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JMBER of the trip of & > Lumber 7 Fifty-four Kill i ‘ ~ > ge fe tebe ra it as his and proceeds to] JOHANNESHURG -Transvaat,| TOU. Despondency te assigned) Direct Primary for Nebraska wantrne Tecarenn, Serview) | eembera, will ‘prokehty form 8 wew| OLEMETA, Marah fe- Gov, Mead week Sie aha a oe A March 30.—By the explosion of two | *® te cause, LINCOLN, Neb, March 30.—The| ., . ve arcn order or affiliate with some old one. | has granted a commutation of sen« centers of the In Skagit county there t# one| cases of dynamite ct one ot uh : ate dian ponsed the state wide| Charlen A. Riley, who says he ear - a tence to K. E. Larrimore, a paroled the tact that the at mill, with a capacity of 18 care of} mines four white men be | te vad Newberry Mas $500,000 Fire. t Yyrimary bill with amend.|t0 Washington on a freight train JAPAN FLOATS BIG LOAN. convict, releasing him April 1. despite the official «if mber monthly, which recelved but | tives were killed, besides man: >a NEWBERRY, 8 C., March 30! ments Which the house concurred | thls morning, tried to see President ~ Larrimore was sentenced in King not even t Scare during the whole of 1906. | ing injured. ‘j ¥ Fire last night ‘swept both the bus) i} The bill does away with state,| Roosevelt, telling the officers that rvice.) county November 4, 1996, to two the lumber The enormous plant of the Puget sini ineas and residence sections of New-| egunty na city nominating con mg president had summoned him NEW YORK, March 30,—As the| years for larceny LA em oe ment, , Mr, Allen vod Mills and Timber Go. at 7 berry, caust loss th ay | Yention#, »y wireless to testify in a murder] non-redemption period of Ja and paroled November 26 last on Humorous and alarn ) te shipping Immense | PARIS. seen” seenined: sat| reach half @ million 7 an ill Ne ; trial, The police are holding him | ———<——+-——————-—— | the strong recommendation of the cargoes of shingles and lumber to| nuneiature lett by Mar. ioeik = ; - BRYAN TALKS TO for examination a to his sanity A New Thing trial judge, deputy prosecuting at~ all over the stato as/San Franciseo, and from there over! ini relating to the breach between Increased Population. * LEGISLATORS. OwLs MovE T torney who conducted the case available cars for casiward tho Santa Fe and Southern Pacific | France and the vatican is being ex-| WASHINGTON, March 90.—Ac- matinee - O SEATTLE. | In tho line of a heavy type Buffalo) sheriff of King eneiy, oe eee concerned,” ss!! Mr.) to the southwestern states. | col “a ‘j N, Texas, March 20.—W, gasoline engine is coming out thia| tendent of , ; Mea Not ov: The milla have 6 eapseity ae]° : nets te ha Diryan spoke last night in the hall (Star Bpecial Bervice.) year and will be designed especial-| others a of the 200 mille in Whe 1,000,000 shingles and 200,000 feet Rotton. Glation during the peat lx years ela nee “ef vopresentatives ef | , WALLA WALLA, March %—~| jy for a work engine, Heavy, slow| SOMETHING NEW. pip are working. because ‘hey | of lumber daily HELLINGHAM, March 30—Dr, | 8,000,000. According to reports the | tue. digeussing national tanue OA ER Eo A A and as good as the boat of| Carpets sclentifically cleaned by . io care, At Anace Mr. Allen visited Centralia, Rel! 8. von ‘ - Arrangements for jatlon can ial and skilled labor |the air process, removing every nee ea the railroad | tingham, Everett and other import-| 7 Sebulta, o traveling eye n't Forge’ The Washington Fire Insurance| be made direct with the manager| make them, Second to none on the| particle of dirt without the slightest : o of shingles in| ant towns. Good santtary plumbing will save company in adjusting the steam) of the crematorium. rket and at a price which will| injury It not only thoroughly HS walt for the few « ag agement ey your doctor's bills, Let ua submit) That tonight there will be a dance} bélier loss of Scott Benjamin at | Washington Cremation Association, | average about $40 per horse power.| cleans, but brightens up the dead — < oe 7 ten a at comfort In tea and/ an estimate. Our prices are right.}at Lesehi Park pavilion, Fine! Eifensbtrg, in spite of technical | Phones—Office, Bunset, Queen| Bee Geo. H. Woodhouse Co., 112) colors Fuzzy-Wozzy Rug Co. Ki mend = money affal coffee, good tea and coffee.—Sehil |G. H. Brown @ Co, 221 Pine st.