Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-07
LICENSE RESEwED.-John Dootson,

A RE-sURvEY ORDERED. - The
County Surveyor has been ordered tc
re-run the lines and get the stakes oil
the Black River improvement.
GONE TO Observation-Disclosures
Grimes and Mrs. Grimes left for Ellens.
burgh yesterday afternoon. They will
return Monday.
To REPAIR RoADs.-The county
board has appropriated $50 for use in
repairing roads in district 81, to be ex-
pended under the directions of the
supervisor.
! An IMPRovEMENT-It is signifi.
cant fact that the thing was removed
from the city square the same day
that the grass in the court house yard
was moved.
VISITED HER HoME.-Miss Anna
Shields, who has been teaching school
at Morris, in Chehalis county, visited
her home in this city during the mid
summer vacation.
! A SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIc.-The
Sunday school board OF the NJ. f
Church is arranging for a Sunday
school picnic which will take place
some time this month.
His Successor ArPoINTED.-J. p
Allison, OF Tumwater, failed to qualify
as Justice OF the Peace and the County
Commissioners have appointed Chas
f. Hewitt in his place.
WILL CoNTEsT.-Chas.S S. Eaton has
notified the City Council that he pro-
poses to contest the Water Street rail.
way improvement, and ascertain the
rights the city possesses in the mat
ter.
REFUSED PAYMENT.-The County
Commissioners have refused to pay the
bill of w. q. Cassell for services as
veterinary surgeon, near Yelm, on the
ground that said services were I'M
authorized.
CHANGE OF REsIDENCE.-Mr. and
Mrs. w. II. Vault will leave next week
for Tacoma, to reside, where their
daughter holds position in the tele-
graph office and their son in a mer-
camille establishment.
MIDSUMMER Work. - Prof. Royal
has resigned his position in the office
OF Secretary of State and will leave in
about ten days to do some midsummer
work for the school OF which he will
take charge in September, at Weston,
Oregon.
A STONE VALID. Il. Simenson
has added much to the attractiveness
Of his handsome residence property,
by the construction of q low stone
wall. The stone was from the Te-
nino stone quarry and was dressed in
this city.
LETT For THE CowLITZ. - James
Radcliffe and a couple of associates
left Wednesday for the Cowlitz, where
they own a tract of land that contains
a ledge of graphite. They took tools
to open the seam and get ut the best
portion of the deposit.
AN ANCIENT RoAD.-The old high
way north from Bucoda that has been
used as a county road for the last thir.
ty years has been formally dedicated
by the county board and J. B. Garlaw
has been appointed superintendent oil
the work on that road.
In "A New ROLE.-Until a new land.
lord is selected for the Olympia Hotel,
Nick Owings will act as "mine host
pre- tempore. He will sleep" guests
and not "eat" them, an assurance
that will meet with grateful favor by
the suffering travelling public.
IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT. - I'm.
provements on lot 3, block 10 Of
Snyder & Stevens addition to Tenino
assessed at $3.50 have been Cancelled
on the assessment roll of A. l.. James
because the improvement WAS made
on the lot subsequent to April LIST
1892.
RETURNED To OLYMPIA.-GeO. H
Lawton, who, several months ago, re.
moved his shooting gallery and bowl
ing alley to Charleston, a new town on
Port Orchard Bay, has returned and
opened up his establishment in thie
city. He says that he could not stay
away from Olympia.
BLAcKBERRIEs observation-disclosures
have been received that blackberries
are very plentiful in the neighborhood
of Hartstein Island. They grow close
down to the water 80 pickers will not
be compelled to scramble through
tangled underbrush to fill their buck
cts with luscious wild fruit.
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR Rev. H
X. Hines, d. d., professor OF theology
in the Portland University, arrived in
the city yesterday. on his way 10
Chicago. He took dinner with DR.
Bright to-day and left Oh the after
noon train for his destination. He
will be gone several weeks.
ANOTHER QUEsTIoN.-The question
is now asked: "Has the new Land
Commission any control over the State
lands that have been sold, or is the
power of the Commission limited to
those lands that remain unsold?'
Section 5 OF the land law seemed to
hold that the board is 60 limited.
PETITION REFUsED.-The petition oil
VIM. Ragless and wife and Anna l.
Root for the vacation OF lots and
blocks in Raglass' first and second ad.
ditions to Tenino has been refused by
the county board for the reason that
the Treasurer's certificate that all
taxes are paid did not accompany the
petition.
FOURTH OF July CAsUALTIEs.-John
Ward had that highly useful if moi
ornamental appendage, his nose brok
en-. while playing "ball," and Miss
Rowe. of the Westside, sustained severe
injuries by fall. DIR. Newell repaired
the injuries in both cases, and in a
short time both will be as we'll as they
ever were.