The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1921, Page 5

Grunbaum Bros. Furniture Co. The People’s Popular Homefurnishers ~~ OUR CREDIT TERMS — FOR 1,000 NEW ACCOUNTS = $ 50 Purchase, $ 1.00 Down, $1.00 Per Week 100 Purchase, $ 5.00 Down, $1.50 Per Week : 75 Purchase, $ 3.00 Down, $1.25 Per Week 150 Purchase, § 7.50 Down, $2.00 Per Week Purchase, $10.00 Down, $2.50 Per Week Purchase, $12.50 Down, $3.00 Per Week 00 Purchase, $15.00 Down, $4.00 Per Week a _NO EXTRA CHARGES—NO INTEREST You have yet an opportunity to secure a fine Bed at an extremely low price—and get ~ addition an extra fine Cotton Felt Mattress E the county commissioners’ room next | M holds forth at the county-city build | TAXES HERE Officials Bound by Election’ Pledges to Retain Jobholders By W. E. Chambers When the budget makers and wouldde tax reducers assemble in | month, they will be confronted by ja buneh of county officials who are } ding pat on a nosalary-reduction | ir. Average Cittzem has beheld the salary roll of the county constantly |woaring upward and never downward with mach anxiety. On the other hand, he has watched his own sal ary check or profit column zooming and flopping around’ tn fantastic lurehes always downward and bis ‘anxiety verges upon panic. WANTED; NORMALCY IN COUNTY AFFAIRS Now Mr. A. C. is #0 foolish ax to |hold the opinion that the gang that! ing should pull in its wings and come down to the level of ordinary folka. Hore ts the substance of his brief. Durtng the war the cost of living |was high, and tt was onty right that | the county employes should have in THE SEATTLE STAR County Auto Upkeep Is Too Costly! ING county's auto expense has jumped from $23,910 in 1914 to $95,879 in 1920, That is—seemingly. But $95,000 is by no means the aggregate of the coun- ty’s auto operation. This is the cost of the operation of the garage; the purchasing of tires, parts, gas and oil, in part; and the purchase of two or three new cars, mak- ing no allowance for trades-in, This figure does not include the maintenance, repairs, |] and operation of numerous trucks and autos that are used in road work and other lines that keep them away from the city most of the time. It does not include the depre- ciation of the numerous cars that the county owns and this is an item that no business concern would pmit. King county maintains 73 automobiles (some of them privately owned) and 6 motorcycles. The county owns 45 automobiles and 6 motorcycles, valued at approximately $85,000. This includes trucks. A county official familiar with the county’s auto record gives five years as the average life of a machine. In other words, he places depreciation at 20 per cent. Hidden in the appropriations to road districts are thou- sands of dollars that are used for auto purposes. About 27 autos and trucks are maintained out of this fund. Oc- casionally one of these machines is repaired at the coun- ty garage, but it is the exception. It is consegvatively estimated that this hidden auto and truck maintenance and repairs is greater than the similar expense of all other county machines. beh teed. cad An Unusual Parchase of 300 Percale Aprons 89c Choice at Medium and Large Sizes Sales Booth—Upper Main Floor This group of neat house aprons consists of Percales in fancy stripes, plaids and checks in both light and dark colors. They are attractively trimmed with rick-rack braid and have sashes with back tie. The two models sketched are typical of the styles displayed. Only through the fortunate purchase we have made on these aprons are we able to offer them to you at, your choice, 89¢. A Display of Smart Fall Styles in Silk and Wool Dresses Featured A5 00 at ° Second Floor A pleasing assortment of Navy Poiret Twills and Tricotine Dresses, featured in straight lines and redin- gote style. They are plain tailored, with braid and embroidery trimming. Sizes are 16 to 4214. “ The silk dresses are of Canton Crepe, in colors of navy blue and black, and are in long, straight lines with bead and embroidery trimming. The dress sketched is an attractive model of velour with trimming of beads, embroidery: and belt with sash. Marked to sell at $45.00. 