Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-15


Valentines day and Chimes" New
Year. And Washington 5 birthday
is only Il week Oft.
]. I. Thackcr is threatened with
an attack of the grip. The Lord is
no rcspecter of persons. the right
cons. wicked great and small suffer
| alike. according to the divine decree.
The. latest victims of the grip are
Mrs. y. :. Porter, Mrs. c. j. Peter
son. Capt. J. &. Parker. Miss Jessie
Everett, Miss Ethel Coulter. Miss
| Mary West and Miss Grace Wellman.
The past week the weather has
been ideal, except perhaps few de-
grees too cold for perfect comfort.
The sun has cast his benign rays
upon Mother Earth and the buds are
swelling.
The Senate has concurred in the
House amendment to the knlckcr-
booker resolution for investigation OF
the Land Commissioners Office. The
amendment serves to secure report
by March lst.
Harry C. KANT has filed a suit for
divorce in the Superior Court, from
Nancy Ranft, who is now in Skag-
way, alleging desertion. They were
married in his city in 1892. There
are no children,
Mrs. L. Grant Talcott is recover
ing from an unpleasant spell of grip.
Mr.. Geo. N. TalcOtt's attack of the
same complaint is yielding slowly to
treatment. Whom the Lord loveth,
He chaSteneth."
1t is reported that Principal F.
f. Glenn and teacher Miss Lena Leon
ard, of the Tumwater schools, are ill
with the mumps, and in consequence
school was adjourned yesterday for
an indefinite period.
Senator Piles has written the
Chamber of Commerce that it will be
impossible to secure a harbOr APP
preparation this year, unless the city
makes a better showing that COM
mercial needs require it.
Mr.. J. w. Crawford and his son,
Beverly, have discontinued their law
Office in this city and moved to Be-
attic, where the son has formed a
law partnership with E. H. Kohlhase,
with offices in the Oriental building.
Two savages were fined $27 Mon
day, by Justice Giles, for being
drunk on Sunday. Whether the
violation of sanctity of the Sabbath
had anything to do with the severity
of the punishment or not, we can
only conjecture.
George Scofeld, q former towns
man and esteemed citizen of Olympia
in years agone, who now resides in
Tacoma and is prosperous, staid in
this city over Sunday. He remarked
while here that more railway track
age in the Sound country has become
q necessity.
A preliminary meeting OF the State
Board of Finance, consisting OF the
Governor, the Auditor and the Treas
urer was held Wednesday. The clerk
ship of the new board seems to be
drifting towards William Num-, who
is at present filling the position of
County Clerk.
Mrs. J. A. Murch died Sunday
night, at the family residence on
Washington and Nineteenth streets,
after an illness of two years. She
leaves husband and adopted daugh-
ter. She was buried Tuesday, Rev.
Walter S. Crockett of the Christian
Church officiating.
| Mr.. J. R. Grant, who recently
leased his residence property, has
gone to Tacoma to reside with his
daughter, Mrs. Hattie De Long
When he departed the old gentle
mans physical frame was consider
ably debilitated, caused by overworh
in disposing of his household furni
: ture and personal effects.
James Billideau, for many years
foreman of the Mack Logging Co,
, near Elma, and Mrs. Emma Cam
, eron, of Tacoma, were united ir
marriage in the Mitchell Hotel par
lors, Saturday night. The bride is 9
, daughter of Alex. McDougall, a mill
man of Tacoma. The newly married
couple will reside in this city.
, Gov. Mead has granted another
conditional pardon. This one is t.
Frank Ladhoff, sentenced to fiv'
years for obtaining money under
- false pretenses. The conditions i'm
; posed are that Ledhoff shall not g
outside of the State; shall live will
and support his wife and family ant
: that the pardon shall be revOkabl
y at the will of the Governor.
George G.. Ashley died Wednesda.
at his residence south of Tumwater
He was born in Sylvania, BradfOrt
county, Pa, in 1887. He came t.
t this State in 1873 and settled on hi
present farm. He is survived by
d son and daughter, the former beinl
e engaged in business at Tumwate
h and the latter is the wife of Rober
Davies, of Bucoda. The funeral wa
}. held yesterday.
u Rainier Chapter Daughters of tn
% American Revolution, through Mrs
Eliza Ferry Leary, of Seattle, chair
n man of q special committee, has ur
n dertaken to raise money for statu
% of Washington, to be placed on tn
campus of the State University.
d subscription from the school childre
}, of the State will be taken on the %
:, inst, the contribution in each cas-
not to exceed five cents.
l. The Gregg Congressional Appol
a tionment bill, which passed the Hous
ct yesterday, provides a district con
posed of the counties of Island, King
e. San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish an
TO Whatcom; the I'd district of Cheh;
er lis, Clallam, Clarke, Cowlitz, Jeffel
son. Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific
~ Pierce, Thurston and Wahkiakun
81 and the Sd, Adams, Asotin, Benton
~ Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferr!
Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas, Kick