Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-23


Killed while attempting to board a
train at Palmer. Saturday. whore he
had been employed IL coal mine.
II" leaves a wife. for whom much
sympathy i felt
Mr. Wendell Wi!>ton. Of Ever
"tt aud hrr yotmg son. are visiting
at li.r huMr OF Mr.. and Mrs. Tho> y
W.'ii>fon. on East Fourth street
Her husband Wll soon arrive t.
spend Il brief vacation here
Mrs Sarah Helen Hinry. Of Cham
bcr~ Prairie, died Tuesday at her
hom" on that prairie and was buried
Wednesday in odd Fellows ccmr-
terry from White>ide'S undertaking
parior>. with services conducted by
Rev. c. +. Todd.
The City Council has taken steps
to create two new assessment dis
trict>. one TO permanently grade and
pave Jefferson street. between Third
and Fourth. and the other to SINH
LARRY improve Eleventh street, be
tween Main and Franklin.
On motion OF Councilman Mackav.
the Office of PoundmaSter. involving
some control OF the slumherdrStroy-
ing dogs that yelp, bark and howl
frequently all night long, has been
vacated. and now CAMS may bay
the moon to his hearts content.
An ordinance was passed by the
council Monday night ordering the
construction of sewers on Fifteenth
street from Columbia to Water; Bay
street from Water To the end of Bay
Water from Fifteenth to Eighteenth
and Sylvester from Bay to Seven
teenth.
The Olympia School Board have
very wisely. we think, rejected all
bids for building the annex to the
Roosevelt school building. The bid
submitted by W. d. Lilly was for
1880: George F'aber. $3,33S; Geo.
W. Biles. S3,4J5 and W. f. Yelver
ton, $3.50
Deputy Sheriff Frank II. GolsOn.
who died Sunday at Sherlock. was
buried from Whiteside' chapel Tues
day. at P NJ. under the auspices of
the Knights of PythiaS, of which or
der he was an honored member.
Rev. Il. NJ. Hayes delivered the flu
neral sermon.
Our people generally will regret
to learn that Claud H. Weston has
resigned the position of Street Com
missioner. He has made u splendid
officer. The resignation has been
accepted to go into effect Aug. LIST.
1t is said Peter Mcfarland will bt
his successor.
Mrs. Kate Stevens Bingham. OF
Boston, daughter of the first Cover.
nor of Washington (Territory) who
has been here several days, left Mon
idav for Seattle and the A.-Y.-P
fair Her tour will probably last
several months in visiting objects o
interest in the early days.
Mrs. Flora Miller, sister of Mrs
! Samuel B. Kinsey after a three
months visit in Olympia, on las
Monday departed for her home il
Denver, Colorado. Mrs Miller wa.
favorably impressed with Olympi;
and surroundings, and while her,
made many friends among our bcs
citizens.
The pipe works insurance has beer
adjusted at $50. 900, on a policy call
ing for $4,000. No arrangement
for rebuilding have yet been decided
upon, nor will there be till the in
t suraEce is paid President Hamp
ton. who is travelling in Europe
must be heard from before any de
cisive action is taken.
= Mr. Docherty's big black horse il
, his haste to get to his evening mea
of hay and oats, Wednesday evening
, made IN abrupt turn at COlumbi
!, street towards the stable, and feel
, upon the sidewalk projecting hi
: head through Bolster Il Barnes show
window. The only material damage,
was, however, to the window.
: Misses Grace, frankie and Iren
= Monsoon, daughters of Mrs. Joyc
Monsoon, of Berkeley, Cal, were on
visit to friends in the city this week
=, Their visit posSesses'a peculiar in
II terest from the fact that their moth
Z er Miss Joyce Shelton) was for sey
d eral years attached to the STANDAR
u force, over quarter OF century ago
Deputy Sheriff Hall, of Yelm
/ brought in, Saturday, a man name'
Meyer, who had had his feet an
d legs badly burned at campfire |
u seems that he had built the fire t
keep himself warm after being be
a lated in the woods. The fire caugh
r his clothing while asleep and did no
l. awaken him until dangerously ahlaze
II City Engineer Van Epps com
putes that fill of the slough on East
J. side will take 379, 847 cubic yards O
h earth to raise it one foot above tn
It city base-line, from the north side O
o Third street to the south side @
Union. The cost, based upon a gov
J. eminent estimate for such work
:, II! cents per cubic yard, and woul
i amount to $47 ,355. 99.
s On motion of Councilman Mackay
Monday night. the city bought
t street sprinkler costing $3.50. Thi
e is in keeping with the action OF tn
e Council several years ago, in Robin
e the Silsby steam fire-engine of it
running-gear" to carry big hogs
# head for a sprinkler. The nicke
q plated wheels served to some exten
!. for an Offset to the plebeian appear
4 ance Of the water cask.
Gentry Bros. circus and traine
}. animal show will give two perform
r. ances in Olympia, July Goth, afte1
;. noon and evening. The trained an
>. mails are the best on the road, an
!. the entertainment will be interes
ing and instructive to the children
The Gentry show leaves favorabl
impression wherever they perform
;, Watch for the street parade ne,
-" Thursday, at 10 A. NJ.
e Boyd Hamilton, of Occur d Alen
brother of Ortis Hamilton, and Mr.
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