Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-23

Mitchell; Captain, F. G. Blakeslee ;
Foreman J. T. Bethel; Assistant
Foreman, Ray Rogers. A small build
ing has been contracted for by the
City Council, just north OF Bethers
store, in which To- store the hose. The
company contemplate frequent drill
to acquire proficiency III handling the
apparatus, soon as it is turned over to
them.
John Byrne has bought tie Turner
building, cor ner of Fourth and Main
streets, paying 5000 for the property.
1t consists of the two->torv brick
building and the ground upon which
it stands, a half lot, l2O bv 80 feet in
area. The property was bought Of
G. W. Lee, of Wilkesba RE, Penn, into
whose possession of it had fallen: hy
foreclosure proceedings on debt in
Cured during the universal business
depression. Mr.. Byrne intends to
place the building in excellent repair
Tor commercial purposes.
Congressman Eddy, Of the Seventh
Minnesota district was a visitor this
week, and his admiration of our fir
forests finds at once for him warm
place in the hearts OF our people. He
finds our pineries to be entirely be-
yond comparison with anything
Minnesota ever had. "Our forests"
he said, "have been logged over three
times. The third time thew took
everything down to six inches in
diameter, requiring frequently - or
| L. l6-foot logs to measure 1000 feet
board measure Timber that is used
here for telegraph and electric light
poles would there be sawed into lum-
Der. These forests of fir are magniii-
cent. Their value cannot be esti-
mated"
Laberee, the livery stable man, was
taken in by sharper, who arrived in
town Monday afternoon mounted, and
who after stabling his horse with him,
passed out with the moving throng.
He returned in the evening however,
and succeeded i'll borrowing Sj from
Labcrec leaving check for SIG as adj
ditional security to that afforded by
possession of the horse. The man
then disappeared, and with the check
turning out bogus and the horse having
been stolen MIR. Laberee is somewhat
anxious to know just where he "gets
Off" Wednesday inquiries we're made
from Centralia for missing man and
horse, and in the afternoon q Cen
tralia stableman came in and got his
property, leaving his comrade in mis-
fortune not even halter to hold on
| to.
John c. Brautigam, at one time a
resident of this city, died at Seattle
Saturday, at the advanced age of 81
years. His death was due simply to
the debilities of age. Mr.. b. was
born in Germany, and came to this
country while still a lad. His life has
been varied and busy one, he hav-
ing engaged at times in brewing, min
ing, farming. trading, and store-keep-
ing in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Hi
nois, California and this State. He
came to the Coast in 1919, and to this
State in 1889. He was in the grocery
business in this city during the SOS,
but moved to Seattle with his family
about two years ago. Nine children
and his wife survive. The funeral
rites took place Wednesday afternoon
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
DIV. Mcnamara. The burial was de-
layed to that date to await the ar
rival of three of his sons from the
East.
The City Council have passed a
stronger curfew ordinance and it is
promised that it will have rigid en-
forcement. 1t repeats the old law on
that subject and enacts that no person
under the age of Is years shall walk,
play, ride, loaf or lounge" on any
street, road, alley or public park or
plaza in the city, between the hours OF
9 P. NJ. and 8 A. M, unaccompanied by
parent or guardian, or in case OF inn
perative emergency. Parents or
guardians who permit the children
under their charge to violate this
ordinance, when convicted or deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding five
dollars. The ordinance is well in
tended but it seems to us that the
limitation which allows child or
children to be sent out for medicine, or
on other necessary errand is too wide a
door to expect conviction, when a five
dollar piece, or more, is saved by
simply stating that necessary
errand" warranted the minor in being
on the street during the prescribed
hours of night.