100 years ago in Spokane: Man’s faithful dog summons help

From our archives, 100 years ago

Charles Carlson, a Northern Pacific section foreman, was working on the Hangman Creek bridge when “an ordinary black and brown dog” arrived and began jumping up and down.

The dog seemed to be trying to tell Carlson something. So Carlson followed the dog to a one-room shack at 2001 W. 17th Ave. There, Carlson found the body of William Smith, about 75.

The dog, said neighbors, had been Smith’s constant companion for nine years. The death was believed to have been by natural causes. There were no known relatives.

From the playground beat: A Logan School third grader fell from the “upright of a swing on the playground” and broke his leg in two places.

This was the third accident on playground equipment. The school board had already removed the swings (but apparently not the uprights). After this latest accident, the board voted to “remove every vestige of apparatus that might be connected with an injury to a child.”

From the revival beat: Evangelist Dr. Milford Lyon opened a series of revival meetings in Spokane at the Lyon Tabernacle, attracting thousands.

He drew a chorus of fervent amens when he said, “When a teacher gets talking about Huxley or Spencer or Darwin, you know he’s a backslider.”