Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-10-04

an alleged shortage of 81 pounds il
Il lIalf-tOn gives force to the term
Black Diamonds as applied to thi.
valuable product.
TIL" body of Mrs. Dora r. BURG
hart. who died AT 81. Peter hospita
last Friday. was taken to Portland
Saturday. for cremation. She was 4;
sister of Mrs. Harry Smith, with
whom She had been making her HON,
Tor some time.
Martcnscn N Mackay bought. this
week. III acres Of land on Dana :
passage. between Dotflcnyer's Point
and South Bay, at cost of Sc. u1u
from Emily Y. Moore. 1t had ap-
prrciatcd to nearly four times its
value three years ago.
}. NJ. Roberts, formerly of Alex
andria, Mimi. last Tuesday, bought
the farm Of y. W. McMurray, three
miles south of this city. 1t consists
OF ID acres of exceptionally fine land
and brought $4500. Mr.. Roberts
will make it his home.
The first buck of the bounding sea
son was brought in from Rainier.
Wednesday, by jack Riley. The
main achievement consists, however,
in his having brought the deer,
weighing 99s pounds, to town on his
back while riding bicycle.
Mrs. Ellen Axtell died last Friday
at the hospital in this city, after an
illness of about two weeks. Her age
was % years, and she was a native
of New Hampshire. Her body was
taken to Doty, Lewis county. for in
terment. where her son resides.
Otto Braeger has just returned
from an extended trip in the East,
where he visited the principal cities
of the Middle West. He has been
absent about a month. and attended
as delegate the Supreme Court of
ForeSters, which met in Chicago on
the 18th ult.
Mrs. John Wherrctt, mother of
County Commissioner VIM. Wher-
EFT, died Tuesday at their home in
Tenino. at the age of 40 years. This
son and three daughters, all married.
survive her. The family has resided
in this county for over twenty years,
and are highly respected.
Mrs A. G. Sawin. wife of Rev. A.
G. Sawin, both of whom were so well
and favOrably known in this COM
munity for their good works in con-
nection with the Baptist Church,
died in Kansas City. Mo-, last week.
She leaves six children. one of whom,
Mrs. Bush Baker, is a resident of
this city.
A huckleberry" excursion is on
the mpis to Hartstein Island. next
Thursday, on the launch Lester d.
You are gooseberry, however, if
you attempt to go without an in
vite." You might feel BURBERRY"
although you didn't care a straw
berry, whether you were of the
party or not.
Mildred NJ. Henry has applied for
a divorce from James r. Henry on
the grounds of abandonment and
non-support. They were married at
COnconully, OkanOgan county, this
State, June z, 1908. She also asks
for restoration of her maiden name,
Mildred M. Virgins. G. c. Israel
is her attorney.
The Commission to revive the
school law, authorized by act of the
last Legislature, consisting of State
Superintendent Bryan, &c o6icio, At
torney General Atkinson, f. C.
Hughes Seattle, W. f. Wilson, Prin-
cipal of the Ellensburg Normal
School, and N. w. Showalter of Col
fax, held their first session in this
city Tuesday.
Mr.. w. H. Kneeland has resumed
charge of his hotel, which has under
gone such changes as to be a first
class city resort, with one of the fin
est cafes in the State. Mr.. Hunger
ford, who leased the premises has
been called away by important land
business for an indefinite period, and
thought it best to relinquish the
lease than to place it under other
management for himself.
1t is now reported that the local
milkmen are about to give "sympa-
thetic" boost to prices. 1t is only q
short time ago that they gave rates
a reasonable" push, and this is to
be placed on top of that Next
thing we expect to hear is that un-
dertakers will raise the price of
cOffins-but they have always been
on the top-shelf, where buyers, nor
indeed users, could not kick.
The Legislature has fixed five
dollar attorney fee to be taxed against
the losing party in civil actions tried
before Justices of the Peace. One of
our local squires recently remarked
and that the average litigant siren
uously objects to the payment Of
this fee, that in numerous instances
the lawyer for the successful party
feels constrained on account of such
unwillingness to remit his charge.
1t is now settled beyond question
that the Port Townsend Southern
is an adjunct to the Northern Pacific
railway, a condition that has been
disputed heretofore whenever it
suited the management to switch"
responsibility. A transfer of wa
ter-grade right-of-way by that COM
pany, from Tenino to Tacoma, for
the nominal consideration of one dol
lar, let's the little cat out of the bag.
King county is protesting against
her assessment as equalized by the
State Board, although a reduction of
eight millions of dollars was made
in the aggregate. Two gentlemen
were sent here as committee to re-
wise the work of the board of equal
izers, but how it is to help them in
any way does not appear. The act
of the returning board is final against
all taxpayers-except it may be rail-
roads.
At last the gas mains have been
distributed on Main and Fourth
streets and are being painted, prelim-
mary to placing them in trenches,
and q large wooden building is in
process of erection on First and Co.
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