Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12


avoid calamity in an emergency. As
a carpenter expresses, 1t the rise IL
altogether too great for the tread.
The local lodge OF Elks have re-
ceived a telegram from the Mayor o.
Baltimore acknowledging with thanks
their kind words oil sympathy and
tender of aid, and says there is no i'm
mediate necessity for aid.
J. l.. Robertson, Deputy Grand Mas
ter OF the order Of Workman visited
Olympia this week to open a campaign
for new members. 1t is expected that
. large class will he initiated into
Washington Lodge No. soon.
This is Lincoln's birthday and
the 22d the natal day of the great
Washington. The first is legal
holiday in this State and several 9th.
ers, while Washington's day is a legal
holiday everywhere in the Union, eX-
cept Mississippi.
A Dickens social will be held in the
Olympia Hotel parlors, next Tuesday
evening, by the ladies of St. Johns
church, At which a large number OF
inimitable caricatures will be pro-
duced by society people in "Mrs.
Jarley's Waxworks."
C. Will Shaffer, OF this city, succeeds
E. G. Kreider as member and Secre-
tary of the Executive Committee of
State Bar Association. The next meet.
ing OF tho Bar Association will be
held in Seattle, July 7th, 9Th and 9th,
at which quite . number of matters of
special interest to the profession will
be discussed.
At the basket ball game played by
the Skookums" OF Tacoma and the
Y. M. c. A. team of Olympia, Wednes-
day night, the former made score of
45 and only 3 were recorded for the
Olympia team. Those foreign" ball.
tossers seem to think that "any old
thing" is good enough to hand out
to the Olympia athletes.
Only two out of the sixty pupils of
the Eighth grade in our public schools
taking the State examination on the
2lst and 22d of last month, were sue
cessful. They were Olive Briggs and
Paul Parmenter. Sixteen pupils re-
ceived 80 per cent, however, which
them the privilege of writing
at the next examination on the studies
they failed in at the last examination.
Gov. Mcbride has committed the
death sentence OF John Reynolds, who
was to have been hung to-day, to i'm.
prisonment for life. Reynolds shot
and killed VIM. McNally at Yelling
ton, little over q year ago, installing
tho victim for . man who had threat
ened his life. He was tried before
Judge Bell, of Seattle, and the jury
rendered verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree.
It really seems that "Ten Nights in
. Barroom," and Uncle Tom" had
become such worm.eaten chestnuts as
to impair the digestion of those who
continue to swallow them. Still
there is "goody-goody" element in
every community who never 60 to the
theater unless one of these plays are
and they are responsible for
the continued infection. Let them
stand all the blame.
The fremen are making ample prep.
arations for fire ball at the T. and
B. hall on the evening of the 22d,
Washington's birthday. The Esoep-
ton committee will comprise Chief G.
II. Springer, II. G. Richardson, r. G.
Shore, c. H. Guiberson, F. G. Blakes.
lee and G. A. Marshall. The floor
will be in charge Of Otto Brseger, Ray
Bigelow, Jesse T. Mills and w. A.
The entertainment com.
mittee are T. H. Hinchcliffe, Louis
Dickgieser, Fred. Schmidt and Otto
Braeger.
A kind friend of dumb brutes, an
estimable lady of this city, sent to
John P. Haines, President of the
American Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Dumb Animals, . clipping
from the STANDARD OF few weeks ago,
an article on plucking live turkeys in
Oregon. and under date of Jan. 23d,
be writes that the matter has been re.
ferred to the Humane Society OF Ore.
gon at Portland, with the mott.
fication that it is the wish and in.
tent to hereafter legally prosecute
oil such transgressions Of natural Law.
Gov. Pardee. OF California, has asked
permission Of Gov. Mcbride, to drive
several thousand head Of cattle to
the Washington ranges on account Of
drought in his State. He says that
many cattle in the southern part of
that State are threatened by starva.
tlon. Gov. Mcbride will take time TO
consider the matter. While . COM
mon humanity euggests acquiescence,
there are important rights of our
stockmen that should be considered.
There are just now few ranges open,
and they are said to be crowded to the
limit, and it will be some time before
cattle will be able to provide entirely
for themselves in regard to forage.
The Olympia Brewing Co. has filed
in the Office of the City Clerk claim
fos $228 alleged damages occasioned
that corporation BY the city main.
tanning obstructions in tho Deechuttes
waterway, where that stream 10 crossed
BY the Fourth street span. It EN-.
braces sums paid between Aug. "a to
Dec. y, 1903, for rent and extra labor
for putting scows through the bridge.
A communication to the Council no.
titles that body that on the 4th OF next
month work will be resumed on the
addition to the brewery, and If the
obstruction 10 navigation continues,
that . claim for damages will be pre-.
sented and collected of the city, which
will doubtless amount TO many hun.
dreds of dollars.
c. o. Young. the newly elected
State organizer of the National FEEDER.
alton Of Labor. has resigned his posi-.
ton ~ engineer of the local water
company to assume bis new duties.
The whole State is his field, and he
will begin service at Gray's Hsrbor
Immediately. and extend it as rapidly
as his arduous duties will permit. Mr..
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