Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-17

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tie capita. cry.
James Hardness. au I'D a1d ~
~prctcG citizen al .4, city, dl",
Wcdnc>dlt a. his G.mo uu PlG'
street. after brief 'M->~ Hith prru
mun.;. auI heart trouble. he was ;
mrlur-r uf CrJr-' u Tbpma> Pos
. 80. ,. a.. A. Il. Deceased was :.
iyr4rs - az and Is survived hv hi
Wiz and TWO brothers The funcra
will take place from the Nh.tcS.d'
chapel tins afternoon at o clock.
W. II. Trisch. of Seattle. has solo
to the Northwest Freehold Company
it is said, four lots on the north side
Of Third street. between Columbia
and Water, retaining IN interest rs
i stakeholder and President OF the
company l. Is farther sand that n
effort is - be- made to have the area
/ between the q Brirn blacksmith ShOl
and Pcrcival dock included in tn,
district contemplated by the west
side Waterfront fill.
In the election Of julius Wrrthciu
as Councilman the voters of tn,
: Third ward doubtless felt like en-
couraging d home industry in the
line of the manufacture Of cigars for
the general trade. incidentally slim
ulatiag the local market Mr. Wcr-
them has frequently announced h,
is opposed to the expense of the
Swantown fill being assessed against
property not contiguous to the SO
called Improvement.
Some of the STANDARD readers
who are taxpayers were surprised to
learn after perusing last week ) issue
that the county pays the costs in
criminal cases. which means jurors
witnesses and stenographer fees
and is reimbursed for witness fees
| and mileage advanced in ease of con.
viction, which usually includes only a
small part of the expense. 1t is
] tough, but we like it. Custom and
! usage stimulate endurance
Out of the twenty applicants fol
! teachers certificates. at the eXami
nation held this month. fifteen passed
an unusual proportion. Six were
men. The applicants who were sue
cessful are: Misses Lillian Watrous
lnez Clawson, May Clayton. Irent
Gale, Lola Livingston, Hazel Loomis,
Josephine Quigley, Ethel Ross, Mrs
Cora b. Harlan. Archie r. Grant
Fred Brown, j. f.. Brown. Fred.
Steele, r. 4. Lawrence and c. c.
Peeler, all of this county
A. II. Chambers was notified by
wire, Wednesday. from Seattle, that
a man supposed to be Jack Morris
had dropped dead in that city. There
is some doubt as to his identity
however. as Mr.. G. says the name
sent was Jack Renchan, and no mar
by that name had been in his EN-
plOy, as the dispatch intimated haC
been the case. The deceased wa.
about - years of age and unmarried
and worked q couple of months fol
Mr. Chambers and then went to Sc
attic.
;, Archie Myers. while working in f;
camp of the Washington and Ohio
Lumber Company, near Rochester
this county, in the capacity of "chas
err" was struck by a flying cable
Monday, and doubtless instantly
killed. Nobody saw the accident bu
on search the dead body was fOun(
on the hillside, with neck broker
and his skull crushed, doubtless from
q recOil of the cable. Archie was g
years old. and the third member O
the family to find tragic end by
violent means. The family lately
moved from Nina to Oakville
The parents. boy and two sisters
survive the deceased.
1t seems that one object of thu
Commercial Club, recently formed, i.
to place kick" boxes at the depO
and wharves. and possibly on thu
street corners, to receive all querie.
for information of our town or county
and complaints or protests as to the
manner of treatment of strangers
on their arrival in this hospitabl,
city where they were stranger.
and we took them in 1t is pre-
tildU lDCSC .-DOhCS w Ill Ultt
with very general patronage, and i
may take several type-writers t.
supply the demand for information
from this presumably inexhaustibl,
fount of information.
The Supreme Court yesterday re-
versed the Superior Court of this
county in the case of Sally Weather
all, appellant, VS.. Robt Weatherall
respondent, in which she is suing fol
a portion of the estate of her huS.
band, Harry Weatherall, who died &
year ago. Sally claimed that she
had married 80 years ago and lived
with him as his wife, till his death;
that he died possessed of oyster
lands valued at $500 and tina,
since his death his brother, Robert
had appeared and laid claim to the
estate The lower court struck out
testimony offered to show the fac,
Of marriage. The Supreme Court
holds this was error and remands the
case for new trial.
Christmas exercises will be held
at the Roosevelt school this after.
noon. The primary rooms, Miss
Williams and Miss White teachers,
will unite in rendering well-ar
ranged programme The Sd and 4tt
grades, taught by Miss Bessie Prick
man, also have Il fine programme
prepared. There will be no pro
gramme in Mr. Thorp's room on ac
count of the box social tomorrow
evening. He will have a Christmas
tree, however. Miss Williams vii
spend her vacation at her home in
Seattle. Mr. Thorpe expects to visit
his brother near Puyallup and also
attend the Educators meeting al
Tacoma Miss Friedman and Miss
White will remain in Olympia during
! the HOLIDAYS.