Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-03-05

{. T.. DYKE has been confined ia
lis home on f.aS'>idc street the past
+" days. nur>inga >praiurd ankle.
Ills numerous friends hope To >rr
b .. "it again soon. and trust his
.AU.r."~ may not prove to br serious
TWo Young Burglars. giving thc.r
names IL Tho>. Murray and Tho>.
SULLIVAN, Were caught hurg.arizing
~" residence OF Richard Morgan. a,
I"n'no, yesterday afternoon. They
are now IN the county Jail awaiting Il
hearing
Lloyd Houston and G. II. Morse.
pookkeeperS for :. C. MUMMY of the
lack Lake Lumber Co. were in the
city Tuesday. Mr. Mors" seems to
b" still >orrly afflicted with indi-
g"Stlon, which complaint is slow in
H'"-dng To medical treatment.
y. Il. Titlow. Il prominent attor-
r"Y Of Tacoma, representing the
lister Construction Company in the
matter Of street pavrm"ntS, was in
the city this week. Some OF the
taxpayers were apprrhcnSjvr he
would get our city affairs into a
tanglc.
The Wireless people hav" con
ciudcd 10 place their Olympia sta
ton on PrrcivaiS doch, whcr" two
maatS over a hundred feet high viii
be erected. and an office maintained
in a corner uf the warehouse fitted
up Tor the purpose. 1t * expected
to have the line working next
week
The ground is being cleared for
erection OF the Funk cement build
ing. corner of Fifth and Main. and
! for Il like permanent tircproof Struc-
turr on Fourth street between
Franklin aud ADAMS, by Willard
l.cmmon The latter building is
designed for the State Printer. and
will bc one story and 90 by 100 feet
in size.
1t is reported that Young lady
attorney WAS in the city during the
early part of the week looking for a
location. She said she came from
Portland and WIS engaged in the
practice of law in that city with her
father 1t goes without saving the
lawyers of Olympia will show their
fair competitor all the respect that
gallantry prompts.
Ed. Jack was found guilty Satur-
day night of assault and battery,
after the jury had d"libcrated Il
couple of hours. and Monday morn
inG Judge Mitchell sentenced him to
sixty days in the county Jail. 1t is
probable that the jury did not
consider the intent proven. for it
was shown that Jack was drunk at
the time of assault and that the stab
in the head of his victim was not at
tended with Very serious results.
Miss Mary f. Recdy died Monday
morning, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus kearney, on Chambers
Prairie, where she had been cared
for several years. She had been i'll
of pneumonia several weeks. She
was respected by all who knew her.
She was 63 years of age The fun
eral was held Wednesday at the
kearney home, and Rev. c. F.. Todd,
pastor of the NJ f.. Church, con
Quoted the services. She was buried
in Masonic cemetery.
The main part of the building now
being torn down on Fifth and Main
street, for Funk cement block, is
another historic structure. 1t was
over fifty years ago the home of enc
of our first pioneers and most re-
Spected tOwnSmen, ElwOOd Evans.
1t then stood some distance from
both streets, about the center of the
corner lot. He had law Office on
the opposite side of Main street, in a
one-story building on the site now
occupied by the Mills 4 Cowles build
ing
The Womens Club has made a
proposition to transfer their owner
ship of q library of 800 volumes to
the city, provided the authorities
will agree to care for it rs u puolic ben
efaction. The ladies have been main
tanning and adding to the collection
by donation and purchase, for sew
cral years, charging only a small
yearly rate for use of the books, but
they find it impossible to continue
the good work with the increasing
duties of its membership. The propo-
sitiOn was referred to Il committee
for consideration and report.
An attempt is to be made tO-mOr-
row at the school election, to elimi-
nate the disturbing conditions of
factional strife, in selecting direc-
tors who will have an eye solely to
fairness and Justice in the admins
, tratiOn of the service. With this
object in view, few well wiShers of
the schools, in the interest of har-
mony, suggested ticket which
meets with universal approval Fred.
SchOmber, whose services in that
work are generally recognized as
most devoted and effective, and c.
VI. Springer, who is believed to pos
sesS the necessary amount of dis
cernment and good Judgment to rem
der good service 1t is hoped that
all friends of harmony and order will
take the time to go to the polls and
vote for this commendable object.
Saturday evening, at X. of p.
hall, local Temple No - of Pythian
Sisters held an interesting session,
There We're present about one hun
drcd Knights and ladies'. Mrs. C..
W. Schaifer was Mistress of Cere-
monies. Mr. Glen rendered in fore
ible and apt style defamation
entitled "Old Mother Hubbard, 3"
which created a great deal of amuse-
ment and merriment. Mrs. Clara
Aliens piano solos. as usual. were
favorably received. This lady through
the medium of her musical talent.
has done much toward contributing
to the Temples success. Mrs. Car
| rio G,ruhll,p'S recitation What l.