Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-12-08

ing companions, near Union Block,
on Fourth street. They succeeded in
making way with his watch chain in
the srutile, but his watch and $3.50 in
money were retained by his deter
mined resistance. Dcnnert thinks he
can identify his as>llants.
Ed. Giesy was last Friday sentenced
by Judge kean, of the criminal court
at Tacoma, to serve twelve years in
the penitentiary, at hard labor, for
highway robbery in that city, shown
to have been committed some weeks
ago. The evidence showed that Giesy
had decoyed his victim, Henry Halver-
son, wood cutter, to the outskirts of
the city, struck him on the head with
a stone, and robbed him Of a watch
and $4S. Giesy is well-known in this
city and was under surveillance of the
police while here, on suspicion of
having been implicated in several cases
of theft.
j. w. Robertson died Saturday
night about o'clock, at the residence
of his daughter, Mrs. G. II. Funk, on
Eastside, after an illness of several
months duration, aged 50 years. Mr..
r. was born in Pennsylvania, but
came west far as Iowa in early life,
where he was employed as a school
teacher and worked at his trade of
carpenter He served likewise several
years in the army. He leaves wife
and five grown descendants: Mrs.
Funk, Misses Myrtle and Edna Rob-
erlson; w. w. Robertson of North
Yakima, and Y. w. Robertson, of
Baker City, Oregon. The funeral rites
took place Wednesday, under the aus
picgs of the G. A. r and interment
was made in Masonic cemetery.
Mr.. H. H. McCray, who manages a
farm on the Deschuttes, about III
miles from town, has shown us some
samples of potatoes grown by him on
bottom land which rival in quality
any we have seen from upland soil,
and the yield has been exceedingly
prolific. The variety used as q pre-
MUM to the STANDARD subscribers
several years ago, the Adirondack,
yielded for Mr.. McCray four hun
dred bushels to the acre. The Car.
men, another excellent variety, yield
ed 3S4 bushels, and he had still an
other variety from % pounds of
which he raised 80 bushels. This we
think is an excellent showing, aud dis
pels somewhat the idea that an excel
lent quality of tubers may not be pro.
duced on bottom, or damp, land.
The dry-kiln of the Bucoda mill,
with 10000 feet of lumber were de-
stroyed Saturday, involving a loss of
$4,000. The origin of the fire is
thought to have been the work of an
incendiary, as just previous to flames
being discovered in the dry-kiIn, the
Clock single mill, near by, was found
to he afiame, and the absence of every
body from the immediate vicinity of
the kiln gave time for the flames to
attain a Roadway. The shingle mill
was saved but the dry-kiln totally de-
stroyed. After the fire at the mill had
been extinguished the discovery was
made that coal oil had been used to
give it start, and this establishes the
belief that both fires were the work OF
a fire-bug. Suspicion rests upon one
who has made threats and it is very
probable that an arrest will be made.
The Wiley Navigation Co. und r its
new management has transferred all
its business to Seattle, notwithstand-
ing the promise that the change of Of.
flee to that city would in no manner
interfere with its trade with our com
munity. Our people are in some de-
gree responsible for this. A disposition
has been shown to patronize a railroad
that has persistently side-tracked
Olympia, to the exclusion of COM
pany that had always made our city
its base OF supplies for its whole SER
vice. 1t is true that the steamboat
company has lately changed its per.
sonnet, but that does not change the
point we wish to make that our people
may benefit themselves by a remem-
brance and application of the old
adage: "You tickle me and I'll
tickle you" 1t may he that an op-
portunity will he presented for our
people to aid in building up a service
that will be of benefit to us as a COM
munity, and when the time comes
there should be no division of senti-
ment on the matter.