Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-08-31
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

CNY NEWS In BR|tf
\ son was born this week to Mr..
and Mrs. Chris. Nomenson.
Frank Wiman has sold his residence
on Eas,eide to W. i. lIusk.
Rev. J. :. McCallum has returned
to his home in Eugene, Ogn.
All union barbershops will be closed
all day Mouday-Labor Day.
a daughter was born to Mrs. korter,
OF Oyster Bay, few days ago.
Mrs. John O'Hare and children, OF
Aberdeen, are visiting in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Faber, of this city,
are the proud parents of baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. O'Brien came in
from their camp at Priests Point Sun.
day.
The Trades Council will hold
Labor Day dance at the Lobby to-
morrow night.
Clarence Canning and Mrs. Viola
Canning, OF this city, were married at
Hoquiam this week.
A marriage license was issued Mon
day to A. L. Ford and Miss Sophia
McEwen, both of this city.
Treasurer Schomber has issued
call for over six thousand dollars of
outstanding school warrants.
Charles Grinrod, OF Arcadia, has
been enrolled as patient at the hos.
pital, threatened with typhoid fever.
Mark Draham has bought large
tract of timber land on South Bay
from A. B. Woodland, at a cost of 3d.
900.
Mike Jacobs & Co.. of Portland, are
making preparations for opening a
wholesale liquor house in the Mckenny
block.
The Trades Council will make an
excursion to Tacoma Monday, to par
ticipate in the Labor Day exercises in
that city.
The reductions made by the County
Board Of Equalization, it is estimated,
amount to over $325,O00 from the
Assessors figures.
The government at Washington has
informed Gov. Mead that the War
Department will cooperate in pre-
venting spread of the Hessian fly.
And now the oystermen have formed
combine which boosts" the price
at the first lift fifty cents a sack over
the rate that has hitherto prevailed.
Henry NJ. Murphy, of the STANDARD,
has recovered from quite q severe at
tack OF asthma, an affiiction TO which
he has been subject at times for years.
A corn. stock, raised by William
Schinke, on his ranch at South Bay,
is on exhibition at Kearney's store,
which measures over ten feet in
length.
Ralph Weller and J. w. Henderson,,
OF Little Rock, have been awarded a
contract by the county to clear and
gravel the Nina Waddell road, at Q
cost of 1915.
D. C. Beatty has bought of Thomas
j. Kearney. lot 3 block 6. in p. d.
Moore's addition, for the sum OF ST.
225. On it is located . comfortable
dwelling which will be Mr.. Beatty's
home.
George A. Barnes has sold to Frank
R. Swan lots 5 and 8, in block s, of
Moore's addition, for q consideration Of
$4,000. 1t includes q fine dwelling
house and may be regarded as . good
"buy."
Miss Florence Holbrook, who is
visiting in Shelby, Ohio, writes to her
parents here that she is having a fine
time Notwithstanding the intense heat
that prevails there. She will return
home about October LIST.
Rev. D. M. Montgomery has resigned
his position % pastor of the United
Presbyterian Church, on account of
failing health. The Home Missionary
Board will assign him to dryer CHM
ate when it meets in October.
Elmer Haines and Claude A. War.
ner were arrested Sunday by Frank
Mossman, for violation of the game
law in killing grouse. Both pleaded
guilty and were fined Sis and costs,
amounting to $25 in each case.
The County Commissioners at their
meeting Wednesday, authorized Chair.
man Mitchell and Attorney Troy to
appear before the State Board oil
Equalization, Sept. 9Th, to testify as
to the accuracy of our county tax levy
John Haskell has bought a we'll.
modelled launch from q party in Bal
lard, named the Marie. She ia 80 feet
long and 9 feet beam. Mr.. Haskell
proposes to run opposition to Cowan's
boat, Levina, on the Har.stein Island
route.
Revival services are in progress
on Piety Hill, in the new Christian
church, dedicated few months ago
Evangelist Booker Smith is the
Evangelical Moses who will lead re-
pentant sinners into the Promised
Land.
The Christian Church is now owner
OF the lot just west OF their meeting
place, on Eighth street, having pur.
chased it from Rev. ]. s. McCallum
this week. The lot was bought for thu
purpose of building parsonage there
on for the pastor 10 the near future.
The Northern Pacific, under thu
name of the Port Townsend Railway
has flied several contracts for option.
on realty that may be used for right
of-wsy in locating its new line through
Thurston county. Nothing definite is
however, known regarding the precis,
route.