Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-17

pui4N'bS IitO Il !upueItl pdukln mouse,
Is ia~t developing into neat and com.
Portable quarters, under the guiding
hand OF Architect Hartsock.
c. ID. King has been appointed to
the new deputyship in the Prosecnt.
ing Attorneys office, but his tenure
will be short-the job ending July lst.
He will receive $50 per month.
A. S Hall lately bought from Geo.
II. McGreer, OF Tacoma, 420 acres Of
farm land in the southeastern part
OF the county, for consideration OF
5000, or little over$7 per acre.
A lecture on the subject My Faith
in God and Man." will be delivered by
I. Il. Moulton of South Union, at p
NJ. next Sunday, in X. of P. hall in
this city. The lecture is free and all
are invited.
Seattle parties have placed a con-
tract with local mill for 300, 900 feet
OF lumber to be used in construction
OF four large scows for government
work, to be built in the mill cOmpanys
yard in this city.
County Superintendent Henry has
gone to Seattle to meet his father and
mother, Rev. J. j. Henry and wife, Of
Missouri, who came to the Coast on a
visit. Mr.. II. is an exponent of the
Presbyterian faith.
! DIR. Holbrook, OF Mt. Vernon, Ohio,
who has bought a tract of land at
Mud Bay, for establishment of stock
farm, left Tuesday for the East to
bring out his family to their new
home, which will be in this city.
c. w. Shafer, OF Wenatchee, is to
succeed Ii. Bashford as Deputy State
Librarian, June 1st. The new APP
pointee will bring his family to reside
in this city during his term. He is
said to be a lawyer and a Populist.
The outgoing passengers this week
by the o. r. & N. and U. P. we're
Victor Johnson and Mat. Pelanguest,
Ouray, Col; Mrs. f. Avery, Kanyon
City, COL; John Allen, Spencer, Iowa,
and John McCarty and wife, Wash
ington, Ind.
John Gilbert, who has been in the
hospital several months, since his re-
turn from California, where he had
made trip in hope of relief from
paralysis, is now able to return to his
home at the Carlton, where he was re-
moved last Sunday.
Margaret O'Toole has filed a new
complaint against the street.car COM
pany, for alleged damages in col
lision of car with her team, corner
of Fourth and Adams streets, several
months ago. She claims damages to
the amount OF $4,000.
Russell's Vaudeville Circus is billed
to appear in Olympia for two days.
May 22d and 23d. A street parade
at noon each day is advertised in con-
nection with the combination. Their
tents will be located at the corner of
Franklin and Fifth streets.
The postoffice location has been
made and a contract secured by the
Department for accommodation in the
rear part of the Reed block, corner OF
Washington and Sixth, in the room
now occupied by the Universal Broth
erhood, fronting so feet on Sixth
street.
Mr.. Holthusen opened his new
place of business on Fourth street
this week, and his proverbial success
has seemed to follow him, for we Oh.
serve that his restaurant is always
thronged at meal.times, and every
body seems well-pleased with both fare
and service.
The steamer Capital City Qate Dali
ton) has resumed the morning run to
Seattle, which was suspended when
she came so near burning, while carry
ing an excursion party from the dry.
dock at Bremerton to Seattle. The
Multnomah has gone back to the at.
ternoon service.
A requisition was issued Wednesday
to bring from Philadelphia Maurice
Mohr, of Seattle, who q few weeks ago
skipped out while at liberty under a
81 900 bond, for criminal assault upon
a young woman Of that city. His
bondsmen were two prominent BUSH
ness men of Seattle.
w. H. Avery, OF Los Angeles, Cal,
who many years ago was resident of
this city and associated with E. L.
Smith and G. A. Barnes in the first
banking business in the then Terri
tory of Washington, is on a visit to
our city, and is the guest of his
brother-in-law, T. NJ. Reed, Sr.
Mr.. d. d. Calkins, of Tacoma, be-
gan drilling an oil we'll on the Hug
gins farm, at Rainier, Tuesday. The
Des Chutes Oil Co., Of which he is
Vice President, has five years lease
OF Mr.. HIS 1000 acres. for oil develop
ment, with an alternative at the end
of that time of purchase at $40 per
acre.
The State has decreed that the
band stand shall be removed from the
capitol front-yard, and now what to