Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-05

" 'N Ad vi ny owners OF lani "hi L
Tor the Reform School and viii NJ
invest the 10000 Appropriated unle'
reasonable price Is fixed upon for it
The Capital City Band gave anothe
excellent concert, "Wednesday rvtnln!
In capitol Park, under the dlrrct"r~hl
OF Professor Shorty DAVIS. o.ympi
may we'll feel proud of this orsaniA,
ton.
The steamship Melville Dollar WI
libeled Tuesday in the Federal Cour
by John Ne>bet for payment OF clair
Tor wages a fireman and loss {
clothing, am bunting t. several hun
drcd dollars.
Joe Wilson sustained painful AN
dangerous njlries by falling from tn
roof of IA house and striking Il post il
his descent, Monday An operation
WIS performed upon him at the hos
pltal, Tuesday.
New men are now employed in til,
iumwater brewery, the employees hay
ing gone on a sympathetic strike 10
some grievance, real or imaginary
The business is managed without any
serious inconvenience.
The Snpreme Court has practically
reversed the findings OF the jury whicl
awarded the fixtures OF Olympia Thea
ter to the estate, and most of the ar
ticles in contention are declared t.
belong to the premises.
The Fruit Growers Association
elected the following officers at thei
meeting last Saturday: President, X
IL. Carpenter; Vice resident, E. FL
liot; Secretary, Fred w. Lewis, and
Treasurer, Geo. S. Lawrence.
The State Board Of Highway Com
mis>ioners have awarded $3, 800 to the
proposed road of twelve miles from
Lyle to Washougal, Klickitat; Ska,
mania, with 46 miles to build, gets
$4,000, and Clark's five miles, ST..
500.
The prosecution of Lusher for Grim.
inal assault has been postponed by
the illness of Mrs. Northcraft, who is
seriously afflicted. AS the chances
are fair for recovery, however, a post.
ponement OF the case has been Sc.
cured.
Albert La Barre, formerly OF this
place, lately died at Columbia, Pa.
whittier he had gone in hope of re.
covery from that dread disease, tuber
culosis. He was 90 years OF age, aud
brother of our townsman, Sylvester
La Barre.
The fees of the County Auditors
office the past month amount to 1925.
80, the average amounting to 800,
shows it to have been an exceptionally
lively month. The instruments filed
were $50 in number, seven being mar.
riage licenses.
Ray Ellis and Don Lowe, aged II
and l6, respectively, have taken q
contract 10 paint q sign for the West
side mill, which is TO be $50 feet long
with letters four feet in height. The
boys have had some instruction in
sign painting.
Olympia schools are preparing to
make An excellent exhibit at the Port.
land Fair. Test papers in geography
history and arithmetic, and notes in
physics and geometry will be bound in
fourteen volumes, each OF from 13S to
200 pages and indexed.
The Ladies Civic Improvement Club
has decided upon planting shade. trees
on Seventh street from Main to the n.
p. depot, and appointed the following
committee to superintend the work
Mesdames O'Brien, Falknor, Filley
Skillman, Chambers and Num-.
Mr.. Elcaine Longtime, in writing
from Ashford (Longmire Springs)
under date OF the 2Sth ult., says that
The season is fully a month earlier
than it commonly is. There has been
very little snow in the mountains this
year from here up to the Glacier"
Mrs. Fred Rose and family lef,
Wednesday for Portland to join her
husband, who has obtained a perma-
nent position as foreman OF wood
working establishment in that city.
She was accompanied by Miss Ida
Alderman, on her way to Germany.
A couple Of small stores in this
CITY that, up to q few months ago
used the STANDARD to push their
business and were prosperous; now il
is a noticeable fact that the pro.
prietors of these stores are the only
ones in Olympia crying hard times
1t pays to advertise.
In the Trading Stamp" case
brought against the State executive
officers, enjoining enforcement of the
late law making the issue of trading
stamps illegal, the demurrer to the
proposed action was sustained, and il
lie announced an appeal will be taken
The act does not 60 into effect till
June 9Th.
The Santa Barbara arrived Tuesday
night, and after discharging about 81
tons Of freight for our merchants
dropped down Wednesday to the mill
for a cargo OF lumber for Southern
California. She expects to leave
about Sunday, and two other vessels
are waiting cargoes-the Sequel anC
Mary Hukona.
The usual "cut throat" bids wers
submitted Monday for the county ad
vertising, and the contract was award
ed to the Chronicle at 8 cents a square
of $50 ems. and the tax list at 3 cents
Q description. Three other bids wert
submitted; Of the Recorder, the Capita
and the Tenino News. all being lesl
than reasonable rate.
Two loggers we're taken TO the hos
pital Tuesday morning, both suffering
from wounds inflicted by axes in thei
own hands. August Buloy had hi
foot severely cut, while working II
Bordeaux's camp No. 5, and Johr
Winslow, was injured in camp 4, whil'
barking a tree, the ak glancing an(
cutting bis leg to the bone.
A little girl has been going regularl,
three or four times week to q certain
meat market in Olympia and asl
for little liver for her cat. Ths
butcher very obligingly sliced up ,
penerous eunnlv each time for Tn,