Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-05-26

Union Pacific is about 10 build over It's
abandoned route between the Column
Dia river and Puget Sound. The
have long been handicapped
ior want of coal, and this route will
give them access to some excellent
lodges on the Nesqually and Cowlitz
rivers.
The committee appointed to solicit
funds for the Fourth of July celebra-
ton report encouraging success and
they hope that the amount will be
large enough to excel all former efforts
to perpetuatc memory of the heroic
deeds of '16, as we'll as to celebrate the
achievements of Manila bay and San
tiago.
Olympia School District wants to
purchase $50 cords of wood for the
Washington, Lincoln and Westside
schools, and will receive bids till June
ID from woodmen for supplying the
same. Separate bids of l23. 80 and
40 cords, respectively, should be sub
mitted to Fred. Schomber, clerk OF the
Board OF Directors.
DIR. Belle Howard, and her husband
George. fugitives from justice, who left
Peoria, ILL.,, under indictment for muir
der, were arrested in this county few
days ago, the woman, by Deputy
Sheriff Mills at the Wallace place, near
Tumwater, and her husband at Blu
coda, by Constable Swift, under in
structions from Mr.. Mills.
"April showers" seem to have ex-
tended their sway far over the period
allotted to MAY flowers" which is
usually accompanied by sunshine and
balm-laden breezes. If old Winter
persists in reposing in the lap OF
Spring much longer, Summer will
probably come to her relief and drive
the cold-hearted invader away.
The citizens committee appointed
to solicit subscriptions for construc-
ton of the bicycle path to Little Rock,
succeeded in raising $500 the first day,
and there is no doubt but that a
couple of hundred dollars more will be
added to it, which, with the amount
pledged by residents of Little Rock,
and the bicycle organization will be
ample to construct a tirst.class path
the whole distance.
1t is expected that thousand or
twelve hundred people will visit our
town Sunday from Seattle and Taco
ma. The excursion will be by rail
and has been arranged by the Queen
City Good Roads Club, which expects
to realize quite sum for the object
which their name indicates. The
train will leave Seattle at 8 20 and ar
rive here about noon, leaving in the
evening at 6 o'clock. Steps should be
at once taken to render the stay OF
our visitors enjoyable.
Mrs. Kofoed will give vocal and in
strumental concert in Olympia Thea
ter, on Wednesday evening, the 3lst
inst, to demonstrate the efficiency of
her method of imparting instruction,
the principal numbers being rendered
by her class of Is pupils. The thor
oughness of this ladies' system of
teaching warrants the belief that there
are surprises for those who attend.
The prices of admission have been low
cred to figures that will enable every
body to be present-5Oc, 35c and 25c.
Jacob Waldrick, an aged pioneer,
died at his home near Rainier. Sum
day evening, after a long illness. He
was in the 74th year of his age. He
came to this country, then part of
Oregon, in 1852, and worked for a
time in the mill at Port Gamble. He
was married in 1876, to Miss Eaton,
of this county, who survives him with
several children to mourn the loss OF a
kind husband and indulgent father.
He was buried Tuesday, by the Ma.
sonic fraternity, of which order he
was an honored member.
Tacoma is now trying to steal the
fame of our Tumwater beer. The
Ledger makes travelling man say
that the shipment of Tacoma" beer
to Hawaii and the Philippines, in
competition with the product older
and better advertised Eastern firms,
shows what can be done with good
water. The gall manifested in max
ing this assertion is never met with
outside of Tacoma. Every drop of
beer that has made a reputation in
our new acquisitions was brewed ut
the Capital Brewery, Tumwater, a
suburb of Olympia.
Two young women left homes in
this city to accompany actors in the
Noble dramatic troupe which played
here last week. As they were of age,
they were subject to no legal restraint,
but it is to be regretted that the
glamor of the stage should impress
anybody with the idea the actors life
is free from care or responsibility. 1t
is ten chances to one that those who
adopt the dramatic profession without
early indication OF talent in that line,
never rise above that mediocrity in
which competition is close and the
compensation small.
The Capital City Band has been re-
organized under the leadership of
John C. Boyer, and have begun regu-
lar practice Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, in Columbia hall. The Of
ficers are J. c. Boyer, Director; E. f.
Taylor, Business Manager and Treas
urer, and J. H. Pelletier, President.
The members are J. c. Boyer, cornet;
E. E. Taylor, cornet; Okee Milton,
cornet; Robert G.. Shore, alto; f. B.
Raymond, alto; Wendell J. Raymond,
alto; w. A. Van Epps, trombone;
George Langford, trombone; w. w.
Bienhimer, euphonium; w. l.. Forrest,
tuba; H. A. Percival, snare drum;
John H. Pelletier, bass drum.
The swans in the Tumwater park
are setting. They have made their
nest on the east side of the creek, Just
above the dam of the Light and Power
Co.'S station, and had eight eggs to be-
gin with, but one OF them rolled out
down the steep incline of the bank