Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-19
Miss Addie Libby, OF Spokane.

visiting Olympia friends.
Robt. McF alden left this morning
on business trip to Chehalls.
The City Restaurant sold on FORE
closure OF mortgage Saturday to q.
w. Els her, OF Tacoma, who paid ga
for the right acquired by redemption
by a second mortgage OF $3.50 next
month.
The Olympia Brewing Co. has let
the contract for completing the brick
stock rooms at the brewery, to ST..
LeBarre. The contract calls for lay
ing 10000 brick A force of men are
now at work.
l.. ;. Chamberlain and Mrs. Minnie
Webster were apprehended at Spokane
and brought here by Sheriff McClarty
last night, charged with adultery.
They had skipped ont from here sew
eral weeks ago.
L. W. Curtis, who has been in the
employ of the Olympia Hardware Co.
for long time, will leave Sunday for
Hoquiam where he will assume the
management of the Northwest Lum-
Der Co.'S hardware store.
Guy Rathbun went to Portland
Monday to attend the funeral Of his
father, who died there Sunday, AZ the
age Of y years. Deceased had been n
resident of that city for 40 years and
was a Mason.
Two brewery cars met in dense
fog, Wednesday morning, near the
baseball grounds and some damage to
the cars was the result. John Grimm
and son, who were on one OF the cars,
were slightly injured.
The buildings of Hale Flat, in the
rear of the Hale brick, on Fourth and
Jefferson street, are being moved so as
to front on the latter street instead
OF the alley running east and west, in
the middle of the block.
Attorney General Stra;ton has de-
cided that a person to be qualified for
an elective office must be qualified
voter at the time of his election, and
not only, as has been hitherto held, at
the time of taking the oath of Office.
The next steamship leaving the
Sound for San Francisco will be the
City OF Puebla, Sunday, and Earl
Hadley will be a passenger by her
from this city. The same date the
City of Seattle will sail for Alaskan
ports.
Miss Marion Blankenship. OF this
city, has successfully passed the three
months probation for applicants for
the three years course as trained
nurse in the Portland Sanitarium,
which she entered after her gradua-
ton at the high school.
David r. Craig visited this city a few
days ago to obtain information on
which to select a site for fish es-
Enlistment to deal in shipment OF
that product in cold storage, as we'll as
manufacture of fertilizer from the
of the business.
The outgoing passengers over the
o. r. & N. and U. p, the past week,
have been: John Sauer, Mackinaw
City, Mich; Miss Mary Paulson, Sill.
verton, Col. H. d. Sherman, Mrs. H.
d. Sherman, and Ernest and Blanche
Sherman. kalamazoo, Mich.
1t is reported that a lively "scrap"
occurred aboard q well-known g-boat
while towing = raft down the bay the
other evening, in which all hands took
part, the cook finally knocking the
chief officer out with Q stick of wood.
During the fray the tow was lost, but
was found next day.
The MUMMY single mill has shut
down for two weeks and when it
starts up again it is said will employ
only white men. Mr.. MUMMY has an
nounced that he will pay the same
wages as ratio paid in the Lea mill at
Tumwater, which is temporary re.
duction of 10 per cent.
If any body imsgines he discovers q
deeper tint to the pink whiskers Of a
festive rancher on South Bay. it is no
optical delusion. The STANDARD is in
possession OF facts which justify q be.
lief that change is soon to take place
in the life of said f. r., and it will not
be for the worse either.
The City Council, Monday night,
ordered that Tilton avenue, q thor
oughfare just west of the Horr dock
be opened to the public, which will
enable the Bremen oyster company
access to the dock and warehouse they
propose building on the west side OF
the channel opposite Percival's dock.
A new restaurant uptown has
adopted a new way of spelling, which
cannot be tolerated even on the ground
Of being justified by sound-rule, or the
phonetic system. It has in bold
letters on its bulletin board, Poarke
and Beas;" bread is for sale 10
Loavs," and Sandwiches" are fur.
nished to order.
w. L. Brown, who at one time con.
Quoted a fish market here, is said to
have struck q rich claim in the Swauk
Greek district, and taken out $500
in fine gold the past six weeks.
He left Olympia about two months
ago. Mr.. Sny der, who formerly held
a position in the Westside mill, and
who quit the job to 60 with Mr.. Brown,
has claim adjoining.
H. H. McCrsy, who lives in the
Spurgeon Greek district, a few miles
from this city, has grown on his farm
a most extraordinary crop Of red
clover, and has left with us q bunch
Of stalks measuring from 4S to 81
inches in length. II anybody can
beat it, we have use for just such
samples to exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Fair.
Mrs. J. Price and Miss E. Stoner
are preparing 10 open hair-dressing
and shampoo parlors at 412t East
Fourth street, for ladies only, and
respectfully ask for trial of their
work. They will also give hot and
cold baths and do all kinds of hair
work. Their parlors are neat and