Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-04-12

of this city. and Mrs. Hazel Pocheln
of Kansas City. Mo. were united i
marriage here. Saturday. Rev. w. 5
Crockett officiating.
]. \. Noble has been in the cit
during the week. Mr.. Noble ha
valuable property interests in Thurs
ton county and thinks our future i:
bright with promise.
Roy Huggctt. after two weeks
absence in Eastern Washington, ha
returned to his home on Westsidc
He reports Il rapid development O
that section of country.
W. W. JcffcricS and wife. of Tcnino
were in the city during the week
looking at different residence lOca
tiOnS. expecting to build and NOV,
here. They will be welcome.
a school district in Asotin county
has disposed of its $40. 900 bonds tC
the State School fund, the issue hav
ing been approved by the Board o.
Finance and Attorney General.
The Oregon and Montana Railroad
Commissioners have been in session
with our State Commission this week
and will leave for a trip down the
Sound by launch this afternoon.
Mrs. Allen Mcintosh, of Tumwater,
has returned from Milwaukee, where
she has spent the winter. Mr.. NJ.
who is attending the Brewers school
in that city will be home in May.
James Heinrich, aged ten years,
died last Friday, at his parents
home. on Westside, of heart trouble.
The funeral rites were conducted by
Rev. Walter S. Crockett, Monday.
Walter f. Mitchell and Elvira C.
Tyler were united in marriage last
Wednesday evening. by Rev. F. A.
La ViOlette, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Fl. Phipps, on East Fourth
street.
During the early part of the week
Mrs. Cora Williams, with a friend.
came over from Seattle to visit with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Saun-
derS. and her children Bonita and
Johnnie.
Former policeman, J. w. Query
has recently been afflicted with a few
of Jobs cOmforters, which were far
from being agreeable visitors. The
Lord occasionally chaStenS him whom
He loves.
A communication of sentence has
been granted by Gov. Mead to Frank
NJ. Lawson, sentenced from King
county to a years. term for larceny,
to eight months. He is only Is years
years of age.
T. c. Crook and Miss Eliza Hutsin-
pillar were united in marriage yes
terday by Rev. f. L. Switch, pastor
of the Baptist Church. The bride
has been assistant cashier at Mott
mans store.
David Faults has resigned as Over
seer at the Poor Farm and J. w.
Milliron has contracted to care for it
till March of next year, charging $l5
per month for each inmate main
tanned by him.
Our County Treasurer and Com
are planning to fund out
standing warrants by an issue of
bonds at a lower rate of interest.
They amount, with interest, approx
imately to 500, 1000.
Charles Gillette, who operates the
linotype on the Wympian, met with
a painful accident, Wednesday night.
by a jet of molten metal striking him
in the eye. The injury will not, how
ever, be a permanent one.
William Hartman has been an
pointed Supervisor by the County
Commissioners to fill the vacancy
caused by resignation of Chas. H.
Pridham, who has moved from the
Yelm district to Gle Elum.
T. B. Moulton, of South Union,
died last Friday at his home, where
he had been a resident the past score
of years. He was 80 years of age.
Three sons and daughter survive.
His wife died about ten years ago.
After an absence of some three
weeks Mr.. Peter Mckenzie, our
sturdy pioneer friend, has returned
from Tacoma to his home at Mud
Bay. While absent he was serving
his country as q petit juror in the
United States court.
1t is reported that C. Will Shaffer,
State law librarian, has appointed
LOnsberry as his assistant,
at salary of 81, 900 per annum. The
young man, up to the time of his ap-
pointment, was q stenographer EN-.
ployed in the Office of Troy & Falk-
nor, lawyers.
One vexed question may be con-
sidered as definitely settled, and
that is the horse is a more intelligent
animal than the dog. At least that
was the verdict of the judges who de-
termined a debate of Sixth grade
students of the Lincoln school, on
Wednesday evening.
One of our business men, who re-
Gently made a purchase of valuable
real estate in this city, had his rental
raised ten dollars per month. His
landlord thought he was so prosper
GUS, he could stand the raise. The
tenant pronounced this a case Of
economic determinism."
James A. Hildebrand, our Fourth
street merchant, has obtained q
patent for the propulsion of q car or
vehicle both upon land and in the
water. AS it proceeds upon the land
it lays down its own track which il
carries along. The wheels while in
the water serve the purposes of pad
dies.
Young Kegley, II he has been ''sus-
pended for q time from studies at
the High school, ranks very high as
an athlete, and came very nigh de.
feating the school team in the record
he made for the Athletes, their COM
petitors, of two to-one for points OF
his colleagues, in the game played
Wednesday.