The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 8, 1909, Page 7

MBER 8, 1909, Fire HERE IS A HERO OF A FIRE FIGHTING STORY “am Attending the| Pee Chief’s Convention | in Seattle Put to a Terri-| i ble Test. the life of Fire Chief A, W pe dashed wildly up & wite trom immin: nt of ‘Spokane, ; eadar cluaively tn attending fire chtefs, when ar flights of sairway and saved jeath from fire fe pappent t one of the great est individual fires which r Siaited Spokane. It was the burn: ho tn « 1, Phillips, w Rat city. Chief Myers had fire when the alarm for © fasten dlock was Gaean be knew that the be was his first fire ‘The story ts nc Decause he ts far too mod est for that, bur it ‘under contro!, ar Wy & the scene of the second blocks away, of the Great Eastorn block, on al wee raw Decem!> and the chief says that all during] night in 1896, bie 16 yeara as chief of the fire t of Spokane he never weat through such an ordeal asj . At Another Fire. t told by the chief was red assistant chief, J ow manager of company in former been at another the Great turned in, and ding home, he stayed at the until it was thoroughly then drove mad. he could see fongues of flame leaping high ie could see the bright ‘@lare cast high in the sky, and in the bottom of his Knew that the building was + And with that secret feeling came erous journey, tongues of flame Gwful realization that his wife | shot gon od the walls and scorch thoughts flew madly his brain as he frantically bis plunging horse Into a burst of speed W/ Saw Wife in Peril. on the sill of a fourth- Sanding there for several but that no one dared to Myer, | his | t could go no further, and then he for escape or would she | @aimly through ft all and! awake? | wife on the floor below | that he leaped and stumbled down | being cleared overnight. jthe one flight and then went tn-| |stinetively to the window, where | 50-cent size Mmally, upon reaching the|he knew the woman of his heart | and the $2 jar, and either of these ‘of the fire, what should meet | was waiting for him. but the sight of his wife | weakened as he was by the emoke/| reliable drug stores. , praying and begging | fa turn to be saved from the fate ‘that seemed about to consume her. "Bystanders told the chief as he| wards when the second, third and| will be sent by mall, free of charge, j@ tig that his wife | fourth floors crashed to the ground,| upon reque: | Publicity Contest PIANOS FREE tek, <A wavimam, | PEA a FIRST PRIZE—Value $475. GIVEN AWAY TO CONTESTANTS came frov the h ation office tw THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, SEPT Rayene ition taken b TELEPHONE CO, MUST TO GET THIS PERMIT.“ Cou wever Mr committee f This wa ‘OLD TIMER 1S BAGK IN SEATTLE 10 he pegs | . . MEN AT MEETING AR known of the (By United Press.) PHOENJX, Ariz. Sept. 8 ound Santa Fe trains today are be of the old time residents of Kennedy, one beat Kan The efforts of th Telephone @ Pacific Const ing company Beattle Seattle from 80, Is been away & generation or who has for shunted throt # elty ax Telograph wnted through thi y an into Albuquerque vin Maricopa an back to stay, Mr, Kennedy was em-|(9 get a three-year franchise or ployed in the elty auditor's office mit to extend ite nes Ais| emHing, NN: Bey Deonana.of the Pleas the time of t ble tire which ew trieta within the new city limits; {tous flood that awept awa the |the business district, Sine not covered by the old franchine, | militon-dolar dam in the Rto : when he was In Philadetph without granting the users con-| Valley of Northwestern New ) Centennial exposition, Mr cewstons and making promises of|!eo, The flood washed out five has been all over the United .| maintaining rates almilar to those | Miles of ta Fe track and nar jbut Seattle is the premire city of| demanded of the Independent com-|TOWly missed accomplishing — the ltheen ll, he dare pany, recetved a setback at the | Complete destruction of yesterday's | ting the elty counei! last) California limited train | evening | |these privileges was before the|*® 100K nice when @ young man call | jan corporations committee recom-| 4, Agnes Pricat m0 fe art a ioe | ne North Co r on « com-| mendations made by Superinten-|COUNtY Jal charged with | stea | ——_—_— ——————— se | h the Intention of protecting the Do Your Feet Ache and Bure, jenter the ‘building. Tt was by this! Strahorn, of Spokane, | Public reserving the people's ae » seething mass of flame | sald so this morning. Mr, Strahorn | "&hts, were ridiculed and the com: nd maken ke. Tho stairway had/arrived tn the city yesterday. Stra-|Mittee decided to recommend the " te. "Don't ed the least of any part of the horn is the man of mystery be-| “option of the resolution Just as It ot nny ARM : butlding, and it was this fact that|/hind the mysterious North ATI K eu : made the desperate dash of the/railroad, Who is backing th OR RO I OT chiet possible ho one knows except Mr. Strahorn | Daring Plunge Into Fire, and he doesn’t say This Victor Wrapping his ollcoat tightly | t W Distributers f about him, and carefully adje : | tly tik Ve are Distributers for su sand easly austin) CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY | erty tke By ER smog gh sprir stairway