Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-06


Monday night at II mills. To-m"r'
Iow morning the County Comml>>i"h-
,f- meet to fix the county levy.
The rainfall has been phenomNnally
excessive this week, accompanied At
times by high wind- winch flung about
nearly verythIng that wd- not nailed
down.
BIDS for the construction OF the
iumwater part OF the lower bridg" at
that place Will be- received by City
Clerk Hewitt OF Tumwater up to the
18th inst.
The City Trea>urer's quarterly re-
port submitted to the Council Mon
day night gives the receipts To have
been S30,l13ij and disbursements
Sl0,>.l.13.
The docket OF the Supreme Court
is the largest in its history. and will
consume the time Of the Judges till
Dec. 9TH, when the last cases are set
for hearing.
1t Is announced that :. A. Madge,
Collector of Internal Revenue, will
soon remove to Tacoma. 1t is mat
ter OF regret that We are to lose so
good a citizen.
Miss Page, OF this city, conducted a
silver medal contest at Rochester last
week. Five young ladies took part
and the medal was awarded to Miss
Ruth Van Eaton.
Brad l.. Hill, accompanied by his
uncle, Jerome Hill, visitor to this
branch of the family, left Tuesday for
North Yakima to attend the Wash
ington State Fair.
Ezra B. Moore, of the Eastern part
of the State, has bought what is known
as the old Stockand farm OF 543 acres,
near Rainier, OF Maggie Farr. Con-
sideration not given.
Gov. Mead has promised to address
the Tax League Cd. W at the court
room tomorrow afternoon on taxes
and tax-collcction how to lessen the
burden on the shoulders of taxpayers.
Eugene Whiteside has been appoint
ed deputy by Treasurer Schomber to
collect delinquent personal property
tax. He will travel over the county
and seize and sell property, if the tax
is not promptly paid.
The town OF Tumwater has brought
suit in the Superior Court against
William Thill,' administrator of the
estate of Anna Catherine Thill, de-
ceased, requiring him to pay $3.50,
which his wife owed the town on a
promi.sory note for $3.50.
Samual NJ. Kegley, son of T. J. Keg-
ley, of this city, was united in mar.
riage, Sunday, to Miss Alice Titus at
the residence Of Rev. Father Kusters.
The couple will make their home at
Cunningham, WASH, where the groom
is in the lumber business.
The Railroad Commission has filed
a complaint against four railroads to
compel joint freight rates. They are
the Northern Pacific, The Oregon Rail.
way, the Great Northern and the
Washington and Columbia river lines.
A hearing will be held at Colfax,
November Sth.
Property owners on Main street are
now discussing the expediency OF paw
ing their thoroughfare with asphalt or
vitrified brick from Third to Seventh
streets. A representative of an as
phalt company is present giving fig.
ures, and has aroused quite an una
nimity favorable to the project.
The evangelists Kellam and Shaffer,
who are holding q series of meetings
at the Christian Church, corner of
Eighth and Adams streets. have glad
tidings for the people of Olym.
pia and all should hear them. These
meetings will continue for several
weeks and will be q great spiritual re.
vival to all who hear them.
Wood Doane will soon open q shoe
store in the building now occupied by
the Western Union telegraph com.
pany and the place just north occu-
pied by Shoecraft's cigar store has
been rented to Lindlcy Moore for .
picture-frame store. The present ten.
ants are finding difficulty in securing
desirable locations 10 remove to.
E. S. Horton and Millard Lemon
have made claim to certain lands over
which the water company's pipe line
runs, and the Superior Court has
granted an injunction to restrain
them from damaging the flume on
Nozzle creek until q hearing can be
had. It seems the troubles of this
suffering corporation do not come
'singly.
Mr.. Richardson has installed an
electric lighting plant of his own to
Danish darkness during working hours
in winter, when even an eight.hour
limit cannot be maintained without
artificial light. Its capacity is fifty
sixteen candle-power inoandescents,
and the dynamo is operated by . neat
little engine connected with the mill
boilers.
John F. Forbes, first Sheriff of Ma
son county, and q prominent pioneer,
died Wednesday, at his farm near Ka.
milche. He was native of Scotland,
70 years Of age; crossed the plains and
settled in Mason county in 1852. A
widow and three children, J. B. Forbes
and Mrs. Hattie Bartels of Mason
county, and VIM. H. Forbes OF Ellens-
burg, survive him.
Marvin Kennett, OF Rich Hill, Mo-,
a nephew OF G. w. Husk, is on a visit
to Olympia and seems favorably i'm
pressed with the beauties of our CITY