Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-28

entertainment OF the members will be
provided at the next meeting on the
second Tuesday evening OF October.
Among other features for the occasion
Mrs. e. Will Shaffer will be requested
to prepare aud read sketch of the
Degree.
Mrs. Sarah Hoagland and husband
have sued the city of Chehalis for 3d..
ooO damages for alleged personal in
luries to the wife caused by stepping
into hole in a sidewalk on one OF the
city streets. The authorities claim
such suits are of rare occurrence in
their town. Olympia through its eff
ficient Street Committee, with the
aid OF our Street Commissioner Glen
johnson, are always on the alert to
keep our sidewalks in condition to
avoid accidents and prevent damage
suits against the city.
j. A. Bennett, commercial trave
Ter, has through Mr.. hoffman made a
proposition to clear up the bargain
counter county acreage realty by pay
ing an upset price of one.third it's
assessed valuation. The county owns
about 1900 acres of this land from
tax-foreclosures, and the applicant
claims that as this description Of land
has been pretty we'll picked over that a
reduction is admissible from the mini.
mum bid established by the commits
toner's OF so per cent. His purchase,
if made, will amount to : ,299, or about
Sl.6O per acre.
The case of Swanson vs.. Cunning
ham, a loggers' lien proceeding, has
been passed for hearing in the Super.
ior Court till next Monday morning,
when it will be heard on motion OF
defendant to vacate the judgment OF
foreclosure, wherein it is contended was
entered without evidence to maintain
the suit, and that the plaintiffs lawyer
got ahead of the law. If this is the
case it will not be the first instance on
record. Occasionally a lawyer gets so
far ahead the opposing counsel and
court that they cannot overtake him.
Good philosophers have maintained
that at times even Justice seems to
sleep.
Prior to 1903 there was no law in
this State providing the County Treas
urer should have an official seal, but
the law provided all tax deeds should
be executed under such seal. Many
counties, including Thurston, provided
seals for their treasurers, who at
tached same to these deeds. The
point is made in a case now pending
in the Supreme Court that there hav-
ing been no law before 1903 authoriz.
ing such seals, tax deeds could not
have been legally executed for de.
linquent taxes accruing prior to that
time, though the 1903 act attempted
to validate all tax deeds whether seals
were attached or omitted. (Since the
above was put in type the court has
held seal to be Unnecessary
Last spring Francis Kearney, living
near Woodland, recovered judgment
in the Superior Court of Thurston
county, against the Pioneer Home
Fire Insurance Co. for the sum OF $3.50
and costs. The company gave notice
OF appeal and filed its bond, but took
further steps to bring the case before
the Supreme Court, and recently con-
cluded to pay up. which caused Mr..
Kearney to feel happy, even if he only
received portion OF the loss he sus-
tanned. The defendant is what lie
known as mutual company. The
loss, at the trial, was conceded to have
been an honest one, and the claimant
was unable to understand why the
company failed to reimburse him, and
put him to the expense Of lawsuit.
Last Wednesday evening q most en-
joyable party was given by Miss Mos
salien Chambers, at her home on
Chambers Prairie. Autumn colors
prevailed throughout the parlors and
dining.Yoom. Sweet punches OF red
asters aglow in vases and rose jars led
to the dining room. where bouuteous
lunch was enjoyed in . radiance OF
subdued beauty, as Japanese lanterns
swung in profusion from q bower Of
scarlet autumn leaves which cast
gentle shadows over all. As the
guests were being seated, . music box
from some obscure corner lent its
charms to the occasion. Above the
dining.table q huge bell of white
clematis and asters hung, while at
intervals around the room green vines
made natures color.scheme complete.
The guests were 10th to leave even
when the wee sma' hours Of morning
had begun to illumine the eastern
dawn.
Our community was inexpressibly
shocked, last Friday, by q telephone
message from Kamilchie announcing
that John C. Ross, owner and engi.
neer OF the steamer Mizpah, had been
accidentally drowned at that place.
Very little of the details OF the tragedy
were reported, but circumstances 60
to show that, having been quite i'll for
some time before, he must have gone
to the rail OF the steamer to get fresh
air. and suffering q sudden vertigo,
fell overheard. Nobody, however, saw
the catastrophe. and as persistent
dragging has failed to secure the body,
his disappearance is . mystery. There
is no hope that he may be alive. Mr..
Ross was . native of Maine, and had
been . resident OF this State several
years. He leaves . young wife and
two small children to mourn the loss
OF q devoted husband and father. The
family resides at New Kamilchie and
the sympathy Of our people is ex.
tended to them. He was q member of
the Knights Of Pythias aud of the
Woodmen OF tho World, and enjoyed
an excellent reputation as an indus
trious and upright citizen.
SATURDAYS CONVENTION.