Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-03-29
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Good Friday.


\ son was born to the wife of Tor
Holman. Wednesday.
Mrs VIM. Kilroy and daughte
will leave, Monday, for Los Angeles
Cal
Herbert Gray and Melinda Dale
both of Tumwater, have been Ii
censed to wed.
J. II. Norris. formerly of this city
now of Vancouver, came over on
visit this week.
The Governor and the Board O
Control will visit the State institu
tons next month.
The Catholic Order of Forester
have announced an Easter ball fo
next Monday night.
Jas. Meyer and wife have arrived
from Pennsylvania and will max,
Olympia their future home.
Csc. Israel's famous terriers will
be exhibited at the bench snow sOor
to be held at Victoria, B. C.
The WOmen's Club are making ar
engagements to celebrate their ami
versary at the regular meeting Apri
I'd.
1t is stated that the newly organ
lied board of school directors of this
city favor manual training in the
public schools.
Residents on McAllister Creek are
protesting against boom company
that propose to use contiguous lands
for its operations.
Cyrus D. Bolster was operated
upon at the hospital, Wednesday,
for appendicitis. He is in a fair
way for recovery.
Chas. Goerhing, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis, some time ago,
is reported in a critical condition.
He is at the hospital.
Patrick Saahan, of Aberdeen, died
at the hospital in this city, Monday
morning, AZ years of age. Death
was caused by pneumonia.
VIM. Cook, an employee of the
Richardson mill, lost four fingers of
his right hand, Tuesday, while oper-
ating a machine at the mill.
Shelton citizens held meeting the
other evening and took the initiatory
steps for a 4th of July celebration.
Olympia should do likewise.
A bright little boy is the latest ad-
dition to the family of Robt. Esterly,
of Tumwater. The youngster made
his appearance Wednesday morning.
Assistant State Land Commission
er Cook, who was lately appointed
from Pierce county, has resigned
that position and will return to Ia
coma.
The steamer Greyhound is to be
converted into an oil-burner, and to
make the needed changes will be off
her route for about. ten days, begin
ming next Monday.
Yelm, not to be outdone in vigor
and enterprise by larger cities, has
already begun to replace the three
buildings destroyed by fire a fort
night ago, by better ones.
The Governor has re-appointed J.
NJ. Snow, State Highway Commits
sioner, under the new law which in
creases the tenure of that Office to
four years.
It is said the condition of Lee
Kendrick is so much improved that
last Sunday he was able to leave the
hospital and visit with his parents
for few hours.
George H. Garrison has discon-
tinued business in this city to travel
for the Schwbacher Company at Sc
attic, handling the sale Of sporting
goods for them.
Mrs. ]. N. Hit has recovered from
q severe attack of the grippe, and is
able to be out again, which is crafty
ing to her numerous friends in Olym-
pia and elsewhere.
The Lea Lumber Co.'S mill at
Tumwater, was the scene of an in
cipient fire last Friday evening.
Early discovery and prompt action,
however, prevented a confiagration,
and the damage was nominal.
Jesse Fitzsimmons, elevator boy at
the Kneeland hotel, has been taken
down with meningitis, the second
case in the city. The first, little
Marie Shahan, who was quite i'll of
that disease, is in a fair way of re-
covery. :~
Mr.. G. Jacobson, proprietor of the
Capital CITY Dive Works of OLYMPIA.
and Mrs. Mollie Patton of Everett,
were married at Victoria, B. c., Sat-
urday.' They have already gone to
housekeeping in the Hale fat, on JEFF
ferson street. e.
r. R. Weller and George Shelley
OF Little Rock, have bought of S.
Eunison, large tract of timber land
near that place, which the former
purchaser intends to make the OBJ
ject of extensive logging operations
at an early time.
F. M. Carpenter, of Gull Harbor,
died at St. Peters hospital, Monday
night, 63 years of age. He had been
i'll for some time and his death was
not unexpected. He leaves two
daughters. The funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon.
The new law regulating liquor IL
censes requires the payment of a
State fee of $25 in addition to the
revenue derived from q percentage,
and it is thought will add consider
ably over a hundred thousands dol
lars to the State revenue.
The Pioneer Iron Works of this
city shipped 5O-horse-power logging
yard-engine to Portland, Oregon. to-
day, and they have orders for eight
others. They had already supplied
Vancouver, q nearby city of Port
land, with couple of these engines.
What's in a name? Uneda biscuit
met with immediate demand on &C.
count of quality as well as an at
tractive name. Ugeta crackers are
getting there from the same
cause, and now appears Alwanta
kisses, said to be quite as alluring.
Brad Hill supplies them.
A w Enulo an Old.time resident