Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-24

builder. dicd yesterday morning at tn,
hospital from acute Indigestion. II,
, came here about three years ago, bu
whether from New York or Canad;
nobody seems to know. He was {
member of the order of Forcsters
which organization are making ar
engagements Tor the funeral.
The County Board OF Education ha.
organized by election OF Fred J
Brown Chairman and Theodore ID
Young Secretary. a resolution was
passed inviting corporation of The
city directors in selecting textbooks
which Is the main object OF the meet.
ing. 1t is hoped by this to secure uni
formity for the city and county
schools.
The Chamber OF Commerce Com
mlttee have asked the County Com
missioners for half-mill tax to pro
mote a county exhibit at the Port
land Fair. The Commissioners have
made consideration of the matter 6
especial order" for Monday. 1t will
of course, impose an additional bur
den to raise 1t, but that is what
the late Legislature has authorized
county boards to do.
1t is going to cost money" to pur
chase chemical fire engine. The
three bids submitted Monday night
ranged remarkably near the same
| figures. They were as follows: The
American La France Fire Engine Co.
represented by A. c. Long, OF Port
land, the Champion Chemical Engine
81 $50; the A. J. Coffee Co., of Sar
Francisco, the Standard Seagrave Com
bination Hose Wagon and Chemica
Engine, $500, and the Washington
Rubber Co., of Seattle, the combina
ton all-steel Lindgren" chemical
engine, for 1926. No action was
taken at the meeting.
John Casteel has fled suit fol-
divorce from his wife Bertha E., on al
leging statutory grounds in support,
and prays for custody OF a daughter
Is months old. 1t has since developed
that the woman is insane. She was
found wandering about town at night
in the storm, thinly clad, and was
taken by Chief Braeger to a lodging
house for safety. She escaped, how.
ever, and when apprehended became
violent, and gave unmistakable evil
dences of mental unbalance. Drs
Redpath and Bridgford, after examina.
ton, certified to that fact, and Tues
day afternoon she was taken to the
asylum by Deputy Vance.
William Banks. of Seattle, the man
who fell off the bluff on Sixteenth
street, while wandering unknown
pathways, at night, and asked the
City Council to hand out 81 900 as a
lotion for alleged injuries, was before
that body, by invitation, Monday
night, and made a most excellent wit.
ness for the city, if he feels disposed
to press the demand. He admitted
under inquiry that the street was I'm.
graded and without sidewalks, and
that he had to pass through hole 10
a fence to reach the declivity down
which he says he fell. A more candid
acknowledgment of deliberately hunt.
ing danger by aid OF lighted matches
could scarcely have been made.
A. H. Chambers, who visited Port.
land last week on business trip, had
an opportunity to see the progress
made in preparing the Fair Grounds
for the big show to begin in June
He says that already indications are
that the exhibit will be one far ex
ceeding any fair held ON this Coast
As an indication of the interest felt in
the matter he says that visitor.
thronged the grounds in such great
numbers that the management had &c
devise some plan to afford working
room for the employees, and happily
hit upon charging q small price o.
admissiOn-ten cents-and that the
collections have already amounted te
nearly six thousand dollars from thai
unexpected source of revenue.
The Pollard Lillipution Opera Co
will be heard at Olympia Theater
Monday night. This organization re-
quires no introduction to American
theater.goers. for their fame is world
wide. 1t 10 composed of fifty clever
children, ranging in age from nine tc
fourteen years who exhibit q specia
aptitude for the stage. They arr
especially selected and trained for tn.
production of light and comic opera,
and their performances are first-class
there being nothing childish or anna
flourish about their productions. Tn.
queen of the organization is the small
est star ever seen on the stage. ThiI
Celebrity is little Daphne Pollard, thu
brightest youngster of her age in th'
operate world. "The Belle of New
York" will be the opera presented
here. Seats on sale at Hills Drui
Store.