Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

hanule, OF flerce; CnaS. l.. Denny OF
King; T. B. Sumner, of Suohomish;
Miles c. Moore, OF Walla Walla Geo.
NJ. Brown, of Spokane; A. II. Stul-
fauth, of Kittitas, and c. J. Lord of
Thurston.
A. II. Chambers has contracted
with Chinaman " Tom" to clear %
acres of land near Mud Bay, to be
planted in potatoes, the crop to be
divided evenly. Mr. C. furnishes land
and seed, and Tom the muscle neces.
sary to make them effective.
Maud Schoen, OF Spokane, known to
some of our townspeople from visit
here as a charming and accomplished
young lady, died this week in that
city. Her brother Joe, called to her
bedside on her last illness, has re.
turned to his home in this place.
Thomas B. Westendorf has been re-
appointed Superintendent OF the Re-
form School at Chehalis and James
Watson of the School for Defective
Youth at Vancouver. The former has
held his position IL years and the
latter IA years, which is some indica-
ton Of their fitness.
Sister Vincent, who has SO long and
successfully labored for the interests
of the hospital in this city. has been
transferred to Spokane. Her depar-
ture will cause universal regret, for
she has shown herself to be kind, &C
tive, conscientious laborer in that part
of life's vineyard where the heavy
laden come for rest.
Jesse Platter, an employe of ]. E.
Murray's camp, eight miles east OF
Elma, suffered the fracture of his leg
Monday, in peculiar manner. His
coat had caught fire, and in trying to
extinguish the flames he was blinded
by the smoke and caught between two
logs as they were drawn on to the
skids by a donkey engine. He was
brought to this city and is undergoing
treatment at st. Peters hospital.
The Capital Brewing Co. are max
ing arrangements for erection of a
large cold-storage building for their
product, on the Northern Pacific de.
pot grounds, in the rear of the freight.
house. The present warehouse has
been moved short distance northward
and the new building, which will occu-
py an area of 40 by 80 feet, will stand
partly on the ground vacated. An ice
machine may in due time be installed
in the building.
William Mitchell, OF Tumwater,
has taken his son Albert to Portland,
to submit him to treatment by pro-
fessional occulist for some disease OF
the eye, which has nearly destroyed
his sight. The misfortune has been
gradually coming on for years past,
and now he can barely extinguish a
difference between night and day. Mr..
NJ. will probably 60 to San Francisco
or some city in the East, if he cannot
find a competent occulist in Portland.
Attorney-General Ross has prepared
an opinion in response to a request
from State Auditor Atkinson as to
whether the State should participate
in the distribution of the proceeds Of
the sale of property purchased by. the
counties at recent tax sales. In his
opinion, the State should not. As the
amount of the delinquent taxes due
the State is added to the county's ap-
portionment, if the State also shared
in the distribution from the tax sale,
it would result in a double collection
by the State.
Fred w. Stocking, the newly ap.
pointed Register Of the Land Office, is
son of Washington, having been
born at Gray's Harbor, 80 years ago.
He was graduate OF Collegiate Insti.
tute, of this city, in 1883. He has
been a school teacher, q merchant at
Centralia, . Justice of the Peace at
Grand Mound, ~ Deputy Assessor and
Deputy Treasurer in this county and
member of the Legislature twice. 1t
was in the latter capacity that he
earned the appointment of Register by
support of Foster for the U. s. Senate.