Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-02

the West Coast Advertising Bureau.
at Abcrdccn with party of friends.
paid brief visit to our city, by auto.
mobile, Monday. He is a genial.
wholc-SouIrd gentleman. and travels
with good company in up-to- date
style Mr. 10y is about as enthuSi-
aStic over Aberdeen as the average
Seattle booster is for the Queen City.
and it is just such faith as makes
cities grow. 1t is quite Il matter of
congratulation to hail from the great
est lumber city of the world.
Mr.. J. |. Lehnherr. who has for sew
eral years done a general line of ear
penter jobbing and joiner work, at his
stand. corner of Columbia and Third
streets. has added very materially to
the size of his shop and To its capac-
ity. by mStallment of various labor
saving machines operated by electric
power. for saving. planingand Shap-
ing. including a lathe. He will. by
these aids. be able to expedite work.
as well as make satisfactory prices
Mr.. l.. is an expert at his trade and
turns out nothing bnt the best work.
The Crowley Taylor gambling case
remains in Stot" q"o. The plaintiff.
Crowley. by his attorney, has moved
for Judgment of $500 on the evil
dence as demanded in the complaint
Notwithstanding the iuryS verdict
for 800. while the defendant. Tay-
Tor. asks for Il new trial on the
ground of newly discovered evidence
and other statutory reasons. 1t is
claimed by parties who pretend to
know that this litigation has already
cost the taxpayers of this county
more than the amount of the verdict
George Aver was arrested WedncS-
day evening. charged with an assault
upon little girl only eight years of
age. The accused is over 80 and las
a wife and family. Mr. Richardson,
his employer, gives him good name.
so far as he knows. Let us hope that
the infamous charge, on inveStiga-
ton, may prove untrue, as there is
no punishment too great for such Il
crime. An investigation yesterday
conducted by Prosecuting
Troy, is said not to have
developed a necessity for filing
formal charge. Its continuance to-
day will determine whether there
is any ground for prosecution.
Miss ii. Louise Patterson, who re-
Gently made a short visit with her
niece, Mrs. John d. Atkinson. has
returned to Tacoma. where Miss Pat
terson is stopping temporarily with
her niece, Miss Gertrude Walters,
while her mother and brother, Har-
old Walters. are in Southern Cali
fornia. at Pomona. visiting with the
family of William Patterson, who is
a brother of Mrs. Walters. 1t is
said Harold'S health has greatly i'm
proved since his departure for the
Southern cline, his weight increas-
ing fourteen pounds. The Walters
family have many friends in this com
and such news will be graft
flying.
Harry Ranft, Superintendent of
the Olympia Light and Power Co..
met with a dangerous us well as I'M
pleasant experience, Monday night,
while attempting to discover short
circuit in a Jefferson street light
wire. He had assembled a pole on
Fourth and Adams street, and found
a wire grounded upon a crOss-arm.
His discovery of it was simultaneous
with brilliant flash of light when
his body completed the circuit. For
tunately Mr.. Ranft was not knocked
from the pole, and a short time after
the circuit was broken, and he des-
cended somewhat unnerved but none
the worse from his unwelcOme eX-
perience.
Tuesday is said to have been the
hottest day of the year over the en-
tire western part of Washington and
Oregon. At Tacoma the mercury
reached 80 in the shade at s O'Clock
p. NJ. In Portland it rose to l02 de-
grees, and throughout the western
part of both States the temperature
ranged above 80 degrees. On Puget
Sound the ocean breeze OF from eight
to ten miles, always prevailing after
moons in Summer, aided in keeping
the column at reasonable, if not abso-
lutely comfortable temperature. The
Tacoma temperature has been eX-
ceeded only by that of July 3, 1906,
which was %, and the Portland rec
ord has not been exceeded since the
bureau was established there.
The new Corners and some of the
old ones, are utilizing our beautiful
fir in finishing their houses; varnish
taking the place of paint. Have you
ever noticed the judicious judgment
exercised by some of these new resi-
dents? Lots that have sometimes
gone begging for buyers for years,
are taken, slashed and graded. and
behold they have become the choicest
sites in the city. Our Engineer dis
covered three such lots that give
him one of the finest views of city
and harbOr. while his commodious
and tasty dwelling is o sample of
what a lovely home can be built and
finished with our Washington fir.
NO tltilDcT tilbt SIOWS Sdii pC ihooC
more beautiful and artistic. 1t stands
in the same line with cut-glass, and
a finely finished piece of the wood
gives one the same impression at
first sight.
Curte Schurtz, of TeninO, son of
the jeweler of that place, attending
the German Lutheran school in this
city, had his hand badly hurt by ex-
perimenting with o toy pistol, this
week. There being no leaden ball used
he doubtless thought there would be
no injury or pain from placing the
muzzle against his palm and pulling
the trigger. The result showed that
the old saying of there is still danger
in firearms when they are without
lock, stock or barrel, may be extended
by saying that projectile may not
be an essential for injury. Young
Schultz had the wadding passed near
ly through his hand, and the powder
burned the member in q manner that
would have been painful aside from
the lacerated flesh. The wound will
not occasion any permanent injury,
however, although it involves much