Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-25

been worked at their full capacity dur
ing the Afe, AS it was not necessary.
1t is said that some o! the hose at
tachments at the hotel were connected
with only finch pipe at the main.
The failure to bring the Silsby en-
CINE into use at the hotel fire is ex-
planned 10y the small force Of regular
firemen employed by the city, without
Oh organization OF an auxiliary volun-
tcer system. To have placed it in posi-
ton would have taken out of service
three lines Of hose at critical time.
The Silsby, throwing salt water, would
have been a splendid hell at the hotel
fire, or at any other time, especially
when flying cinders arc to be fought.
The Olympia City Council has been
invited by TIE trustees OF the Tacoma
Chamber OF Commerce to send repre-
sentatives to a conference of cities of
ulate, among other matters, recon-
mendations to the Legislature for au
thority to establish sprinkling and
parking districts in cities OF the First
class, and assessing costs to AUDITING
property owners, and also to furnish
water and light to suburban residents.
Teachers certificates have been is
sued by the State superintendent
office to the following persons in
Thurston county: Ella f. Carey, A.
Birdie Cooper, Emmett Brown, Roxie
Giles, Theresa Curtin, Katherine King,
Leona G Leonard, Permelia G. Moe,
Edith McIntire, Mabel f. Phipps,
India Robershotte, Glare Sheldon,
Helen Simmons, Bessie Lee Stone,
Niretta TalcOtt, Lena J. Watrous,
Lillian c. Watrous and Amelia Dit
man.
A most remarkable incident of the
big hotel fire was that apples on trees
in the lot of the Harris home, corner
of Seventh and Main, were roasted to
turn, by the heat from the burning
building. These trees seem to be
fated for an extraordinary record.
Last year they were filled with apples
long after every leaf had fallen from
the limbs and had the weather been
cold enough we would have had
frozen apples instead of the baked
product.
Charley Moore is over from Portland
on visit. 1t seems strange to look
upon this ancient landmark" as a
visitor, but it is even so, in the drift he
encounters of business opportunities.
He is now, be it remembered, assistant
to the Secretary of the Order OF Lions.
While his present exalted field is from
the Sixth story of the Chamber OF
Commerce building, he still claims
that his home is on the ground floor
OF Olympia, where he expects to spend
his declining years.
One of our leading hotels, to be
aesthetic, We suppose) published
Thanksgiving menu, in which Potato
Olympia" and "Chicken, Onion Sauce"
we're announced. Pomme de Terre
should have disguised the plebeian
"apple Of the earth," and the power.
full odoriferous onion should have
been simply ignored" out OF respect
for patrician noses, we think. Hotel
menus, like doctors prescriptions, are
intended to conceal Ingredients which
would probably be inefficious or un-
relishable under their proper names.
The Tacoma firm, to push business,
adopted novel and exceedingly pop.
ular way of selling line of overcoats.
They made miniature farm-yard OF
their show-windows. stocked them
with live, fat turkeys, and put up a
card informing the passer-by that he
could have turkey by simply buy.
ing a $11.45 overcoat. It was sur.
prising how many imagined they had
an immediate call for an overcoat.
Some OF our merchants have nice,
large windows adapted for that pur.
pose, and might grade the weight of
the turkey present with the amount of
purchase made, and as Thanksgiving
(turkey day. has passed, make the
offer for the approaching holiday sea.
son-Christmas and New Year.
Last Monday morning Scion Whea-
ton passed to the high life, aged
II years. He was an nnpretending,
but an intelligent, noble, true man
broad-minded and liberal in his views.
true to his convictions. he found his
highest ideals of religion in doing
good and living an upright, honest
life-serving God by serving his fellow.
man. He came from Michigan to
Pacific county, in this State, q few
months ago, where, among his rela.
tives. he hoped to regain his health,
but, being seized with hemorrhage, lie
was made aware that life's journey on
earth must speedily terminate. he at
once made determined effort to see
his sister, Mrs. G. w. Osborne, OF
South Bay, once more, as they had
not met for 46 years. Accompanied
by bis faithful and devoted wife, he
reached Mrs. Osborne's home on Fri
day and died on Monday last. The
funeral was from Mr.. Osborne's, on
Wednesday, Mr.. P. ID. Moore official.