Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-08-23

in this county at 1924, or ,639 boys
and 1853 girls. The total for the
preyious wear was l05 less, COB boys
|, and 1,6I6 girls. The enrolment for
1901 was ,227, with 1888 boys and L..
$50 girls, and for the previous year
was 2,54i, ,2Gl boys and l,2S3 girls.
The enrolment shows an increase of
1913. The average daily attendance
last year was l,722, and for this year
has been l,19O.
A team attached to a gurney-cab
while waiting for job in front Of the
stable, Yesterday afternoon, held by
small chain attached to post, took
notion TO run and started up the street
at a break-neck speed. Their run was
not long one, however, but quite
disastrous-to the cab. They could
not pass the Capital Bank, for
BARRIERS pole, advertising "A shave
shop, stood in the way, and tits they
incontinently demolished, breaking
their tugs and depositing the wrecked
vehicle on the pavement subject to
protest.
Mich, was in the city a few days ago,
accompanied by his wife, on a visit to
his old friend, DR.. Mitchell. He has
already inspected the beauties of Belle
view and the Straits OF Fuca, and now
proposes verifying the report OF West
ern tourists regarding the grandeur
of the Columbia river scenery. He
J WI fhar nj
making quite a complete tour of the
Pacific slope. Mr.. LaCrone is a phys
ician of more than local renown, and
is said to be absolutely the best occulist
and aurist in this country, as his ex-
traordinarv practice will demonstrate.
He left yesterday for the Columbia.
The Porter building is at last on its
stone foundation, corner of Fourth
and franklin streets. Its removal
has been attended with more than
usual difficulty from the cramped
position in which the work had to be
done, the uneven ground, and the
passage over a street spanned by the
trolly, light and telephone wires. The
contractors, Messrs. Hartman & 1ver-
son are entitled to great credit for the
cheerful way they persevered against
almost insurmoutable difficulties in
their task, working night as we'll as
day to impede traffic as little as pos
sible. This has been, by large odds,
the most difficult job of housemoving
ever undertaken in this city.
Mr.. J. H. Sect will have an up-to-
date saloon in all respects, when he
moves into his new establishment on
Main street, from the Fashion, on
Fourth, which he converted from
"rookery" into a first class business
stand. Mr.. SIS bar fixtures will not
be excelled, if equaled, north of San
Francisco. They consist of elegantly
hand carved back bar, racks and
counter, with plate glass mirrors and
silk plush drapery. The building,
which is 100 feet in depth has been
partitioned into elegant parlors and
convenient store-roOms. 1t will be,
in every respect, a comfortable and
elegant resort for gentlemen. Mr.. S.
expects to be installed in his new
quarters early next month.
A man who gave the name of Viii.
liam Bennett, was fined $40 and costs
amounting to $3.50 for resisting OF.
ficer Labarre, and aiding the escape of
a prisoner he was taking to the lock-
up, Sunday evening. 1t seems that
party OF men came in from q mill at
Long Lake, near Woodland, with the
avowed purpose Of painting the town
red. and it was in carrying out that
rather hazardous undertaking that an
arrest was made of one of the "paint-
ers" who was hanging over barrep
while applying the carmine. Bennett
succeeded in releasing his friend but
was compelled to take his place as
hostage until released by a cruel order
OF the Justice that he and a certain
number of his sheckles should forever
part company.
Two tramps, thrown from the south
bound train at Sherlock Tuesday,
exercised their talents in burglarizing
the section house during the after
noon, and on discovery at 8 10, Sheriff
Mills was notified by telephone and in
lust 20 minutes had the culpri,s I'M
der lock and key at the county bastile.
Many articles taken from the section
house were found upon them, includ-
ing a suit of clothes which one of
the burglars had boldly donned. The
succeeding day q number of section
hands came in and identified not only
the plumber but the culprits who were
elected from the passenger train. An
Examination before Justice Schomber
fully justified holding them for trial.
In default of $500 bail for each, they
were lodged in Jail. They gave as
their names Ben. Guyot and Frank
Stewart.
Congressman Burton, of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee, who visited
our State last month, is unqualified in
his approval of our resources and eli
matte conditions. In late discussion
OF the trip at the national capital, he
said that while there is not an average
of one good harbor for each country
in South America, practically none in
Central America and only two in
Mexico, and none from San Diego till
San Francisco is reached, on our
Western coast; that the distinctive
feature of the western deep seal water
line is that from the Southern ex.
tremity of South America to Puget
Sound harbors are few ard far between.
On Puget Sound)harbors are very num-
erous. and the distinctive feature is
great depth of water. He says that
the first idea which was impaired by
their surroundings while here, was of
the vast possibilities of the country
possessing such splendid and un-
limited resources in timber, minerals
i and agriculture. The climate he con-
siders ideal. The delightful tempera-
ture experienced while here, particu-
larly west of the Cascade mountains,
was in wonderful contrast with the
heated term OF the East. Our State
will lose nothing from the visit OF such
observing men.