Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-10-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF


Revival meetings will begin at the
Christian Church sunday evening.
Miilard Lemon has bought an inter.
est in the Olympia Door Company.
DR.. Homer Gray and wife have re-
turned from trip east Of the mount
aims.
John Byrne has bought consider.
able productive realty, at Spokane,
which city is now his home.
The Elks have resumed regular
weekly sessions, after holding only
one month during the summer.
Mr.. c. Will Shatfer, State law Ii.
brarian, was sick with bowel complaint
for several days past, but is much
better.
The tax levy this year will aggre-
gate 33 mills, as follows: State SAG
mills, county 6.54, city IL and school
10 mills.
The many friends OF Judge Thomas
]. Anders are pleased to see him
about the streets, after tedious spell
of illness.
Rev. James S. Moore, of Buffalo, N.
V, occupied the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church in this city, last
Sunday night.
Frank Mears and wife have returned
from Centralia, where the former has
had three teams employed in railroad
construction work.
A meeting Of the Democratic County
Central Committee has been called for
tomorrow, to consider some import.
ant matters relating to the present
campaign.
C. Holthusen, who has been on q
hunt at Hoods Canal about q week,
killed four deer, the limit allowed by
law, and Oscar Craig, his companion,
killed three.
A STANDARD patron has sent us
check that pays his subscription up to
1914. That confidence is doubtless
based upon continuous record of
forty-si years.
State Superintendent Bryan has
crow, teacher, for abandonment of
his school at Tenino to accept service
at Ostrander at higher salary.
The brewery cars ran over its new
spur railroad connecting it with the
Northern Pacific line, Monday, on the
tenth anniversary of its existence, hav-
ing opened business Oct. !, 1885,
The o. r. & N. Co. have very prop.
erly reconsidered its refusal to allow
the State Commission access to it's
books, since the institution OF court
proceedings to "csll" the hand it held.
The present Supreme Court docket,
in the hands of the printer for the
term beginning on the 9Th inst, mum.
bers 1872 cases, as against 1854 at the
May term. It is the largest in the
records of that tribunal.
A very fine sample of sugar cane, or
sorghum. raised by NJ. M. Whidden,
on his farm near Chambers prairie,
has been on exhibition this week at
Kearney's grocery store. The stalks
are about six feet in length.
The General fund in the State Treas.
ury, Oct. LIST, aggregated $258, 525,
which is about $37 900 less than at he
beginning of the preceding month,
the receipts for the month being $780,.
227, and disbursements $76,193
Who says Olympia girls are not up
and doing? There is an orphan young
lady in our midst, Of whom it is said
BY truthful parties, that she realizes
$3.50 per month In giving music les.
sons.
]. Rising has bought the race track
at Lacey, paying 5000 for it. Mr.. R.
sold his farm at Prosser for ST., 900
lately, and has moved to his new pur.
chase to make it a summer resort for
horses OF blooded stock.
Lucine, infant daughter of Fred
Russell of Lacey. died of congestion of
the brain, Sunday morning. The fu.
neral, Monday afternoon, was attend.
ed by a number OF sympathizing friends
of the family from this city.
Most Of the rain that has fallen the
past month has been at nighttime,
leaving the days comparatively bright
and clear for outside work. This is q
pleasing dispensation OF Providence
for many of the poorer classes whose
field of labor lies out Of doors.
Mrs. J. II. Ogden, whose husband
was Superintendent of the State
Printing office here under Mr.. White,
afterwards manager of the American
Type Founders business at Spokane,
and now connected with the Ivy Press
at Seattle, was on q visit to this city
last Monday.
Clarence c. Saeger and Miss Avis
Noble. we're married in this city, Sun.
day evening. A notable feature of
the ceremony was the presence OF the
grand parents of the bride, Mr.. and
Mrs Noble of Tomah, Wis.,, who were
on visit to this Coast. The newly
married couple will reside at Shelton.
Paul NJ. Kendrick has purchased q
lot in McClelland's subdivision on the
Eastside, and is now getting the lum-
Der and material on the ground with
which to build for himself and family
fine residence. This subdivision has
recently been put in excellent condi.
ton by DR.. McClelland for building
sites.
City Superintendent Frank O. Krea-
ger informs the STANDARD that the
enrolment OF the city schools for the
month of September was l,lO2, or 50
more than Tor the same month last
year. They are divided in the different
schools as follows: Washington 439,
Lincoln 1923. Garfield l35, Eastside 80
and High l66.
Engineer H. P. Gillette, the expert
employed by the State Railway Com.
mission, to determine the cost of rail.
way construction, has put in his bill
Tor 900 per month, under the pre.
sumption that his job will last q year
VI IN IRE. The State Auditor very
properly refused to draw a warrant for
such an exortitaut salary.