Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-21

an excursion to Tacoma. Seattle and
Everett, Sunday, leaving at5 A. NJ
HE cost will be so cents, 81 and $l.JO
Tor round-trip tickets to be obtained
on the boat.
Rev. a. G. Sawin has been in attend
ance at the meeting Of the Puget
Sound Baptist Association, held at
Puyallnp this week, of which convoca
ton he was moderator and made the
opening address.
The steamship Puebla sailed for
Alaskan ports to-day, Harry Wyan
dearo being passenger from this city
by her for Wrangel. The next boat
for that destination will be the Spo.
kane on Monday.
James Shaw and Miss Elba Tim.
norman were united in marriage a,
the Presbyterian parsonage, Tuesday
afternoon. Mr.. S. is popular land.
lord at Ellensburg, where the happy
couple will in future reside.
Mr.. Phipps had a call from a
"Weary Willie" Wednesday night
who, Oily says, took all the eatables
from cooler on the back porch
And now Mr.. p. is searching for the
tramp to put him in the city cooler. "
Sunday afternoon. Oscar NJ Dean,
OF Arlington, Oregon, and Miss Ara
Cheadle, of this city, were united in
marriage, by Rev. A. g. Sawin. Mr..
d. is prosperous rancher of the sister
State, and their home will be on his
big farm.
Strawberries have now got down to
three and four boxes for a quarter
depending on whether they are to-day
or yesterdays picking. 1t is hardly
probable that the product will be avail.
able, either in quantity or price, for
putting up" this season.
Now tina. the picnic season has put
in a t,rdy appearance, and outings
will for time be in order, it might be
well to remember that O'Connor has
some OF those modern, luxurious ham.
mocks, which make sleeping in the
air like a revel amid the heecy clouds
Miss Anna Rollman was awarded
the gold watch by the merry-go round
management, which adopted this plan
OF ascertaining who was the most pop
ular young lady. by q vote of patrons
who rode tine hobby horses. The sec.
ond prize, a gold ring, was awarded to
Miss Carrie Raymond, che having re.
ceived the second highest vote.
Bids for overhauling the court.
house and adapting it for State pur.
poses have been submitted by HASTE
& Durgin, of Tacoma, involving a cost
of $3,325, and Ogle & Co., of this CITY
$500. The bids for the installment
OF an elevator were rejected BY the
board, and new bids were called for to
be opened, in this city. July lst.
Oily says that the "expert" who ex.
amined the roofs of the public school
buildings in this city. pronounces
them lin very bad shape" and recon.
mends coating them Immediately with
patent fire and rain-proof paint.
Wonder if the sight of the expert"
had not been sharpened by a timely
application OF Col. Sellers eye-water?
The Thacker Wood Co. are now
moving the second and larger o; the
old buildings on capitol square, pur-
chased from the State. Let us hone
that its removal will not be attended
with the damage to our beautiful shade
trees that marked the removal of the
other. A little care and common
sense would have averted the damage.
Street Commissioner johnson is al.
ways doing something that seems to
be just the act that follows as nat
ural sequence of popular needs. He
is now leveling up Tumwater hill, a
thoroughfare that has been virtually
closed for some time, bnt which short
ems the distance to our picturesque
suburb very materially for light travel.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the "Lady Commissioners" to
the Pan-American Exposition must be
paid the expenses that had been in.
Cured by them, when the Legislature
kindly relieved them from further
duty or responsibility. Judges Mount
and Fullerton diseented from accord
ing even this limited "sop to the
whale"
The Light and Power Co. are con.
structing a new foot bridge Just above
the lower falls at Tumwater, to re.
place the structure which was con
condemned as unsafe year or more
age. The view from that point is one
OF the most picturesque in the minia-
ture park surrounding the falls, and it
is to restore its efficiency that the i'm
provement is made.
The County Commissioners yester-
day adopted the plans for new court.
house submitted by Saunders & Law
ton. OF Seattle. It will be built of
Tenino stone, with little or no brick.
be 6Jby SO feet area and front on
Fourth street. 1t will be two stories
in height and rest on a basement.
The cost of the structure must. by
stipulation, come within $4,000.
Miss Sara Troy. one of the best
teachers that the Olympia schools has
ever had, has been engaged to teach
at Dayton, WASH, in the public
schools OF that city. While congratu-
lating her on this preferment, all who
know her are saddened by the thought
of LOSING one of the bright lights of
the social circle. The best wishes of a
host Of friends will attend her in the
new field of duty.
The State Board OF Education ad.
journed. Monday, after session last
ing fortnight, during which time
examinations were made for State and
Life certificates reading-circle work
organized, and the usual couundrums
decided upon by which to "stump"
applicants for State papers the ensu-
ing year. Four State certificates and
30 life diplomas were issued, one of
the latter being accorded Miss Cora A..
Bruner. of this city.
If the stockholders in the Jenkins
oil company get nothing else than the
elegantly-printed certificates of their
holdings. they will have very little tn