Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-06-27

element and worry over conflicting
interest had much to do with his
sudden exit from earth life.
Mr.. .. L. Simenson is now supplied
with the largest and best supply of
eye glasses and spectacles ever brought
to this city, and lie has the latest APP
planes used in testing the eyes and
adapting lenses to special require
ments. Having made this branch OF
his business a study for years he feels
that he is exceptionally well prepared
to render satisfactory service in opti-
cal work.
"Bob" Frost is down for few days
from his elevated aerie of the Six
Eagles Mining Co., in the Okanogan
country. He is as brown as hazel
nut and seems to have been rejuvenat-
ed by the high altitude of his present
business operations. He seems, like
all miners, to be fully imbued with the
idea that he has fortune in sight,
and the only trouble is that it has not
yet came quite within grasping dis
/ lance.
The outgoing passengers this week
over the .. r. & n, U. p. railroads
and Pacific S. s. Co.'S boats were
Fred. E. Young., Ogden, Utah; F. J.
Bell, Pendleton, Ogn.; Roy ID. Bates,
Chicago, H.; NJ. p. Merrill, Buring.
ton, Iowa; Mrs. June Hoyt, San Fran
cisco, Cal; Mrs. Lottie Van Eaton,
Denver, Col; ID. R. Brown, st. Louis,
Mo-; w. A. Clinton, w. f. Lange and
w. NJ. Blair, Skagway, Alaska, and
Mrs. Chas. Gariielde, Juneau.
The capitol authorities ordered Mr..
Debs and his socialistic friends to
"keep off the grass" when he attempt
ed to speak on the capitol park Satur-
day afternoon, and Chief Savidge d.
rected him to {" move on" from the
corner of Sixth and Washington, when
the swarm of about 100 people congre-
gated on to the merry gO-round" lot
where they reposed in peace, listening
to an address which lasted till train.
time. The object, however, OF a free"
speech WAS attained.
On an appeal from King county
regarding reassessments to pay costs
OF local improvements, the Supreme
Court has decided, by bare majority,
that the act of 1893 provides that
when the original assessment had
been declared void for any reason, the
legal rate OF interest on such indebted
ness may be collected from the date
Of original assessment. The ruling is
signed by Judges Fullerton, Dunbar,
Hadley and Mount, Judges Anders,
Reavis and White dissenting.
The Weyerhauser timber company
have tract of land on the Wynooche
covered by fine growth of timber
that is being destroyed by an attack
OF the borer worm. A party repre-
senting the stock holders lately re.
turned from Gray's Harbor, whittier
they had been to solve the problem
presented OF saving their property.
Their decision is that the timber I've
at once cut for market. All OF the
product that cannot be sold on the
harbor will be hauled by rail to Budd's
Inlet, for booming.
The origin OF the name Phred ex.
cursions," that have been so popular on
the Sound during the Summer seasons,
is from their projectors surname,
which is Fred. Like many other ap-
pellations, its adoption was simply an
evolutionary transition to A" Phred" by
substitution OF two letters having the
sound OF Mr.. Mintie's first initial. Mr..
NJ, the originator and manager OF
these excursions, deserves much credit
for his enterprise, and he is surely re-
ceiving . satisfactory assurance of an.
probation in the patronage that is ex-
tended him.
The STANDARD Acknowledges a call
few days ago from one OF its ancotty
tilicun,s, Mr.. S. A. Phillips, of Lewis
county, who in auld lang syne," with
the Davises, the Brownings, the
Humphreys, the Tilleys. the McFad-
dens, and q host OF others, came to
Olympia to do their trailing. Mr..
Phillips does not seem to have felt the
hand of Time very heavily physically
and certainly not mentally, for he is
the same genial compatriot who
rallied round the flag" during In.
dian war times and cheered up the
dropping spirits of the hardy pioneers.
Sam Sings opium joint on First
street was pulled by Officers Taylor
and Brautigan, Wednesday morning.
and . small quantity Of opium secured.
The place had been under police sur.
VIGILANCE for some time, and it is
thought sufficient evidence has been
obtained to convict the owner. Sing,
who was arrested when the raid was
made. The penalty, on conviction, is
fine OF from $50 to 500, or impris-
onment from rs to so days. Sing
pleaded guilty before Justice Giles to.
day and was fined $40 and costs
amounting to about $40 more. Not
having the cash to pay he pines in Jail.
Tho Hoo Hoo Confederation, held
Tuesday night, in Columbia Hall,
must have been a "grand" success
from the caterwauling heard from the
outside. It is said that half a hun.
dred loggers. entered as kittens, the
mystic circle. The Hoo Hoos. or
Black Cats, be it known, is essentially
woodmen's order. no "outside bar
barians," unless It be the press, being
admitted to membership. A banquet
At Blakes, served by Holthusen, the
boss caterer, was not the least inter.
esting feature Of the occasion, and it
possessed such an attraction for the
assembled felines that the revel was
extended so far into she small hours
OF morning as to serve the full pur-
puss OF firmly riveting the bonds OF
fraternity.
Messrs. P. ]. O'Brien & Co. have
added to their labor saving machinery
for wagon-building, q tire-upsetter,
which as its name indicates is a de.
vice for tightening the wheels of We.
hicles without expansion OF the metal
band by heat. It is a weighty and
ponderous device, consisting of "A