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

SiS, WIZ, UNIV" Oh W Tue usual Gus
tom, did not remove the good i'm
preston by suggestion that the
crowd on the sidewalks were waiting
for the Gcntry-show parade.
The Superior Court of this county
, in the loggcrs' lien case of II. d.
Grimm. and sixteen other claimants,
against John II. Saunders and the
Pacific CreoSOting Co., rendered a
Judgment of $l.730 against the de-
PENDANTS for foreclosure of liens and
clolgnment of logs and piling timber.
The attorney fees allowed amounted
to $40. and so for preparing the
liens. Messrs. r, n. Steele and c.
ID. King represented the plaintiffs
and McssrS. Troy and Falknor ap-
pcared for the Creosoting Company.
That our community is decidedly
cosmopolitan is shown by meeting
people from all States in the Union
and frequently from foreign countries.
Miss Florence Hoover, now Il queen
of the Boston Kitchen" dining
room, from Indiana, verifies this, for
there are not so many representa-
tives of the Hoosier State" here.
from some cause, probably the ST.
periOr attractions of that State; at
least that is what the writer thinks.
who himself halls from that land of
pretty girls, sweet corn and maple
sugar.
Following are the officers of the
Washington Protective Association,
which is Il home institution with
headquarters in this city: Presi-
dent. j. Il. Buxton. Centralia; Vice
President, G.. II. Grecnbank. Olym-
pia; SecretaryTreasurer, +. A. Ouel-
lette, Olympia; Assistant Secretary,
l.. IL. Martin. Olympia; General
Manager, c. T. Eaid, Olympia; Med
ical Director, N. ]. Redpath, Olym-
pla; Auditor, q. l.. HOughton, Kent;
Board of Trustees. H. +. Schroeppel.
Centralia; b. ]. Wilson and l.. p.
Guelette, Olympia.
And now we have another danger
that menaces life and property which
will keep us awake O nights; and
that is that there is sufficient gaso-
line stored in this city to set it off
with a bang. This is reported by
the .NeWs. on authority of our ever
vigilant fire, chief Raymond. 1t is
hoped that the same strenuosity in
notifying, and even better vigilance
in enforcing orders that will doubt
less be made for abatement of the
danger, will be at once inaugurated.
1t is not the part of wisdom to hest
tate or compromise when human life
is endangered.
And now more sensible PROPOSE
ton has been submitted for sIuicinr
a fill of the tide-fats, on the eastern
inlet of the bay, at the mouth of
Moxlee Creek. Instead of washing
down the hills on Eastside, it is pro-
posed. by use of a dredge, to exca-
waite the mud-tiats down to deep wa
ter at point near Mission Park, and
use the mud for the fill. 1t is expect
ed that the improvement will cost
$45, 900, and it is hoped that the
property benefited will see its way
clear to pay the costs as an invest
ment, without imposing a tax upon
the general public, except it be for
street intersections.
A railroad accident happened near
Sherlock, Tuesday evening. An en-
CINE on the way here to haul the
Gentry special, jumped the track
while turning q sharp curve on high
embankment, only stopping when
reaching the tide flats, o score or
more feet from the right-Of- way.
John Quinn, of Tacoma, the engineer,
and Frank Horst, fireman, wero Ger
iOusly injured, and were taken to the
company's hospital at Tacoma. The
engineer went to the bottom in his
cab and the fireman was hurled
through the window, and sustained
minor bruises. 1t is feared the engi-
neer will not recover.
There is a good story going the
rounds concerning a certain lawyer,
who does not live many leagues from
this city. He and his wife recently
adopted young infant. Just about
the time this legal light was prepar-
ing to argue an important case be-
fore the Supreme Court, the child
was seized with the collie; the lawyer
took up the child in his arms, then
began walking the floor with the
yOungster. holding in one hand q
voluminous printed brief and in the
other book relating to childrens'
complaints, reading alternately from
each. 1t is gratifying news to record
that the infant soon got better.
And now an attempt is being made
to drag the Speckart case against
Leopold F.. Smith, as administrator,
into the Federal Court. the prosecu-
ton having exhausted their recourse
in the Superior Court, alleging fraud
and collision. This is one of those
unfortunate family affairs" in which
the public have little interest, except
as disinterested and impartial spec
tators, upon whose judgment an
opinion is forced, to see from exactly
this standpoint, that the prosecution
has SO far not shown anything to
sully the high reputation for judg-
ment and integrity of Mr.. Schmidt
as administrator of the Speckart
estate.
1t appears that the Pierce County
Commissioners are trying to get out
of repairing Nesqually bridge by de-
claring that it is now all on Thurs
ton county soil, which is probably
true from shifting of the channel.
But our Commissioners have been
equal to the emergency, and play a
Roland for an Oliver by the deter
mination to change the road for
new location a mile or two further
up the river, where no such contro-
versy can possibly arise. The pres
ent bridge is IAN old thing" any
way and it would not be much loss if
it should be carried away by the
first freshet. Now we will see what
our Pierce county friends will do.
Mrs. p. B. Van Trump, whose
maiden name was Cynthia Shelton,
daughter of Levi Shelton, one of the
pioneers of the half-century period.
died in Seattle last Saturday. She