Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-10-22

Mr.. Kerr, Seattle: Rev. Moore and
Mrs. {. y Pratt. Tacoma. and Rev.
". ". Miller. District Secretary.
1t i unfortunate for H." taXpJycrS
OF olympia thai thcch.rtcr> OF cities
OF tn" tYird-c.a>S ia tins common
wealth arr in >urH ~Iapr that no
police officer can b. removed hoy th"
Mayor without the consent Of the
majority ol the members of the City
Council. especially when Such ma
DtfY az out ol harmony with th'
Mayor on the proposition, and 1u'
harden Ut having two SITS uf officials
drawing pay Out OF the city treasury.
\. J LinviI.r. who came to O'ym-
pix, in l>52. and engaged with ID. {.
Beatty in the cabinet and furniture
business till 1874. when he returned
to his former home in thr Middle
States came over this week from
North Yakima. where he is how re-
siding with his daughter, Mrs Clith-
cro. Ii is now y years since his re-
turn to his Old home in the t.a>,, dur
ing which time our then little village
has developed from a hamlet amid
Stumps and undcrbruSh into i thirty
ing capital city.
The tax league meeting will be
held in the Superior Court room on
next Tuesday evening at ; clock.
\ good attendance is desired. Ev
erybody welcome. There is an opin-
ion prctty generally prevailing among
our leading citizens that the Stats
Tics furnished ut Il former meeting by
the committee consisting of MeSsrS.
Van f,ppS. Daley ard Uhler should
be published by the city press and
also in pamphlet form as soon as pos
sible; delays in this regard do this
all-important movement no good.
Last week tifty-two applicants for
admission to practice law at the bar
of the Supreme Court were exam
med as to to their qualifications in
that behalf by committee of three
members of the bar, appointed by
that tribunal for that purpose. Forty
seven of these applicants were sue
cessful. There were no women APP
plicantS at this examination. 1t is
said the questions propounded at
the written examination We're not
particularly difficult. but well calcu-
lated to test the student knowl-
edge of the general principles of the
law. Whenever the written exam
nation proves to be unsatisfactory
the applicant is called before the
committee for oral Interrogation,
which oftimeS is trying to students.
What has become of the Swan
town fill? Is it slumbering TO be
revived into renewed vigor after the
next city election? AS the STAND
ARD is advised, after the filing of the
bids during the time prescribed, the
contract may be let by the Council
without first letting the interested
property owners know about it..
Some of these parties say the pres
ent police row side tracks other city
affairs of public importance, which is
unfortunate. Did not Jefferson or
some other great man observe:
Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty" ? you do not protect your
property interests acquired by self
denial and strenuous efforts, if you
do not protect your own household,
how can you citizens hope to have or
enjoy liberty?
Mrs. Mile Chilberg and her ac-
cOmplished daughter, Neva, have
been in the city during the week
visiting relatives and friends. Since
their arrival from Nome, for the
most part the mother and daughter
have resided at Chehalis, where Neva
has been pursuing her musical
studies and practice on the violin
under the tutorship of Mrs. J. A.
Gable. Mrs. Chilberg expects to go
to Chicago and New York in the
near future with her daughter, that
she may receive further instruction
and later on, if circumstances will
allow, go to Leipsic, Germany, for
purpose of completing Nevas must
cal education. Joseph Chilberg is
still at Nome. and according to re-
ports is doing a thriving business.
He still believes in Socialism and
adheres with on oriental devotion to
the tenetS of industrial unionism.
When here he often and repeatedly
expressed his dislike to every form
of tyranny and injustice.
The Water street crawling propo-
sition between Fifteenth and Six
teenth streets is probably thing of
the past. The City Council on mo-
ton of Councilman Mackay, agreed tC
remit the 1879 expended in changing
the plan of crawling the street back
to the terms of the original contract,
with Mills Bros, and pay the amount
OF 1919 out of the current expense
fund. The original contract was en-
tered into according to law on the
basis of improving a street 60 feet
wide, then graveled as IL it were
only 30 feet in width without any le-
gal change in the terms OF the first
contract. Certain AUDITING owners
objected to this departure. which
cost 1919 extra for the expense in
complying with the original agree
ment. This extra charge, Paul Neuf-
fer, ID. C. Bates and other property
owners on the street refused to pay:
hence the reduction. There would
seem to be no question that the city
could not legally collect this sum, but
it is unfortunate the city must stand
the expense Who Numbered d?
More boys play was again ON al
the Council meeting, Monday night
and the same suspended patrolmer
were the subject of dissension. II
seems that Gansield and Herndon,
who were suspended from duty some
time ago. on a charge of revels with
the demi-monde, but really for dab
bling in politics. came to head by
failure to secure four votes of the
Council in approval of the said sus.
pension by the Mayor. This should
have ended the matter, for the law
had no contemplation of the revolu-
tiOnary tactics adopted of a second