Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-21

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proper way To " boost a meritoriOus
object Much can be excused for
! youthful enthusiasm. but while there
are So many unobjociionable. as well
as pleasing and sensible ways for adj
vertlSlng, 1t seems the height of folly
/ 10 adopt one that only eXcitcS Won
I der and promotes disgust.
Contractor Weller is using a large
} p,oW, with a heavy wire cable. and
a series OF block pullieS. TO tear up
the we,l-plcked macadam on Main
street. placed by William DigginS,
well on 10 - years ago in the early 1oS.
The honest -"Ork done in those days
is atte>ted by the difficulty of its
removal now, and had it been thought
that the street could have been re-
duced to a true level without tearing
il up, there is no doubt but that it
would have made u splendid foundA-
ton for the cement base work.
According to the decision of Judge
Mitchell. Monday, the StiXrud heirs
(brother and sister of deceased
aliens, and natives of Norway, will be
compelled to pay an Inheritance tax
OF twenty-five per cent. on the valua-
tion of the devi>ecS and icgacieS
named in the will The Judge ruled
the statute in that behalf does not
conflict with any treaty regulations
between Norway and this country.
1t i SAID an appeal will be prose
/ cut"d to the Supreme Court. The
amount involved is over seven thou
sand dollars.
In the Water street gravcling as
sessment matter the question is put
| before Judge Mitchell when in such
proceedings the action of the City
! Council is subject to collateral attack.
1t appears the affidavit prescribed
by the statute verifying the notice
of publication was lacking: the print
CT simply made notation on the
published notice. The question
OF jurisdictional pre- requisites and
simple irregularities in this class
of proceedings presents fertile
field for argument and speculation
among lawyers.
At the recent examination of stu
dents for admission to practice at the
bar of the Supreme Court, Mrs. lSa-
bel Amber Gilman, the lady from
Olympia, passed with credit to her
self and tutor. Judge Byron Millctt,
under whose supervision she renewed
her prior studies for the period of
three months preceding the taking of
the examination. The STANDARD is
informed that Mrs. Gilman began her
studies in legal lore in Ohio several
gears ago. before coming to this
State Her life has been a busy one,
having taught school in England and
this country for twenty years.
The city has instructed its COM
mittee on Ways and Means to ascer-
tain the terms on which $50, zoo
bond issue may be floated, and thus
place the municipality on Il cash
basis. There is an outstanding issue
of warrants amounting to $50, 900,
and prospective increase of about
1000 to meet other obligations,
and it is to refund at a lower
rate of interest that is the OStensible
benefit to be derived from the con
templated action, but it must be
borne in mind that a full treasury
as full pocket, leads to thOughtless
and extravagant expenditures. Oh
that some Moses would arise to lead
public officials back to the pathways
of economy.
The ladies of the Civic Improve
ment club through committee con
sisting of Mesdames Troy, Macleay
Fiiley, Marshall and Miss Nellie
Frost, visited Mission park a,
Priests point Wednesday, to plant
flowers for permanent adOrnment O
the pleasure grounds. Three beds Of
cactus dahlias were set out, one eact
of red, yellow and pink. About fiji
teen or twenty plants were set ir
each bed In addition a number o.
roses and other flowers. vines ant
shrubs were planted. 1t is with re
greet we announce that Miss Frost
met with a painful accident, by cut
ting her foot with an Ak, which
slipped while she was pointing some
stakes, cutting through her shoe ant
into her foot. 1t will, however, bt
attended with no permanently seri
Gus results.
A man with broken leg lying OF
cot was left by Tuesday evening
train lying on the platform at tn,
depot in this city, without any mott
fication to anybody as to who he wa.
or what it was expected to do will
him. He seemed unable to speal
for himself, further than to stat.
that his name was Barney BrOgaI
and that he had been knocked off tn
train at Gate. AS quite a wind wa
blowing at the time of his inhumal
desertiOn at the depot, the compan.
| should make immediate inquiry as Il
: the responsibility of such conduct
1t happened, however, that SOM
loiterers at the depot discovered tn
unfortunate man and had him con
/ veyed in the ambulance to the hos
5 pital, where he of course receive'
7 such care and surgical treatment q
his case required.
The saloon ordinance did not com
up for final action Monday night an,
it's consideration has gone over til
! next meeting. The report recon-
mends that the license be placed a
I $500 per annum, instead of $1,000, a
the ordinance contemplated, but it
7 other provisions are about the same
5 which reaffirm and make still NOR
: stringent the provisions OF the Stat
S law regarding removal of screen
and hours of closing. The effect q
: this ordinance, if it passes vii
, doubtless be to give vitality to tn
e State law, which by an effort to &C
complish too much has made a jumb
of the enactment, so it is said. !
section of the code was intended T.
e apply to Sunday closing, and tn
9 phrase combining it to Sunday wa
Q stricken out in the Senate, but tn
boss was on to his job and by ord