Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-01

evening. al his home in this city. oi
apopl"Ny. Deceased was ~ wears al
age. and cam" to Olympia about
three Years ago from Iowa. He is
survived 10y Il widow and son. Thad
Child. tn" latter an employee of the
State printing office. The funeral
took place yesterday afternoon from
the family home, Rev. J. W. Flcsher
officiating.
After the Governor had declared a
holiday period. some business men of
our community were discuss ing the
proposition as to- the legality of
written contracts made in the in
term. One lawyer stated the Su-
prcme Court had held written
agreement executed on Sunday is
valid, because not common labor in
the ordinary sense of the term. and
Thought the same rule might apply
as regards any holiday.
Lester Sheay. a lad of eleven wears.
came tagged this week to Mr.. O Bri-
en-, Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners. from Hartstein ISL
and. He was sent year ago. from
the Orphans Home. iii Tacoma. to J.
Doubleday. Postmaster on the ISL
and and he as did not send the bov to
school. the neighborS bccams might
lily dlpleaScd. and plotted to send him
bors and they preferred to send him
out as Il waif upon public charity.
than to allow him to remain in Il
Il good home Mr.. O'Bricn is anx-
lous to secure Il home here for the
boy. with a chance for book larn-
in
" hat came very near being a fatal
accident happened near Tumwater,
Monday. +. n. Chase, of that town.
fell from the wagon of Thomas Counts
while 1t was passing on the high
bank at the continuation of Main
street. this city, and fell some dis
lance down the PERCEPTIONS heights.
He was found unconscious from a
on the head, probably re-
sulting from striking tree in his
descent. Fortunately another of the
party. Mr.. Risen, was present.
and they carried the injured man to
the top of the hill and took him
lomc, when he soon became conscious
md is now in fair way of recovery. |
Gov. Mead has received a u. s.
Treasury warrant for 81. 73l.53 from
The government, which represents ten
per cent. of all moneys received dur
ng the fiscal year of 1907 from the
national forest reserves located in
his State. The lands laid SO as to
make the awards of Sl43.99 to the
olympia district, 81 Psi 81 to Rainier.
81, S06.41 to Yakima and 1929. -
70 Wenanha. The agricultural act
that the proceeds be ex-
pended as the State Legislature
nay direct, for the benefit of public
schools and public roads of the dis
trict in which each reserve Is STU
lted.
The Ncrs has an account of a |
battle fought at Tum-
water, Sunday afternoon, in which a
vigorous athlete named Robt. O'Ban-
ION, clerk in Bettman store. re-
sisted and put to flight eighteen stall
"art Tumwater youths. If it be
rue in detail, it was wonderful at
east. 1t seems that the cnsns beYi. as
he lawyers call it, was his appear
ng as awitnesS in the Allison case,
some weeks ago. The attention of
he Prosecuting Attorney has been
allied to the assault, but it seems
hat q man so amply endowed with
he means of Self-defenSe, is not in
iced of the aid of the law.
A stranger, said to hail from Ho-
luiam, after imbibing too liberally
IF liquid damnation," as Cough |
lsed to call it, took refuge from the |
horrors of imagination, Tuesday |
hight, in the power cOmpany's car
BARN, on Chestnut street. When |
Ound he was wrapped in a slumber
hat seemed to be impervious to
ordinary awakening, so the plan was
hastily devised to place him on a
;ar and attach it to the trolley, as IA
special conveyance to the city bas-
;ile. 1t was done and he enjoys a
special honor. 1t is hardly probable
hat a similar courtesy has been ex-
ended any visitor by any of our
sister towns.
The writ of mandate asked bv III.
A. Parr, through Attorney Mackay,
% compel Clerk Dever to accept his |
ling for City Attorney under the
law, without fee, was denied
~ Judge Linn, Monday. The plain
lifts attorney desired the court to
'efuse on the ground of unconstitu-
5ionality of the primary law. which |
Judge Linn refused to do, preferring
the higher court pass upon its legal.
ty. Mackay gave notice that he
would present papers for an iniunc-
ion to restrain the city officials from
proceeding with the primary cleo
ion and that he would carry the |
:ase and his present petition to the ,
Supreme Court.
Monday Judge Linn signed find
ngs of fact and conclusions of law
md entered Judgment for $241 and
,OSts amounting to about 1885,, in
the lOggers' lien foreclosure case
James O'Connor and War
rem Teeter were plaintiffs and H. A.
Burnham was defendant. At the
trial, numerous witnesses were called |
who had travelled q considerable dis
lance. c. A. Burnham, one of the
original defendants, was adjudged to
recover of plaintiff 81 costs. II. A, |
who operates a mill near
is said to be considerable OF
!, fighter, and may appeal. The
plaintiffs live in the southern part
Of the county, near BucOda.
Why is it that the reporters i'm
ported from Tacoma invariably re-
fer to that city as being of a higher
than the capital city of our
State. They continually refer to
or his wife coming down
from Tacoma" which would lead one
to infer that Puget Sound was stand
ing on its head This is not, how
ever, the only attempt they have
made to reverse the order of nature,
and other things are noted as ride
llOus as the attempt to make water