Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-12-27

~ NV yum Hoii'iile iN' dates
>t"r" on Fourth street. H. fell on
III" back of his head, rendering him
S'n>elcSS. and he still remains in
that condition as We 20 to press.
Thomas Is. Pollard. Il w,ll-knnwn
resident of this county. died at home
near Grlm. Tuesday. after Il brief
Illness of pneumonia He is sur
vivrd 10y his wife and two children. a
girl of five wears and a boy three
years old The funeral WAS held
yesterday.
olympia Lodge No. |. +. and \. W..
have elected officers for the ensuing
year Il, follows Worshipful Master.
F. Co. I}akcSlre: Senior Warden.
VIM. Num-: Junior Warden, c. A.
Burr: Treasurer II. W. Smith; Sec
rotary. Roht MARI: Tyler and JAM
tor nf Masonic temple. r. NJ. Cole
I,uht Doragh and Fred. Stocking
were, initiated into the mysteries of
the order at the same meeting.
Capt. Peterson of the tug E>tclla.
WAS for Il snort time naroonrd.
Christmas day. on Il drifting il,mt
house. which got away while he WAS
rrpliring a S,.ow al Prr,'ival : dock,
and driftcd down the bay. The
launch Lark hove in sight, but
passed by without lending assist
ance. and rescue was finally affected
by the Mutnonah which came along
and picked mp the captain from his
unpleasant position.
| BY the way. what has become of
| the prosecution against the owners
of " iirc-traps." who have persist
emily ignored the orders OF the mu-
nicipality for institution of lawful
tirc-eScapcS? If we are not in error,
the N..rs has that matter in charge
and one of its owners is member OF
the Council. who issued an ultimatum
that they must be provided or the
owners made to suffer the consc-
qucnccs.
Tuesday the County Auditor is
sued marriage licenses to the fol-
lowing couples: c. II. Steele and
NJ. l.. Abcrncthy, August Carlson
and Marie Backland. of Olympia; ].
A. Kosher Tacoma. Edna Il. Payton
Olympia; j. q. Eshorn and Mrs.
Nellie Daley. OF Gate; III. a. Van
Armitage and Anna G. Lewis. OF Sc
attic; l.. r. Evans Niagara Falls, N.
Y. Eva Nj. Cook. Olympia; Geo. II.
Gibbs and Margaret d. Hull, OF Ia
coma.
brighton Park Grange elected the
following officers at Il meeting held
Saturday: Master. r. A. Roberts;
Ovcrseer, c. a. Wiley: Lecturer,
G. J. Olney; Steward, w. X. TrOs-
per; Assistant Steward, H. Elliott;
Chaplain, Mrs. f. Snow; Treasurer,
A. ". Jones; Secretary, Arthur G..
West; Gate Keeper, J. S. Trosper;
Ceres, Mrs Nina j. Olney; Pomona,
Miss Jessie Lee; Flora, Miss Winnie
Elliott; Lady Assistant Steward,
Miss Gladys Wilson.
A telegram from Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, announced the sudden
death of Mrs. f. NJ. Canaday of this
city, from pneumonia. Mrs. Cana
day was well and favorably known
and her demise will be a great shock
to her many friends in this COM
munity, where she has resided many
years. Mr.. Canaday was on his way
there, but she died before his arrival.
She is survived her by husband and
three children. The body will be
: brought here for interment.
Attorney J. w. Robinson has been
suspended for the term of six months
in the Supreme and other courts OF
this State. for use of improper criti-
cism of the motives of our members
of the Supreme Judges in passing
upon the appeal of Marie Carrau,
in the matter of the estate of John
Sullivan, deceased. By reason OF
the Judges retraction of the Of
fensive language, no order OF dcbar-
ment was made, nor could the
: court dismiss the matter with mere
reprimand, in view of his long eX-
perience at the bar.
The writer was pleased this week to
, receive a visit from John Alexander
: of Kent, who with his wife is on visit
to relatives at the GuibersOn home.
Mr.. A. was, as a boy, an associate OF
4 the writer in 1852, when they played
} among the stumps Of the tract OF
/ land which now constitute the bust
ness streets of our city. Mr.. A. is q
few years older than his chum, but
the present meeting turned back the
! pages of memory to a period when
the hardships OF frontier life were
lost in the exuberant joys of youth,
F, and many long-forgotten incidents
D were recalled in the review of past
I memories.
The STANDARD had a pleasant call
l Tuesday, from Billy Esling, proprie-
, tor of the Rossland (B. c. Miner,
r who is over on a visit to his many
: friends here and elsewhere, and
especially to his mother at Tacoma,
for whom he has all the love of a
dutiful son. Mr.. Esling has notable
characteristics of successful news
o paper man in an eminent degree, and
we are pleased to learn that the
Miner is an assured success and his
: business fOurishing. Billy was city
: editor of tho Olympian, of this city,
e many years ago, and during his
a service the local field was never
better filled.
t. The News reports that Mrs. Fitz-
: simmons. of the Golden Rule Lodg.
:; ing House, formerly known as the
Opera Exchange, one door east Of
the theater, on Fourth street, fell
/ into the bay, by stepping upon a
' loose plank In the wharf adjoining,
: and was with difficulty eXtricated
b while clinging to O pile, Monday
morning. According to the report,
the owners of the wharf refused to
make repairs, and it was while she
was doing some work of the kind that
a whole section gave way, precipitat-
ing her into the cold water of the bay,
about ten feet in depth, and render
e