Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-02

who stood nigh III public esteem.
Justice Giles, last Saturday, on a
full hearing decided that the city au-
thorities had not been guilty of OBJ
structlng government waterway
when 1t placed its float for accOmmo-
dation of along-the-hay rancbers at
the old draw near Horr's dock. Troy
Il Falknor appeared as special counsel
with City Attorney Royal, in defense
of the city, and Judge Robinson repre-
scented Mis-. Horr. 1t is said that an
appeal Will be taken.
On the topic of Building up a
Dairy Herd" by Prof. c. S. Smith, be-
fore the Farmers Institute, Wednes.
day, he took the ground that success
was achieved by attention to the fol-
lowing details, in the order named:
First, selection; second, care, which
includes food, shelter, water and
method of treatment; third, testing,
sorting and "weeding OUT" fourth,
breeding, and fifth, feeding, handling
and development of calves and heifers.
The Supreme Court has decided in a
Spokane case that the manufacturer of
champagne cider" is responsible for
the explosive nature of the product,
unless warning is given on the label of
the dangerous nature of the contents.
A suit for $4,000 for damages sus-
tanned by explosion OF a bottle of the
stuff has brought out decision by the
higher court that the manufacturer,
under the circumstances presented,
was responsible for injuries resulting
therefrom.
The assignment of ministers by the
late NJ. +. Conference, at Tacoma, for
this district, is as follows: Rev. J. w.
Satterthwaite returned to Olympia;
Rev. E. Hopkins, Tumwater; Chas. A.
Myers, Little Rock; VIM. E. Lud-
wick, Bucoda; V. B. Mcmillan, Shell
ton. The Statistical Secretary's re-
port showed the number of church
members and probationers to be 12,-
$50; number of churches. 146; Sun.
day school members, 16,462; total
benevolent collections, $36,239
J. H. Scott has leased 100 acre farm
on Chambers prairie, to Holton Mar
tin, for a blooded-stock farm. Mr..
Martin has had charge for some time
OF tho race track at Woodland, and is
experienced in the business of train
ing fine stock. Mr.. Scott is erecting
a neat cottage for Mr.. Martin and
barn SOx1OO feet for stock, fitted up
with modern conveniences. Mr.. NJ.
will construct a half-mile track, on
the meadow back from the road. The
location and natural adaptation it is
thought will aid in making it model
| stock farm.
Joseph Starr, a logger, made an at.
tempt to "shuffle off this mortal coil"
by swallowing about four ounces Of
ether, Wednesday evening, but as he
was stumbling about the street at.
tempting to carry that load with an
equal amount of whisky, he was " run
in" by the police, and the tell.tale
ether-bOttle found on his person. A
doctor was hastily summoned who by
emetics soon relieved the stomach OF |
its dangerous contents. Starr had |
been on a prolonged spree, and it was
doubtless the horrors of relaxation
that caused the rash act.
The crushed body OF Judd Parsons
was brought up from Kamilche, Tues.
day. He was brakeman on logging |
train and the accident happened from |
q misplaced switch. Parsons being
caught between two cars, fearfully |
mangling his abdomen and lower |
limbs. He was conscious for two |
hours and suffered excruciating agony,
dying on the steamer while it was en-
route for this city. His wife arrived
from Seattle Tuesday night and was
Frustrated by grief. The body will |
be taken to Pontiac, Mich, for in
terment. Mrs. Parsons, the bereaved
wife, is making arrangements to de.
part on the sad mission.
Guy r. Robertson, who was q school |
boy in this city eight years ago, died |
at Middleton, Cal, whittier he had |
gone for benefit OF his health, Sunday.
He died of consumption, probably |
brought on by exposure in Alaska.
When he left here, seven years ago to |
attend the State University, he be-
came prominent in athletic and liter
airy circles. He went north . couple !
of years ago, and returned much |
broken in health. Last winter he
was employed on the P.-I., but in the |
spring his health become so much i'm |
paired that he went to California in
the hope of relief. His sister Mildred
was with him W hon ho d;od
At meeting held in tho courtroom
Saturday night, it was determined to
make the attempt to erect a perma.
nent home for the Y. M. C. A. Mr..
J. T. Otis was one OF the leading pro-
motors Of the object and called the
meeting to order. Mr.. Wilcox the
Travelling Secretary, stated the OBJ
jects of the meeting and gave an &C.
count OF the work as being carried out
elsewhere. He advocated the erection
of q building, and the Chairman was
authorized to appoint q committee
consisting of seven business men to
formulate plans for erection OF build.
ing to cost about $4,000 The com.
mittee named is as follows: Fred.
OCuOuUcSy LIZ II. I. 1OtDTOOk, JOn0
7. Otis, G. A. Marshall. A. J. Falk-
nor, Willard Lemon and Day E.
Crandall.
A carload OF logs were ditched near
the east end OF the tunnel Wednesday
night, blocking the Gray's Harbor
train for about fifteen minutes until
one of the huge monarchs of the forest
could be hauled from the grade. This
10 not the first accident on the Jeffer.
son street switch, and some measures
should be taken to prevent q recur-
renee. It seems that the heavy log
ging trains that are switched at the
very mouth of the tunnel have to as
cend quite heavy grade on a curve
to make the connection with the spur
to the mills and dumping ground, and
the speed to be attained under the
circumstances is decidedly unsafe, as
results have shown. 1t may be that,
in the late accident, a DETECTION of the
H~v r.