Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-02

spree, ana acting as their agent, and
has been sentenced to six months in
the county Jail.
The outgoing passengers this week
over the o. X. & n. and L. Z. we're:
Frank and Ella l.. Forbes, McCook,
Neb.; Miss Freitag, Baker City, Ogn.
Chas. Baxter, Salt Lake, Utah, and
f. Javon, Wakeford, Ks.
1t is promised that some lively COM
petitive bidding will result from sale
OF the tide-lands tomorrow afternoon.
II is said that several Seattle parties
will be present, who see a "good
thing" in the proposed deal.
The steamer City OF Shelton will
make special trip to Kamilchie and
the rollway tomorrow Saturday at
s 80 A. NJ, to carry the loggers who
have been on holiday vacation to
their respective fields of labor.
Misses Stanford and Porter enter
tanned the Stanford University boys,
at the Stanford home, after the enter
tainment given Wednesday night by
the Mandolin and Glee Club. The
hOstesses were both former students at
Stanford.
WIN. Davis has been paroled from
the pententiary. He was sentenced to
five years imprisonment for assault
with intent to kill, in 1901, at Walla
Walla, also to Miles Crowley, sen.
fenced to ten years from Snohomish
county, for manslsughter.
A smallpox scare originated Mon
day from section-hand on the rail-
road passing over the line to Tacoma
with a face in a Pelee eruption. 1t
turned out, however, on investigation,
that the man had come in contact
with poison oak which grows along
the track.
]. J. Katula, last Saturday. pleaded
guilty to a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses, and as criminals
who are hedging" generally do, asked
the ENERGY of the court" Judge
Linn gave him nine months in the
county Jail, which is lenient" enough,
mercy knows.
The Goss Construction Co.'s case
against the State for construction dam
ages on the capital annex draws its
weary length along. It's consideration
has been postponed till Monday. In
the meantime dispositions of Archi.
tects Fowler and Houghton, of Seattle,
will be taken.
The steamship City of Puebla sailed
for San Francisco, Wednesday, H. v.
Cowles and J. r. Mitchell being pas
sengers by her from this city. The
next steamship for that destination
will be the Queen, Monday. The
next steamer for the north will be the
City of Seattle, Tuesday.
Miss Allie T. Aldr.dge died last
Friday, after an illness Of several
weeks. She had made her home with
Mrs. Binheimer the past year and had
~on the respect of many friends by
her genial nature. Her home il in
Oregon. The funeral rites were held
in the Christian church Monday after.
noon.
A smooth swindler succeeded in
passing several checks for small
amounts upon our business men this
week. They purport to be orders on .
deposit in the Capital National Bank
in favor of q supposable j. H. Barrett.
He got away with some small game.
and has departed for other fields of
endeavor.
Az noted in q former issue of the
STANDARD the railroad surveyors con.
tinue At work for discovery of . new
route for the Northern Pacific main
line, on less grades, by way Of this
city, despite the Indictment weather.
They seem TO have encountered some
difficulty in obtaining just such .
grade - is desired.
The Federal Court at Tacoma has
drawn the following jurymen from
this county: Petit jury. James Hor-
ton. Olympia; Henry Mize, Bucods
Jesse Morgan, Tumwater. Grand
Juror, NJ. J. Cunningham. Mason
county will be represented by T. J.
Pringle, Mstlock, for petit juryman,
and John Price, Shelton, on the grand
jury. The latter body assemblies on
February oath and the petit jury on
March Sd, in both dates 1t 10 A. N.
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The Trustees Of the Cheney Normal
School in their thirteenth an nual re-.
port filed with the State executive,
show that the attendance has in.
creased from 116 to 237, and the lusty
public utility is by no means back.