Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-08

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silver paper knife, in all entailing a
loss OF $3.50.
To add to the difficulty of tax col
lection it is stated that the late enum-
Grafton is piece of botchwork, in
many instances the valuation be.
ing not only unfair but unequal to
that OF other property Of like class. 1t
is openly charged that the work has
been entrusted to incompetent depu-
ties.
Mr.. Martin Christopher gives as a
reason why he objected to continu-
ance OF lease of the base ball grounds
to the local team, that there were
"Too many full heads and empty
bottles" left strewn upon the prem
Uses. 1t doubtless never occurred to
him that the full heads might have
been utilized as footballs.
Considerable dissatisfaction has been
expressed over the method adopted by
the Fourth of July Committee in
making their report. 1t was not az
gregates that were wanted but ex-
penditures in detail. The report, as
made, explains nothing, and leaves the
querists' optics still gazing skyward
for Information.
Poor old Sandy" an Indian buck
known to the early settlers OF Olym.
pia, as far back as the fiitics," got on
jag the other day and was robbed of
about all the ready cash he had. But
he wa. finally placated by an assur-
ance that the penalty Of civilization
went along with euch fun, and he
gracefully accepted the conditions of
progress.
Attorney G. c. Israel aud wife left
Monday on months visit in South
ern California, for rest and recrea-
ton, of which Mr.. Israel is in much
need from the volume of the profess
sional work, in which he has been
steadily engaged for several years.
His destination is Campbelrs, in Santa
Clara county. a noted but quiet place
Of resort much patronized by profess
sional men.
Capt. Lafayette Wiley, son of the
late Samuel Wiley, Of the transporta-
ton company engaged many years on
the Mason county county route, died
Sunday evening, at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. Ollie Shaw, of
Brights disease. He was one of the
old-timers, having located here 81
years ago. The funeral was held
Tuesday under the auspices OF the
Odd Fellows, OF which organization he
was a member.
The Republicans have called their
County Convention to meet in this
city, at Olympia Theater, on Saturday,
the 23d inst, at 10 A. NJ. The basis OF
representation will be tone delegate
at large and one delegate for each ten
votes, or the major fraction thereof,
cast for the Hon. J. M. Frink, as
candidate for Governor, in the State
election of 1900" The delegates are
to be chosen under the primary cleo
ton law. Roll, the game is made"
About nine years ago Lou Duvall,
the well.known cruiser, planted several
boxes of Eastern CLANS on the tide-flats,
on Westside, and they have propagated
so rapidly they can now be dug in al
most any part of the flats. They re-
semble goeduck in appearance and
are about the size of goose-egg, when
full grown. They are said to be the
best for frying. A number we're dug
the other day near the old wharf at
the foot of Main street by Frank Nc
Fadden.
Edward Knox, a son of A. w. Knox,
Ijanitor of the Lincoln school, Of this
city, . bridge carpenter in the employ
of the Northern Pacific railway, had
both arms broken and his head and
body badly crushed, while at work
with q bridge crew, near Satsop,
Wednesday, in a railroad wreck in
which ten cars loaded with gravel and
the large bridge at Satsop crashed into
the Chehalis river. The injurned man
is now under treatment Mt the Fannie
Paddock hospital, at Tacoma.
Mrs. Anderson, the old lady who
was lost in the woods near Little Rock,
Saturday. while picking berries. was
found after prolonged search in
which many people engaged, Tuesday
evening. by Walter Austin, one of the
party, in little gully into which she
had fallen. She was quite feeble and
had to be carried to her home. The
old lady had subsisted on berries. but
had been unable to find water. Mon
day the searching party was seen by
Mrs. A., but she was unable to make
herself heard. When found she had
given up all hope Of rescue.
N. ]. Kirkendall was badly hurt,
Tuesday afternoon, by runaway of
his team at the Northern Pacific de-
pot. 1t seems that, in backing up to
the platform, the horses took fright
at some moving object, and started to
run. They were soon beyond control
and the bed striking the platform
was torn from the front wheels, and
Mr.. K. was thrown on to the single
tree and thence to the ground where