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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

| Report of James Watson, director of
Washington school for defective youth,
refusing admission of child Geppart was
| ordered filed.
The report of l.. p. Ouellette, cruiser,
upon the timber upon Sc As acres in sell
of sec. l6, tip Is nr W, approved, and it
appearing that said timber is better for
cordwood than saw logs, the price is fixed
at 25cts per cord, making $3.50, for tim
Der in said - acres. Clerk directed to
advertise notice OF sale according to law.
No bond having been filed with the
petition Of W. b. Iantis ct al for laying
out County road it is ordered that clerk
notify them to fill bond ut next meeting.
Bills OF |. Harris < Sons and Warren
Riley, NJ. d., were referred back for ap-
proval of Thomas Prather, county poor
commissioner.
Applications of F. Longmire and John
\. Fuller to purchase unappraised school
lands were referred to sc!.eel land ap-
praisers.
Liquor licenses were ordered issued to
Heycock & Son, of Bucoda; bond and
receipt for $500 being now filed with
Auditor.
On motion the bond of Jno. F.
granted the priviledge OF continuing in
Thos. butcher until the expiration of
said license.
Auditor is directed to draw warrant
for 81 o. in favor of John NJ. Chapman in
repayment of taxes paid under double
assessment.
Board adjourned to 8 A. NJ, tomorrow.
Tuesday, Feb. "a, 1891, 9A.M.
Board re-assembled: all present.
Following bids for making tract index
were opened and read:
Van Epps& Hood. ................$2, $50
Olympia Abstract & Title Ins Co. i, 100
Witham, Page u Blake. ,25O
The bid OF the Olympia Abstract & Title
Insurance Co, appearing to be the lowest
and best, it is ordered that upon their
filing bond in full amount Of bid and
sureties to qualify for double that amount
the contract be awarded to them.
Warrant was ordered drawn in favor
Of &. 5. Dillon for SIS for work done in
district Y.
Board adjourned to 80 Pm.
| 80 p. NJ Board reassempled; all
present.
~ 10 tiiat NouHtN III
required to furnish an additional bond
in the sum of $4,000.
On motion, it is ordered that the
bonds to be issued by Thurston county
be submitted to chairman Of board and
county attorney for approval before they
are signed by chairman and clerk oi
board.
Bill of /. Harris & Sons for clothing
for county poor, etc, for $7.75, was ap-
proved and ordered paid.
On motion, Chas. Kopp!cr and Doftle-
meyer were employed to move the build
ing now standing on sw ar of block 26
to Sc or of same block.
The following bills for per diem AMI
mileage of members of board were APP
proved and ordered paid:
X. A. Brewer, chairman da, 10 mi ..... S34 90
d. b. Smith, commissioner da, 10 mi 81 90
7. c. Van Epps, comm oler ida .-..... 81 o.
On motion, board adjourned to
Wednesday, March 4, 1891.
JOHN L. TWEED, Clerk.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
THE WOMEN DID IT.
A Kansas Farmer Whose Wife Caused
Him to Open His Eyes.


