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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07
The hoffman Grade Controversy.

Judge Mitchell denied the applica-
ton for temporary restraining Or
der in the case OF Geo. A. hoffman
VS.. the City of Olympia, relating to
the changing of the grades abutting
his real estate on the corner of Wash
ingtOn and Sixth streets, because the
contract for the improvement had al
ready been let to the Mills Brothers.
The court did not feel inclined on the
face of the record to go into the
question of the city's financial stand
ing in order to ascertain whether
Olympia is beyond the constitutional
limit respecting its indebtedness,
and therefore was without authority
to incur additional obligations, and
held that courts did not enjoin acts
already done. Messrs. Troy and
Sturdevant, attorneys for Mr.. Mott
man propose to make the contractors
mills Brothers. additional parties,
defendant, and renew the legal bat
tie. Mr. hoffman also claims he
will suffer considerable damage by
reason of the proposed alteration of
grade, in that he adjusted his side
walks according to the then existing
grade, which he at the time con-
tended was too low, but the city
would not listen to his complaints,
His attorneys at the hearing cited
authorities from the Supreme Court,
that change of grade to the detri.
ment of an AUDITING property owner
laid the city liable in damages. lie
has no disposition to stop improve
ments, but he thinks his legal rights
should be considered and respected
by our municipal authorities, being
heavy taxpayer and having always
been anxious to assist in promoting
the general welfare of Olympia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

IT is announced that the case
against Ortis Hamilton for embez
element. forgery and perjury, will tt
accorded to Attorney Wilson, prose
cutOr for this county. Judge ]. w
Robinson will have the difficult task
of defense. Hamilton carries his
nerve with him, and seems to take
delight in the big ground-swell he
has raised. though it be in the turgid
waters of a ceSspOOl.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

REWARD ASKED FOR BRAVE GIRL.
"A Carnegie medal has been asked
for a girl HEROINE who, in a shirt
factory in Chicago, rescued a work
man from fearful death while being
crushed by powerful machinery.
Her name is Marguerite A. Lacey,
and when she saw the mans peril
and the terror-stricken apathy that
had befallen a number of spectators,
she seized the victim by q leg and
pulled him out from the remorseless
cogs that were slowly drawing him
to certain death and then grabbed a
bar and threw the belt from the main
shaft. When the danger was over,
woman-like, she tainted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

How He WORKED IT.-As an in
stance of how Hamilton WORKED"
his string games and duped poor
Uncle Sam and the State of Wash
ington, take single item of army
supplies furnished by the General
Government to the State militia.
Suppose it was an order for 1000
army hats at $l.96 each, costing
Sl,960. Under his zone man" SyS-
TEN he would enter the purchase as
out of Government funds and send on
a duly signed and accredited voucher
for that amount. The cash would be
paid and the State reimbursed by the
State War Department, at Washing
ton. The 81 $3.50 would go to pay for
Hazel MooreS automobiles, wine sup
plies and theater- parties. looks +,
Wasn't it a sincher?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

THE cold weather in the far East
has been unusual. After nearly a
month of unseasonably severe wealth
err in New York, the last of April
witnessed fall of snOw-hakes as
thick as ever fell in February. 1t is
true that it did not remain long, but
for a time the cold was intense and
the elements of severe winter were
amply portrayed. At Pittsburg,
Pa. the snow fell to a depth of
twelve inches and the trains had to
use snow-plows. All traffic expert
enced delays, boughs were broken
from trees, and many telegraph and
telephone poles were Frustrated by
weight of the snow.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

GETS FIVE TO Ten YEARS. B. F.
Parkhurst, former Assistant Cashier
of the First National Bank of Seat
tie, who has been in Jail nine months
awaiting trial, was found guilty Of
ENLIGHTENMENT of $50, 900 from that
institution by means of false entries,
by jury in Judge HanfOrd's court,
Saturday morning, after nine hours
deliberatiOn. The tria! had lasted
eight days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07
The Schively- Nichols lmbrOglio.


