Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-16

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day capacity. ON the Joe Shelley
ranch. near Little Rock. began op.r.
atl"n> yesterday. 1t is owned hy
Vim. Blair and Paul Usher. Tn,
lumber will bc tracked To Little Rock
for shipment.
The county has a mountain of Goa
dumped in the rear of the court
hor>'., which will he an ample guar.
anty OF warmth of that institution
next winter, and may in its present
exposed condition be an anchor OF
hope to nrishborS as we'll.
The explosion of an oil engine thai
was being tested in the Tumwatel
Light and Power Company 5 plant
al the falls. last Friday. scattered
pieces of metal. several of which
struck Peter Schmidt in the face. in
tiicting painful but not dangerous in
juries
Brighton Park. the plated portion
of Bush prairie. has been vacated by
the County commissioners. ON appli-
cation of Charles H. Clouyh and Ar
thur Jones. 1t includes the tract
west of the Port Townsend Southern
railway and east of the South Union
wagon road
Lena McGowan has applied for Il
divorce from her husband. William J.
McGowan. of the Green Tree Sa-
loon. ON the ground of cruelty and
indignitics shown towards plaintiff.
A restraining order was also issued
to keep defendant from further mo-
testing plaintiff.
The Northern Pacific Railway Co.
is again kicking over the amount of
their assessment. The point claimed
is that an generalization has been
made by assessing the track and the
new rails placed on the right-of-way
for renewal. The matter was taken
under advisement.
Harry Collier, of Tacoma. has been
Superintendent OF the
Poultry Exhibit at the poultry show
at the Seattle Yukon fair in 1909.
The gentleman is known to many of
our people from his able service in
the first poultry show of
ThurstOn county, last fall.
The genial cOuntenancc of Mr.. Geo
f. Higgins, the prosperous stock
raiser of Tenalquot Prairie. was seen
upon our streets Tuesday He re-
ports that his wife who has been in
poor health for some time, is very
much improved, which is quite graft
flying to their many friends.
Mrs. W. J. Mccarthy, writing to
a friend in this city says that while
she and Mr.. Mccarthy were riding
in street car in San Francisco re-
Gently, some party among a crowd of
hoOdlums fired two bullets at the car.
breaking pane of glass. None of
the passengers were injured
The sawmill of the Olympia Door
Co. lately consumed by fire, has risen
from its ashes, and is
now in OperatiOn-nOt at the cap;ic-
ity which will soon be developed, but
ample to prevent an interegnum in
the factory work, which has managed
to keep running despite the loss of
the mill.
With hating steps the barefoot
boy wends his way towards the tenn
pie of knowledge But his inclina-
ton may be somewhat lightened by
the new books that have to be provid-
ed for renewing the pathway to a fin
ished education. This brings to mind
the fact that O'ConnOr has a full sup
ply of school textbooks.
An effort will be made this fall or
early next year to grade Fast Sixth
street from Eastside to Boundary.
Some of the residents in that locality
will insist that the improvement
should be made as far east as Central
street. The assessment is likely to
be heavy against the property own
erS on each side of Sixth street.
That was a graceful act of Gov.
Mead in telegraphing congratulations
to Mrs. Angelina Meyers, of Seattle,
on her goth birthday. The message
read: Please accept my cOngratu-
latiOns on your having lived 80 years
in this country. l hope your expec-
tatiOn to live to be 10 years, or may
be more, be more than realized"
Ambrose Barnard, a prosperous
farmer at Black Lake has sold his
farm for $4,000. 1t consists of a
fOrty-acre tract in section 32, town
ship Is, range2 west, is nearly all
and set out in fruit trees
Mr.. Barnard had owned the place
several years. 1t was originally the
homestead of the Dittman family.
John Mcdonald. q lineman on the
Postal telegraph at Tenino, is under
arrest at that place for the unnat-
ural crime of alleged assault upon his
own l2-year-old daughter. The COM
plant was made by the mother. FIX
cept for Incorporate habits, he has
hitherto borne good reputation.
He was bound over to the Superior
Court.
The Westside mill shut down Sat-
urday night for the remainder of the
month, owing to the poor demand for
lumber. Business will not be sus-
pended. however, as the planning
mill will run and there is an abund-
ant supply of lumber in the rough to
fill all local orders. 1t is said that
about 100 men are affected by the
closure.
The STANDARD has received cards
the marriage, next Tues
day, of Mr.. Harry Willard Young of
TOcOma to Miss Mabel Scofield of this
city. The ceremony will take place
at the home the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Scofield, corner of
Second and Washington streets.
They will be at home" after Sept.
1st at 7O8 North Second street, Ia
coma.
John McNulty, of Little Rock, has
brought q serious charge against w.
C. and w. B. GOrham, and Jesse and
C. o. Duval, neighbors, for killing
and apprOpriating to their own use
cattle belonging to complainant. The
persons charged were arrested and
brought into town Sunday, and were
held by Justice Frost for an appear