Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-12

llttle avail Win tnelr limited ap
planes for fighting fire. The loss viii
be somewhere in the neighborhOod o
$1,000 or $4,000, and already agents o
the railroad are on the ground to award
damages. 1t is lucky thing fol
them that election day is near at hand
and the corporations are on their good
behavior.
AT the August examination for teach
ers' certificates in the State of Wash.
ington there were 1857 applicants
OF these, 50 wrote for the purpose Of
raising the grade of their certificates,
and 277 are without teaching expert.
ence. The markers began their work
on August 80, and seven days later
the State Office had forwarded all re-
turns to the County Superintendent.
In all. 757 certificates were issued. 93
Of which we're first grade, 1893 second
grade and 266 were third grade. The
number of applicants is the second
largest in the history of the State, and
the percentage OF those who received
certificates is the largest during the
past two years.
The case in which the constitution
ality of the school law of 1901 was
questioned was decided by the Su-
preme Court, Saturday, and the law is
upheld. The case was brought by
Rand, McNally & Co., against the
King County Board of Education, to
enjoin it from alleged interference
with the contract right of appellant
entered into with the State Board of
Education in 1900 to furnish, certain
school books. The question of dam
ages the company may have sustained
Is left open and the case remanded for
the introduction Of further proof as to
whether damages are consequential or
not. Every county in the State is
interested in the decision.
This morning our people were
treated to . really remarkable aspect
of the sky, ordinarily known as the
heavens" About five o'clock the
phenomenon was at its elimination,
when the armament in every quarter,
from horizon to zenith, presented the
"lurid glare" the reporter always
uses in describing fires. In this in
stance, the coppery hue pervaded the
whole universe $50 far as seen from
this microscopic orb) and the sky pre-
sented the appearance of large in
verted cauldron heated to a red tint.
The unusual sight was doubtless
caused by the smoke from forest fires,
upon which the sunlight, reflected q
glow without penetration.
The local telephone exchange, be-
sides being one OF the best of its class
in the State, has lately made a reduc-
ton of rates, which by adding patrons
to the service, will greatly increase its
efficiency. The new rate will be for
individual lines from 50 for residence
to $3.50 for business per month, and
on party lines. from 81 for residence
to $l.50 for business connection. 1t
is assumed that in all places where
the rate is established, the exchange
can be covered by lines one mile in
distance from the central Office; be.
yond the mile, where pole lines are al.
ready built, monthly mileage charge
will be added for each additional half
mile of so cents for individual and
% cents per subscriber for party lines.
Under the efficient management of
Mr.. Doragh, the Olympia service is
rapidly approaching a stage OF general
public utility.
Mrs. Carrie Dunlap, OF Portland,
paid brief visit to old. time friends in
this city, Saturday and Sunday. She
is tho daughter Of Col. William Cock,
the pioneer, who built the Pacific
House, nearly half century ago, and
operated it several years as the leading
hotel of the Northwest. Mrs. Dunlap
has been for twenty years past engaged
in kindergarten work in Portland, q
profession ia which she STAINED con-
siderable eminence in San Francisco.
where she resided several years after
leaving Olympia. She was the guest
of Capt. John u. Parker and family
during her stay, which was so short
that many Of the old.timers failed Of
an opportunity to accord her the W, i
come greeting that was in their hearts !;
in fact some of them did not know of
her presence till she bad departed.
Mrs. Dunlap, though in the meridian
Of life, does not seem to have changed
since those youthful days when she
and the writer were schoolmates, un.
der the good old pedsgogue, Bernard
Cornelius. In . brief interview, che
recalled incidents of "auld lang syne'
that had long been forgotten pages to
him of the dim past. When she
makes another visit. let it not be in
the shape OF Morning Call" but
an occasion on which she may be able
to meet all the friends Of yore, and to
accord to each share Of her time for
review OF cherished memories of times
when our community was not split
by faction or strife and when all lived
in that thorough accord which consti-
tutes the charm Of life.