Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-04-21

what Ia thrm certainly ain"af"'t n
great n journey "a. Coos voyage
around the world. Thry went 10y
train to visit their grandfather judge
S,urdcyant, At Dayton.
The 'amnu- Dnlilrmvcr farm has
passed into tho ownership -! George
Milton Savage. he hring the nIy>t,
inu> purchaser tor whom Mayor Car
lyon WAS negotiating. This fact docs
not in tn" lcas, lit the mystery from
4 very queer preceding.
Thr County Commissioners hav,
LulIght mile of way across the land
.; Thomas kcarnrv, to afford a thor
oushiArc for people living about Oys-
ter Bay. The right for the road cost
Tia" county $3.50, and compliance with
the condition that it be fenced.
Pla,s OF Garden Park AMI Capital
View additions TO the City Beautiful
were filed this week by the Olympia
Development Co, on some OF their
WeSt>ide acreage. If well chosen
names conduce to popularity Of an
enterprise they have certainly started
out we'll.
The Supreme Court has affirmed
the finding OF the Superior Court OF
Spokane in the suit for damages OF
Geo. Denham and wife against the
Washington Water Co., of Spokane,
for street car accident. The judg
ment in the lower court was against
the claim.
A. p. Green. an employe OF the
Richardson shingle mill. was seriously
hurt, Wednesday, by his clothing be-
ing caught in the machinery. He
was whirled around several times with
fearful force and then, the clothing
giving way, WAS hurled against the
wall with great force.
Mrs. w. X. Whiteside, wife OF the
we'll known undertaken, while working
in her garden on Adams and Ninth
streets, Monday, sustained a dislocstion
of her hip from fall. Drs. Redpath
and Bridgford attended the sufferer
and set the member. The injury
will not be permanent.
Henry Cheadle was allowed to plead
guilty to charge of petit larceny,
instead OF the larger olfense Of which
he had been accused, by County
Attorney Alling, to save expense to
the county, which to secure conviction
would cost several hundred dollars.
His sentence was two months in the
county Jail.
Robert Bonner, while in an intoxi-
Gated state, took q shot at John BOWL.
ing, in the office of his billiard rooms,
yesterday afternoon, but fortunately
missed him. There seems to have
been no cause for the act except the
ejectment of Bonner from the estab.
lishment for boisterous conduct. Bon
ner is under arrest.
The Seattle scalpers who made a
raid on the wolves on Hawks prairie,
Sunday, were unfortunate in not find
ing Reynard at home, or so much at
least as to be visible to the hunters.
A heavy rain Saturday night had
obliterated the scent and the dogs
were no wiser than their masters in
following game to their covert.
The State Board of Highway Com
missioners organized Monday, by tenn
porary election of Mr.. Claussen chair.
man. The board consists OF the State
Auditor, the State Treasurer, and John
Snow of Spokane, who is County Sur
veyor, position he will resign when
he transfers his residence to this city
for discharge OF his newly acquired
duties.
A suit has been filed in the Superior
Court by Clyde Wolfe in which he is
seeking to recover one-sixth interest
in all the property of his grandfather,
Aaron Webster, of Tenino, who owns
valuable farm land and other property
near that village. Young Wolfe claims
the one.sixth interest as the only heir
at law Of his grandmother, who was
Mr.. Webster's first wife, and died in
1874.
P. F. Harvey, of this city, presum-
ably attained the acme OF earthly
bliss, Monday, by closing an attach.
ment for Miss Maud l.. Moon, OF La
Grande, Oregon. Rev. A. G. Sawin
acting as executive officer. 1t is sell
dom that our most enterprising young
men aim so high, as in this instance,
but when they do it is some satisfac-
ton, from q local standpoint, to record
their success.
The city in accord with the plans OF
the Civic Improvement Association
passed, Monday night, two ordinances
for disposal OF cans, rubbish and garb.
age of all kinds, and provided q crem.
atory for the burnable refuse in the
lot at the southwest corner OF Second
and franklin streets, and a dump for
such accumulation az cannot be re.
duced to ashes on Sixth street, between
Main and Columbia.
The Wolverine Lumber Co. have
regained possession of the lands ad.
vertised for tax sale, Saturday, which
was suspended by injunction, in pay
ment Of $l,745.97 back taxes. The
company did not want to lose owner.
ship on account OF logging railroad
which would pass with the realty or
involve litigation to retain it. Gordon
Mackay, of the firm OF Israel & Mac.
kay, conducted the negotiations.
The owners OF motor cycles had
thought that they were exempt from
payment of license, along with auto.
mobiles and other horseless vehicles,
but it seems that although their form
Of motor was expressly stricken from
the bill, the laws are so fearfully and
wonderfully made that the authorities
insist that they are included in the
list OF riders who must pay for the
privilege the sum OF - annually. The
law goes into effect June 7th.
There is quite demand for State
lands just now. This week Clyde
Sherman OF South Park, King county,
James A. Gray, OF Menlo, Pacific
county and Carl Truax, of Spokane,
applied for school lands; A. o.