The Women pid I, JuuN SurHs,,
! vas unc - them fooled farmers zee. III
uWuit like amhn.
There wa- plenty ~ IL fashioned on The samr
And I,r lived ga, here iu Kansas more than Ave
and twenty years
4 grow IA poorer ani p""ref. a. II certainly az
pear
I seldom read tho newspapers work to" hard
iat that
And never know why ! got lean while other men
got fat
I ildnt fool With politics ! had too much to do
iiut alwa,- voted ~ I -hnt aud a. they told
~" Ia
The day bcfoie election. Just Imagine nv dis
when kr,,hsd my wife rsadin' nov what.
ever you guess -
A free trade publication. and, TO make u worse.
che sRid
She read II regular each night before she went to
bed
And. do you know. that VII. of mine jus, fac ii
"a" up aud down
That farmrf- slave To make a fcw monupoist- In
town.
siw.,- tr, To- get around ,hc.c domestic .psi-.
Hut whrn l praised protection she laughed aud
answered " Hats
bri''lea ~; 1t tindled all the elements OF
That this Tree trade .,ua should b. corruption Of
wife
wa. thrush.
A. every good Pr1icetionl.t makes II rule to de-.
men va. ,hrrc
We raV, him John llrowu'. uoiy" hen ht
~rnt To- taxi the chslr:
I worr ny old blue uniform To spite the Demo
Bu, all the time wondered wha, my Mary meant
by Rats
Our Congressman was eloquent, hc made 4
sIirrIn speech:
bullet. .crcreh:
And when he bade us vote a. We had shot 81 Mai
We rose with one accord and cried with one nc
clslm We will
We sang tho good old war songs and We ate a
mess u bcan-.
Aud We passed the rycnln' plea-antly. recalling
btouiy scenes
pisned EN- on our hats.
Hut all The tim. I wandered what my Mary mcan'
by " Hats"
when reached home noticed that my Mar,
wore a smile,
Witch seemed TO me a- indleatin' storms shead
or bilc
mother dear.
for To morrow u he the iiyellc-r dav frcc ,rad'
Will have this year.
Next mornin just at sun-up, as ! woke and
rubbed my eyes.
4 wondern' u hat she meant by " Rats, saw IL
Ny clothes. aud hat. and boot. oil ranged in or
~ ,i.r an The noor
Ana h.a,,n' sarh n card I'd swear | never saw
b,fur,'
n, a.pnsi shI,t dlspIayed thl, sIxu; " Taxed q
NY nahns, ,'an, sn,' "''P'"''' '"' '' y
Nv trou..r- :. ia ed iOO -.o this In what Rats
meant
S."
Ny coat sna ns ." ""h' ro'se''oh ""A' w
'hi"s'
Observation-Disclosures.
vent =" M inc ossin ana n"ucei - came
said The same
on the door.
"a"
I passed into the kitchen aud Il gave me pain {,
state
uniy ).
And I'm shoolnu out n guinea hen she made a It'll,
"'a '" a,,n '"' k''"'" "'' '"' ""'
whlch showed n pslr Of stocking. with n card
"'''s" o.
Tn. bsb, I'm hI. little bed wa. l,in' fast asleep
l Away. held the little chap q" most uncommon
Ba, when saw them cards on blanket, pillow
l felt lamp rl.e in my 'hros, knew that
~' '"es'
NJ MALTA, ~,.,. t.,ruet ,h.n, p..lv Ii,t,,
.i,ns
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

In the Senate, on Friday the 2Oth
ult., Messrs. Baker, Hyde, Luce, Own
ings, Parkinson. Smith and Van De-
vanter were absent.
A petition was presented by Sena-
tor Kinnear from a committee OF
Building Trades Council OF Washing
ton and British Columbia petitioning
the Legislature 10 pass 5. Is. No. 25l.
The Judiciary committee made a
report on III w. Lair Hill code bills.
The following bills were introduced
II. II. 2i3, by Mr.. Wasson an act
regulating and fixing railroad freigh.s.
II. J. NJ. l3. by Mr.. Putney, relative
10 an appropriation for the improve
ment Of Willapa and Nasel rivers.
II. c. X. II, by Mr.. Meany relative
to the newspapers and periodicals OF
the State.
ii. b. lS3, by the committee on
Municipal Corporations, relative to
Tie incorporation and government o
Municipal Corporations.
II. b. III, by Mr.. Collins, an act tt
provide for the transportation OF pris
oners.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

A BOARD on Geographic Names"
has been recently established by order
of President Harrison, whose duties
are designated by its title. It Is COM
posed Of several officers OF departments
and bureaus of the government, and
all unsettled questions concerning &C.
ographic names which occur in connec-
ton with government service will be
decided by this board. These decisions
will be authority on orthography and
pronunciation, and on names them
selves when there j. diversity OF
opinion or usage in this matter, and
will be accepted as such in all govern.
mental designations, extending, no
doubt, in due time TO the textbooks in
use in the schools. According TO this
authority, the "h" will be dropped
from " Bchring" in designating the sea
denoted by that name; the possessive
case will be discarded wherever posi-
BILE, as in Hudson's bay,"" Governor'l
island" etc, but in general the spell
ing and pronunciation sanctioned BY
local usage will be retained. Tht
pride Of the people of Tacoma has beer
humbled. This official board say,
mount Rainier" and there is no ap
'peal from the decision.-Oregonian.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

j. s. MUNDAY, manager of the Bel
lingham mill at Fairhaven, writes to
the Minneapolis Lumberman that the
teredo does not harm the logs in that
bay at all. This certainly is a strange
statement, and one which, if true,
makes that locality different from any
other point heard OF on the Sound.
He says he has logs which have been
in salt water there nine months and
no signs of the destructive worm have
yet appeared on them. This is much
in contrast with the instances where
logs, having been moored over tide
flats for shorter period, have been
found terribly punctured.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
A Very Costly Scare.

