Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-27

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Olympia can boast II q family who
may" delight" President !,noe' tclt. As
.u some d.gr,c c"nirut"rtln- his race
suicide theory. :. /. Boone and wife,
who lite on E4st,id", came here about
a year ago from Roanoke, Virginia
/ hey have twenty children, the oldest
being - years o. age, all oi whom are
living but t"o.
Ms Grace stark, II sister OF Mrs. :.
j. Burrows, conducts a painting studio
III Union block, and it does a PERSONS
eyes good to see the many handsome
paintings executed by this young
artist. She has Just completed an
oil painting OF a large watermelon
cut in halves and the coloring and
work is 50 perfect that one imagines
himself looking at the real thing.
The rehabilitated Black Lake saw
mill. under its new owners Burdette
x Houston, will again begin opera
TONS Monday. 1t has been idle a
year or more. 1t will give employ
ment to 100 men, in different capaci-
ties. Considerable money has been
spent in repairs. The owners have
about 100000 feet OF logs on hand and
will soon establish camps to keep up
the supply.
DR.. ]. C. McClelland has cold large
tract of timber lands, at Hog'em, on
the Nisqually, to the North End
Lumber Co., of Tacoma, who will con.
struct a logging railway to market the
timber. The cruisers estimate Of
standing timber on the tract is 25,0o0,-
600 feet. which at one dollar per
thousand, said to he the selling price,
has Melted quite handsome sum for
its late owner.
The Olympia Light and Power Co.
have enjoined Leopold Schmidt from
building a concrete dam above the
lower Tumwater falls, where the flume
of the light company conveys water
for their turbines. 1t claims that the
diversion of great part of the flow
will be of great and lasting injury to
their system and business. The COM
pany is represented by Judge Allen
and Troy & Falknor.
Olympia Lodge P. B. o. E. have
already begun preparations for their
annual memorial day, or " Lodge of
Sorrow" to be held Sunday, Dec. Sd.
The exercises will be held in the
theater, where T. d. Rockwell will
deliver the address. Music by a
double quartette will be rendered, and
the services will be under the manage
ment of Gordon Mackay, chairman,
r. c. Calvert, C. NJ. Bolton, S. J. Jeffs
and G. E. Burr.
The County Commissioners have
let the contract for building the north
end of the lower Tumwater bridge to
w. H. Davis, for 81 .0S7, including the
span over the channel, which will be
three feet higher than the one in use.
Two other bids were submitted, by G.
J. Swayne for 81 ,2G4, and Percival &
Wood 81 ,195. Mr.. Swayne has the
contract for the south end OF the
structure, at 81 ,224, making the entire
cost OF the bridge $2,4l1.
The prediction is made that our
State will not be much behind Oregon
in land fraud cases, soon as investiga.
tions now under way are completed,
duplicating people OF high and low
degree and extending back many years,
A large number of the fraudulent
patents, it is expected, will be can.
celled, and the land restored to the
public domain. There ia fun ahead
and many who sold their "patent
rights" to timber claims will dance to
lively music.
It is very seldom that the tenants
of the Odd Fellows block pull at cross
corners, but when they do there is a
sanguinary contest that ELECTS the adj
miration of all beholders. A match al
ten.pine was bowled, Tuesday. by Brad
Hill, the druggist, and c. s. Van Eat.
on, the grocer, which was q splendid
game. although the former gentleman
won the two last rounds and run up a
score of 167, to 81 for his antagonist
the laster carried the first by the close
margin OF three pins, enough to en-
courage him in the belief that he may
be able to regain honors he regards as
lost although they have never been in
his possession. The end is not yet.
Mr.. f. f. Taylor is prepared to fully
perform his promise of giving a
course of lessons with each musical
instrument - piano, violin, guitar
banjo or mandolin - by q resident
teacher, when sold for cash. This
offer is made in good faith, and is not
deceptive like a proposition to furnish
lessons by mail, which can be no bet
ter and probably not as good as the
cheap instruction books that may bt
purchased for half dellar. The
absurd idea that telegraphy. law
painting, music. and even journalism
can be taught by mail, is ono OF the
most transparent of devices to gull the
fool that is said to be born every min
ute.
A proven and confessed thief. givinl
his name as Robert McNeal, was ar
rested by the police Sunday night. 1
seems that in addition to other sus
picious circumstances. he wore al
overcoat that was much better thar
his other apparel and the officer
rightly surmised that it was stolen
The jsil.door had hardly closed upol
him before the owner OF the garment
Edward Salisbury, appeared at head
quarters and complained of the loss O
his overcoat with other articles, which
we're taken from his room in Rec
block. He identified his property ant
the next morning McNeal pleaded
guilty in the Justices court and wa
fined $25 and given thirty days i'm
prisonment.
Mayor Carlyon has vetoed the ordi
nance passed by the Council, at its las
meeting, granting q thirty-fve yea
franchise to the Home Automatic
Telephone system, asked by Charlie
Sumner and associates, OF Portland
The ordinance is Objectionable il
many particulars. One Of these is tn