Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-22

not Yet prepared to believe the
States incompetent in this regard.
! TIL" reason the County Commits
SloncrS minutes do not contain the
expenditures in itemized form is.
/ We are informed because the Audi
tor is instructed by the new board to
give only Il synopsis of the amounts.
! II the taxpayer wants to know how
the county money is being expended
he is left in the dark as far as the
demonstrations of the board as pub
iiShed in the county official paper Is
concerned.
Did you hear that noise that SCUM /
ed like iusilade Of mlSketry at y.
VI. yesterday morning? That was
the grand entrcc' of the Chinese
New Year. 1t will be observed. how
ever, that while they are ahead of ms
over eleven months in entry upon q
new epoch of time. they are an hour
behind us in beating the tomtOm and
sounding the hcwgag- which. in this
instance. took the form Of explosion
Of iirc-crackcr>
Martin Scuily, as executor of the
Michael llartigan estate has filed ms
petition TO sell the southeast quarter
Of lots I and :, block I'll. Swan adj
dition. ,iartigan died in Olympia
in May. lS92, willing his property &c
his two niccrS. Bridget IiartiEan
and Mrs. Taylor of Massachusetts.
Mr. Scully for a number of years has
been paying taxes on this real estate
rather than have it become the prop
crty Of the county.
Howard CoSTrOve. son Of the Gov
ernor-elect has received definite an
nouncement from his father at PasO
Roblcs that he will (nothing pre-
venting) arrive at Olympia next
: Monday To take the oath of Office.
He will leave to-day and will proba-
bly, take the oath of office in his
private car California. which Will
immediately leave on its return to
Southern California to complete his
course of treatment as an invalid.
\ visitor from east of the noun
tains remarked, Monday. that the
wiseSt policy for our legislative body
to pursue is to formally elect t..
5. Senator. frame the appropriation
bills. resolve that three fOurthS of
matter to the State officials and the
courts to determine the laws which
shall remain in force, and then ad-
journ. Why not allow the bene-
ticiarieS of the States apprOpria-
tons make the division?
That one of our leading hotels has
Ousted ali of its regular home patrons
from quarters held for indefinite
Uong) periods, to be better able to
accommodate Legislative custom for q
limited time, may to them, prove an
improbable venture, when we con-
slider that the special daily train
opens Tacoma and Seattle for COM
petition, as well as the Inauguration
(, of the Y. NJ. C. A. Unbeatable to
legislators, the only meal that some
of them, under these conditions, may
eat at the capital.
The figures for levy of assessment
of the pavementS completed last year
have been finished by City Clerk
Dever, and will be submitted at the
next meeting of the Council: Fourth
street from Main to Jefferson the
cost per front foot was 1886, or
50. IS per square yard; from Main to
Columbia, 1894 per front foot and
50. AZ per square yard; from Column
bia to Water, sos per front foot
and 1874 per square yard. On Co.
lumbia street from Third to Fifth,
$7.1 per front foot and 3d. 5 per
square yard.
Land-slideS are not confined to
Capitol Hill. The Westside also has
considerable disintegratiOn of soil on
the steep bank that skirts the bay.
The homes of J. A. Graham and O.
B. Iverson, on the hill about block
north of thu. bridge were almost de-
molished by q slide, Tuesday. It
now seems that they will be CON-
PEELED to move the buildings to other
locations. The rainfall for "a hours
from noon Monday, was 2.52 inches,
unprecedented for many years. 1t
Is probably that the freeze which
preceded the rain is responsible for
much of this damage from land
slides.
H. C. Clay, owner of the Rapid
City Reporter. of Manitoba, was in
the city a few days ago, with his
wife and family, seeking new loca-
ton, presumably as well as a new
field for his daily" For a good
location he has only to look over the
happiness of our people and the
thrifty appearance of our daily news
papers. This is the chosen land
such as Moses sought after his long
sojourn in the wilderness. Come,
come at once; doubtless . Merg"
and q perfecting press or two might
be donated or bought cheaply. if MIR.
Clay can show that he is made from
the right kind of mud"
i Another slide, near the depot
grounds, under the bluff fronting
Capitol Hill, happened as moving
train was passing, Tuesday evening,
about $50 O'Clock. The slide hap
pened just as the engine struck soil
that had been loosened by the thaw
and rain. and the heavy machine slid
to the embankment and fell into the
bay, the coupling fortunately parting
leaving the cars On the track. An
other lucky circumstance was that
the engineer when he went down with
the locomotive, Struck mud instead
of water, and being held therein by
the ponderOus machine would have
undoubtedly been drowned had the
tide been full, as it took about half an
hour to get him from his terrible
position.
| A hOuse-warming has been planned
for the executive mansion by the
Estate Building Commission. 1t
seems the structure has cost just the