Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-17

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sewer matter before the City Coun-
Gil, on next Monday evening. Men
are at work digging q ditch from
E.astside street to Boundary, in the
alley between Fourth and Fifth
streets. A number of the property
owners in this locality think that all
sewers should be laid in alleys as far
as practicable.
Mrs. Emma DeVOe will visit this
city next week, and address the pub
lie, under the auspices of the Equality
Club, next Tuesday evening, in the
Christian church. Mrs. DeVoe is
the talented President of the State
Equal Suffrage Association, and is
one of the best speakers in the State
on that and kindred topics. The
general public are respectfully in
vited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hardman. who
were married in this city a week or
two ago, are still on the 'briny deep
of Puget Sound, making their we'd
ding trip in canoe. They camp on
shore at night and literally paddle
their own canoe by day time. Their
first stopping place was at Tacoma,
where they stayed several days with
Mrs. Bonncy, aunt of the bride, who
was formerly Miss Ethel Royal.
The powder plant of the North
western Improvement Company at
Gle Elum, exploded Yesterday, killing
eight men. The fact that one of the
victims, the general managers name
was Mead, led to the belief that pos
sibly Gov Mead had been killed.
That gentleman is in good health and
diligently employed in building his
pol teal fences. His present Occu-
patton is in swinging round the
circle.
Ed COtter. one of our Oldest and
most esteemed citizens, died at his
home on Eighteenth street, Wednes-
day morning. after a lingering i'll
ness, from stomach trouble. He
leaves a wife, two daughters and
three sons. His last hours We're
cheered by the presence of his wife
and daughters. The funeral serv-
ices were held at the family resi-
dence yesterday afternoon, under di-
rection of the Grand Army veterans,
interment being made in Masonic
cemetery.
Gov. Mead has appointed Dr. F. r.
Hogg of the State Board of Health,
Senator Will Graves of Spokane, c.
S. Reed of Walla Walla, DR.. A. p.
Calhoun. of Western Washington
Hospital for Insane, DR.. ]. H. Sem
pie, Superintendent at Medical Lake,
DR.. PenUse, President of Whitman
College; Rev. Andrew Baird of
Walla Walla, and Richard Buchanan,
of Tacoma, q Commission for the
Criminally Insane, to make sugges
geStiOns for amendments of the
Graves law as will make it effective
and satisfactory in results.
While the City Council is acting
on many petitions for improvements,
it will be well for interested parties
to look closely after those affairs
which concern them, in order to aid
wherein they wish to cooperate or
protest as they may see fit. Do not
delay. 1t is claimed by some of our
citizens that before the Council acts
on such matters it would be we'll to
have notices put up on the streets on
which the improvements are sought
to be made; that published notice
in newspaper may possibly escape
attention.
A pleasant call was made on the
STANDARD this week by Mr.. Maurice
o. Fitzmaurice, of PomerOy, attor-
ney at law and proprietor and editor
of the Garfield County Standard and
Columbia County Sentinel. He is an
affable and we'll informed gentlemen
with a slightly foreign accent, but
animated by the spirit of American
enterprise nevertheless, as may be
seen by the weight of duty and re-
sponsibility he bears. Mr.. +. is a
Republican in. politics, but not a
by no means time-server or suppliant.
George N. Drury, who had been
resident of Bush Prairie and this
city the past thirteen years, died at
his home on Dayton street, Sunday,
after lingering illness, from cancer.
He was born in Kentucky in March,
1898; removed at five to Ohio, where
he resided many years, graduated
from theological college in Cincin-
natl and became Baptist preacher
in that State and Illinois. He went
to Kansas in 1882 and came to this
State in 1894. He left four immedi-
ate descendants and 10 grandchild-
rem. Mr.. Drury was an Old-time
Mason, and the funeral services
were conducted under their auspices,
Tuesday, at the Baptist Church.
One result of the admission of such
disgusting fakirs at the DIRTY
Dora" outfit, at public celebration
has left q Shiny trail behind. Consist
ing of two men and q woman, thew sue
ceeded in enticing away a young girl,
Gladys Wilson, under the promise
that they were about to start on the
road as show in which the woman
was to execute the hula-hula dance.
At Tacoma they are reported to have
started Gladys out to pass counter
felt bills and she declared they made
indecent proposals to her which
opened her eyes to the fact that she
was on the verge of q life of shame.
The girl and r. NJ. Ellis and wife
were arrested, the confederate Gil
man escaping. They will be tried on
the charge of passing counterfeit
money.
The Board of Directors of School
District No. Al, f. H. Bloomingdale.
ChaS. Strand and Robt. M. Patton of
Rochester, met with County Treas
urer Fred. Schomber, at the court
house, few days ago, when the bid
OF the State for $1,000 bonds of the
district at par and per cent. inter.
est, was accepted, and the necessary
papers, transcript and certificate
were prepared and signed, to be SUBJ
mitted to the ATTORNEY Generals of.