Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-06-07

-. DtOokS vi tIliS Guy, ana MIS-
Matte letters of Shelton, were unite
IN wedlock, Tuesday afternoon, b
Rev. E. L. Swick of the Baptis
Church.
The STANDARD is the best adver
Using medium in ThurstOn county
Many new names are weekly bein.
added to its extensive list of sub
Scribers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Cowles hav,
returned from their trip to Canada
where they have been sojourning fo
some time for improvement of Mrs
C.'s health.
A $3.50, 900 sawmill is contemplatei
for Mcintosh. a small station on tn,
Northern Pacific road. near Tenino
by A. p. Perry, George Dysant an(
&. 5. Gilchrist.
The City Council buried the propo
sition to widen Fourth street at its
session Monday night, by adopting
the committee recommendation that
no action be taken.
1t has been decided that the an.
nual meeting of National Railroad
commissioners will be held in Wash.
ington, d. c., Oct. 9Th, instead of in
Seattle next month.
Miss Frances LightfOot, an esti-
mable young lady, formerly of this
city, and Mr.. Dudley Green, a Sc
attic druggist, were united in mar
riage at Bellingham, Wednesday.
The greater part of the enactments
of the last Legislature were without
the emergency clause making them
Immediately operative, and will be-
come laws June 18th, Wednesday.
The new Harrison mill, on West
side, will begin operations next
week. 1t is owned by the Capital
City Lumber Co., consisting of w.
J. Bryan, Harvey Martin and E. A.
Lundeen.
The Chief of Police reports rs ar
rests for the month of May. This
includes the Weary Willies, who
were guilty of no greater offense
than dropping in to test the hOspi-
tality of the capital city.
There will be no street-car service
next Sunday, owing to the necessity
for repairs at the power-house. All
power, light and railway service will
be suspended between 6 o'clock A. NJ.
and Z O'Clock P. NJ. on that day.
Henry Wood, the well-driver has
struck a good flow of water in the
rear of the Kneeland hotel at a depth
of 1O5 feet. He is now driving q we'll
for Mr.. J. A. Hunt on his property
on Second near Washington street.
The new gas company should not
lose time to begin its work these fine
Summer days. The ground is in
condition for excavation,
the days are long and there can be
no interruption from rain or frosts.
1t seems that Justice Giles is going
right on with the city business as
magistrate, although it
is not yet judicially known which
one of the three presumptive Justices
of the Peace holds q legal tenure of
the office.
Prof. Daniel Setchfield and Miss
Myrtle Quarry, both of this city, were
married last Saturday, at Moclips.
The Professor has been a teacher in
the public schools the past two years
and Miss Quarry has been a profess
sional nurse.
George G. Israel, accompanied by
his wife, will leave Seattle by the
Alaskan boat sailing this evening
for Juneau, an imperative call by
clients for his presence having been
received by him. They will be alb
sent about three weeks.
The dog licenses brought 1925 to
the City Treasury, according to re-
port submitted to the Council Mon
day night. Delinquent tax collec-
tons reported at the same meeting,
aggregated 1901. 36, and fines for the
month of May amounted to $446.
The City Council Fire and Light
have contracted with the
Gorham Rubber Co. for 500 feet of
fire-hose of the Amazon brand, a
double cotton cased hose, guaranteed
to sustain heavy pressure for six
years service. at 80 cents q per foot.
Joseph M. Cunningham, o lad II
years Of age, died last night at his
home on Eastside, from injuries sus-
tanned by q fall several weeks ago,
while playing football. The injury
was to the spine, and he was bed
ridden until death relieved him of his
sufferings.
C. G. Aspinwall, Secretary of the
State Board of Control, has been ap-
pointed by that body custodian Of
the State Capitol from the 18th inst.
when the law placing that building
under charge Of the Board Of Con-
troll passed the last Legislature be-
comes operative.
The Felt franchise for an inter-
urban line from Tacoma, did not
come up for final action by the Coun-
Gil, Monday night, as an agreement
had not yet been reached for the
route of entrance to the city. That
matter will probably be decided upon
by the next meeting.
Phil Vincent has just completed o
neat little gasoline boat for Roy Hug
get. It is about thirty feet long
and six feet beam, nicely finished with
oak. The engine is six-horse- power
and was built by Robert Allen, the
well-known young machinist of West
Fourth street.
The Main street paving ordinance
went over till next meeting Of the
Council, after q spirited discussion
upon determining the best way to
make the Light and Power Company
pay part of the expense. 1t seems,
however, that the legal aspects OF
the case required more time for
thorough consideration, hence the
delay.
It has been arranged that the first
of the series of auto races for the
Grigg cup will be run on the 10th,
starting from Tacoma at l P. n. and
ending at the Mitchell Hotel, this
city. Twenty entries have already
been made. The cup is ON exhibition
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