Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-10-15

ton, d. C., returning by the same
route. with Il detour from Seattle TO
san Francisco. reaching that point
by Jan. Isl, 1910, with any of the
original doLS alive. The start WAS
made with ten dogs. At last az
counts three of Tie original dogs are
/ left and their owner feels confident
/, that hc viii win the prize.
IN Olympia man who occasionally
visits Tacoma and Seattle, says that
as he goes along the streets of those
cities without looking to the right or
lett, some of bis lady friends have
complained of his Indifference. say
ing they met him on the streets and
he Wouldn' t recognize them. He
said that really he did not like to
recognize ladies on the streets in Il
strange city for he might make Il
mistake and get arrested for mash
ING 10y some -otficiOu> police
man. which he thought should cX-
cuSc his apparent rudenesS.
Suit has been started in the Su-
pcrior Court by f.. A., Charles and
! Frank Collins, sons of Anna NJ. Col
/ Inns, against Mrs Ida NJ. Seyfang,
formerly Ida May Collins, and who
I is the daughter of Charles Collins
and niece of the other two plaintiffs.
/ According to the complaint the suit
is started for the purpose OF setting
aside certain deeds made in 1903 by
the mother of plain tlttS to her grand
daughter. the defendant. The plain
titTs ask the court to set aside the
deeds of conveyance and place the
title of the lands involved in their
names. The land lies in the vicin-
ity of the Collins school house, on
Chambers prairie.
MANY people think that Mr. Mac
kay offered the best plan for settling
the police disturbance resulting sim
ply from the fact that the suspended
men had discussed the question of
succession in Office OF the bosses; and
that was to dismiss both the chief
and the two suspended patrolmen.
IL was like Lifting the lid, when
patrolmcn Gansfield and Herndon
were suspended, and it was found
that all of them had been habitueS of
the red-light district and participate
orS in the midnight rcvels. n new
deal, we think under the circum-
stances, would have been the proper
thing. As it is, Attorney Bigelow is
sent on rowing expedition at the
city expense to dig up evidence to
corroborate charges made against
Chief Rogers, of nsurping the duties
at times of the Committing Magis-
trate.
At a meeting Of the taxpayers,
last week. in the Superior Court
room, Judge Robinson said he had
heard it remarked that the forma-
ton of a taxpayers association in
this county is a Democratic move
ment: if that be the case God bless
the Democrats. or any body of citi-
zens who take interest at this time
in the welfare of the people," that
the expenses in maintaining oar
State Judiciary are too high; that
since the increase in the number of
Judges, litigation had increased in a
marked degree. He believed in the
forming of State Association which
would accomplish the results to be
desired. On motion, J. w. Robinson,
Harry Smith and Byron Millett were
constituted a committee to confer
with similar organizations in the
different localities in this State and
gather data.
Some of our heaviest taxpayers
have remarked that the Commission
plan of municipal government may
be right for cities of the size of DeS
Moines, Galveston and Tacoma. but
they don know how such plan might
work regarding places the size of
Olympia. The Commission is the
same plan as operating the business
methods of successful private
corporation, directly responsive to
the demands of the citizens. Take
for instance lumber mill plant
which cuts only thirty thousand feet
of lumber daily, is it not just as
necessary to operate this moderate
business in just as efficient manner
as if the plant were larger and the
capacity two hundred thousand feet
per day? Really if any preference is
made. the proposition ought to be
resolved in favor of the smaller mu-
nicipal bodies in trying the new plan
first.
Three drunken Japs Tuesday even
ing, caused no little worriment for
Mrs. Joseph Wilson, who lives alone
with her children on West Fourth
street bridge, her husband being ab-
sent in Tacoma The drunken ORR
entails sought to enter her dOmicile,
but she closed the door quickly and
standing at the window ordered them
away. They refused to go. when
finally paSSer-b by was hailed by the
woman and word was sent to patrol
man McClelland. who lost no time
in reading the riOt-act to the inso-
lent little pests. who manifested q
remarkable vacuity of intellect when
he tried to make them realize the
enOrmity of their conduct. A close
watch was kept the remainder of the
night over the Wilson home. and it
is now understood among the Japs'
that any further demonstrations will
be followed by immediate and severe
punishment.
And now the high school "sephs'
have written challenge to the
freshmen for q match game of
football, the language of which
is said to be more expressive
than elegant, characterizing them as
"mutts" and "grammar-schOol ba-
bies." One object of higher edu
cation is to inculcate the amen
tiles of social life, to teach gen
tlemanly and lady-like conduct. And
we may here note that it is said the
junior girls of the high school lately
entered the building clothed in each
others dresses. What sense or pro-
priety is manifested by the exchange
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