Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Are You going to the Fair?

The cost of maintaining the city
last month cost 81 ,S9I.54.
Mrs. \. Webster, OF Tenino, was a
visitor to our city this week.
Mrs. Redpath entertained Tuesday
evening a number Of friends.
y private telephone system is being
Installed in the capitol building.
q. w. Ru,ledge has changed his
residence from Little Rock to Porter.
ii. c. Ellis, prominent farmer OF
this county, made us call, this week.
A girl was born, Tuesday, to the
vile OF John Sumpter, Of Little Rock
Mr. and Mrs. Madge and Frank X.
Proud returned Monday from Califor-
MIA.
The pupils of Providence Academy
give public entertainment this even.
ing.
Mrs. A. Z. Laberee has gone to
Green River Hot Springs for a few
days.
Miss Blanche Chambers has returned
from trip to Linn, east of the noun
tains.
A five-year old son OF Oscar Ross, OF
Little Rock, died Tuesday night, OF
diphtheria.
Interest in the revival meetings
under Evangelist Lewtas, is said to be
increasing.
The Multnomah has changed her
hour of departure from 4 80 to half an
hour earlier.
1t indicates indeed bad spell when
new firm hOists a sign which reads
Boiler Workes."
Gov. Mead has, by proclamation
declared June 1st-Exposition Day
general holiday.
The St. Martins team beat the
Whitworth College nine in game OF
baseball Saturday.
The Simpson Logging Co. contem.
plate moving their single mill from
Matlock to this place.
Father Kusters left Wednesday for a
two months visit with his sister, Mrs.
Leroy, in New York.
The auxiliary lighting service was
tested at the capitol Tuesday and
worked satisfactorily.
A teachers examination will be
held on the IL and 18th insts., next
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Sarah E. Clawson has been
appointed guardian of her four minor
children. by Judge Linn.
bob" BlaDkenship, who has been
quite i'll of typhoid fever. is on the
road to speedy recovery.
H. E. Matheson has returned to
sunnyside after visit to his parents,
Harvey Matheson and wife.
The STANDARD contains the adver.
tisements Of Olympia's most successful
business houses. Read them.
The 3O.horss. power gasoline engine,
weighing 7,O40 pounds, has arrived for
Arthur Weston's new launch.
John w. Hanna, of Seattle, has
declined the position of book keeper
for the State Board of Control.
The City Council has increased the
pay Of g sleepers" of the fire depart.
ment from SIS to $40 per month.
Mrs. E. P. Wright has returned from
visit 10 Missouri. Her sister, Mrs.
J. W. Shinn, accompanied her here.
The Olympia Water Works has been
cold to H. c. Heermans, of Hoquiam
who will greatly improve the plant.
The Greyhound brought up abou,
so loggers, Tuesday, to work in the
Black Hills and Mason county camps
The City Council is about to reduce
the street lighting service, which il
usually done during the summer
months.
]. G. Conine, Of Yeim, was in the
city for the first time in eight months
Tuesday. He reports crops lookine
we'll in his district.
The Melville Dollar has taken in q
cargo of 100000 feet of lumber al
the Olympia Milling Co.'s yards, fol
Southern California.
Right Rev. John O'Des, Catholic
Bishop Of Nisqually, this State, hal
been summoned to Rome. and will
leave New York about the 9th inst.
c. R. Peterson has bought lots 5,
and Z, block l, of Bigelow's addition
the first lot from r. C. Glass for $2O(
and the others from J. M. Query 70,
$735.
1t is said that million dollars viii
be apPortioned to the public schools
from the State Fund this quarter
This will DO the largest ever made b,
the State.
Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks
William J. O'Brien, will be guest O
the order, in Tacoma, tonight. Sew
eral OF the antlered herd will be pres
ent from this city.
Several applications to purchase
oyster lands, were made by resident
OF Hoquiam, this week; and applica
tons for school land came from Spo
kane and Ellensburg.
There are us telephones in use il
this city and this number will doubt
less be largely augmented by the rura
lines now under construction to Yelm
Sherlock and Mud Bay.
Rev. X. NJ. Hayes will leave Wednes
day to attend the National Presbyter
Ian Assembly which meets on the 18th
a. Winona Lake, Indiana. He will b.
absent about three weeks,