Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-08-28


=. G. Grumacki was injured Tues
day 10y falling from a bridge IN
Which h, was working. a short dis
'4urn west o: this city. and for u
time it was Thought his injuries Wrr"
serious. but u day or twoat III" hu>-
p.ta. has >tr1trd that b" W.i!
soon be able 10 resume work.
August W1>e. an cntorpri>ng
rancher near Mad Bay. i erecting Il
tl'uit-drycr 10 pace ON tn" uarN't
tn fruit that ! annually wasted
from want Of means Of pu't.n- II III
durable form. 1t VIII cost him 500.
and he expects to handle several
thousand dollars worth Of the pro
/ product the coming season.
vt the intersection of Main and
Fourth streets the graders unearthcd
Il tire-ciS;ern. dug SOM quarter or Il
third ot a century ago. when Co
/ umbia ~. l. hand-cuginc was the
reliance and the pride Of our people.
The p,anking was in an excellent
state Of preservation considering the
| length Of time il had been in use.
I The Attorney General has decided
that violations of city ordinances in
cities of the Third class. can only be
heard and determined by Police
Justice and fines can only be assessed
and collected. after u trial before that
officer. From this, it would seem
that the present de tncfo Justices of
the Peace. have no jurisdiction in
city matters.
4 number of our local lawyers at
tended the sessions of the State and
American bar associations held at
Seattle this week. 1t was expected
Judge Alton b. Parker would be a
prominent figure in this gathering,
but he was unexpectedly called back
to New York. 1t is said the Judge
somewhat resembles o. V. Linn in
stature and complexion.
Mrs. Fred. Schomber was awarded
the prize at the Lyric last evening,
a cut-glasS berry dish. Another
award will be made next Thursday
night. The programme tonight and
tomorrow night will embrace. among
other things. The Brigand' s Story.
The Juggler," Do You Speak
French?" Turning the Tables, " and
the song Tale of Stroll. y
The Attorney General has decided
that registration may continue on La
Dor Day, Sept. 18th, Notwithstanding
it is holiday, if the officers wish to
keep their books open, and that sew
eral cities in the eastern part of the
State have erred in closing registry
twenty days before Primary day, as
has hitherto been required for gener-
al elections.
J. B. Benner of the Tacoma Credit
Association recently spent two days
of his valuable time in investigating
the affairs of the late Black Lake
Lumber Company. Mrs. Benner
accompanied him. At intervals they
fished in the waters of Black Lake.
Later a forest fire threatened the
cOmpany's buildings at the mill-site,
which kept all hands busy fighting
the destroying element.
Mr. Willard A. Libby, the staunch
Democrat from Gull Harbor precinct,
visited the city, recently. Generally
speaking, when Mr.. Libby comes to
town he is too busy to talk politics,
but occasionally gets in a word for
Bryan. His Socialist neighbors have
about given up their attempt at
converting him. He prefers farming
to teaching the ponderous volumes
of Marx. The Democratic national
platform is good enough for him.
The residents of school district No.
4, the McLane district, Friday voted
to divide the district into two parts,
the division line passing from the
head of the bay east. All the land
which was in district No. 4 lying in
sections Is and 20, in township 1872
west, will comprise district No.
q. the new district. The division
was desired by the people for con-
venience as part of the district was
on each side of the bay.
A demonstration of a new Ere
escape, on the Miller High School
building, last evening, was o graft
flying realization of the plan suggest.
ed by the STANDARD a year or NOR
ago, use of an inclined plane on
which people might slide from the
upper windows, with less danger
than descent by ladders or steps.
This idea has been patented by Els
worth & Carr, of Britt, Iowa. They
use long strip OF canvas as q con-
duit.
Leo Schmidt, Jr., met with serious
injury from q fall, in the Olympia
Brewing Co.'S brewery, at Salem,
where he was temporarily filling the
place of the Brewmaster, Charles
Sholl, who had taken a vacation to
the mountains a few weeks for the
benefit of his health. \ singular CO.
incidence is noted in the fact that
Mr.. S. was SO badly injured by a fall
soon after his start that he was taken
to hospital in Portland, where he
died. Fortunately Mr.. Schmidt s mis-
fortune resulted only in the fracture
of couple of bones in his foot, and he
will soon recover full use of the
member.
The Superior Court denied the ap-
plicatiOn of C.. B. Mann for a re-
straining order to stop the work of
the city in construction of new &C.
ment sidewalks on Fourth street, on
the ground that plaintiff would have
his remedy for damages should any
be proven. Troy & Sturdevant rep
resented Mr.. Mann and Bigelow 4
Manner the city. For a time, con-
siderable excitement prevailed while
Street Commissioner Weston and his
men proceeded to tear up the old
walk. The suggestion OF a wag, that
the lawyers fight it out on the prem.
Uses was Indignantly refused as I'm.