before a chance to hold him eral tried to deter his but they were rudely And he entered while ma of water drench TOR Talking Machine Prices, $10.00 to $260.00 New Discovery Has Revolutionized | °° the Treatment of Skin Diseases. Nothing in the history o cine has ever approached the cess of the marvel known as postam, which, it (s safe to say, has cured more cases of ecrema and skin diseases than any remedy ever offered for these ills. The success of postam te not at! all surprising when it Is considered that even a very small quantity! had progress, thrust aside. {three big stre ed Bim from head to foot auc a8 akin remedy Caruso, the great est living tenor; Gadski, Sembrich, Tetrazini and other won The building was a five-story brick and his wife was on the jourth story. The smoke was stifling. yet he climbed as beat he jeould by feeling tho hot walls. At {different potnts on the long, treach: applied to the skin stops ttehing| derful singers—right in your fmmediately and curea chronic FRE nn cases in two weeks. The very worst home whenever you want them. A cases of eczema, as well as acne, herpes, tetter, piles, salt rheum. | rash, crusted humors, scaly scalp| and every form of itch, yleld to i | readily. 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He took a course of tion he | hundreds | Bake Ove | with results than he. | been similarly cured }Oven ts rightly named. |bakes out disease. touches parts that m ch. Ite results and most last * Bake Oven room daily from § a. m | Sunday from 9 a. m. regularly licensed leomp tendan made for consultation ferer from rheumatism. stomach, bowel, kidn complaints is invited discuss his or her tro: the famous spectalists. ph ; occ cy Publicity Contest Pianos Free SECOND PRIZE—Value $375. UABLE PRIZES NOVEL PLAN TO IMPRESS NAMES UPON A COMMUNITY—A CONTEST OF SKILL—-CHANCE FOR CAREFUL WRITERS. | : OurAim HIGH QUALITY AND ABSOLUTELY ONE PRICE. Ban infill F. L. JORDAN, General Manager Kehlerey “Kohler & Chase sell the five foremost Pianos of today: Weber, Steck, Fischer, the wonderful adjustable touch, Kohler & Chase.” Wheelock, and u have no piano, here is the chance to free. 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Has quartered oak top and extends to six feet. splendid value at the regular price, $18.60 We are having a sale on Dining Tables this week, and in vite you to come and pick yours out; you'll save money. top; golden or Early 6 to 10-foot extension, at— $7.50 to $40.00 Many others in round or square English finish ; easy for you to furnish your home through our new plan of Distributed Payments. It is the simplest, fairest, best plan we know of. Mr. Gott- stein will tell you about it personally. BIG FREE EXCURSION To Birmingham Thursday ON BIG, FAST STEAMER VENUS. LEAVES PIER 6 AT 10 O'CLOCK, RETURNING AT 8 P. M. Come early and get a good seat, as we always have a boat load. Division No. 4 lovitifn 3,500 Acres as Cheap as $50 an Acre on Terms of 10 Cents a Day My, how the people are taking up this waterfront property of ours. New homes are going up as fast as carpenters can do the work, We have four surveys crews staking out the ground an two more are needed to keep up with our heavy selling. Why not buy Waterfront on this side of the sound when you can get it for much less than ts ask- ed for acreage on the other side? All waterfront on Puget Sound, desirably located, is owned by wealthy men, who will not sell for several times the price we are asking. Eight fresh water lakes full of trout and black bass. Tons of ripe berries free on this land. Hundreds of Seattle peo- ple have got rich buying land of us, A few dollars down and 10 cents a day or $2 a month pay- ments make it easy for the poor- est people to be able to buy five acres on waterfront. Fine oyster and clam beaches on this land. Also street car lines and railroad. We want all the men we can get, at good wages, to work for us. See Rice or Sutter on steamer Venus, Pier 6, before 9:30 or ©. D. Hillman’'s land may in Times Block. Call FREE MAPS AT ONCB. ¥600 Worth of Blackberries to an Acre Raised on This Property. Everett people take launch Birmingham at City Dock, Everett, daily at 10 a. m. to visit this property, or see Peake Bros., on Rucker Ave., at Everett. U. S. GOVERNMENT Land Opening Along Ratroad in Montana CONRAD-VALIER Project 69 Miles North of Great Falls. 70,000 acres of Irrigated Land segregated by the United States under the Carey Land Act, will be allotted by drawing at Valier, Montana, the terminus of the new railroad, off Thursday, October 7, 1909 You May Register by Mail Must register prior to October 7th, land a If you do not select er your number is drawn it costs nothing. Title Can Be Acquired by 30 Days’ Residence $40.60 per acre for land and perpetual water right down; balance tn fifteen years. This land is fine, grassy prairie, ready for the plow. sage brush or stumps, Reached Over Great Northern or Burlington Railroads, The small annual payments (less than a cent an acre a day) make it easy to pay for this land from the crops. Information and blanks for registering, free on request. W. M .WAYMAN 3rd Street, Valier, Montana $3.60 per acre No, on anaenhita neste Sonera RA aS ola