Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-05-15


The Centralia baseball team bea
the Maroons OF this city, last sunday
IN a match game, in which the former
scored SIX innings and the latter one.
Chas. Henry i. winner Of the j1niol
ten-pln championship, taking the sill
yer medal. He rolled in tive games
l'o, beating his next competitor nine
points.
W. L. Jewell, an employe in Local
mil, secured marriage license Mon.
day, and Will wed Mrs. :. l.. Elder
who Is on her way here from Douglas
Oklahoma.
1t has been about decided to ampu.
tate the foot of John Mcdonald. who
had his right foot so badly crushed by
falling tree, last week, in one OF the
Bordeaux camps.
James McIntosh, James Israel. f. B,
Harrison, III. i. Geldez and A. II.
Wade, State Land Commissioners. re-
turned Wednesday from land search
in Lewis county.
c. j. Lord has taken the capitol
construction warrants at par, amount
ing to $4,000, after the issue had
been advertised a month or more
without any bidders.
The next service of the German
Evangelical Lutheran congregation
will be held in the United Presbvter.
ian Church, on Fourth and Jefferson
streets, Sunday, at 4 P. NJ.
The Weyerhauser Timber Co. bought
OF Geo. C. Patnude 100 acres of timber
land in this county for a consideration
OF $1,000. 1t is located in section "a,
township Is, range 3 west.
When Olympia hires carriages from
Seattle, that strenuous city insists
that insurance be given for their safe
return. That is probably habit de-
rived from dealings with Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Hill, DR.. and
Mrs. Rcdpath, Mr.. and Mrs. Gable,
Mrs. Lord and C. f. Maynard attended
the wedding of J. f. Frost and Miss
Anna G. Millett, which took place at
Chehalis, Wednesday evening.
The brickwork on the capitol annex
has been completed after a term ex-
tending over twenty-One months. Had
the tower of Babe had Goss for a
builder it would never have got be.
yond the cornerstone of progress.
At last we know why the name of
Telescope was decided upon by the
projectors. 1t will be a small affair at
first, and expects to be pulled out
somewhat after the fashion of an
ACCORDION - to increase its effective
power.
Matthias Morrow of Mud Bay, was
the victim of a runaway Wednesday
morning. While driving towards this
city tug broke, and the horses ran
down the hill. The driver was thrown
out and sustained severe injuries. A
scalp wound had to be stitched by a
surgeon.
The N. P. Railway Co. have con-
demned the trestle ON which their
track is laid from the Port Townsend
Southern depot to the sawmill, and
this will cause temporary suspension
of the shingle mill, which ships ex-
clusively by rail.
Mrs. Charles Wenger, of South Bay,
died at st. Peters hospital Wednesday
night, after an illness OF several weeks.
Decea sed is survived by husband and
several children. Interment will be
made to-day in Forest cemetery, on
tho road to Woodland.
The steamer Crest will leave Tues
day morning to carry the local lodge
of Knights of Pythias TO Seattle to
with ess the competitive drill between
the Grand Lodge and Uniform Rank.
The steamer will leave Seattle on her
return Wednesday, at A. NJ.
NJ. G. Royal was elected Director OF
the Olympia public schools Saturday,
he being practically the only candidate,
receiving 6S of the 50 votes cast
While Fred. SchOmber was not a cam
didate % votes were cast for him, and
Jos. Chilberg, the Socialist, received
one vote.
Miss Fancy Broiles, of Tacoma,
formerly OF this city, is on visit to
her mother and sister who still reside
here, pending recovery from operation
for removal of felon from the index
finger OF her right hand. She will re.
turn to her position in hotel of the
terminal city in few days.
John C. Pauley has sold to the
Hewitt Land Co., of Tacoma, so acres
in section 2, township Is, range 2
west, situated about q mile and a hall
west of Bucods. Mr.. Pauley received
$4,000. Arthur McInnis sold 16C
acres adjoining to the company 70,
500 and Milton Smith received
5000 for 40 acres in the same section.
Tuesday the Acton "dinkey" en-.
CINE formerly employed on the Port
Townsend Southern, was sold to H. s
Barnum & Son, of Jacksonville. Ogn
who own little strip of six miles of
railroad, connecting Medford with
Jacksonville. The road is owned and
operated by father and son, the former
handling the throttle and the latter
punching the tickets. The engine
was shipped on q Aat.car.
Many old.timers will regret that i,
should have been deemed necessary
to cut down the beautiful shade tree.
at the edge of the sidewalk on the
plea that they are much in the way
for free ingress to and exit from the
fre-house on Columbia street. II
seems strange, however. that the ne
cessity for removal had not been ap
parent these many years the fire ap
paratus has had its home there.
A. A. Hammett of New York, and
Robt. Ball of Seattle, were here this
week to consider a proposition for es.
Enlistment Of factory for the prep
aration of cereal products in this city
It is big affair and beginning with
say Is operatives, may in time increase
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