| muste by Wagner's orchestra, Gem | notliabtlity, Other companie p| Anne 886. Ind, 7366. Residence University #t., Seattle, or write for! Phones, Ind. 7279, Queen Anne 1222. ‘ *** lings Beat. eee | Roth phones, tthe risk have refused to pay +! Queen Anne 447, Ind, 7661 . ‘ i , ’ OUR roundings a par character. _ landscapes, ture, congenial goundings of nat combined with _ will want to live ‘Mewnt Baker Park t the place for made the tract Washington: within quick Phe whole property i« A natural park © @f the rarest an! mow te the north west of the moat attract make his home. boat ten to twenty Thea for residences. view of the lake Pron here the ground ‘Witerepersed with m boulevard. a ity through the tract, et, an it were, in Special g Me many spo ‘wil be Club T Pilieges of the follow ine The Club House «+ i © be b Baker Park. it will ‘Well Inia out, and WHY SE the Otympics ana « ant Rainier, PS foreground. <r. Nile and ann tt att —In the b BOR gymnast, 10x fhe instatiment oc EOE, Bthietic apparatus 4 Bewitng Ai Alonas suttic ON HOME with your own If your tastes in- _ gline toward select society, ex- dusive environment, artistic location and = sur- man-made = acivantages, Mount Baker Park the Mah merely bax taken advantage and made {i comfortable, convenient, artis« ‘Travelers who have deen tor © Prom the shores of Lake , comman PRR enough trregwiarity to add ¢ of each lot having and charty of Ite own. the lots will face on Mount P THE ONLY “NOW” ADDITION THE MARKET MILLS n to be brought up. and sur- should be on lovely building at once. Twenty-five architec- fine residences will be in companions, course of construction in the ural beauties, the best of you in GET NO RELIEF ho get bie bundle in a car first CO THIS IS THE HOME PLACE YOU Gambling a Felony. AUSTIN, Tox March 30. Gambling ta now a felony in this state, the bill hav been signed yesterday by Gov, Campbell, Play ing cards for prives ix also a orime. The man Ueme BAN FRANCISCO, | Bid ney Salisbury, a son of Monroe! Theol leybarold child, which was in Salisbury, a wellknown horseman,| the building, was burned to death. has committed auicide by Certain statements and be BLMA, W ‘on realdence of ( Saliebury Suicides, White Btar p March 90.-| fire at @ o'elock y the gas Be, Ladies Free. apectaliat, ta tn jail after being rot-| population of the United States in tonegeed and handled roughly by a) 1006 was 839,961,010, crowd when he attempted to draw & gun, Hefs of the traveller were not liked. Child te Burned to Death. esterday morning order HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR Natural Beauty of the Tract distinetly, permanently and tine homes of our beet | Mature erseif te largely responsible for this by most beautiful property gem of lakes. of Nature's and easy access of town by and level boulevards tm fact ae well as In name, } not man-made, containing t beautiful trees and shrubs any lands pronoucne ive places in the world for the land to « broad, level Washington five fe @@ plateau that Nature seems to have made ¢a- ft doe, a tm shores and ing, on and the ow slopes gently upward with ts charm for the ridges nd keeping an tndivid- wiature valleys and er Park and magnificent driveway wind- and the residences a private park of thelr own the grand estates of England and Europe. Features fal and unique features of be composed of all owners of RM Tesidents in the addition, who will have the exquisite architecture and slit on one of the pinnacles be surrounded by spacious will command a eweeping ascades, from Mount Baker limite of Lake Washington ery convenience and com- n wili be provided for the sement of the club house feet, titted and arranged fern conventences and ap- shower batha, lockers, etc., le the gymnasium will be for three bowling alleys of ruction. main floor of the bullding surrounded by ten-foot sdth of the struteure, read- © room, kitchen and all appointed club house 4 floor of the club 1 billiard roc will be many features w» house a most 4 their wives, and ond home whenever nbers a unt 6 of the manager, Independent, 695. The Location Mount Baker Park, formerty known as the “Hun- ter Tract,” and consisting of ower 200 acres, te situated on the most beautiful part of the shore of Lake Wash- ington, Just across the narrow neck of town where the distance from bay to lake ts shortest, opposite the north end of Mercer Island, and only 2% milea from Pioneer square, Transportation ‘Transportation will be quick, easy and frequent. Bisecting the addition diagonalty through the cen- ter will run the Mt Baker Park tine, to be known ae the “Beenie Route” of all Beattie, as the views afford- ed along ite route are unsurpassed anywhere for beau- tiful panoramas, The grade of this line is even, with- out hills, and runs north on Thirty-firet avenue from McClellan street direct to Jackson street ‘The Rainier Heights tine, at through the