Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-08

fd- ~ afNl\d- next Week.
=. r. Brown /, in the city from
Portland
A. f.. Young. a prominent either
q Little Rock, j. seriously i'll.
The Teachers examination will b,
held in the ODD Fellows building
beginning on the lIth inst.
Tcnino and Grand Mound are I,
erect new school-hou,es to meet til,
increasing demand for room.
Considerable rain has fallen at in
tervals the past week. and high
winds have prevailed at times.
The people of Summit are already
making preparations for Il celebra-
ton of the 4th of July, by putting up
hall for dancing
Ulysses Fisher. formerly Of Spring
field. Ohio. has bought a 1OO-acre
tract near Black Lake, and will make
it home for himself and family.
VIM. Kittinger. who is said tc
hail from Centralia. was arres TED
Monday for his queer actions, and is
being held for trial as TO his sanity
Eggs ROW sell at Ia 10 - cents
per dozen; butter at - to - cents
per roll: potato' $, at 50 cents per
hundred ana tlovr at $l.23 per sack
f,ni, Martensen is about to erect a
fine bungalow residence in the Mott
mon addition on West Fifteenth
street, to cost between $4,000 and
$1,000.
The Christian Church Sunday
School of this city captured the ban
ner at the late Convention held in
Seattle for the largest attendance OF
any Sunday school in this county.
ST. Johns church have elected the
following vestrymen: c. NJ. Bolton,
}. NJ. Hit, T. d. Rockwell, John d.
Atkinson and ]. N. Dezendorf. Two
vacancies will be filled hereafter.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Junk, of Iowa,
on visit to relatives here have pur-
chased property on Ninete enth and
Main streets, for home. They like
our climate better than that to the
east of us.
The May docket of the Supreme
Court is one of the largest recorded
in its history consisting of SO cases.
The term opens on the 18th inst.
The direct primary case is first on
the docket.
Olympia Lodge of Odd Fellows has
elected the following officers for the
next term: Noble Grand, l. H.
Good; Vice Grand, L. J. Morrison:
Secretary, T. D. Young; Trustee, R.
NJ. Drewry.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Price cele.
brated their wooden wedding at their
home at Tumwater, last Sunday
afternoon. About 81 friends and
relatives were present and an ex-
cellent dinner was served.
Street Commissioner Weston states
that there were $50 loads of rubbish
removed from the streets and alleys
during the "cleaning-up week." GOV.
ering an area of 60 by 100 feet to the
height of about eight feet.
H. 7. Jones, Chairman of the
State Board of Control, has sold his
farm near Buffers Cove to J. E.
Britt, accepting in the settlement
two small houses on East Bay ave
nue. and garden tract near the city
Pearl c. Phillips, an engineer p
years of age. who lived near Plum
Station, died last Saturday of ca
tarrhal troubles. He leaves wife
and two children. The funeral was
conducted by Mr.. Whiteside, Mon
day.
The "Blinn Block" at the summit
of Capitol Hill, on Main street, has
been enclosed by a board fence tc
accommodate the several tented
shows and booths that will make the
Eagels' Carnival a red-letter day in
the pages of memory.
Fred w. Lewis organized, this
week, Grange with "a members, al
Porter, in Chehalis county, to be
known as Union Center. Last Sat
urday he organized a Grange al
Orilla, in the White River country
the first in King county.
The State Board of Control has
bought 200 cords of wood at 50. x
per cord of ANDY Conant. Last yeal
the State paid 81 per cord, and that
may possibly change the determine
ton OF installing oil burners under
the boilers as matter of economy.
Little Katharine De Friest was
the winner of the huge Teddy Bear
in Brad Hills window. Her guess
OF the number of capsules in q jal
was 1919, and the actual number
LOO. If she continues to be as apt
in guessing, it may serve her many 9
good turn in life.
Bige Eddy has sold his print-shol
to John Parsons, a venturesomt
printer who seems unable to see thai
print-shOpS now exist in Olympic
like radishes, by the bunch. A lit
tie experience will, however, doubt.
less prove an apt teacher, as it ha.
to the former owner.
They are to have some crack shoot
ers at the Eagles Carnival, by tn.
Randells. One of the party will be
disrobed by shooting his buttons off
and another stunt" is musica
fusilade in which tune will be
played upon chime of bells by bull
lets from their rifles.
Frank L. Weston returned Sun.
day from q visit to his old home in
Greene, Iowa. He states that win
ter weather still prevails there, be.
ing quite cold, with several inches
OF snow on the ground. He is glad
to get back where he can enjoy our
beautiful Spring weather.
The Equality Club, Tuesday even
ing, elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, Miss
Bernice Sapp; Vice President, Miss
Frances Sylvester; Recording Sec
rotary, Miss Beatrice McHenrv
corresponding Secretary, Mrs. NJ.
r.. Oades, and Treasurer, Mrs. Lena