Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-04-07

the town ana one by tho county. III
the service has necessarily to be re.
duced to this extent, it will probably
stop the GROWER hy punching them in
the central location that has been
chosen.
Mr.. Listers steam launch TuoSlcr is
nearing completion and will soon
"plow the briny deep" She would
have been completed long ago, but
soon rs her engines were completed q
customer for them appeared, and Mr..
l.. placed the little craft on the re-
tired list until the new ones were con-
structed.
Connolly & Chambers received a
carload of live hogs from Minnesota,
to supply the local demand for pork
this week. 1t will require something
more substantial than Mckinley pros
pcritv to enable a community to pros
per which allows such verification of
the unwise policy of shipping Goals to
Newcastle.
The County Treasurer has paid into
the State treasury, the sum of $1,000,
half a years interest on the $4,000
bonds the State holds for money
spent in erecting the courthouse. 1t
costs the county over $500 a month or
more than $32 day to own and oc-
cupy the costly building erected dur
ing boom days.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Miller, of Seattle, is
on visit to her many friends in this
city. She is enjoying splendid health,
and as consequence has discon-
tinued her residence in California
during the Indictment season here.
She is thorough Washingtonian, and
has done much to build up our State,
by precept and example.
The Commissioners have ordered
the County Attorney to bring suit
against the State for 5000, rental OF
storage room in the courthouse, for Il
term OF years, which has been rec0g-
nized as valid by several legislatures
which failed to make an apprOpria.
ton for payment. 1t is thought that
this action may expedite settlement
when the Legislature meets again.
Hereafter persons owning chickens,
ducks, or other fowl, are required to
keep them on their own premises, or
be liable to prosecution and fine not
exceeding $40. At this rate. it is only
q question of time, when every citizen
will have to affix revenue stamp
upon every breath of atmospheric
air" he imbibes, or be liable to convic.
ton for misdemeanor and the inev-
liable fine.
The most phenomenal activity ever
displayed in any branch OF business is
in the sale of bicycles, Half a dozen
! sales week, and sometimes that
number in single day. by each of
our prominent local dealers has been
about the ordinary gait of trade since
the season opened, and besides this
many wheels came direct to purchas.
ers from the manufacturers or dealers
in the East.
Every dealer in bicycles in the city
has or will have promoted the general
welfare of riders by donating the pro.
ceeds of rattle of wheel to the road
fund. Besides the two tandems that
have been drawn-the winners being
Mr.. Sawyer and Mr.. Alling-Starr will
donate Crescent tandem this even
ing, OCOnnor q Victor soon as the
chances are taken and Talcott a White
still later on.
The Board of Control do not now &c
through even the formality OF meeting
ut the State capital, as the law directs
where they have formerly opened
their meetings and Immediately adj
journed to Tacoma, but this week me-
in that city and proceeded to mix i
tub of white.wash" to cover up thu
damages done the Medical Lake
Hospital for the Insane by the Legis
lative inquiry.
If, rs the Olympian states, it hat
been dete rmined that the lately ere
ated bicycle license is privilege thai
applies to the person holding it, ant
not his wheel. we see no sense in tn,
provision Of the ordinance requiring
attachment of the license tag to thu
stearing head OF the bike. If this be
true, it should by all means be rivetet
to the stearing-head of the rider wht
bestrides the bike.
"Spider and Fly" was the fifth com
pany that has visited this city under
the management OF a woman. Thu
first was the Chicago Lady's Quar-
tette," under the direction of littl,
Miss Raymond; the second Corinne,
under the management of her mother
Mrs. Kimball; the third Uncle Tom,
with Mrs. Sutton in charge; tn,
fourth, Smalley's Concert Co.," will
Miss Gertrude Sprague as director
and the last the "Spider and Fly
with Mrs. NJ. B. Leavitt, as manager.
Mr.. L. II. Clybourne. of Mound
City, South Dakota, has been max
ing a tour of the coast for severa
weeks past, "spyipg out the land" az
it were, to report to the cyclone
stricken denizens of the middle East