addition, and Including the foregoing, will, Baker Park line te completed, de- wsent extending as soon ae the Mt fect from ite present route and run down the valley The Rainier boulevard Itne, now running to within level grade one block of our property, will be on « from Pioneer square to Mount the Jackson and Dearborn streets ished. The officers of this line say meah a trip of only ten minutes from Pioneer equ: to Mount Baker Park. Other car lines also are under contemplation. ‘This unexcelied and abundant car service, run- ning to and neer all parte of the addition, with no street or lot more than three blocks from a car line, wit) give the residents of Mount Raker Park better transportation factiities than those possessed by any other residence portion of the city. Residence Tracts ‘The land is platted to give an average of four lote to the acre, and laid out to conform with and take the best advantage of the natural contours and configura- en of the ground, Many of these lots extend from one park to an- other; others are desirably tocated on the boulevards and parkways, while stil! others stretch slong the five thousand feet of waterfront with thelr own beach. Boulevards and Streets Two grand parkway boulevards intersect the ad dition, forming the main channels from which will ra diate the numerous avenues and streets. Lake View Parkway, a continuation of the city system of parked drives, rune 160 feet wide from northeast to southwest, while Hunter boulevard, 110 feet wide, extending along the center of the ridge, will give ample room for the Mt, Baker Park car line, which will [raverse it From the McClellan street Entrance there wtli be beautiful thoroughfare winding to the top of the I and into the shady grove beyond. Mt. Rainier Drive and the prineipal avenues and streets will be 70 feet wide, In the center of Lake View parkway, at the inter- section of Thirty-firet avenue, will be a broad pool of limpid water to make, as It were, a dimple tn > cheek, while at various points sparkling streams with rustic bridges will croas the drives. Negotiations are being made to have all parkways boulevards, avenuce and streets paved with petrolithic halt, ‘This material has hewn proven by severe apd extended teats in Low Angéle@ and Pasadena to be an ides! pavement in service, durability, appearance and cleanliness. The surface is just auffictently rough to prevent horses slipping or autemublies skidding, an advantage that will readily be appreciated The company will install and make all payments for coment sidewalks, curbs, sewers and water syste AN ADDITION A Free Gift These various Improvements and convenienr with the land, amounting to over $60,000.00, will be given absolutely free by the Hunter Tract Improve ment Company to the purchasers of lots in Mount Baker Park Addition, making it more than ever “An Addition With Character,” For Outdoor Sports Boat Houses—There will be constructed on the beach in a location convenient to all a boat house large enough for the use and accommodation of all who make their homes in thia addition, In conjunction with this there will be: A Wharf—Of generous width and extending to a g00d depth of water, with spacious accommodations the boats and laun of the residents, with lock- ers and the usual appurtenances, Bath House—In another convenient situa will be @ commodious bath house, with numerous roome, showers, spring boards, floats, etc Tennis, Croquet, Ete —Lawn bowls and other out- ta will have ample space set aside for their door spo enjoyment tn @ central location of the tract Garage and Stables—A apace for garage and stables, to be maintained by the residents u®ing the same, will be reserved at an acce presence will not be objectionable. Think of living on the shores of the most beautt- ful part of Lake Washington, with your own fine beach 60 to 100 feet wide, where every lot owner has the privilege of uatng the community wharf and boat house and dockage for themselves and friends, safe landings, delightful coves, protection from storms and many other advantages for the lover of boating and swimming. ible point whord’ its Improvements the improvements necessary to the f this tract into the chotoest residence to de- edlens In making transformation section of the Northwest, we were careful n stroy Nature's beautiful handiwork by doing p cutting. Ail the unsightly underbrush and tangle has been cleared away, but the trees that add so much fn sylvan beauty to the place are left as Nature designed them, the finest ornaments that could be had. In thie, as in other particulara we were guided by the advice of Olmated, the