Contrary to very general eXpec-
tation that the Legislative investiga-
ton OF Schivciy and incidentally his
principal in the insurance depart
mrut of the Secretary Of State : Of
flee. and in general way all the
STATE officers, was merely a scheme
to WhitcWaSh certain spots that had
appeared upon the official cpidcrinis,
the committee in conjunction with
the Grand jury OF Spokane, have sue
crcdrd in unrarthing a system of eX
tnrtion practiced upon insurance
companies. that is simply aStound-
Ing. When considered in connection
with the former professions and rep
utation Of the agent or doer, the ac-
tive inspiration of the system Of
highway robbery. which it rcsemblcd
in its most potent characteristic, is
indeed conspicuous.
1t cannot be seen how the rcsigna-
ton Of Secretary Nichols helps
Schivcly in the least. The evidence
amply shows that he originated and
planned all the deviltry for which
Nichols is held responsible, who be.
comes a vicariouS sacrifice, and under
the system sometimes adopted for Sc
curing evidence, it looks as if he had
done enough service in exposing the
falsehoods of his deputy to claim i'm
munity as State witness. To leave
Schivcly in position that he may
again prostitute to advance selfish
greed Notwithstanding his baby-talk
of never doing It again" would be
extremely bad policy. He is now
principal in that Office and better
able to hide his tracks.
The Assistant Attorney General
says that is mistake to state that
there are no extOrtion laws in this
State: that there is broad statute
covering that offenSe, and in addi-
ton, if an offender did not come spe-
officially under its provisions, he
could be reached under the common
law. Besides there is special stat
ute making it q misdemeanOr for an
officer to charge more than the fees
allowed by law.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

A MAN who wants to use City
Council to further schemes in the
name of gratis upon the taxpayers of
a community will naturally oppose
the Commission plan of municipal
government, or any other system
calculated to eliminate such practices.
1t seems this new plan will not re-
ceive general support or favor till
the last ditch in city wastefulness
and extravaganza shall have been
reached.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

STONE Il WEBSTER announce their
determination for extending their
chain of electric railroads so as to
make continuous line from British
Columbia to San Francisco. Sec
tons are already completed between
Seattle and Tacoma and considerable
progress has been made on the line
from Seattle to Vancouver, B. c.,
and from Portland southwark.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07
Now for a New Capitol.
Post lntclllgenccr

In reply to Gov Hays inquiry as
to the meaning and purpose of the
legislative act which create State
Capitol Commission. and defined its
duties and porers, only dozen dis
sent from the view that the obvious
purpose was to proceed at once with
new Capitol plans.
Because it has been urged that the
State Capitol lands could be sold at
better Advantage a few years from
now. the propricty OF postponing the
sale of these lands has been urged,
and of course failure to sell these
lands now would simply delay the
construction of Il new capitol at Olym-
pia.
But the State needs Il new Capitol:
enough money can be raised to build
it, and it should be built rs early as
practicable.
When the Capitol Commission was
created, the understanding was that
the lands in the capitol grant would
be sold at the earliest possible mo-
ment; that part of the proceeds would
be used to liquidate obligations now
outstanding against the capitol grant,
in order to stop cumulative interest
charges which are consuming the
fund, and that the commission would
proceed to perform such other duties
as the act imposed upon it, to the
end that the State might be provided
with capitol building that would be
alike creditable and adequate.
In their replies to Gov. Hay most
members of the Legislature take this
view, and in view of the Overwhelm-
ing sentiment of members of the Leg
islature andof the people of the State
on this question, the commission
seems to be in duty bound to proceed
to so sell the lands, stop needless
waste of public fund and build a new
and handsome Capital at Olympia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

AT the International Woman s
Suffrage Alliance held in London, on
the 18th ult., the term enfranchise-
ment of women" was defined as
meaning " the right to vote, eligi-
bility to representation in public af-
fairs and the occupation of any posi-
ton in the public service, subject to
the different celebrates.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

LORTON, of Walla Walla, seems tC
miss the platter every time a choice
cut is served by the official carver.
A short time ago he was to have
succeeded boss Croker. as Collector
Of Internal Revenue at Tacoma.
Failing in that, he was to follow
Kingsbury, whose term rs Surveyor
General was about to expire, but
Kingsbury became his own successor,
and the aspiring heart of Lorton is
again bowed down.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

A SPECIAL train carrying members
of the commercial bodies of Portland
will leave that city next Monday, the
10th, on a flying visit to sixty cities
and towns in this State. 1t is eX-
pected to return to Portland on the
18th.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

