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


gives him the record of champion of
the Coast, and he is still looking for
worlds to conquer
Mrs. Hattie Davis, of Honolulu, a
former teacher and student of Olym-
pla Collegiate Institute, is visiting at
the residence OF P. d. Moore, as the
guest of Mrs. Eddings.
George Money, lad of II years, had
couple of fingers sawed from his
right hand while operating a saving
machine for the Thacker Wood Co..
in this city Wednesday.
w. G. Coates and Miss Lille NJ.
Whitaker were united in wedlocL, at
the Olympia hotel, Wednesday even.
ing, Rev. J. $. McCallum officiating.
They are residents of Tacoma.
Tohn I. Otis is now filling Princes
billet" of Deputy County Auditor
under Mr.. Graham. J. j. Wilson
takes Mr.. Otis place as clerk and is
engaged in extending the tax.roll.
Joe Melvin and Roy Mckenzie
made the run by bicycle from Yelm to
this city Sunday, in one hour and five
minutes. This lowers the highest
record for speed on that route four
minutes.
Fruit raisers are already gathering
their early apple and pear crops, and
the yield in and about the upper
Sound districts is far above the aver
age. This is the announcement of
veteran rancher of Olympia.
A house has been built over the ma.
chinery that has been set up to run
the pump at the new cemetery we'll.
A wire has been connected with the
power house at Tumwater to carry
electric energy to the dynamo.
The small boy who illustrated his
school books with "cuts" is finding
some difficulty in exchanging them
for the new textbooks ordered by the
STATE educational board. He was too
free with his jack-knife and pencil.
The Thurston County Teachers
Institute has been enjoying very
pleasant and profitable sessions in this
city. the past few days. The daily
programmes have been one of varied
topics and absorbing nature, inter-
spersed with vocal and instrumental
barmonies.
The outgoing passengers this week
over the o. R. & N. and U. P. were:
Mrs. Norrie, Chicago, ILL.,; Mrs. Eva
Pearson, Tecumseb, Neb.; Rev. w.
H. Treich. Chicago, ILL.,. w. H. Banks,
Opolis, Kansas; J. r. Kingdom and
wife. and d. Kimball, McCook, Neb.
A young man named Doherty was
brought up from a Mason county
camp, Wednesday, with both legs
crushed from a rolling log. The in
jury though serious, need not neces-
sarily prove fatal. The victim is
undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Leland Henderson, of Bay St. Louis,
Miss, son of ]. L. Henderson, is
on a visit to his boyhood home, Olym.
pia. He is accompanied by his fam
lily and will remain about a month.
He departed for his present Southern
home nearly a decade ago and this is
the first time he has been west since
then.
Deputy Sheriff "Bob" Swan re-
turned from Tacoma yesterday, where
he had conveyed by bench warrant
man named Wilson for contempt of
court in removing 1000 feet of cable
from the Mcintosh mill near Tenino,
which is the subject OF litigation. Geo.
G. Israel was summoned by wire to
appear for the defense of Wilson.
A Carnival of Song" will be held
in Olympia Theater tonight, for the
benefit OF one of the weaker school
districts in this county. The enter
tainment will be given by school child
rem, assisted by their adult friends, and
consist OF songs, marches, drills and
recitations, under the management of
an expert, in Professor Henry H.
johnson, of Ohio.
J. M. Coleman, Of New York, is q
late addition 10 our business energy.
He will engage in some active pursuit
soon as he has made a discovery of
the field that presents the best at.
fractions for him. He brings his fam
lily which is an indication that he
has permanently cast his lot in the
West and |" burnt the bridges" behind
him.
"Quo Vadis" was presented before a
large audience Monday night. It
brought out many evidences OF ap.
probation from adults and those who
have read the wonderful literary Gre
alton on which it is based, but the
boy with his bag of peanuts in the
gallery, said it was "rotten." But
then he is not to blame, for he has
often heard the same term applied by
bis elders to plays Of merit which did
not strike the right spot in their per-
sonal makeup of critical knowledge.
Mrs. Cora o. Wynn, of Little Rock,
was again brought before the Superior
Court yesterday on q charge of insan-
itv and committed IN tho aav1u,o az