The estimate sent to Congress by
the Secretary of War TO supply the
deficiency in the Quartermasrr's De-
partment shows that the cost of the
Indian campaign just closed was ST.
100000.
The principal items in this are $685.
600 for the transportation Of troops
and supplies; $1SS, 900 for extra cloth
ing, and campaign and garrison equip
age necessary to fit out the men for
the winter campaign; $4,000 70 re-
place horses broken down in the cam.
paign and for the purchase Of ponies,
and $87 600 to cover the differences in
the cost of supplies purchased for
troops in the field and by contract
prices at the post from which the
troops were drawn. There were other
expenses under the supply department
that will probably bring the total cost
Of the campaign up to 100000, a
sum sufficient to have given the
Sioux the $lO0, 900 annual sppropria'
ton promised them for . period oI
twenty years.
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1880 =. NJ.


Friday, Feb 10, 1891, 9 III.
Board met pursuant to adjournment;
all present.
Board passed morning in consideration
of bids and contract for building court
house.
On motion board adjourned to I p. III.
Up. III. Board reassembled; all pres
ent.
Matter of court house was again taken
up and it appearing that the bid of John
Rigby is lowest and best, on motion it
is ordered that he be awarded the con-
tract for building the court house.
On motion it is ordered that county
surveyor b. requested to examine the
ground all find the depth of excavation
necessary for foundation of court house
walls.
Auditor was directed to draw warrant
for f. 900 in favor w A Richie, install
ment on plans aud specifications on court
house.
Board adjourned to 9 tomorrow morn
ing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
Choir Singing.

Attending devine service not long
ago says writer in Good Housekeeping
in an elegant church edifice where
they worship God with taste in high
aesthetic manner, the choir began the
scriptural poem that compares Solo
mon with the lilies of the field, some
what to the formers disadvantage.
Although never possessing a great ad-
miration for Solomon, nor considering
him suitable person to hold up as q
shining example before the Young
Mems Christian Association, still q
pang for him was felt, when the choir,
after expressing unbounded admira-
ton for the lilies of the field, which it
is doubtful if they observed closely,
began to tell the congregation through
the mouth of the soprano that Solo
mon in all his glory was not arrayed."
Straightway the soprano was REIN
forced by the bass, who declared that
Solomon was most decidedly and en-
phatically not arrayed. Then the alto
ventured it as her opinion that Solo
mon was not arrayed, when the tenor.
without a moments hesitation, sang
as it had been officially announced
that "he was not arrayed." Then
when the feeling of the congregation
had been narrowed up sufficiently, and
our sympathies aroused for poor Solo
mon, whose numerous wives allowed
him to 60 about in such a fashion
even in that climate, the choir alto
gether in a most cool and composed
manner us informed that the idea they
intended to convey was that Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed " like
one of these" These what? So long
time had elapsed since they sang Of
the lilies that the thread was entirely
lost, and by "these" one naturally con-
cluded that the choir was designated.
Arrayed like one of these? We
should think not, indeed. Solomon
in a Prince Albert or a cut away coat
Solomon with an eye-glass and mus
tache, his hair cut pompadour! No,
most decidedly. Solomon in the very
zenith of his glory was not arrayed like
one of these.
Despite the experiences Of the morn.
ing the hope still remained that in the
evening a sacred song might be sung
in manner that would not excite ouI
risibilities or leave the impression that
we had been listening to o case ol
blackmail. But again off started the
nimble soprano with the very laudable.
though startling announcement, al
will wash" Straightway the alto, not
to be outdone, declared she would
wash. And the tenor, finding it to be
the thing, warbled forth he would
wash. Then the deep-chested basso,
as though calling up all his fortune
for the plunge, beloved forth the
stern resolve that he also would wash.
Next a short interludge on the organ
strongly suggestive of the escaping OF
steam, or the splash Of waves, collec-
lively asserted the firm unshaken re-
solve that they would wash. At last
they solved the problem by stating
that they proposed to "Wash their
hands in innocency."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

