Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-09

10Th inst. for Chicago. to attend :;
meeting Of the Supreme Court Fores
t"r> OF America. us a delegate from
the Grand Court of this State. which
convrncs in that city on Aug. 9th.
y party of eXcur SioniSts in twenty
automobiles passed through this city
| Tuesday. " r""tr for MoclipS. from
Seattle. where their occupants pro
pose to spend Il couple of weeks.
They left for Aberdeen in the after.
noon.
Samuel Whitney and W. c. Muir
ray and their wives. of Alma Neb.
arrived Monday for visit to Mrs.
Whitney $ brother. J. VI. Ncwslm.
They have been on an extended visit
in Colorado. Utah and the Pacific
States.
Mrs. j. W. Hawthorne died yeSter-
day morning at her home on East
Dayton street. aged ~ years. She
is survived 10y two sons and daugh
ter. all grown. The funeral will b,
held in the Christian Church, Sunday
afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. T. $. Clark
VIII" departed this life Monday night
was held Wednesday afternoon at
the family residence. corner of Sec
ond and Puget streets, services be-
ing conducted by Rev. f. a. La
Niolettc. Deceased is survived by Il
husband and eight descendants. two
of whom-Mrs F.. NJ. McClintic and
Mrs. J. Haupi. reside in this city
and the others in the East.
The City Council. Monday night.
determined to build the bridge across
the east arm of the bay. on Fifth
street. from Plum To Jefferson. I'M
der its own management. The csti-
mated cost by the Engineer is So, 500
but Councilman Swayne. who has in
veStigated the matter. thinks that
81. 900 will he ample to complete it.
The property owners will. of course.
be assessed for the cost. The bridge
will be 40 feet wide, and the APP
proacheS the full width of Fifth
street. 90 feet.
Erich Moleberg, lately tried in
the Justice Court for alleged infrac-
tion of the law against placing saw
Oh s. in water where fish exist, in
Talcott Lake, was cleared of the
charge, it appearing that the saw
dust was product of Il sawmil on
the lake. owned by him. but as the
lake had not been meandered. there
was some doubt as to the application
of the law to the case presented,
whose minimum penalty. the jury
thought would. under the circum-
stances, be excessive.
c. Will Shaffer appeared before the
City Council, Monday night. to pro-
test against the smoke from the
single mill near the railroad depot
waiting over the residents on Capitol
Hill. He alleged that it was a nuis-
ance to those people and to those
who visited the depot at train time,
and asked for it's abatement. 1t
may be true that the smoke may Of
fend the nostrils of the upper ten on
the hill, but very few if any have
ever experienced any discomfort from
the smoking slab-pile at the station
depot. Or at least they have not
said SO.
Rev. Henry L. Badger, in renew
ing his subscription to the STANDARD,
writes from Pomona, Cal, under
date of the Goth ult., that all that re-
lates to Olympia is of interest to him,
and particularly all that concerns
st. Johns church and her people, of
which he was rector several years.
He further writes: Il am glad to
note the constant improvement of
the city as reported by you. While
| am becoming quite an enthusiastic
admirer of Southern California, |
have never seen any place whose
natural beauty compares with that
of Olympia.
The building law as amended by
the City Council and passed at the
last session, is intended to overcome
the main objections of the Mayor, by
including more territory within the
fire limits, which section reads: Be-
ginning at the middle OF Fifth and
Jefferson streets, west on Fifth to
franklin: south on Franklin to Sew
enth; west on Seventh to Main;
north on Main to Sixth; west on
Sixth to Columbia; north on Column
bia to Second; east on Second to
Washington; south on Washington
to Third; east on Third to Jefferson
and south on Jefferson to Fifth.
Only half a dozen people turned
out last night to attend a so-called
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce and consider an advertising
proposition from the Sunset Magazine
the organ of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. Probably it was
considered that the plan sugges tee
for securing immigration IL by q
roundabout way, and that former
experience in advertisingo only brought
inquiries from the curious or those
wanting subsidies for what benefits
they might confer far beyond the
ability of our people to bestow. II
might be well, however, to accord al
propositions a candid hearing.
| The City Council by vote o.
three to two, only five Councilmer
being present Monday night, adopt
ed a resolution, introduced by Coun
Gilman Mackay, declaring it to bt
the sense of that body that the Stat
Sunday closing law should be re
pealed. Like the Pope's bull againS
the comet, however, it will be seer
that it grasps only the tail of tn
proposition: AS an expression O
the Council the vote stands anl!
three to seven, and as the Council
men are sworn to support the Stat
law until it is judicially set aside, W
cannot see wherein results may b.
expected from O measure which onl,
serves to show where the tire
Councilmen stand, individually.
Contractors seem to be exceeding
ly 10th to accept any of the stree
improvement contracts offered b,
the city, and the Main street ant
Third street contracts have gOn
begging for bids. The Council, Mon