A CHICAGO firm has been awarded
the contract to supply the entire
British army with corned beef for a
period of three years. Johnny Bull
has evidently never heard of Brother
JOnathan's expeditions way of can
ming embalmed beef" for the army
service. He'll probably roar when
he runs up against the Chicago
packers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

MANY INJURED IN TORNADO.-Six-
teen persons were injured, one
fatally, by a tornado which DIES.
troyed a large part of the town of
Centrahama, near Oklahoma CITY,
Okla, a few days ago. Not a build.
ing escaped injury, and three
churches were destroyed-the Meth.
odist, the Baptist and the Presby.
terrain. The town had about 800 in
habitants, most of whom were rem
dered homeless. A terrific rain and
hail storm succeeded the tornado
greatly adding to the damage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN the Superior Court of the state of Wash
i ington. for rhurston County.
In the matter OF the estate of August 2. Rohde,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given tn the creditors of.
ana TO all persons having claims against said
estate, to present them with the necessary
vouchers to the undersigned Administrator of
said estate at $40 Main street. the place OF
business of said estate. in olympia. in said
County and State, within one year from and
alter the date of first publ cation Of this notice
or same will be barred.
HERMAN ROlIDF,
As administrator of said estate.
Date of first publication, April ,. 1909. ST.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

AETNA and Strombuli are both re
ported to be in Il state of eruption.
Let's see: Didn't Some One of siren
uous temper pass that way recently ?
1t might be mentioned also that great
heat is reported in the Red Sea.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

ONE of the Grandcst scoops"
from Il newspaper standpoint, was
that of the P-I Wednesday. by the
exclusive account of the downfall of
Ortis Hamilton. not that the person
atty of the chief actor is of SO eX-
allied a type, but the rascality as
cribed to him is of so revolving Il
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

If Ortis Hamilton gets his just de-
serts, from his own confessed acts of
malfeasance, he will probably wear a
uniform quite different from the blue
or kahki, used by the army.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

MAYOR LlNCK, of Tacoma, was in
dicted Saturday, by the Grand Jury
of Pierce county, for failure to sup
press houses of ill-famc, and Peter
was indicted for leasing
houses to women for immoral pur-
poses
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

FIRST INDIAN BANK IN THE UNITED
STATES. The Indians own and con-
troll State bank at Fort Lapwai,
Idaho. Its organization was con-
ceived and planned by Corbett Laur-
ierS. full-bloOd Nez Perez In
dian, a Carlisle graduate, who is
cashier of the new institution, and
fourteen other native stockholders.
1t was found that the capital stock
could be subscribed several times
over. and many of the applicants
were denied, and patiently waited
with their dug-up treasure to be-
come depOsitors. The Nez Perez
tribe are wealthy, on account of the
richness of their soil, which resem-
bles that of the celebrated Palouse
country. Much of the money was paid
them by the government for q big
tract of land that was thrown open
to settlement ten years ago. Some
OF the coin has not been uncovered
for years and was out of circulation.
The establishment of native bank is
therefore for them the first step in
accumulation of capital from its use
and will lead to rapid acquisition
of large fortunes. A few of the in
cOrporators of the bank are white
merchants and it is through their
many years of association with the In
dams. that they possess absolutely
their entire confidence. The capital
stock is placed at $4,000, with re-
serve fund of 1900, which will be
used in erection of building. Sub
scriptions to stock were limited to
$500, except the President and Cash
Ter who were allowed to hold $1,000
each, and they are taking a prelimin-
airy course of instruction in the FL
deity Bank of Idaho and the old Ma
atiOnal Bank of Spokane.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

JAMES c. DRAKEis on the preferred
list to succeed c. B. Hopkins as U.
S. Marshal for the Western District
Of Washington.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

The past week has been accompa-
MED by unprecedented storms in the
East and Middle West.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

PRESIDENT TAFT has offered F.. c.
Hughes, a Seattle corporation law
yer, L. 5. District Judgeship in
Washington. Other able lawyers OF
the State, applicants for this posi-
ton, stood no show. because they
were unable to make the showing as
being corporation favorites. Yet
Taft poses as great reformer in the
interests of the common people
anxious to curb corporate greed and
regulate the trusts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

IDAHO has put a bar upon prize
fights.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

AND now the State is about to con
Struct Il garage for the Governor
mansion. 1t is to be built of brick
or concrete and one story high, 20
by % feet, containing 4 sleeping
room for the chai1caur, bath, toilet
and repair shop. 1t might be a nice
place in which to hold those " cab
net" meetings the Governor favois.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

