Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-10-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF


Mss Niretta Talcott will teach a
term Of school at Ielm.
\ son was born TO the wife OF Mat,
Twohy, in this city. Tuesday.
Mrs. B. NJ. Price has returned from
a visit to friends III Spokane.
The revival meetings in the Chris
tian Church are largely attended.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Neitzen have
returned from their trip to California.
The registration is still far from com
plcted, the total being $50 last evening.
Michael J. Neylon, OF Delphi, WAS
in town Wednesday, wearing his usual
broad smile.
Agnes Keave was granted a divorce
from Charles keave, in the Superior
Court, Monday.
Ed. Cotter has been awarded the
contract for building the Benson bridge
near Rainier, for 1878.
James Burton, the butcher, now
employed at Aberdeen, spent Sunday
with his family in this city.
Frank Ruth, one of our good Demo.
cratic friends, of Rainier, was caller
at the STANDARD office, Tuesday.
Tumwater has fixed its tax levy at
three mills. That town is free from
debt and has 500 in the treasury.
Mrs. Yoakum, of Tenino, is under.
going treatment for intlammatory
rheumatism at the hospital in this
city.
Mr.. G. Rosenthal, one Of our thriv.
ing merchants, is suffering with lame
foot caused by the fall Of a heavy
weight upon it.
Will Schroeder had his hand badly
cut by coming in contact with the
edge Of an AK in a fall, at the Mumby
mill, Wednesday.
This paper contains the adver.
tisemen.s of Olympis's Leading and
progressive business houses. 1t pays
TO advertise-in the STANDARD.
The high school building has al.
ready cost $5,l9S for material and
labor, and the contractor is entitled to
IS per cent. of the cost OF labor.
The Prohibitionists have called
meeting, to be held in Epworth hall,
tomorrow afternoon, to consider mat.
tiers political with regard TO their cause.
Butter still remains on the top shelf
10 cents for "Creamery," and Dali.
~" and Country" brands are scarce
at any price. Potatoes sell at cent a
pound.
John A. Noble, a Sumner capitalist,
who has valuable holdings in this
county, was here this week with some
Eastern parties looking over the local
eituatiOn. =
A memorial altar TO Mrs. F. X.
Howard, lately deceased, will be placed
in St. Johns Church and consecrated
on All Saints Day, Nov. LIST, by spec.
isl services.
Marion E. George, the eroceryman,
has been wrestling with q severe at.
tack of grippe the past few days. We
are pleased to note that the young
man is improving.
Mrs. J. r. Grant died Monday at
her home on Eastside. Death was
due to jaundice, with which she had
long been q sufferer. The funeral
was held yesterday.
The green stamp suit against the
hoffman Mercantile Co, has been on
trial at Tacoma, before the Federal
Court, this week. Many Witnesses
were present from this county.
Mrs. Mary Church Cullen, during
the past week, has been engaged in
making substantial repairs to one of
her houses located ON Esstside. The
women do not propose to be outdone
by the men.
Lawyer Frank Groundwater of Elms,
was in the city Monday on profession
al business in connection with the
guardianship OF the Barnhill minors,
one OF whom died in July, 1905, in
Chehalis county.
The Woman Suffrage Association OF
the State meets in Seattle to-day.
Among other representatives from
this city will be Mrs. B. B. Lord, q
jealous and accomplished advocate OF
womsn's advancement.
The Democrats will have q grand
rally 10 the theater on the Saturday
preceding election. and as that house
has play for the Monday following
it will probably be the last political
meeting in this city before election.
J. c. H. Reynolds of Spokane. and
Walter Lyons Of Kelso, have been EN-.
ployed by the Railroad Commission to
ascertain the value of the right of-way
of railroads, as basis for estimating
assessment value OF railroad property.
Roger Ollie, whose home is in this
city, and who was seriously injured in
Tacoma mill few days ago, is still
10 q very dangerous condition. His
mother has been in almost constant
attendance upon him since the dis
aster.
William H. Littlejohn, Of Gull Har.
Dor precinct, makes his regular weekly
visits to this city. He has great hopes
about this country and wants the new
railroad projects to crystalize in his
neighborhood before he is many years
older.
Mr.. George Taylor, proprietor OF
The Oxford, has kindly supplied our
table with slices of delicious venison
steak, from a foe buck he killed . few
days ago on the Skookumchuck.
Would that other friends were ss
thoughtful.
Joseph Goodroe, OF Westside, con.
templates starting a logging camp in
the near future. The high price OF
logs has doubtless induced such &C.
ton. Mr.. Goodroe is a pronounced
Socialist of the MARKHAM order; is
willing to forego talking Socialism
long enough to take advantage OF a
good proposition.
The report has been circulated in
Gull Harbor precinct, and in some
other localities in Thurston county,
that men between the ages of 81 and
50 years will not be permitted to vote
at the coming general election unless
they shall have paid their poll.tax