famous landscape gardener who laid out the park system of Seattle, and whe authority on the moulding of Nature's beauty ts recog- 4 throughout the whole country. Automobile Owners And drivers of horses will be especially interested in the fact that Mount Baker Park wil be reached by a broad, jevel boulevard, running diagonally southeast from Pioneer square, as soon as gge Jagkeon and Dear born street reg are compleq—aleitem of no lit tle importance in this city of HDi, This name regrade also wifF m Mount Baker Park the only residence section of tlaelty on a level with the business portion of the to’ and yet well above the level of the lakes ‘Think of what that means! Think of having a broad, level boulevard from the 4oor of your house clear into town, along a glorious parkway that connects directly with the beet driving routes of the surrounding country, ‘This is one of the things thet pl@ge should make you anxious to live in Mount Deer a Addition. ‘Think of living In the moat'éxélisive and strictly residence nection of the city, within easy and quick access of downtown, where everything possible has been and is being done to make life comfortable and enjoyable for those of eritical taifte. rpark. UNSURPASSED TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES Beach and Waterfront One of the most attractive features of this prop- et that it has over 6,000 feet of frontage nificent erty ie the 0m Lake Washington, giving not onty a ms. view, but also all the advantages forded by « wide, fing gravel beach, with wu factlities for boating and fishing All owners of lots will have access to and rights in the use of this beach and the improvements thereon provided by the company, as explained hereinafter. Architecture Quite a number of our leading citizens, alive to the beauty and rability for residence purposes of Mount Baker Purk Addition, are now planning with their architects the building of fine homes, and in or- der to facilitate the efforts of all who desire to emulate this good example, the Hunter Tract Improvement pany will place at the disposal of all #0 inclined a large collection of plans of artistic and comfortable houses of every kind, description and price. The best architects in Seattle and the Northwest will be interested in producing the mest artistic ef- fecta, diversified plana and harmonious combinations for the benefit of the residents of Mount Baker Park Addition. Not only that, but we will so arrange it that the services of these experts will be at © mmasd of each and every householder who cares to avail himself of the opportunity We intend to apare neither pains nor expense tn making Mount Baker Park Addition architecturally, as well as naturally, the most beautiful and artistic idence section of Seattle, The houses will be built, Insofar as we can arrange . 80 ae to be integral and besutiful parts of a com- and perfect whole. All the plans and specifications which we will pre- tent for your adoption, approval or aid will be in con- formity with this idea, and reasonable restrictions Wil be enforced sufficient to maintain this perfection of plan and product Making Its Character Before proceeding to place the lots on sale {t was determined to interest over 200 of the representative citizens of Beattie in the clal and financial success of this tract The many and varied merits of the addition have appealed to the most critical, and as a result every ef- fort has been and will be made by them to assist us in buliding up and maintaining this as on exctusive residence district, where life may be enjoyed to the utmost. Restrictions For the sake of mutual comfort, convenience and the maintenance of the high standard ef this addition 4s the best residence section of Seattle, it has been thought wise to make the following restrictions The re line shall be reserved in its entirety and not marred by unsightly boat houses or other structures not imtended or available for the general good Not more than one dwelling shall be built on each lot All houses must be erected on the, estaBlished bullding lin No residence shall be bullt costing less than $2,000 to $5,000, depending on the locality Every t is require There shall be no outhouses nor stables. No antmals, except domestic pets, shall be kept on the private grounds or within the limits of the addi- tion, except in the community stable. Only one store will be allowed, This will be erect ed by the company as a general market, including a drug store, grocery, butcher shop and other necessary mercantile supplies, The building will be artistically and architecturally in keeping with the other build ings, and rigid restrictions will be. ¢ ed the storekeepers to have and maintain their establishments in conformity with the other high standards To Reach Mt. Baker Park, Take ANY Car and Transfer to Rainier Heights Line Regarding the property you are inv’ Or all inquiries FOR FULL DETAILS 117 Cherry Street. Phones: meeting yesterday with ereditors to, foreign loan expires tomorrow, the adjust an indebtedness of $1,600.