Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-29

our streets TINS week. Being Il large
property owner on Fourth street. he
is Interested in the pavement propo-
SltlOn. His experience in this be-
half may convince him as to the adj
vantagcS of the Commission plan of
municipal government He says that
his little daughter has completely
recovered hcr health.
The second horse stolen from Il
stable, several weeks ago. near
Lacey. owned by |. u. Smith.
has been recovered. He was found
near the St. George school in Puyal-
lup valley. on Il farm. whore the ami
mai had come several DAYS before
John Mayes lost a horse about the
same time and place. which was re-
covered from a Japanese gardener
in Tacoma. which fact was noted in
our issue of last week
The Woman : Catholic order of
Forcsters installed the following OF
ticers at their last regular meeting:
Chief Ranger, Jessie Mallory; Vice
Chief Ranger, Lydia Reder. Record
ing Secretary, Ella Lyman: Financial
Secretary. Nellie Gaddy; Treasurer,
Eva Rolman: Trustees. Rose Miller,
Flora Mcintosh and Sarah Grimm;
Sentincls, Winnie Hulsc, Catherine
Kenny: Conductors, Anna Strader
and Elizabeth Zandell. \ social SEES
sion and refreshments followed the
bus ness session.
The Supreme Court has affirmed
the decision of the Superior Court
of King county in the case of the
Browns appellants VS. Mrs l.. Ii.
WiSner. respondent, in which a
brokers' commission of s., 900 was
claimed on a lease of the Stander
hotel in Seattle This victory of
Mrs. Wisner possesses a local inter
est from the fact that she was once a
resident of Olympia, while her hus-
band was Postmaster, under the
Cleveland administration, and she has
many friends here.
The STANDARD predicts that at
paying time and thereafter, more
of our citizens will consider the adj
visibility of change in the internal
mechanism of city government. The
Galveston, or Commission plan, APP
pears to be the best thing in sight.
Now that the Legislature is in SEES
sion will the voters of a municipality
be given an opportunity of deter
mining the question of a change of
economic base in this particular, or
shall we drag our weary way along
for another two years?
Mr.. ]. ID. Benner, of the Tacoma
Credit Association, was in the city this
week, on business, looking after
the receivership proceedings of the
Black Lake Lumber Company He
is anxious to sell the standing tim
Der belonging to this company, in
order to settle the liens of numerous
claimants. Mr.. S. c. Mumby is
nOminally the receiver, but the bust
ness is conducted by Mr.. Benner,
who has the reputation of being a
man of affairs. His bookkeeper,
Charles II. Morse, is rendering val
liable service in the somewhat bur-
denSome undertaking.
The funeral scrvicesof Miss Hazel
Harris were held at Whiteside's
Chapel. Tuesday afternoon, under
the beautiful and impressive service
of the Episcopal Church, rendered
by the rector, Rev. George Messias.
An innovation from the usual form,
was rendition of a couple of appro-
pirate selections of music by the
orchestra of which she had been IA
member and solo by Miss Eastman,
The heartfelt thanks are rendered
all who contributed these heart-of-
ferings by act and the many who
supplied the beautiful flowers So
suggestive of the beauties of i'm
mortal life
Plans have been prepared for Il
first-class cement building, to be
erected on the northwest corner of
Main and Fifth streets, to contain
three store rooms, two fronting on
Main, of ample size and one in the
'Nui ''Oht'hs, Ol Ilti StTcct, WHICH,
will be somewhat narrower i'm width.
1t will have fifteen Office-roOms on
the second story. The walls will be
reinforced with steel and of sufficient
strength to sustain the weight of
another story or two, when business
may justify the cost. The building
will be built for the owners of the
site, George II. Funk and his sister
Mrs. Addie S. VOlland. a resident of
MariOnette. Wis. Work will COM
mence on the building in the spring.
1t will be heated by furnaces placed
in a basement % by ~ feet in size,
at the west end of the structure.
For Sale.