Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-07-10

Sunday school workers are invited
to at end basket picnic of the sun
day schools of Belmore, Tumwater,
south Union, Independence, Black
Lake, Bush Prairie and Little Rock
which will be held at Belmore Oh
thursday, July 23d.
Chas. Bean, who has been for two
years past in the employ of Hiestand,
Warner II Co., LETT THIS morning for
Pendieton, Oregon, where he has a
permanent situation. His wife will
Visit friends In Portland before pro-
cecdiug to Pendleton.
Councilman Byrne has made re-
ductlOn III the price OF fruit Jars that
Will nj the heart of the frugal house
wife with Joy, AS it will enable her to
greatly Increase her store OF fruits and
berries tor winter. Read his adver-
tlsement In this issue.
The great healer, DIR. J. Is. Duclos,
Is respectfully invited to call at this
office and materlalize" 81 80 he owes
tor advertising. He promised that the
conditions" would be hight for doing
So several months ago, but since that
time not Il rap" has been heard.
The thermometer has indicated
from 50 to 80 degrees in the shade, az
ternOons, the past week, and as this
Is an equivalent of 100 degrees, or
more, to Eastern people, there has
been considerable complaint of the
heat. The nights are, however, quite
cool, aud everybody but politicians
can sleep well.
The camp of the Mason County
Logging Co., Il few miles west OF
Shelton. was wholly destroyed by fire
Tuesday afternoon, while 1.-The boys
were nearly all absent on leave OF
absence for the Fourth. This camp
employed 10 men, and it is said that
IT will not be rebuilt, as they have
another building tina: they will use.
Miss Gertie Taylor, only daughter
of Frank Taylor, our popular City
Marshal, was married Wednesday TO
Is. X. Bush, of Bay Center, Pacific
county, the Rev. W. g. Hays ofiiciat-
ing. The groom is a son Of Ex-Repre-
sentative Bush, of Pacific county
He resides at Bay Center and is Ell.
gagged in the wholesale oyster bust.
ness.
Olympia bikemen seem to be carry.
ing off their share of honors this sea.
son. On the 4th Frank Cotter won
the first prize in half mile contest at
MontesanO, and at Tacoma Chauncey
Rathbun won second place in the
mile open. Eli Winsett, 1T Peoria, ILL.,,
a short time ago won the first place in
a Quarter-mile race, with lO4 contest
ants and some Of the swiitest riders in
the country present.
The new tribe OF Red Men will be
instituted in Odd Fellows Hall Satur-
day evening. A team of 81 men from
Snoqualmie tribe of Tacoma, will be
present. and exemplify the work in
full costume. They will be assisted
by many of the officers and members
of Chinook Tribe No. 10. who will Ar
rive on the steamer Multnomah to-
morrow evening. All signers Of the
charter list are desired to be present
At 8 o'clock sharp.
Judge Reed, Tuesday, reversed a
previous order by which custody of
the four-year old child OF the Hoyt
family was accorded TO the husband.
| / N hn ,,fn g 4 l,o
court that Hoyt had willfully failed to
comply with the orders of the court re-
garding the maintenance of said child,
a new order was made giving custody
to the mother, and Sheriff CASTOR
Tuesday evening took charge of the
child and placed her in possession Of
her mother.
The farm house of Chas. Brown,
near Woodland Lake, q few miles
southeast of this city, was wholly
consumed by fire, Tuesday about IL
O'Clock. The flames were first discov-
cred in the roof and doubtless origi-
mated from sparks from the chimney.
The household effects were likewise
consumed, and a lot of silverware,
brought from the old country, was
melted into compact mass. The
loss, Mr.. Brown estimates, at from
81 100 to $1,000.
Yellow Bur Glover, which was intro
duced in this vicinity by the use OF
California hay during the railroad
building boom in 1890, is spreading all
over the county. The Bur Glover fur
nishes a pasture equal to if not super
ior to white clover, and will grow lux
uriantly on the very dryest gravelly
soil. The introduction OF this valua
BILE forage plant has solved the prob
lem of what our dry. gravelly soil,
which has heretofore been considered
waste land, may be be made service
able in producing at profit.
Some miscreant tried to fire the
shanty OF the Chinaman who cult
Yates the tract of land on Westside
owned by Philip Hiltz. Saturday
night, while the Chinaman was alb.
sent somebody entered his domicile
and after pouring coal oil OH the bed.
uluS, cot o hSutCO Cduulo dIllu tut
blankets, so that on burning down, il
would inevitably ignite the volatile
oil. But unfortunately for the sue.
cess OF the plan, the occupant of the
cabin returned to his home soon after.
wards and in time to rescue his prop
erty from destruction.
1t was hoped that the lateness Of
the dry season would at least have
served as protection to our timber
which is annually injured by fire,
starting from clearings, but it seems
that we are doomed to disappointment,
in this respect. for already, after
scarcely q fortnight of hot weather
the yellow haze in the horizon pro-
claims that the fire fiend has again re.
sumed his march. The threatened
drenching from storm clouds that has
at times seemed imminent, would bt
of great sanitary benefit as we'll as 6
means of staying the destroying