Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-31
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Labor day will be the last day of
grace for school children.
Miss Flora Chambers has returned
from her trip to Spokane.
Nash0n College opens its fall term
on the llth OF September.
The next steamship for Alaskan
ports will be the Topeka, Sunday.
The Main street bowling hall gave
free opening on Saturday evening.
The Chamber of Commerce meets
this evening in Equity court room.
Mr.. c. J. Swayne is on the road to
aspeedy recovery from a severe illness.
Mrs. Damon, of Tacoma, was on
visit to friends in this city few days
ago.
Well, Roger. is nominated but now
comes the election. All, there's the
rub.
The Weyler shingle mill, of this
city, has closed operations till Sept.
1Oth.
Miss Carrie Allen, a former resident
OF this city, now OF Spokane, is down
on visit.
The household of S. Y. Bennett, at
Sherlock, has been frightened by
little son.
William Yeager is in a fair way of
recovery from severe attack of ty-
phoid fever.
The Skagit Chief brought an excur.
sion party over from Seattle and Ia
coma, Wednesday.
The weather prognostication for to-
day is Generally fair to night and
Saturday; cooler"
The schooner Joseph Russ arrived
in our harbor yesterday for cargo OF
lumber for Mexican ports.
Congressman w. L. Jones of North
Yakima, was in this city yesterday,
guest of our local Nasty.
Samuel Rosenthal will leave next
week for an extended trip to New
York and other Eastern cities.
Claude Swan had his left hand
mangled by pistol-shot while trying
to shoot rat, day or two ago.
Daring painters are doing a lofty
job in putting new coat upon the
tower Of the Presbyterian church.
An Olympia woman wants the city
council to pass an ordinance prohibit.
ing dogs from lying on the sidewalks.
The bark Vidette left this harbor
yesterday, with cargo of GOO, 900 feet
of lumber for the San Francisco mar
ket.
Another artesian we'll is being
driven. The latest bore is on the
premises of Mr.. Haworth on Fourth
street.
The Directors of School District No.
l, OF Olympia, have made tax levy of
five mills, to be used for current ex-
penses.
The next steamship for San Fran.
cisco will be the Umatilla to morrow.
An Olympia passenger by her will be
H. B. Kline.
Only sixty-Gve days before general
election. Don't fail to register in sea.
con, then vote early and often and
Bryan is elected.
Siwashes are passing through town
ON their way to the hop fields to earn
money for their winters supply OF con.
traband fire.water.
In many Olympia orchards the
larger fruits are rotting on the ground.
But then we never miss the water till
the we'll runs dry.
The STANDARD answers An inquirer
by saying that the tomato belongs to
the potato family and like that plant
1t is a native of America.
Miss Alice Dickinson left yesterday
for her home in Portland after pleas
ant visit of several weeks to her father
and friends in this city.
The extensive improvements now
going on at Providence Academy are
wholly in charge Of the talented and
energetic Sister Superior.
The mineral water plant, at Tum.
water, is put to its best efforts to fill
incoming orders for the sparkling and
healthful beverage it is producing.
The Hotel Olympia is now general
ing its own electricity and there is
not more brilliantly lighted public
house in the State of Washington.
1t is said that the rate for round.
trip tickets to the Elks' Carnival in
Portland, next week, from Seattle will
be only 50 and from this city 1920.
To-day is the fourteenth anniver-
cary Of the great Charleston earth.
quake. Now who can tell the day OF
the week OF that notable occurrence?
DIR. z. E. Funk and family, who
nave been on visit to his son and
family in this city, left yesterday for
their home at Cripple Greek, Colorado.
1. S. Clark and wife, of Gibbon,
Neb., have purchased site for a
dwelling on Puget street and intend to
make this place their permanent
home.
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