Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-02-17
ANsWERs 10 CORRESPONDENTS

IL - i Le name u I'T. Geo. Suck =
i familiar pne 70 students Of natural sci-
eaee. He accompanied the exploring ex-
petition of Gov. Stevens to Puget Sound
as surgeon AMI naturalist in 1853. Soon
after his arrival lie received an appoint
ment as Assistant L. s. Surgeon, and was
stationed a, For, Stcilacoom, where he re.
maincd until ordered, the following Sep
tcmber, to Fort Dallcs. lie returned to
Stelacoom in January, 1856, where he
remained until February, 1857, when re.
signing his position in the army he sailed
for China. In 1850 he again crossed the
continent overland, ria Salt Lake, to San
Francisco. A most enthusiastic and de-
voted student Of science, he was engaged
during the greater portion of these years
in collecting specimens of the vegetable
and mineral productions of Washington
Territory. In 1850, in conjunction with
DR.. Cooper, he published a very expensive
edition Of those portions of the Pacific
Railroad reports which described the nat
ural condition and prospects of the country
travcrsed by thcsurvcying expedition, near
the 47th and 10th parallels of latitude
The work was issued simultaneously in
New York, London, Paris and Madrid, but
owing to the great expense attending its
publication aud the limited demand for
works purely of science, its publishers lost
several thousand dollars by the operation.
The work is one ofgreat value.
La6orer.-You are still "allowed to vote
at municipal elections under the amended
charter" by complying with the registry
law. 1t is mistaken idea that property
qualification is necessary We suppose
that this impression prevails in conse-
quence of the passage of the amended
charter over the unanimous protest of the
present Board of Trustees and a decided
majority of the voters of the town, was
urged before the Legislature by E. l..
Smith, our moncycd Representative, upon
the ground that although the petition ask.
ing its passage was signed but by few per-
sons, those few represented surplus of
the capital Of the town.
Flora McF2imsey.-We do not pretend
to keep posted in the fashions, but have
read up as we'll as we could since the re-
ceipt of your letter. Pea green we think
would become your complexion. As we
understand the patterns and diagrams that
we receive regularly from Demorest's, the
meters should be cut biased, and scolloped
around the edges; the panier should be
hame stitched aud trimmed with ostrich
feathers. The front is set in brackets and
the train may be Topped into the waterfall
in muddy weather.
Wild Cat.-The idea is perhaps good
one, if it is practicable, and the only way
to determine that point is by actual exper-
imcnt. Is probably true, as you say, that
" the public would be better served if the
management of its affairs could be placed
in the hands of one person or firm" We
agree with you that "the common rabble
would probably flare up, if a proposition
were made to do away with elections at
once and to run all the county Offices by
contract for fixed percentage" and think
Improbable that the most feasible plan will
be, as you suggest, to gradually secure the
election of "persous to the different places
who will deputizc you to do the business
for them" Perhaps you might "in the
the course of few years procure the pas
sage Of a law compelling all ofice.holders
in the county to come into the arrange.
ment."