Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-03-29

Wednesday evening, at EpwOrtf
/ hall. Mrs. Irene Smith, of Tacoma
delivered an address on Socialism to
an attentive audience. The lady
i spoke for nearly two hours, explain
| ing the injustice and inequalities OF
the wage system. Some of the hear
ers remarked that they missed the
singing of Miss Pearl Smith, but
! hoped she will be on hand on this
evening at Rabeck' 5 hall, when D..
Burgess holds forth, to sing the
Ninety and Nine" At the close
of the meeting a collection was
taken. the speaker passing the hat
and a nice little sum was realized.
1t is reported that an assault,
somewhat like the Wrinkle sensation,
happened last week to Ole Johnson,
head cellar at the brewery. The
story told is that while going home
from work at night, he received a
deep cash in the hip from a knife
thrust of an assassin, which re-
quired several stitches from sur
geon's needle to close. The affair, it
was claimed, was kept secret for
several days, SO as to induce the be-
lief of the wOuld-be murderer that
he was not being pursued, after the
plan of the ostrich's head-in-the-
sand method, but in this instance to
deceive the pursued instead of the
purSuer.
Samuel Lancaster. the govern
ment consulting good roads expert,
will accompany Gov. Mead and the
Board of Control on their itinerary
OF the State next month, and will
thus hold road meetings in the cities
and towns represent ted under excep-
tionally favorable auspices. The fol-
lowing dates have already been ar
ranged: Walla Walla, April 9th, 9th;
State College, Pullman, 9th and 9th;
Hospital for the Insane, Medical
Lake, 10th and 18th; State Normal
School at Cheney, 18th; State Fair
at Yakima, 18th and 14th; State
Normal School, Ellensburg, 18th;
State University, Seattle, 18th; State
Normal School, Bellingham, Goth and
21st; Everett, 22d and 23d, in con-
nection with the site in Snohomish
county for the Reformatory.
The big safe of the brewery company
at Tumwater, used only for books, pa
pers and stamps, and never kept
locked by the outer. combination,
which was accidentally thrown on.
Monday, while Mr.. Schmidt was alb
sent from town, and the employees
have been ever since trying to dis
cover the combine by repeated trials
OF possible letters to operate the
pawls, which seems quite discourag-
ing when it is demonstrated that
over a billion eight hundred million
possible succession of letters may be
used before reaching the right one.
To add to the discomfort, the rev.
enue stamps needed for the beer
kegs were snugly stored away in the
burglar-proof receptacle, and those
who cannot get along without their
modicum of Tumwater water" are
becoming apprehensive of having to
go on short rations of their favorite
beverage.
The action of the Land Commits
sioner in refusing the application of
c. D. Hillman, of Seattle, a land
Spectator, for purchase of a seven
mile strip of tide-land, extending
from Dofilemyer's Point to the
mouth of the Nisqually river, will
be highly commended. The reasons
are not stated, but we think this is o |
proper matter for the exercise of dis
cretion by the Commissioner, aside
from any specific objection. The
public lands have already been al
lowed to pass into the hands of land
grabbers with too great freedom,
constituting it monopoly that re-
suits in many ways to the loss of the
people, as the instance now afforded
Of high prices of lumber and wood,
amply shows. Our public lands
should be accorded as far as possible,
in small tracts to people who will
make personal use of them and de-
velop such resources through them
IS for which they may be adapted.
The Hillman application is said to
have covered practically all the tide
lands of the State in this county, re-
naming untransferred, on the east
shore of the Sound-except in this
harbor-including South Bay, Mes
qually and Puget City.