Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-07-13

the matter, except for causes stated in
the statute.
{. F: Burnell has put up an electric
motor IN his shop at Tumwater and is
prepared to do machine and lathe
work. He guarantees satisfaction in
anything he undertakes. His adyer-
tlsement appears in this issue of the
STANDARD.
The Republican Club OF Thurston
County intend to hold a ratification
banquet at the Olympia hotel some
time next week. They expect that
Senator Foster and Representative
Cushman, will be present to sound the
political hcwgag.
I. c. Van E Ups, who has been East
as Delegate TO the Supreme Lodge A.
.. U. W., at Sioux Falls, S. d., the
international Mining Congress at
Milwaukee, Wis, and as alternate to
the Democratic Convention at Kansas
City, Mo-, has returned home.
Frank Reisenweber has been ap-
pointed "Stamper," in Olympia post
office. and Miss Ida Chambers, one of
the clerks, has been accorded an in
crease of salary, owing to the increased
receipts Of the office, indicating cor
responding increase of business.
The coupon ticket scheme racket is
being run in this city, whereby the
promise is made of something for
nothing, or very near that proposition.
If we heed the advice from those who
have tested the scheme in other
places, it will be let severely alone.
Some of our local wheelmen propose
to take part in the road race at Taco
ma, Saturday evening. E. B. Ray
mond, Geo. Avery, Harry Phipps,
Fred. Cotter, G. Hildebrandt, John
Sumpter and VIM. Yeager propose to
be present and make the run, which is
over a course of Is miles.
G. H. Ames and the Snohomish
Logging Co.'S purchase of 800 acres Of
timber on sec. sc, tp. % range 5 east,
and H. B. Wadsworth's purchase OF
timber on 16O acres in sec. SO, tp. 90,
range 43 east, the former paying 49,
1O6.1S and the latter $500, have been
approved by the State Land Commits
sion.
Miss Annie Macleay who is visiting
in Seattle was thrown from her bicycle,
while riding down a steep grade in
that city. The chain of her wheel
slipped from the sprocket, causing her
to lose control of it, when she fell
heavily to the ground, cutting her
chin and infiicting number of quite
severe bruises.
The question as to whether Tenino
school-teacher has q right to punish a
refractory pupil has been taken to the
Supreme Court of this State. The
general repute of the Tenino school,
as established by the sworn testimony
of one of its patrons, seems to justify
the belief that the teacher has, or
should have, that right.
A bad mar from Ocosta made
things lively for time on Fourth
street yesterday morning, by flourish
ing a knife and threatening sudden
death to all who opposed him. Our
ever vigilant police, however. were
equal to the occasion, and soon con.
WINGED him that he was in a city
where law and order is maintained.
A team belonging to E. A. Collins,
hitched to wagon while left temper
arily by their owner on Columbia
street. Wednesday, took fright and
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ran into buggy and smashed three
wheels of that vehicle. This was
about the only damage, as the team
came to stop at the farmers corral.
The merry-go-round management
has introduced the watch award de-
vice, the last alternative for extracting
nickels from the pockets of indulgent
parents by the empty honor afforded
in the award of prize based upon
no other condition than purchase of
votes. After this, like the Arab, it
will quietly fold its tent and steal
away.
Someone il engaged in the low BUSH
ness OF withdrawing Bro. Scobey from
the gubernatorial contest without his
consent. An article in the reliable
Pr. has stated that Mr.. 8. had given
up all hope Of ever receiving nomina.
ton, much less an election, and that
gentleman rises to protest most vehe.
mently that there is not word of
truth in the assertion. He very nat
urally objects to having his boomlet
frostbitten before it has had chance
to ripen.
The census enumeration OF this
county discloses the fact that we have
q resident 1O8 years old. His name
is Samuel French. He claims 1892
as the date of his birth. For the past
forty. years he has changed little in ap-
pearsnce. Mr.. F. built mill between
Olympia and Little Rock, in 1864, the
running works of which were mainly
constructed OF wood which was hewed
to shape on the spot where the mill
was built. The old man resides on
the Poor Farm.
Chas. Anderson, an employee on L.
s. Barnard's farm on Chambers
Prairie, while on the way from the
farm with Mr.. Barnard to q lake to
engage in swimming, at 8 o'clock Tues
day evening, encountered large
cougar about twenty feet away in the
ferns which jumped upon a log, and
just as the animal looked az though
he was about to spring upon
them, Mr.. Anderson, who had a gun,
| fired two bullets into the beast killing
him. He measured 81 feet from tip
to tip.
The NJ. E. Church inaugurate the
bargain counter" excursion season
by q "picnic" to Point Defiance, on
Wednesday, the 25th. The late
disaster, which shows the unsafe, not
to say dangerous, condition of Ia
coma's suburban railroads, may, how.
ever, restrain the impulse, which OBJ
servation has shown to be common
to small communities, to seek cheap
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