Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-22
MAsH1Nc7oN STANDARD
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mrs Mary Y Johns is in Tacoma
Marh l,,.,d of Shelton. is in town.
Mrs. Frank Blahrsl,e is i'll at TN,
hospital Of %ripp".
Mrs John Price. of Tumwai.r. i,
i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. y. ;. Porter left. this week
On "A visit to California
i son WAS born. Wednesday. to
the wife of d. G. West
Ralph Y. Prarcr. of Little Rock.
was in the city Tuesday.
c. J. Lord has been quite i'll the
past few days with grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Eaton left this
morning for u visit TO San Francisco.
Joe yesterday, member of the
Tax Commission. is ailing with heart
trouble.
Guy Rathbun, former Chief of Po-
lice here. is now Il resident of Los
Angeles, Cal.
Thomas II. Cavanaugh is over
from ProSser on short visit to
relatives and friends.
Clark Savidge and Eugene Cana
day are attending the Mail Carriers
Convention in Seattle.
Mrs. Geo. c. Israel. we are pleased
to announce. is in fair way of re-
covery from her late severe illness.
The City Council has added $40
per month to Fire Chief Raymond S
salary for maintenance of his auto.
The schooner Salem was tOwed out
of our harbOr yesterday, with a mil
lion feet of lumber for Southern Cali
fOrnia.
The erection of a couple of dwell
ingS on McClellandfS addition are in
prospect as soon as the weather will
permit.
Joe BOde has secured a job at the
WeStSide booming grounds and will
move his family in from the country
next week.
The city authorities are improving
the road to Gull Harbor to enable
residents on the east side of the bay
access to market by land.
f. f. Beard. editor of the Van
couver Columbidn, was seeing the
sights at the capital this week. The
STANDARD acknowledges call.
Wednesday the STANDARD received
a fraternal call from A. E. Ruffner,
editor of that always bright and en-
tertaining newspaper, the Ballard
Ne,rs.
Mr.. Peter Mckenzie was in town
Wednesday. Time seems to deal
gently with his physical frame, and
why should it not? He is a worthy
man and a good citizen.
Physicians say the present cpl
demic of Ia grippe is unparalleled,
even by the experience of 1888 and
1889. when it was the prevailing af-
Fiction for several months.
Mrs. VIM. Kendrick, the mother of
Lee Kendrick, the boy who was shot
and badly wounded, is seriously ill
with consumption. She is Al years
of age and has been an invalid for a
long time.
State Superintendent R. B. Bryan
has revoked the certificate of Clay
borne Rhue, a teacher at Gate, for
various unprofessional acts, such as
using improper language in presence
of his pupils.
Lee Kendrick, the boy who was
shot and suffered the amputation of
a leg, is not getting along very well.
1t is thought that another operation
will be necessary to remove particles
of bone that prevents healing of the
wound.
George Jones, who is doing some
plumbing work for the Olympia
Brewing Co.'S branch in San Fran
cisco, writes that he does not like it
there and is anxiously waiting for
his job to terminate. George is
probably homesick.
Chris. Donges' liquor license was
renewed by the City Council Monday
night; that of Albert Waugh was
transferred to the Olympia Wine &
Liquor Co., and an application of C.
H. Reichel to sell liquor at ITO Fourth
street, was referred.
The City Council has adopted a
resolution directing their Clerk to
transmit the States ten per cent.
on liquor licenses when issued, in
stead of retaining the money, proba-
bly, for years, and until demand is
made by the State Treasurer.
Our county will receive 81, $50. Al
out of the quarterly apportionment
OF school money by Superintendent
Bryan, Wednesday. King county s
share will be $50, 9O2.21, Spokane s
$28, 421. Ii and Pierce's $27, 1923. AZ
Chehalis gets $7,213.O1 and Lewis
$8,2l5.02.
The County Commissioners last
Wednesday ordered the Charles
Smith and the Churchill roads es.
tablished. and filed a petition from
residents of Mud Bay asking for va
cation of portion of the road in
that district, which was set for hear
ing March Goth.
Walter Shotwell, an old residen,
of Little Rock, has returned after &
long absence at Butte, Mont. He
is an engineer by trade, made gooC
wages while at Butte, but is not fav
orably impressed with the winters O
that country, so he has concluded Il
remain on the Sound.
William J. Mccarthy has changed
his headquarters and is now located
at 32O Clay street in San Francisco
He is of the opinion the large ma
1Ority of citizens of California will
not back down on the Japanese cues
ton. The matter might better b'
handled now than later on.
Miss Eliza Hutsinpiller, assistan
cashier in the store of the Mottmal
Mercantile Co., is again on duty afte
an unpleasant attack of Ia grippe
Miss H. is said to be very efficient !,