Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-07-20


accompanied by Miss Alta Hathaway
"h" VIII tie their guest for wreh
outing. Mr.. and Mrs. R;dput hay
many friends IN Olympia where the.
formerly lived. They now reside "A
Tacoma
Miles c. Moore, Of Walla Wtlla
this week paid the in heritsnce tax du
on the estate OF his deceased wife
Mary r.. Moore, amounting to T>tt.GI
Payment has been DELAYED pending
slit from King county 10 the Suprem
Court for testing thu con-tltutIOnallt.
al the tax
Harry Rinft has undo ihtcdiv TN
fastest bDat for it, size on this enI o
the puni. II l. - feet in length
ha- H. feet beam ana Is driven with
II horse power gasoline engine.
runs Ink" a race horse. Harry i
very proni of the craft a he we'll ha.
night Ia be
m"rrv party went down the BAY
I" spend n few hours Sunday. Anon.
the noticeable things in the bow OF
the -a,rlin boat was sixteen gallon
k"G Of Fans water" Tie party wa,
comp 'sei OF George Bardsley, Charlie:
NletHen, q. ;. Prince, George Jones
and few others
The explosion Of a small can Of gas
ollnc at the Capital Laundry, Wedncs-
day forenoon, caused an alarm of fire
but the flames were extinguished
without difficulty. The can was al
most empty and sat near burner on
the polishing machine. the damage
was nominal but the scare to the EN-.
ployes was Of full size.
Mrs. Josephine Carson, wife OF Harry
Carson, died last Friday night after a
brief illness, at her home in this
city. Deceased was 81 years of age
and leaves besides her husband
three little sons, five sisters, four
brothers and an invalid mother, Mrs
Mary Hurley. The funeral was held
Tuesday morning from the Catholic
Church.
The Supreme Court has declared
the vote on the Seattle bond issue is
legal; that three-fifths vote OF those
voting on the question is necessary
and not three-fifths of those voting
at the election. The bonds are $780,
900 for extending the light service
and 100000 for park improvement.
The State has offered to take the
100000 issue.
Gen. HazarI Stevens, Of Boston,
arrived this week for a couple OF
months sojourn to look after the
interests of the company he represents
in the street railway and light business
here. He says that trade conditions
in the East are in splendid shape, and
that the prospects of the local enter
prise, despite the annoyance OF litiga
ton, are very satisfactory.
l.. p. Ouelette has bought the inter.
est of his partner, Harry Weatherall,
in the oyster lands at the Narrows,
near Shelton, a valuable tract that has
o zen owned jointly by them, making
his individual holdings six acres of the
most productive land for that pro.
duct on the Sound. He has also some
land on Oyster Bay on which he is
with Eastern oysters.
The dwelling house once occupied
by the Bi.es family, when the first
tannery in Western Washington oc.
cupied the site of the Olympia Brew
ing Co. : plant. at Tumwater, is being
moved, in sections, across the inlet to
the place where the Kendell shop,
destroyed by fire, was located many
years ago. This is to afford more
room for improvements to the brewery
plant.
The sidewalk on the north side OF
East Sixth, above Eastside street, is
not in very safe condition. 1t needs
looking after by the city authorities.
Other parties on this same street
ought to be careful about placing old
boards on dilapidated sidewalk with
the points OF nails therein protruding
upward. In case Of injury there might
be damage suit with good show to
recover.
Sunday evening as Christopher's
launch was returning from the park
with load of passengers it butted into
the city float with terrific force knock
ing several people from their seats.
Mrs. HOlbrook burned one OF her
hands quite severely by grabbing the
exhaust-pipe as she fell.
The accident would probably not
have occurred had the boat been
equipped with reversing gear.
Thomas Hanlon, conductor of the
Port Blakely logging road, was knocked
between the bumpers of two cars,
Wednesday, at the Kollway near Ka.
sustaining injuries from which
he died, after about two hours of in.
tense suffering. He had filled that
position on the road the past fifteen or
twenty years, and was esteemed by all
who knew him. He leaves wife and
three children. The body was brought
TO this city for burial.
Paul Myer, who has been the past
three years in Uncle Sans service on
the gunboat Princeton, arrived home
Saturday on short leave of absence
to visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Myer, while his ship is undergoing re-
pairs at Bremerton. He has during
his service been in many foreign ports
and gained in education by observa-
ton that will be of much use to him
throughout manhood, upon which
state he is about entering.
The City Council and the water
company have come to an amicable
agreement, and a new contract has
been authorized which cuts the present
price for fire hydrants one
half, $50 instead of 500 each per
The company likewise agrees
to reduce the general service to 81 per
month for each faucet, in houses of
eight rooms or less, occupied by one
family, after the lst day of January,
1907. The new franchise of the com.
pany will run till 1915.
The walls of tho annex to the
Mitchell hotel have now attained their
full height of three stories, and the
roof is being placed. The new part OF
the building is much more modern
and handsome than the original build.