IT is stated that it will cost about
=. 900 for the woman suiiragiStS to
get a vote on the amendment author
lied by the Legislature on the Of
fetal ballot at the next State cleo
ton. This it is proposed to raise by
popular subscriptions, an oversight
in providing for the cost being evil
dent and Secretary Nichols restrained
hy law from creating a deficiency.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07

If it was anybody but Arthur
Weston who had told the story about
a duck driving its bill through the
panking of his skitf while going in 4
storm at night to North Bay, We
confess it might be difficult of belief.
But il will do to 60 along with that
bluc-eyed fish with whskcrs that
was lately seined off the Coast Of
California, note of which appears in
this issue.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09

Rain Poor Substitute for Irrigation
And irrigation is better than rain,
infinitely better. That also sounds
like paradox, but instead it Is almost
a truism. What is better-to give a
plant just as much and no more water
than it needs and just when it needs
it.: or to parch it or drown it accord
ing to the whim of the clouds? The
rain falls upon the just and upon the
unjust alike; upon your strawberries
that cry for it and upon your sugar.
beets that want uninterrupted sun
shine. Rain is all right in its place,
but it is a very poor substitute for IT.
rigation. Otherwise why would the
lawns of our cities be sprinkled or irri-
gated, instead of leaving them to the
tender mercy Of the clouds? No. Arid
lands are more fertile than ordinary
lands, and irrigation is better than
rain.-Success Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09

Peruna Drug Co.. Columbus. Ohio.
Gentlemen:-I can cheerfully rec
ommend Peruna as an effective cure
for coughs and colds.
You are authorized to use my photo
with testimonial in any publication.
Mrs. Joseph Hall Chase,
s04 Tenth ST.. Washington. D. c.
Could Not Smell Nor Hear.
Mrs. A. L. Wetzel, 1923 Ohio St.,
Terre Haute. Ind. writes:
when / began to take your medi-
cine | could not smell. nor hear a
church bell ring Now l can both
smell and hear.
when I began your treatment my
head was terrible | had buzzing and
chirping noises in my head.
81 followed your advice faithfully
and took Peruna as you told me-
Now I might l say l am we'll
81 want to go and visit my mother
and see the doctor who said l was not
long for this world. I will tell him it
was Peruna that cured me-"
Peruna is manufactured by The
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus,
Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for a Free
Peruna Almanac for 1909
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-09
DISCOVERIES AT KNossoa

Results Of the Recent Excavations
by DIR. Evans I'm Crete.
May I beg a little space to inform
those interested in Cretan exploration
Of a series of discoveries lately made
at Knossos? says writer In the Lon
don Times. The news from DR.. Evans
is exceedingly good. He has been
working all the season in the large
house which lies to the west of the pal
ace, but unfortunately is deeply buried
under the talus Of hill. With great
labor DR.. Evans has now reached the
further limit Of this building, and on
his way has found much. A magnificent
steatite vase in the shape of bulls
head, with inlay of cut shell about the
nostrils and with crystal eyeballs, the
iris being painted on the back of the
crystal, reveals to US new technic.
In another quarter, on the north, a
great hoard of bronze implements and
utensils, including a large tripod caul-
dron In perfect preservation, will much
increase our knowledge Of the finer do
nestle apparatus of Minoan civiliza-
ton. As DR.. Evans speaks of having
unearthed great number of early
vases with these tools there should be
no difficulty in dating the latter and
thereby getting standard forms.
On the south of the palace a range
of buildings has been found at lower
level, largely buried under debris of the
palace itself. The latter included a
mass of ivory fragments, the remains
of carved caskets and Of fresco paint
ings. Inside the south building itself,
under a staircase, a small hoard Of sill
yer vessels bas come to light-some
bowls and jug. These will be well
coined as first fruits of that work in
precious metals which so greatly influ-
enced the ceramic artists Of the middle
Minoan periods, but has generally dis
appeared. We hear, too, of fine vases
of various kinds, one with papyrus
plant ornament in relief and others In
the best palace STYLE" Work is also
proceeding actively on the restoration
of the royal apartments on the east
of the palace, and every effort is being
made to get into the great dome tomb
found last year and to find other tombs.