We hin all Of us remember how long about Sep
tsmber
The psper. used ter tell sbou' the caucus or
the fair,
End them fellers from the city used ter get al
mighty witty
On the Teller with the duster what had hay
seed In his hair.
They he'd fun In Legislatures with the man what
raised pertstcrs.
10 by any hook or crook or chance elected
End the reportoriai friskers used ter comment on
the whiskefs .
Mud the rarpctsack Of Bilison, what he'd
hsyseed Ia his hair.
Ycs b,goshi he rid his pass out cnd he used ter
blow the gas out,
End he used 90 drink hard cider when he went
out on tear,
End he used ter pinch dollar I'LL the burzard
ussd to hoiler,
End the man cut up roe q. dix lous what had
hay se,d In hts hair.
Hut. by sumi cf you've been resdin' you OBJ
serve strange procccdiu
It's the fcllcr with chiu whfskcrs that Ia
slowly rettin' there.
End u won't be too surprisin' Of by slowly or
santsin'
Old parties may wake up tew nnd the hayseed
In their hair.
when the fashions change you fellars will all
carry green umbrellas
End trowscts wide aoross the seat to make the
dudeiets stare.
In them times 81 you pass muster you must
wear linen dustcr.
End II you want ter throw ON style put hay
seed In your hair.
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Total ..................... SSbIO9 II
On motion Board adjourned to 9
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
THURSDAY. FEB. I9. 1891, ga. NJ.

THURSDAY. FEB. I9. 1891, 9 A. NJ.
Board assembled, all present.
County Treasurer, {. b. Mann. ap-
peared and completed settlement of his
accounts.
Report of County Treasurer, c. B.
Mann, for quarter ending January 81,
1891, was received and ordered filed.
{. b. Mann, County Treasurer, report
ed that he had appointed Lyman f.
Mann his deputy at a salary of 500 per
month. service TO begin Feb. 1, 1891.
On motion the action of Treasurer ap.
proved and Auditor is directed to draw
warrants monthly on the salary fund in
payment of said salary.
Board adjourned to 80 p. Ill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

THE Puy allup school board has de-
cided to take the preliminary steps for
calling an election to raise bonds for
new school buildings and otherwise ex-
tending the public school system. 1t
is thought that $40 900 will be ample to
erect new school building and other
wise perfect the system.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
Saturday, Feb. 81, 1891. 9 a II

Board reassembled; all present.
Petition of B + Snyder and ] II Snyder
for vacation of porti of plation of Capital
addition to Olympia, was refused for
reason that legal notice had not been
given.
Board adjourned to 1880 p III.
1870; all present.
Bond of /. p Ouellette as cruiser of
timbered school lands. was presented,
approved and ordered filed
Report of S L Ruddell. overseer of
road district 'L," was presented and
order ed filed.
Consideration of plan for tract index
Of all lands in county occupied attention
of board during afternoon.
Board adjourned to 9 Monday morning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
Monday Feb. %, 1891 9, a. Ill.

Board met pursuant to adjournment.
All present.
c. B. Mann Chas H Aver and John P
Tweed. the members of committee ap-
pointed for that purpose, reported upon
form for Tract Index. 1t appearing that
the forms reported upon are desirable, it
is ordered that the form be adopted and
the clerk is directed to notify those
desiring to bid to present bids for said
index by II o'clock tomorrow Tuesday,
(Feby a. Board reserving right to re-
ject any and all bids and indexes to be
completed on or before June 20, 1891.
Board adjourned to 1880 p. H.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

DURING the snowstOrm lately a
very unusual occurrence, for the State
of Washington, at least, took place,
says the Whatcom Reveille. Several
sharp flashes were seen and followed
Immediately by terrific peals OF thun-
der, reminding one of Dakota or a
Kansas thunder storm. Lightning and
thunder are seldom seen or heard
here on Puget Sound, even in the
summer time, but occurring in the
dead OF winter will almost cause one
to think that the climate has changed
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
WHOLE NUMBER 1926.

phone patent, and the way in which
this blessing is mitigated by the trans
mitter patents and, second, to possible
legal Vaccinations for securing con-
tinued monopoly on the carbon trans
mitter
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

FOUR different water companies are
trying to get a franchise from the city
of Snohomish, and as yet none have
succeeded.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

THE safety vaults of the King coun-
ty court house have been completed at
a cost of ,O7O.50.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

NJ Slack was appointed overseer of road
district "3I,"
1t appearing that the Capital City Land
and Improvement Company has been er-
roneously assessed, it is ordered that the
matter be reported to the county treas
urer and the company be allowed to pay
On motion it is ordered that the county
surveyor make a survey and estimate of
cost of bridge over the T. o. & G. III. X.
X. on "the Boulevard, "and make a report
to the board at its next meeting. Also
that the clerk forward copy of the sub
scription OF A. Thompson ct al to aid in
construction of said bridge to overseer OF
district in which said road is situated.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Minutes Of Regular February, 1891,
Term.
THURsToN Co., AUDITORS S OFFICE ]
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. is. 1901 2P. NJ.