8 patterns of brass beds to select from—in the EE ting tip money at wat time nnd] full and three-quarter size—some as low as $32.50 £5 theas men were entitled to considera. | —ineluding mattress. = | tion | "TAL Ga&NT atl) But now conditions have changed. | CREDIT EXTENDED The cost of living is lower, Salaries | fare being reduced everywhere, Prof. | its are less. For the same reason that county employes received tn S | creased salaries, they should now be | | given a reduction. | The taxpayers do not stop with ae-| manding reduced salaries—they in laist that there be @ thoro weeding! lout of unnecessary clerks, deputies, | fas | etenographers, and even some of the | WHERE PIKE MEETS FIFTH > (oq hone—Elli t3 Onli New P| liott 4910 jones with highsounding titles. | was commended at the ‘reeular | Now here is what these taxpayerr Real Estate Men to weekly luncheon which was held at{¥ill meet. They will find a bunch Aid Salvation Army the Pig’n Whistle. of elective officials who insist that juediileansinainainn salaries stand as they are and that! ‘To assist the Salvation Army in MORRIS A. HUNT, 52, died Tues. |there be no pruning of their forces its appeal for maintenance funds, a) aay at his home, 303 W. McGraw JONES ISN'T } special committee was appointed) st., after an {linees of more than a REALLY IN SADDLE | ‘Tuesday by the Seattle Real Estate| year. Funeral arrangements have| Most of these officials dare not do Association. Work of the Army’ not yet been completed. ‘otherwise. Suppose I should ask you Take last year’s auto expense.........- «---$ 95,879 Add 20 per cent of $85,000 depreciation. 17,000 Estimated “hidden” expense ...... Sais 90,000 TOTAL COUNTY AUTO EXPENSE ($202,879 The county assessor’s personal auto expense ran from $9.07 in January of this year to $211.56 in June. It is his own machine and used personally. This is only one example of the cost to the county. The treasurer has a machine on the county expense list and so has the auditor and others, none of whom has noticeable official use for a machine. Of course, it is fine to have a machine to use when the county foots the bills! The county maintains Commissioner Ramsay’s Buick, which is used as a family car. Commissioners Dobson and Smith are provided cars by the county. Mr. Smith generally leaves his machine in the county garage except when needed in his district, but Mr. Dobson keeps his close . at hand as a rule. | - - Here is a new shipment of Wool Middy Sweaters that are ideal Two hundred thousand dollars is lots of money to spend | tor schoolgirl and college mies. They bave pocket and belt and | ‘lon autos! Too much for King county, | are in colors of buff, peacock and orchid Sizes are 34 to 44. | Exceptionally priced at $2.05 each. { Budget time is pruning time, Mr. Commissioners. a — : WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? to tel me who is county — ‘They electioneered in and out of hours and finally Jones was de clared elected. Now Jones has the honor ef hokting the job, but Jones knows and the entire office group knows who really holds the job, and it isn't Jones. From this it can be understood why Jones does not re duce the malaries in his proposed budeet. This self-perpetuating of an of. Octal position by passing tt around among the members of the office foree has become a serious matter. It not only is the source of the evil herein mentioned, but it accumulates: & bunch of monstmck politicians in the various county offices that have no fear of losing their jobs, and it takes three of them to do two men's | —=—=———————= The Store for Useful Articles work. CAPT. ANDERSON GETS HIMSELF IN WRONG Remember these facts next elec uon. ‘There are two or three shining ex- ceptions to the above condition. They are easily ascertained by inquiry at Rheuw- | the CountyCity building. When Capt. Anderson, snpertn- STORE HOURS: 8:30 A. M. TO 6 P. M tendent of the ferry system, filed his | Dudget for 1921, it was discovered = = — “;iarase t= / | ARGE SIZE O-CEDAR MOP _ Special at 98c Regular Price $1.50 You can keep your var- nished and painted floors looking bright and attract- ive with very little effort by using an O-Cedar Mop. These mops are treated with: O-Cedar polish and are made in the triangle shape, making it easy to get into corners. EXTRA SPECIAL AT, EACH ...............98¢ ted know A fot Ho-Bird Cups and highteratant Boa Saucers mopecial at Me Rel SPECIAL Te ee ree derful bargain at this price. Each roll 12)/2c Pair contains 108 square feet and comes Here is a re- P a. markable value. iuP™ Hanna Cuts Bursum |20"2's pimitty ts * ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Sept. 31.