Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-28

time he has visited Mexico and differ
"nt localities in the Southwest. II,
found his family in good health on hi,
return. Tom is a iirSt-clasS man il
every way. Will Langrldgr ha,
been with his brother at Elma fO
the past seventeen months.
The cruise OF the granted lands fol
building the State capitol began
this week. \ crew of % men ha,
been secured, and have begun OF
C.allam bay. Jefferson county vii
he cruiSrd first, and it and Ciallau
VII! probably develop 5000 acres
while the remainder will probably b,
scattered over fifteen other counties
1t is expected that it will take cigh,
months to complete the work.
Mr. and Mrs. ChaS. NJ. Mott. OF
Phlladcl phia, are guests of Mr. anC
Mrs. Phil Skillman and will remain
several weeks. Mr.. VI. was the law
partner of Mr.. Skillnau, in Abcr
deem, :. D., twenty years ago. The
visitors have been making a tour OF
the South and Southern California
and are concluding the trip with d
return 10y Olympia. Chicago and st.
Paul and points in Iowa and Dakota.
The reason that insurance com
panies are easy plucking for sports
men like Schivcly is shown by the
lucrative business they do and their
ability 10 pay for extraordinary
services such as IA fiat rate" for in
vcStigation in which no investiga-
ton is made. In his last report
Schvely admits that the premiums
for 1908 exceed $l3, OO0, 900 while the
losses aggregate less than 81, 0O0, 900.
Jim Dotilemyer is building one OF
the handsOmest launches ever CON
structed in this locality. 1t is rs feet
! inches in length by & feet
inches in width. He is using curly
maple Of fine quality for the finish,
and with heavy power expects to
beat anything of her class on Lake
Washington during the summer at
the A.-G.-P. Exposition. He ex-
poets to have it completed by the
first Of July.
1t seems logical that the opinion
given by close weather observer.
regarding the cause of cool evenings
Is the true one. He says that the
deficit of rain has caused the snow to
remain on the hills, and as "A result
the winds that sweep from them
nightly partake of the boreal charac-
teristic. The Spring of 1909 is an
unusually dry season. less rain hay
ing fallen for that period than during
the past thirty years
Wednesday afternoon some of
the fine shade trees, on the
north side of Capitol square, on
Sixth street, were removed by an
explosive to make way for the grad
ers. Some of these trees had at
tanned considerable growth, having
been planted over quarter of CEN
fury ago. The shock of the blasts
Jared the buildings across the
street considerably and even the
capitol a block away was shaken by
the conclusion.
The charges against Fire Chief
Raymond, were practically dismissed
Monday night by the Council, and
the matter laid over for final action
the next meeting. They consisted
briefly stated. of drunkenness, use of
profane language, donation of the
chemicals for hand-fire apparatus to
individuals; turning in false alarms,
and buying n case of beer to enter
tain visiting tiremen. Attorney Ow-
ings appeared for the defense but
abandoned the case when he was held
down to gag-rule.
A heavy taxpayer Of Olympia,
Wednesday, with slip of paper in
his hand, while going to his home on
Eastside, paused as he was crossing
SwantOwn tide-flats along Eighth
street. His appearance was sad as
he turned the precious piece of paper
over in his hand, muttering the
words: Outrageous, mot much"
whereupOn it was learned accident
ally that the individual was referring
to the proposed Swantown fill of the
mudfats, and the scrap of paper
proved to be his 1908 tax receipt.
John w. Query, one of Olympia's
best citizens, does not fancy paying
IS or any other sum for the privilege
OF repairing sidewalk about ten
feet in length. The STANDARD is in
possession of information that the
ordinance in that behalf is not re-
ceiving much consideration frcm
property owners who happen to have
sidewalks in need of repairs. One
citizen recently remarked, one need
not be surprised that the City Coun-
ell contemplated charging men a
couple OF dollars for the privilege of
a garden or planting shade
Or fruit trees.
The opinion is gaining prominence
over the State that Gov. Mead and
Auditor c. w. Clausen of the State
y i'outo huCW dLOuU I1anll-
tons shortcomings last fall during
the campaign, but kept silent be-
cause they unprecedented if party
secrets become known the chances OF
nominees in the different
portions of this commonwealth might
thereby become greatly diminished.
Have Gov. Hay and the investigat-
ing committee struck snag, and
agreed t" quit for the good of the
party? Evidently there is some
thing mysterious about the actions
Of the ruling powers at the State
House.
Judge 7. NJ. Reed. Jr., of Nome. is
on visit to relatives and friends in
this city. He has been resident of
the extreme northwestern CITY the
past nine years, except short
time in 1905, when he was down on
q visit to this place. He speaks
enthusiastically of our street i'm
He represents bust
ness as somewhat dull in Alaska.
Many Of the Alaska enterprises be-