THURSToN Co., AUDITORS OFFICE ]
OLYMPIA, WASHINGToN.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. is, 1891 2 P. M
Board met pursuant to adjournment of
Feb. II, 1891. Present, X. a, Brewer,
chairman, I. {. Van Epps and b. b.
Smith, commissioners and John 7. Tweed
Clerk.
On motion the Auditor is directed to
draw warrant for the sum of 5000 in
favor of L. y. Sargent for payment for
the S e 4 of block 26, Olympia.
{. B. Mann, county treasurer, appeared
and presented his accounts and vouchers
for settlement for quarter ending January
81, 1891; after comparing his vouchers
and accounts the vouchers were filed on
the different funds, as follows:
County Fund .................sI375S u
School ..................... 2499o 81
State ..... ............... 1875 81
Road ................. 1876 IS
and Bridge. ................... 1862 AZ
Relief Fund .......... IS -
lOLal -........... SSoIO9 81
On motion Board adjourned to g
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
Whites Increasing Faster Than
Blacks.

National Democrat.
The Census Bureau has given out
the population of Alabama by races,
and the figures are calculated to reas-
sure those timid souls who have inn
agined that the negroes were multiply.
ing SO rapidly that there would soon
be no room for white folks south of
Mason and DixOn's line. The popula-
ton of Alabama, exclusive of few In
dians and Chinese, was as follows in
1880: White, 662, 1855; colored, 600,-
1O3; white majority, 62,OS2. In 1890
the figures were: Whites, S3O,796;
colored, 6Sl ,43l; white majority, 49,
365, considerably more than double
what it was in 1880.
Now take the percentages of increase.
The entire population of the State,
which was l ,262 sos in 1880, was l, ,5l3,-
OH in 1890, an increase Of very small
fraction less than 90 per cent. But
the white population increased 25.3
per cent.-almost 25.4 per cent
while the colored population increased
only l3i per cent.
These figures should calm some per
turbed spirits that have been wonder
ing what would become OF the Southern
whites.
From the two Carolinas there has
been some emigration of colOred peo'
pie, and there has been some immigra-
ton of colored people into Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas. But we believe
that there has been no emigration of
negroes from Alabama that explains
these figures. On the other hand, we
believe that there has been no immi-
grafton of whites into the State to ac-
count for them. A good deal of capi-
tai has moved into the State in the
past ten years, but we take it that not
many thousands of white laborers have
moved in. The increase of the white
population of Alabama is pretty nearly
the general average OF natural increase
for the whole country.
Additional statistics may cause a
modification of this judgment, but as
far as the Alabama figures 60 they in
dicate that the natural increase of the
whites is greater than that of the
blacks. The latter are the more fe-
cund possibly, but their death rate is
higher than that of the whites.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06

FAIRHAvEN authorities are vainly
looking for p. f. Farbel, who is want
ed for attempted arson. Some time
ago Miss Ryan, milliner, discovered
coal oil leaking through the ceiling
from the room above. Upon investi-
eating the cause it was found that a
can of coal oil had been spilled over
the floor above, and lighted candle
stuck on the floor, which in few Sec
onds more would have ignited the oil
and caused a conhagration. Upon in
quiry it was found that P. E. Farbel
had purchased the oil, candle and some
matches at grocery store, and was
seen leaving the place referred to a
short time before the discovery was
made. When last heard OF he was in
Vancouver.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-06
I:3o d. III ALL present.


Official Bond of A Merryman, Over.
seer of Road District IS was approved
and ordered filed.
1t is ordered that treasurer be re-
quest,d to make correction in descrip-
ton OF property of John Dootson, it ap.
pearing that an error has been made
therein.
Following cost bills were approved.
PROBATE COURT.
In re Joseph T Bush-Insane.
NJ A Root Court Commsr. fees...... IL 90
Geo S Armstrong Ex-Physician.... S 90
NJ l. Adams I" ..... S 90
The following miscellaneous bills were
approved and ordered paid
w II Roberts cash advanced. 10
G S Armstrong Coroner fees. ID 90
/. w Broyles bark for Co.............. 90
James A Smith services as Assessor II IS
Bucoda Enterprise printing. .......... IL 90
DR. F Watt services Co Poor. go. so 90
Rabbeson & Harmed Buria. Co Poor IS 90
{ B Mann sund. and cash advanced Sc 40
Geo Barnard Blanks for Sheriff 79 So
Seattle Post Iutelligencer Printing az 90
John Tweed cash advanced. :. S so
IS Prince chairs for Auditors Office Sc 90
A r Smith Repairing BRIDGE. IS IS
Following cost bills were approved and
ordered naid:=