| Hero of Seattle’s —The lead of Senator E. 0. Bursum, republican, over Judge Richard HL Fire of 1889 D es Funeral services for William Hanna, democrat, ii yesterday's elec- tion to choose a United States sena- They will be willing to forego [tor from New Mexico, has been cut | Hazzard, Seattle pioneer, will be the chairman's many eloquent [down considerably, on the basis of | Thursday afternoon, from the ¢ specches and if be will make it |scattered returns from over tho/ of the Unliversity undertaking short and snappy, something | state, The republicans claim a vic-|ishment, Hazzard, as deputy like, “I propose that we reduce j|tory today. Bursum carried the| iff, in 1889, won recognition , this estimate $10,000,” he will [northern part of the state, returns | relief work during the Seattle f be encored again and again. |indicate, while Hanna showed the |—————————____—__ You, sir, Mr, Average Citizen Mother, bring home some of is mixing his war paint, Boldt's Mlk B dverti sults this year, not next year. fe most strength in the southern coun- tries, The race, however, is close. . Blue Serge Suits $32, are sick and want to Get K ell, write for liter matism Selatica, Gou' ja, Nervous ood Pressure and é Kidneys and other ‘ailments. wear Degnen's Radio-Active Solar ps4 day and night. receiving the|aries. He was immediately confront ad) continuously intoled by an angry delegation of court house employes and charged with a violation of the agreement to keep | salaries as they are. Anderson is| yeu bacw yee unpopular around the County-City Sold on @ te roposition. You | building as a result. are thoroughly alistlea it is help~- ing you efore the appliance is Mr. Average Citizen will discover }yours. Nothing to but wear it./conditions to be as herein described, Ne trouble or expense, and the mostiand that he has a man-sized job / Le than tt | ahead of him. | iy 38 or a But these taxpayers will mean | h and poo No matter how bed your allment. busmesa. They know that the throwing off impurities an ing the tismues and nerves to @ nm mal condiuon— county commissioners have author- | it at our lity to reduce salaries, cut down sal tion write tor Radium Ap-|@FY rolls and enforce other econ ig, Los|omies, They will see that the buck __.. |i paswed to them, all right If the county officials say that Rheumatism run the office on a A Remarkable Home Treatment Gtven by One Who Had It Regular Prices Were $40 to $75 Nothing is more ser- viceable than a good blue serge. These are good; fast color; all wool; guaranteed to satisfy — money back if they don’t. They’re greatly underpriced. All sizes; all styles in men’s models. | RRS markable healing power. Finally, 1 completely and complete with nails and cement for Thursday we are laying. No phone or C. O. D. orders. going to offer those attractive, = thin-China Ho-Bird cups and saucers at 1214¢ pair. The Ho-Bird pattern is a beautiful blue decoration on white china. No phone or C. O. D. orders. None delivered. " i; Buy Your Golf | ’ used it, | Balls Here Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Shop |] ==|& =a Big Saving tiered’ you free? Don't delay. Write Corner Second and Seneca Copyright 1921 Hart Schaffner & Marz You should use more nitrogen —you will get more light and light bills. ‘ Gino Pills are recommended atx sold in Seattle by Bartell'’s Drug Stores, Swift's Pharmacy, Corne: Second and Pike, and other reliable drugwists. Reach—Scotty or Paramount today Golf. Balls eo ee coy Fe see Special at 49c Mr. Jackson is responsible, Above statement true. *