Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-05-07


'he proceedings, that She tainted.
'hanccy +. Beach. of Bremerton
mas been elected Superintendent q
fuh.lc Schools of this city. to su,.
coed +. 9. krcagrr. who has file,
}hdt position the past three wears.
iiNaN Pete, wealthy Indian @
"ale 'iiy. is preparing to give a BIZ
potIatch soon. He is now visiting
H." various Indian camps to eXtrnC
an invitation for his tribe TO attend
Pheasant Glade Grange has passed
resolution asking the State dvlcta-
lIon ~ Congress for support of the
iparrtl-ppSt and postal savings bank
service and Federal aid for good
roads.
Mrs. j. \. Arnold, of Sioux CITY.
Iowa, and her daughter. Mrs. Geo.
Hicks, of FmmctSburg. same STATE.
are on visit TO Mrs j. d. Knox.
IN" has a. guests also Mr.. and Mrs.
clinton Knox of Stanwood. this
State.
The lady barb"r>. Mrs. Mamie
Russell and Miss Daisy Lucas. have
returned Ia Seattle. not on account
OF want of patronage. bat To b- in
position to reap the harvest OF boards
that Will be in evidence during the
A.-Y. p fair.
Miss Margaret O Neal, daughter
of Thomas Q Neal. pioneer merchant
OF Shelton. died Wednesday Of pncu-
mOnla. She was a charming and ac-
conpiShcd Young lady and prior to
her illness she was completing a
course at the Holy Names academy
IN Seattle.
Hlrm Mizp. many years a reader
of the STANDARD, celebrated his SD
birthday at his home near Bucoda.
few days ago. \ large number of
relatives and friends We're present
VINO enjoyed a fine dinner prepared
for the occasion bv his daughtcr-in-
law, Mrs Henry Mizc.
During the month of April, Land
commissioner Ross collected Though
his office S206. ll6 and of this sum
Sl6l, $50 goes into the permanent
school fund. while $4,000 belongs to
the general fund The fees and for
FIXTURES amounted to S63S.25. In
April IA applied for the purchase of
timber and lands while 90 wanted to
lease.
The Rainier Hotel, in the Odd
Fellows building, under the manage
ment of W. S. Covill, is becoming
quite popular resort. 1t seems to
be favorite with people from the
country, being centrally located and |
near the Farmers sheds Oh Sixth |
and Columbia streets. Its adver-
tiSement appears in another column
OF the STANDARD.
Miss Mabel Arnold, who was re-
ported in our last pap in a criti-
cal condition, died Sunday about
noon, at the hospital in Aberdeen,
where she was taken for an opera
ton for appendicitis. Miss Arnold |
had been stenOgrapher in the State
office about four |
and a half years, and was a general
favorite. She was engaged to wed
Oliver Morris, of the Mitchell gar
age.
1t seems somewhat strange that
State Auditor Clausen, the third of
the trlumvirate who had charge of
the military fund, is absent from his
office and has been for several weeks.
and ;hose in charge of the office are
as silent as CLANS when asked where
he is, when he went from his office,
or how long he will remain. There
is no charge so far that he has been
using a rubber-stamp to verify ex-
penditures.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the Great Northern Railroad
Company have right-of- way over
Samish flats. Skagit county, and |
that the long continued contention
of the Pearl Oyster Company is not
based on legal right of preference.
The railroad based its claim on a
verbal agreement with the original
owners to pay $500 for the privilege,
and the oyster company asserts that
the damage is far in excess of that
which has never been paid.
L. c. Ramberg, A. II. Chambers,
c. t: Lansdale, Loggers' Railway
Supply Company and King and
Steele, the preferred creditors of
John H. Saunders, have accepted the
donkey engine and attachments in
of the judgment in the
litigation of the judgment of Charles
ii. Springer Us. Robert Aver, re-
ceiver of Saunders and bis creditors.
The court fixed the value of this
property at $1,000 and the cable
chain valued at $50 has been sur
rendered to Mr.. Aver Thus end
eth long and tedious controversy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Mari, this
week, celebrated their fOrtieth we'd
ding anniversary, at the home OF
their daughter, Mrs. Roy Porter, on
Fourth street, by family reunion at
which were present. besides the host
and hostess, Mr.. and Mrs. Merlin
MARI and Roy Mari of Seattle, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick MARI and son of
Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. St.
John and children, Bernice and
Harold, and Herbert MARI of Che
halls. Quite number of suitable
presents were gifts to the parents.
After the repast a photograph was
taken of the party.
Thomas Sullivan, convicted of
burglary and sentenced to two wears
in the pen, last week, walked away
from his iailer, Constable Turner,
evening. in open daylight. |
Turner was taking the prisoners
down to bring up wood, Sullivan
feigned illness and managed to get in
the rear of the line. AS he did not
come down, Turner returned to the
upper floor, and found his man had |
departed, doubtless by Jumping
through a window in the iailer's |
room. Now that the horse is on