Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-25
~ AsHINGroN STANDARD
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

ANOTHER forest fire Is reported a,
Md Bay.
Albert J. Manson and wife cane
up from shelton this morning.
The santa Barbara will leave to-
night for san Francisco.
NJ. Theodore l.. Brown return Cd
th.- week from trip to Moclip5.
Frank Murphy, Of the STANDARD,
l"it Tuesday for weeks visit to the
Portland fair
J. Il. benson OF Rainier, and Miss
Mary Gardiner OF Yclm, have secured a
license to wed.
State Auditor Clau-scns has passed
the half century" mark in issue Of
hunters licenses.
The loggers petition for a reduction
OF assessment from S3 to 81 per acre
on logged-oii lands.
The Olympia Eagle team defeated
the Tacoma birds 6 to ) at the base
ball match, Sunday.
An addition 20 by IA feet is being
built to the pipe factory, which is over
run with work on big orders.
Don't forget that the Taxpayers
League meets at the courthouse, to-
morrow afternoon at l 30 o'clock.
The fall Eighth-grsde examinations
will be held in the Lincoln school
building, next Monday and Tuesday.
The barkentine, John Smith, is
loading 100000 feet OF lumber at the
wcstside for the San Francisco market.
Beriah Brown, of the Seattle P-L
editorial corps, who is visiting his sons
in this city, paid the STANDARD q call
Wednesday.
The Santa Barbara arrived from San
Francisco, Tuesday, bringing some
freight for our merchants. She will
return with lumber.
The city authorities are about to
make raid on the unOccupied shacks
which constitute such an eyesore on
the northern waterfront.
J. T. Douglas a former grocer oil
this city, goes to Wapato, Yakim'
county, to engage in the same branch
OF trade with the Hub Commercial
Co.
George w. Bell, of South Bay, for.
mer County Commissioner, has sold q
fifty-acre tract near the head of that
bay, to Ii. A. Tennison, for the sum
of $500.
A bill OF Chas S. Bihlei for $3.50, az
consulting engineer in building the
Fourth street lift bridge was ordered
paid at the last meeting of the City
Council
The Eagles of this aerie have chal
lenged the San Francisco aerie for q
match game on New Years Day, in
that city. The challenge has been
accepted.
Nome has sent in an order for SOC
barrels of Olympia bottled beer. The
past month 1O,421 dozen quarts and
1,44l dozen pints Of the bottled product
were sold.
The City Council granted Fire Chic
Raymond leave of absence and donated
SIS to pay his expenses to the meet
ing of the Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs
at the Portland Fair.
Misses Auna and lone Rinehart left
Wednesday evening for California
where the former will resume hel
studies at Stanford and lone enter the
Hopkins Art School.
Dogs without license tags will now
have to 60 on the back streets to es'
cape impounding and possibly execu
ton. The day OF federation has passed
The Avenger pursueth.
Horatio Alling, Robt. Bridges and
j. H. Schively will be the orators on
Labor Day, and it is not proposed te
"cut out" either of them to enhance
the pleasure OF any one.
The House Bros new launch "T. &
w." and the Traveller made half hourly
trips to the park Sunday. Several
hundred persons availed themselves oil
the quick trips to visit that point.
The M. E. Church people wisely de-
termined on a picnic at Mission Park
this year, instead OF "Bargain Coun
ter" Point Defiance, as had been the
custom of many Olympia outing peo
pie.
A lively seance is being held dali,
now between the County Commits
sioners, sitting as Board of Equaliza
ton, and with Taxpayers who believe
they have been assessed for more thar
fair average.
Lawyer Israel was suddenly called
to Alaska on professional business this
week, and will be absent till about &
fortnight from this date. During hi.
absence his stenographer will have
charge OF the Office.
Ben Phillips of Webster, Lewis
county, and Miss Gertrude Wakefield
of Curtis, have announced their in.
tention to wed by securing q license
from the County Auditor, who acts al
Cupid's aid in such matters.
A message was received this weel
from Brooklyn, N. Y, announcing the
death of Miss Fanny Beatty, aged u
years, who has brother and sister in
this city. She was sister likewise OI
the late Mrs. William Taylor.
Miss Mary Kilroy, Of this city, and
Harry Lloyd. of Tumwater, were uni.
ted in wedlock, Tuesday, by Rev
Father Kusters, OF st. Michael's
church. They will be at home at
Tumwater, after the LIST proximo.
julie SAMPLER, a son of jacob
Sampler, Of this city, met with q
fearful accident by falling 400 feet
into a crevasse on Mt. Rainier. A
fractured thigh and broken ankle re.
suited from the fall. He is in o hos
pital at Tacoma. &C..
The car company have begun con.
struction of their new route west oil
the Israel place, at Sound End, which
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