Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-11-05
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The assertion that election time
Is always an up~rtting time has
particular reference. suppose, t,
the fellow who doo>u grt elected.
In California. if Il wife sue, for ali
muny because her husband has de-
serted her. She must wait 4 Year IL
begin suit, because dcSertiOn mus,
last 4 year before Il is 50 called.
President Taft says the way our
laws are manipulated is disgrace.
After hearing Taft make this aSSer-
tlon ii : Il wonder the elephant
doeSn become iuccnSed and refuse
to waltz or climb on Il barrel, or sit
up and look pleasant.
Experts employed 10y the govern
m"nt agree that the rucalypiuS tree
Is solving the lumber problem F.a-
calNptuS wood can be utilized in max
my anything from fencing To pianos
From this il would seem "a timber
famine i'm tE'rfuturc' is not inevitable
In speaking Of tine laA manner in
which the law allows Il criminal To
rS'ap" the O,,gro,,tn concIudr, an
editorial as follows:
q" Really ii a person enjoys KILN. his
fellow men, there L. no very strong rea-
son IN onr criminal law, as now al
mlnistcred, why he should not do it
In Olympia restaurants:
Customer: Is the proprietor
in?'
Waiter: Yes.
Customer: Take this steak back
and tell him to jump on it.
Waiter: You have to wait a
little while. There are two other or
ders ahead of you
" Black Horse Jones. of Hanford.
Cal, is dead. He made speciality
of raising coal-black horses. Fifty
head of these horses were on the
ranch when he Shutfied off this NOR
tai coil. The fellow who raises black
roses still lives; but as far rs the
roses are concerned they are CON
splcuouS by their absence.
When will some one rise and be
come blessed in the world as a hero,
by producing words which will re-
place the stereotyped ones of "Where-
as, our Heavenly Father. in His in
finite wisdom and mercy" used in
adopting resolutions upon death?
And while about it, the words grand
ball might not be overlooked. either.
According to the law of Califor-
MIA. "a woman has all rights over
an illegitimatc child' Certainly,
The world knows Il man docSn t want
the care of an illcgitimate child. Let
the woman have all the rights over
ii she can work and support it,
bearing the world insults, while
the man diSgraces some other wo-
man.
The University of Washington has
4 daily paper. 1t is, according to
the Past MicV;gncer. "the only col
lege daily in the country carving a
full telcgraphic press report. 1t
has secured the United Press news
service, and is printed in four pages,
except on Mondays. when 1t ap-
pears as an eight-page edition. Gee,
wouldn the professors of Chicago
University like to have this daily
medium to express the views aS to
why tom-cat sits upon the back
fence at night and makes Il noise
like a cat?
Why should We work SATURDAY. after
Moons whimper the official "chair-
warmers at the City Hall. "Because
you are paid ior it, answered His Hon
or the Mayor, and the case is closed
OrtgoHiW.
That ; the material for Mayor to
he made OF. Portland is not the
only city on Earth with these sort of
chair warmers who want their
pay but do not want to earn it: but
it seems to be the only city on Earth
with Mayor of Simon "ackbone and
nerve to back it up. Here's to
Mayor Simon of Portland. Oregon.
Would there were more like him.
For about twenty years Peary
wrcStlcd with the alluring charms of
the aurora borcaliS Like fantastic
spectre it beckoncd him on and on
and on. Followers Succumbed 10
the icy grip of intense cold. At
times inSurmountable barriers forced
his return to civilization. only to 90
again better equipped He made his
laborlou> way past drifting icebergs,
clambered over mountainous ice
fields and skinned wastes of open
seas, the whole fraught with awful
suffering. MirageS resplendent. Il
glory of crystalline colorings tempted
him ever onward-for these frozen
Illusions perchance might hold that
quest which in times past and pres
ent excited the ambitions of cxplor-
erS many baifled, others to Weld
their life TO the struggle. Success
finally was to crown determined cf-
fort and Il more open and less haz-
ardous route carried pearv to the
long sought pole. Ice shift beneath
1t, no sentinel peaks guard it-a
barren waste mantlrd in snow which
shades to purple. Followed then Il
return rush To civilization to reap
the honors the world pays to the ex-
plorer who cOnquerS At f.tah. the
northcrnmoSt habitatjon. Pcary en-
durrd disappointment krcnrr than
the thruSts OF repeated faiIurc-fo
there he learned of Dr.. Cook sue
cess Gf Cook tells the truth) in at
tanning the mythical Pole, Fate
works in mysterious ways. to hc sure.
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