Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-23

Thomas Langridge, County Auditor
elect is iamiliarlAing himself with the
iu,le, Of the Office. The new county
officers take charge on the 9Th proX.
County Superintendent Brown has
appointed :. T. Madden director Of
District No. II South Bay. and Fred.
Dwyer director Of District No. 81, near
Bucoda.
a slight fall of snow Yesterday morn
ing between two and three o'clock,
whitened the landscape. but it soon
passed away under the rain which fol-
lowed it.
Jacob Stein, OF Seattle, and Miss
Sophia W. Gamh"ll, of Illinols, were
in this city Wednesday even.
ing, Rev. K. NJ. Hayes performing the
Ceremony.
Friends OF Paul Underwood from
the harbor were here Wednesday to
call on the Governor in behalf of the
child murderer in an attempt to have
him rnrdoned.
Seattle is to have a big time when
the big ship Minnesota arrives, and the
Northern Pacific has arranged for a
reduction of fare for transportation
Saturday and Sunday.
Savage & Scofeld, contractors OF
Tacoma, have bought the engine and
dynamo used in the Olympia Hotel,
before the fire, which came from the
ruins slightly damaged by it.
Mrs. Harry Runyon. who has been
cared for at the hospital, the past five
weeks, while afflicted with typhoid
fever, has so far recovered that she
will be able to return home in q few
days.
The teachers certificate of Miss
Mamie E. Bliss, of Allyn, Mason
has been revoked by the State
superintendent because she failed to
attend the Teachers Institute in DC.
tOber.
The logging camps in the Black
Hills shut down this week until after
the first OF the year. The camps of
the Olympia Logging Co., near Te-
ninO. are closed until the first Of
February.
The County Commissioners Monday
accepted the proposition OF the execu-
tors of the estate of Mrs. A. H. H.
Stuart, to settle the delinquent per-
sonal property taxes against the estate
for 81 ,322.6O.
Fay Wilson. aged 10 years, who has
been an invalid for several years past,
lied at the home OF her mother, Mrs.
Nellie Wilson, in this city, on the
10Th inst. The funeral was held Sun
day afternoon.
The work of laying carpets and
placing furniture in the legislative
halls and committee rooms lie nearly
and everything will be in
readiness for opening the first session
on the day designated by law.
The Peoples Cooperative Telephone
Co. was granted the rigbt-of-way for 4
line through Thurston county, con-
Meeting our city with towns in Lewis
and Chehalis counties. The com.
pany has its headquarters in Lewis
and has several lines il opera.
ton.
It is announced as an important
society item by the morning paper
that Charles Sweeney, the man who
will roll out the Senatorial "bar'l"
this session of the Legislature, will
spend Christmas in Spokane, and next
week personally open up his campaign
in Olympia.
The body of Mrs. Mary Young, who
died Monday night of heart disease,
will be taken back to Mountain Grove,
Mo-, for interment, accompanied by the
husband and four children, where they
will remain. They came from that
place here about a year ago. Deceased
was 50 years of age.
The funeral of Mrs. Covert, who
died in Tacoma, was held in this city,
the rites being conducted
in the Baptist church. The living
children Of deceased are Mrs. O. d.
Sullivan and D. Glare Covert, of Olym.
pia; Mrs. o. P. Spillman, of Tacoma,
and VIM. !. Downing, of Snohomish.
John C. McLarty, who has been for
the past ten years employed as inspec.
tor of the Olympia Water Co., has
been appointed Superintendent and
General Manager of the company, to
succeed L. B. Faulkner, who has re.
signed to devote his time more closely
to the Olympia Light & Power Coz
interests.
w. c. Hurlbut, OF Mud Bay, began
suit in the Superior Court, this week
against his neighbor. Charles Arnold
for $500 damages, resulting from 9
fire started by Arnold last
July. The complaint alleges the fire
got beyond control and destroyed q
large part of q young orchard owned
by Hurlbut.
Dan Weaver, q we'll known young
man of this county. has purchased the
Old Homestead Bakery of A. Williams
and took charge Monday. He has
the place and will hereafter
conduct a frst.class restaurant in
with the bakery. Harry
Kline fills the bill of chief cook and
A. Williams will be retained in the
baking room. It is now known as
Olympic Cafe.
A small blaze in the Reed lodging
house, over the postoffice, Sunday
was made known by tele-
phone alarm, and the firemen were on
their way to the building in just
twelve seconds after notification. Short
as the time was, however, the flames
had been extinguished by few buck
cts of water before it had extended
from the wood.box behind q stove in
one of the bedrooms.
Harold Wenger, the three-year-old
son Of Chas. Wenger, has been confided
to the care of the Washington Chill
drens' Home Society. of Seattle, by
the Superior Court, on the ground
that his father is not suitable guard.
ian. It will be remembered that
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