Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-23

slX months. Tho Olympia Lumber
Co. will furnish lumber to the Walla
Walla Penltentisry, the StellacoOm
Asylum. the Soldiers Home and the
State Reform School. w. A. IIage-
meyer, tobacco, go pounds smoking
for Steilacoom Asylum, 10 pounds for
Medical Lake Asylum, % pounds
smoking and 30 pounds chewing for
the Soldiers Home, and the b. l..
Hill Drug Co. received the contract
for supply of vanilla extract at Stell-
accom- and Walla Walla.
Mr.. Heermans, President of the
water company has inst returned from
New York, where he has ordered
pnmp capable Of delivery Of 5000 900
gallons of water daily. He announces
that the hnme hitherto used to supply
water To the pumping station will be
abandoned and an underground pipe
laid Of large dimensions, which will
obviate all danger from impurities
after the flow has left its source.
There will be branches to the various
springs. A pipe will likewise be ex-
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the supply will be constantly changed,
maintaining a perfect circulation and
ensuring freshness and purity. Most
OF the work will be completed by May
10Th.
J. r. Welty, State Fire Warden,
has received call for help from
Blaine, the Deputy there asking il he
shall assume direction of efforts to ex-
tinguish the forest fire at expense of
the State. Mr.. Welty directs him to
g. ahead, although there only remains
balance of 1920 of the $500 ap.
propriated for that service. The War
den receives salary of 81 800 per an.
mum, which reduces it to "a 500,
which was all expended except the
small balance stated in the extensive
fire protective measures required last
year. 1t is proposed to ask the tim
bermen and mill owners, who are
primarily interested in forest protec.
ton, TO subscribe to fund for i'm
mediate work.
Mrs. 7. E. Ollie, OF this city, who
was in the train. wreck, last week, in
Colorado, has returned home, quite
nervous although uninjured, from her
horrible experience. She was return
ing from the East where she had been
visiting several weeks. She went by
the Northern Pacific, and was in a
wreck near Spokane. but nobody was
injured in that disaster. Her late ex-
perience was on the Denver and Rio
Grande. The collision happened at
three O'Clock in the morning, and she
thinks that fully 100 lives were lost,
although the published reports gives
it at about one.third that number. 1t
seems that many passengers were i'm
prisoned by the jam Of the cars, which
took fire and they were slowly Gre
mated. Mrs. Ollie says that the hor.
rors OF that experience will never be
erased from memory.
William MCGOWAN, charged with
conducting q gambling house in this
city was accorded verdict of "Not
Guilty." Tuesday, in the Superior
Court. ]. A. Smith, the first witness,
testified that he had played four nick.
els on the roulette wheel, with two
men standing behind the table, one Of
whom was McGowan. The other man
he did not know, and upon the slender
contention that he could not swear
which man was proprietor, sufficient
doubt was created in the minds of the
jury to acquit the defendant. James
Crowley, E. H. Philbrook, r. w. Fay
lor and the defendant we're then placed
on the stand, but their testimony did
not in any way remove the fear than
an innocent man might become q
victim OF the law. The result is an
other legal triumph for Mr.. Israel, who
conducted the defense.
Half the discomforts OF the hot sea.
son will disappear when it is realized
that by use of electric appliances now
on sale by the Olympia Light & Power
Co., coffee may be boiled, tea made. or
. whole meal cooked by use OF devices
Of various forms heated by electricity.
One, shaped like q chafing.dish, is the
central object for many forms OF hot
weather cooking. That dreaded iron
ing is q mere pastime, If not . pleas.
ure, with the heat applied by slender
wire that does not raise in the slight
est degree the surrounding tempera-
ture. 1t will be we'll for the ladies to
call and see how much has been done.
by discovery and invention. to lessen
the discomfort of life's burdens and
smooth the way Of hitherto insur.
mountable difficulties OF those COM
PEELED to give personal attention to
household duties in summer time.