Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-10

The City Council have under con
sideration the improvement of Thir'
strict to Perrival S dock. by cemen
sidewalk on the south side and bulk
heading the north side from Colum
bia westward. and a board sidewalk
The estimated cost is placed at 81,
Al 30.
Olympia. Hoquiam, Aberdeen ant
Centralia have sent teams to contes
for supremacy at Pullman. The 10
cal High School team will be ac
companied by Prof. Kreager and vii
be represented by Hugh Schively
Will CASTOR, James Davis and LIE,
Coulter
II. Snow died at the home of hi.
son in this city, Wednesday morning
of cancer of the stomach. He came
here about year ago from Vashor
Island, where he had lived for over
~ years. The body was shipped t.
EashOn for burial, by the Multnomah
yesterday afternoon.
Geo. L. Jones has returned from
Frisco, where he has been working
in the Olympia Brewing Co. S branch
plant the past three months. Gus
Harris is still manager and they are
now i'll position to make their own
beer in place of having it shipped
there from Tumwater.
The State Bar Association have
changed their time of annual meeting
in Seattle, to probably July 18th or
18th, in order to permit it's members
to hear an address from Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks, who has arranged
his Western itinerary so as to be
in that city about that time.
June 18th has been designated as
the date for formal hearing of the
expert employed by the State Rail-
road Commission to fix the value of
the railway lines. This estimate of
the cost and valuations will constitute
the basis of appraisement for assess
ment as well as regulation of traffic
rates.
Miss Gladys Fell. after a brief
visit with her aunt, Mrs. Byron Mil
lett, returned to Tacoma last Sunday
afternoon. Her friend, Miss Hazel
Rape, Saturday evening, came here
on the boat from the City of Destiny
to return with Miss Fell. These
young ladies are fond friends and
make happy pair.
There is good news for the BOYS in
the announcement that Buster Brown
in person, is expected in a few days
by Mr.. Stevens. the shoe man, to ad-
vertise what Tige says is the best
shoe going, and Buster declares with
his whole soul that there is no joke
in that, if everything else does seem
to have funny side.
Hugh Docherty, the drayman, met
with painful accident, Sunday, from
kick of a horse, inflicting a severe
wound on the right thigh. He has
been peculiarly unfortunate of late,
as it was only about a fortnight ago
that he had his thumb broken and
wrist sprained by a rolling barrel of
cement he was hauling.
Two suits for divorce were begun
in the Superior Court Tuesday, one
by w. H. Neylon against Fanny, his
wife, for alleged desertion, and an
other by Charlotte Hartman against
J. F. T. Hartman, for non-suppOrt
and the court has been asked to
enjoin him from entering the premises
on which plaintiff lives.
Industrial training has been added
to the high-schOol course of instruc-
ton as well as of the two higher
subordinate grades, by our School
Directors, and Chas. Briffett has
been selected for manual director
and Miss Josephine Mccain as in
structor in domestic science, at SAL
aries of $95 and $50 respectively.
A Tacoma architect, says the Ad-
rertiser Or. A. B. Young's new paper)
is preparing plans for the new Pres
byterian church to be erected in this
city, to cost $40, 900 and be the fin
est Westinghouse" in Southwestern
Washington. 1t will be 30 by 80
feet in size, with a large basement,
and equipped with modern heating
apparatus.
A member of the Civic Improve
ment Club has requested us to call
attention to the want of funds for
prosecution of their work and ne
cessity of prompt payment of dues.
The club has generously opened the
door to gentlemen (for honorary
membership, we suppose) as means
of providing the motive power for all
good endeavor, the funds necessary
for successful work.
The poll parrot belonging to the
family of F. M. Montgomery who
reside on East Sixth street, took an
outing last Saturday morning. 1t
took some time to discover the where
abouts of the pet bird, but she was
finally located in one of bud. Henry s
fruit trees, where Mr.. Montgomery
climbed q ladder and returned with
the truant bird. She seemed glad
to get back into her cage again.
w. H. Kneeland has asked per-
mission of the Council to erect q
temporary structure of corrugated
iron, II by 60 feet in size, for a res.
taurant Immediately west of the Ho-
tel Kneeland, which will be replaced
with a brick annex before December.
This course is rendered necessary by
the impossibility of obtaining labor
and material for erection of the
permanent structure at the present
time. ..-...... ..- s.s...--
. The first strawberries made their
appearance in our market this week
and sold at 20 cents a box, nOtwith-
standing their immature appearance.
They were from California, and as
usual with such early products, what
little ripening that was shown had
doubtless resulted after shipment.
California cucumbers and peas have
likewise appeared. The former first
sold for quarter apiece but now, as
a concession, 60 at fifteen cents.
The City Council, Monday night,
passed the resolution to improve
Main street by paving with brick OF
asphalt, from Third to Seventh
streets, at an estimated cost of $40,
1850. Protests may be flied prior