Jeffreys, supported by an all star cast, The sale of, tickets opened this morning and was an especially heavy one. Concert Tomorrow, Tomorrow night at the Grand Ar thur Ha violinist, and Adolphe Bor © will pear in Jooncert under the ausploes of the | Ladies’ Musteal olub The Little Minister, © Little Minister” at the Lote theater this week is drawing well Allleen May te doing Lady Babbie, and ts mont acceptable, Bobby | Lawrence aleo ts making a hit as the policeman of Thrumme. Manikine at the Star, There ia a wonderful martonette show at the Gtar theater thin week, by Mr. and Mre, Walter 4 their company, The lit use used by the mantkins is a fine piece of stage work, which will amuse young people of all Ages “At Cripple Creek.” At the Seattle theater this week “At Cripple Creek,” a well played melodrama, fs the bill At the New Lyric, “The Boout'’s Revenge,” the open: ing bill at Russell @ Drew's new theater, the Lyric, has caught op [and the business ts good. Lillian Russell Coming. Lillian Russell is to appear in Se- ment features of this city {t has not been definitely decided tn what play Mies Russel! will appear, it t® probable that the piece will be “The Butterfly,” in which she ts |tour of the south, The Seattle favorite, Mine | Blanche Walsb has also been signed | by Mr. Cort for ai Seattle the presen son, to play ‘Th raight Road,” one of the latest and moat successful of the Clyde Fitch plays. Raymond Hitcheock, another of the first ob players of the pree ont day, has aluo been given a book ing to appear before @ Beattle audi ence in “The Gallopers.” Miss Russell will appear May 12 to 16, Mise Walsh will be here appearance {pn from March 31 to April 3, and the| Hitchoock appearance ts fixed for the entire week ot May 5. Have You Seen the ew Spring | Goods —~+—49N DISPLAY AT RTHY’S ~ Y. M. C. A. ORETT, Jan, 90. The board | warrt poard re of the ¥. MC. A, have 1 postpone for a year the of a $10,000 addition to the present bullding, as they belleve such an arrangement would prove unsatiafactory, as the assoolation would soon outgrow its new quar tors. Instead, a campaign will be started for an entirely new atruc ture, to cout about $60,000, It in be Hoved that funds onn be raised and work begun on such a building tn about @ year, Because all Japa look alike to him, John Bannerman, Great North erm section foreman, is having « hard time securing Justice nerman declares that eight mem. bers of his crew of Japs a few even ings ago, near Lowell, suddenly made an attack upon him. He fled ft escaped injury, Sunday night cured & warrant for his as fafficn te. as he does not know | the, me names, and cannot dis-| wish one from another, the of pers are powerless te serve the de WE ARE SHOWING HIG OVERCOATS AT THE SPRC $125 WE FIT THESE SPRCIA SAME CARE AS REGULAR 800-804 First Av., Strongest Overcoat Ban: | _——— J. REDELSHEIMER & CO. BUILDING warrant, Bannerman says that since the Japs could not explain to him in Bnglish the nature of their) grievance, he ie ignorant of the | cause of the trouble. Owing to the Increased ada of the looal postofft rier has been allowed Bverett, the free delivery district will t }tended just as soon as th in the new territory are numbered Three lads, whose names are Crowe, Shore and Sherman, aged 1%, 14 and 16 years, are in the coun ty Jal! accused of stealing money belonging to a Jap from a bunk house at Gold Bar. Ageording to the prosecuting attorney's office, | the boys, whore * are In Bno |homish, went from that place \Gold Bar in a livery rig, where one lof the trio entered the bunk house and picked up a purse containing $20 and returned, being arrested at |} Monroe, His companions blame Crowe. See First Avenue Windows HM - GRADE TAL O and BUITS AND riucks- BID to increase the mambership to over now appearing im # mout succensful | & VALUES WITH PRICED GARMENTS. THE Cor. Columbia St. House in the State | $90, (00. rofit You Ophortinita FROM AN INVESTMENT OF $100.00 IS THE RECORD OF ONE COPPER MINE. INVEST $100.00 IN OUR