Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-03

Olt 10 persons making inquiries.
The OI5o,t,u la, Just discovered
that MeS-r>. Ntocning and Mcdowell.
the owners. contemplate erecting a
concrete building. corner of Fuurth
and Washington streets, a fact that
was noted in the STANDARD SIX
weeks ago. 1t says that Judge
WinEmd occupied the corner room
us a law Office for a short time) in
the 1th decade of the last century,
and We will now Suppliment 1t with
the information that Richard Lane,
accountant and realty dealer. Occu-
pied il for several years in the early
dts.
\ woman living on the t.astsidc
after having read the article in last
week issue of the STANpARD, on
the SNantown fill, said, while the
I editor mentioned the fact that the
protest Was signed by l6l property
owners in the Improvement district,
the petition favoring this fill only
contained Onc-half dozen signatures.
/ 10y persons who for the most part. do
not reside in tins district, while the
reverse was the case with regard to
the protest II this statement is
correct, il will serve rs an additional
prop to the STANpARD argument.
Gov. Hay 5 election proclamation,
as published in the Perky twins, is an
unique production. 1t is addressed
to the State of Washington, Out
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District. including the counties of
/ ChehaliS, Clallam, Clark. Jefferson.
klickitat. Lewis, Mason, Pacific,
Pierce. Cowlitz, Skamania, Thurston
and Wahkiakum. and he comH,ondS
the people to hold an election to ill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Congressman Cushman, on Tuesday,
Nov. ID, 1909. All right, most grac-
ious potentatc Your orders shall
be strictly obeyed.
Sheriff CASTOR has received in
structionS to keep an eye open for
apprehension of Nolnry Johnson.
alias Vernon Jones. Il preacher late
Midland, Texas, who has deserted
/ his wife and daug and ran away
with Fannie Smith IA girl seventeen
years Of age He is a Mason. Odd
Fellow and H. of r. and has had
some experience in insurance and
the realty business. weighs about l.3J
pounds, five feet eight inches tall, IA
prominent nose and wears glasses.
The girl is shown by the picture from
Sheriff Beverly of Midland to be a
pretty brunette. and she is said to
be a fine musician and of pleasing
address.
Fred. Guyot. al employe of the
Hospital for the Insane at Fort
Steilacoom, is spending week $
vacation among relatives, old friends
and ncighborS in years agone. Mr.
Guyot says the condition of for
mer Supreme Court Judge J. b.
Reavis remains about the same as
when taken to the asylum. He still
smokes great deal 1t is thought
his unfortunate prcdicament was oc-
casioned by stroke of paralysis
which seriously affected both body
and brain. Reavis has formed the
acquaintance of an aged inmate at
that institution between whom strong
ties of friendship exist. The pair are
almost inseparablc companions.
S. G.. Griffin has sold out his realty
in this city and literally shaken the
dust from his feet, so far as Olym-
pia is concerned. He has hitherto
been non cOmmittal on the matter OF
the Swantown fill, but now eX-
presses an unqualified opinion that
it should be made, in which he
resembles ArtemuS Ward exactly
; Ward never enlisted, but was de
cidedly in favor of prosecuting the
war for preservation of the Union
: and urged the enlistment of oil his
: wife relatives, and rs the patriot
ic fervor increased, he included his
own cousins, and finally his brothers
should it come to the worst-ncver
{ however, including his own preciou.
carcass.
Mr.. William J. Mccarthy and wifi,
arrived in Olympia last Saturday
morning from Seattle and Ia
: coma, leaving for Portland on tn,
t following day While here they EN-
e ployed their time to good advantag,
E visiting old friends and acquaint
1 anceS. Mrs. Mccarthy nee Adelad,
: Williams, about nine years ago
. taught in the Washington school
: this city, in the primary department
. She was regarded as very prOiicient
in her calling. The STANDARD &c
d, knowledges Il pleasant visit of Mr.
:, Mccarthy, though it was of shor
S duration He will soon take up hi
$ residence in Walla Walla, where h
e will BUY grains for Il cereal compan,
Y with whom he has been employed
e number of years.
t A goodlooking young widow l.,
S siding in Olympia, was asked VIII
e she does not get married. She It
piled she had worked hard in he
e lifetime; when she marries again sh
Y wants a man who will support he
d in order she may have an easy time
n This, reminds the STANDARD when
9 few years ago, at convention {
;e school teachers and educators, hel
n in Chicago, the Lieutenant Cover
; nor of Michigan advised young WI
e men not to think about margin
is unless they were prepared and will
ing to support their husbands, q
n competition improved machinery an
|. processes are constantly THROWN
the male sex out of employment, til
q women are compelled to take the
= places. In some instances and Il
n calities the children work while tn
% parents are compelled to remain idl'
IN When equal suffrage shall prevail
h. many males in public life. either ;
IS officials or employees, will be con
d PEELED to surrender their fat an
lazy jobs.
~ George Metzger, 4 bachelor an
40 an Industrious man, lives a short dl:
~, ~, lance east of the city limits; wit
=. =. him lives a brother who has been
=, the insane asylum at SteilacOOn