Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-24

-fll'lh nome onlN lG't'r a lew DAYS
longer restraint.
Ii. y. Io)mkman has begun suit
in the Superior Court to recover tn,
5000 promised by G. d. IIillman /,
the first child born at Boston FIar
hrr \ daughter was born tn hi-
W.t, ia c"utornan,'" with that couii
liun Dec. 7th. and Ililman refuses I,
comply with the promise.
Tuesday evening. Olympia .tcri,
No. u. f'ratcrnal Order of Eagles,
entertained Il number OF the TENN"
birds in Il charming manner. 1t is
said that not the least enjoyable f'l-
lures of the OCCASION were. SOLOS hy
CarStrn tI"lthusrn and =. ". Fen
ton. Hrfrr>lm"nt, were served.
The funeral services Of Jasper
Clark. who died Sunday. We're con
ductcd by Rev f. l.. Looms, Tues
day. at the Whiir>id,' undertaking
parlorS. and the next day the body
was cntranri for Lancaster. y. Y,
where il will hr buried. II was AZ
companird by his son, r.. O. Clark
The Department OF Commerce is
SUES the gratifying information that
Puget Sonnd exported more flour
during the year 200 than any other
custom house district. excepting only
New York. The total exports from
the Sound for the year was 2.60S. 29u
barrels. representing value of -,
pa, 635.
GOV. Mead. Wednesday. honorcd Il
rcuuisition from Gov. Chamberlain,
of Oregon, for Percy Church, want
ed at Salem. for assault with intent
to rob, being held at Tacoma. He
also made Il requiSition on the Gov
ernor of Montana for the return of
Minor I. Brown. wanted ut Tacoma
for grand larceny.
At the meeting of Pomona Grange.
Tuesday afternoon. in X. of p. hall.
the following were elected members
of the Executive Committee: A. W.
Jones, K. II. Carpenter of Valentine
Grange. Joshua Banner of Bush
Prairie Grange, and +. a. Roberts of
Brighton Park Grange. The next
quarterly meeting will be held April
l4th.
The funeral of James Nj. Mont
gomery. who died of consumption in
California recently. where he had
gone in the hope of improving his
health, was held Wednesday after
noon in the Christian Church. Rev.
W. S. Crockett officiating He was
20 years old, a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. NJ Montgomery of Summit. His
illness dates from last October.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reidt, of
Portland, announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Juliette, to
Franklyn O. Eates. The marriage
will take place in February. This is
of local interest from the fact that
Mr.. Reidt formerly resided in Olym-
pia where he conducted a bakery.
He is now prominent capitalist of
Portland. The bride to-be was born
in this city.
A movement is on foot for an extra
patrol officer to have charge of the
business part of town at night, to
report fires, protect property and do
all that he can for maintaining its
welfare, while its owners are on their
daily pilgrimage to Dreamland. The
suggestion is well received and Capt.
Bremen seems to be favored for night
custodian. He will serve for a
stipend of $75.
Charles Phillips, a logger, was
found last Saturday, lying dead in
the road near Ballow, on Hartsteiu
Island. 1t is thought that death was
caused by epileptic fits, to which de-
ceased was subject, and that, being
alone when attacked by that malady,
while on his way to Tacoma, where
he told his friends he intended to go
that morning. The body was brought
to this city for interment.
Councilman Meays has introduced
an ordinance raising the liquor IL
cense fee to $1,000, and one requir-
ing saloons to close at midnight and
not reopen till 5 o'clock A. NJ, Or
after that hour. They were referred
to the License Committee along with
the ordinance introduced several
weeks ago by Councilman Mackay
for government of saloons. The re-
port of the committee will of course
open the whole question in all its
Mrs. p. c. Hale, OF whom our
older residents are always pleased to
hear good reports, is now living in
San Diego, Cal, at 1850 Robinson
avenue. She has builta cosy cottage
for permanent home, in that pretty
city with a delightful climate. She
writes: "Our winter rains have
not yet set it, and farmers are be-
ginning to feel some uneasiness in
consequence. Wish we could swap
some of our sunshine for some Of
your rain"
Ray Rogers and Miss Elitha Tate
Henry were united in marriage Tues
day, at the residence of the bride S
father, D. S. B. Henry, on East
side, by Rev. Kingsley Norris, of
the Congregational Church. The
young people are native-born resi-
dents of our city and there are hosts
of friends to wish them happiness and
prosperity. After brief trip down
the Sound they will take up their
residence at Aberdeen, where the
groom is engaged in business.
Several days of delightful sunshine,
this week, has somewhat mitigated
the gloom cast by the dark clouds,
surcharged with rain, which served
to reduce the deficit of the last
months of Fall, in the first part of
the present month. There is con-
siderable force In the old lady's
prayer for rain which was followed
by downpour. In her next petition
she modified the request by suggest
ing just what was wanted, as follows:
20, Lord, don send too much rain;
just enough, a sozzle-sozzle as it
were. ;"
1t turns out that Health Officer
Kincaid was somewhat premature in