| financial agent of Japan, Mr. Ta- Grand Executive Leavitt and Grand| kashi, has been in this country to Hecretary Wood gave their jotnt| hurry up negotiations, for the pli 30.-The notes, payable in six months, for|ing of the sam required. The whole ane, at the all accounts, They will now be al-| loan was $260,000,000, half of which jostroyed by lowed to move the grand nest to| had ben isaued at 6 per cent Seattle, where it is hoped money to cancel the indebtedr will po SENTENCE COMMUTED: be raised by the rapid growth of the Walla full information. ited to call at the office on the tract, at McClellan and Thirty-fourth Avenue South, which will be in charge MR. MITCHELL PHILLIPS. Phones—Sunset, East 2552; Independent, 8944. will be answered at the offices of the Hunter Tract Improvement Company, DANIEL JONES and F. L. FEHREN, Agents Sunset, Main 2984; Walla lodge of 600 (Star Special Service.) UNT BAKER PARK ° M is an addition of the present. It is ready and waiting for you to commence next thirty days. Plans for a number of houses, ranging in price from $10,000 to $20,000 are in the hands of the archi- tects. Mount Baker Park Parks Mount Baker Park will be located in the middle of the addition, in a situation especially chosen and named by Olmated as an ideal site. This pork, as well ell the parkways and boule- vards, will be presented to the City of Seattle free of all cost by the Hunter Tract Improvement Company. Instead of turning over merely so much unim- proved land, we will improve and beautify it in every Way possible, with walks, shady nooks, lovers’ lane, cozy retreats and the best features that money will command. There also will be a number of smal! parks locat- @4 tn various portions of the tract. It is intended that every part of the addition shall have separate and distinctive features and advantages of its own, thus giving each section « special charm and character, as well as making for the general beau- ty and attractivences Besides these distinctive features tn the laying out of this addition, the general scheme of the promoters of this enterprine has been to create an exclusive real- dence section, which would be notable for It» generous residence tracts, wide streets, broad boulevards and parkways, ample and inviting parks, and ite detafied and generous arrangements for the enjoyment of life, both in and out of doors, For the admirable arrangement, platting and beau- tifying of thie garden spot of our city, we desire to give due credit and thanks to Mr. George F. Cotterill, the well-known engineer, who laid out the A.-¥.-P. grounds, and who has carried out Mr. Olmsted's sug- gestions, az well as many of his own valuable ideas, isted by Sawyer Broa, and to Mr. B. O. BSchwagerl, under whose personal supervision the tract has been and is being transformed by the magic of the best landecape gardening. iF ee oe ee ee Rapid Rise in Values The proper time having arrived for placing Mount Baker Park Addition before the people and prospective purchasers, the owners submit their plan and plat with the utmost confidence that in a very short time every Jot in the tract will be disposed of, and a substantial increase in the values immediately follow. Prices to Be Raised Forehanded people will embrace this opportunity, promptly recognizing that this is an investment that will increase rapidly in value. It is an established principle with experienced real estate men in starting @ new addition, that lots must at first be priced below their true value, in order that the prices may be raised shortly thereafter. Pen eA oN I A RORCEO RE CURE RNR Therefore, those who buy in the first week or ten days will get the advantage and profit afforded by these initial low prices. Inspection Invited The Rainier Hetghts line te now running tc the office of the company, at the corner of Thir fourt street and McClellan, This point also can be reached é by transfer from the cars of all city lines, ; Terms The terms of purchase will be 25 per cent and 25 per cent, in six, twelve and elghte We will be glad to have you * e our plat and compare our prices with those asked for in other additions. YOU CAN START BUILDING YOUR HOME