GROUND- FLOOR PROPOSITION, YOU CAN'T LOSE ONLY $100.00, YOU MAY MAKE A FORTUNE. TRY IT. IF YOU WOULD GAIN, YOU MUST FIRST VENTURE, $100.00 BUYS 400 SHARES, CASH OR INSTALLMENTS. WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ADVANCE IN PRICE OF STOCK, Horse Shoe Mining Co 231 Epler Block Seattle, Wash. MEMBERS WASHINGTON STATE MIN- ING ASSOCIATION, |The FAIR Dep’t Store 1813-181 5-1617-1519 Sneepe Ay. Z. A. MAFRIDGE CO., Inc. . J. WOLF, Mngr. More new things are coming in every day now. If you would be posted on the new styles for spring it will pay you fo'keep in touch with this modern store. are always as Everything‘ up-to-date and reliable féW, and in most ca and prices ses, lower, than you have to pay elsewhere for goods as stylish and desirable. New Spring Silks Wash Dress Goods New New New New New New Laces Corsets Linens Handke New Wox New New New New Shir Ribt tchiefs Infa Tomorrow we will show--- | Dress Goods Lingerie Embroideries t Waists 90NsS nts’ Wear See our beautiful window displays of Spring Dress Goods, Silks, Wash Goods and Lingerie. The only up-to-date éxhibition of new goods in Seattle. The 1907 Valentines Ready for Your Choosing We have pretty Valentines, the productions of thousand on display more tt yan a hundred the three best. publishing houses in America and Europe. They consist of Postal Cards, Drops, Folders, Comic Cards and the Comic Mechani- Ladies’ $20 Suits $6.50 Ladies’ $10 Long Cloaks $4.98 Ladles’s225 Walsts $1.59 $15 Furs Choice $3.98 $8 Silk Petticoats $4.98 GROCERIES tle White Ibs. Small Navy Beans ral Water Made Catsur Rock 6 1 | A Ibe, Best Rice Pink Beans Made Rice Popcorn Sauer < ec c e elly, ja ec se Orleans Mo- | nglish enum Tea 10¢ | Sugar und he « per ib....O%e 260 Wisconsin Full Cream Cheese, pound ise 40e Fancy Cr ter, per 40c Ranch Eee 1 ated Brand “be Se Schwabacher Black Pepper, per he | —— fi You Are Thinking of § Buying ORTIERES Here is an opportunity to get them for much less than ‘Foxy ‘Buster ‘Happy Hooligan,” Kids,” ’ cal Valentines,’such as ° Grandpa,” “‘Katzenjammer Brown”’ and others. ~~ “We will have on sale tomorrow more than 10,000 Post Card Valen- tmes, including many quaint and pretty colored designs. Time now to pick them up:for mailing to your distant friends. The Portieres here listed are made with tringed or corded ends. the regular price. of tapestry and velour, The predominant colors are red and green— 5 cent Tumblers at 3 cents were offered such a small at least none so Three dle In the Basement Store We place on saic tomorrow tn the Housefurnishing Store sev Materesting specials n Kettles at lin Kettles at ..... ¢ Pane at in Graniteware sell for $22.50 a pair for sell for $8.00 a pair for . sell for $3.50 a pair for that sell for $4.50 a pair for that sell for a pair for that scll for $3.75 a pair for that sell for a pair for .. pair for that that that Portieres Portteres Portieres Portieres Portieres Portiere Portleres Porth Port} Porti Porticres that sell for You never tumblers at price before good as these tinct patterns 20¢ ihe 20¢ 4he At Ic nce Pans at \ Cj EACH | We still have several patterns and 90 ¢ Ingrain pet which we will for 45 cents a yard Price to include mak ing, laying and lining left aver betore have Prieee—a stat foe eheare for the Iron Beds been sold at such ue to our eagerness to get the of the new spring goods Blue Beds, Beds The sale e&Remnants, Odd Lots and Broken Lines, which "started Monday, goes on all this week. There are still many good bargains to be had. You'll save money if you take advantage of the low prices on these goods this week. Oreen Black ¢ In full size, altfough some are in few 9x12 Wilton Rugs from last son's stock, the reg ular $45.00 va A GE FROM ) ONE-HALF Above prices for Wednesday and Thurs rn nt A: PL PP PPP PPP PAPA APPA bie McCarthy Dry Goods Co. 1512 to 1522 Second Avenue Between Pike and Pine Streets oe, Two Cars of New Office Desks | on Display. j | | iC prawn nee eyo ign ememromnneso N DN, Boom Second Avense Corner Unfon Street fa