Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-03

down to ACTIVE work till Tuesday.
Probably Monday will mark a brief
session 10 designate books and
award class positions.
The commissioners h4vn ordered
tn" chang of tn" Nc~qud. ~ road on
McA.l~tyr Greek. tina. VIII roIut"
THE grad toaho.t - per cent. r.>''-
Tine STATE pays half the expense ana
the road and bridErfund the balance.
The tp'al cost will be- $500.
Under the law % 1899, before Il
lrIa! >a,cof land can he made for de-
iiuuurnt taxes. the County Treas
urer must motif, the record owner OF
the pending sale, if known. other
VS." 10 post notice in some public
place at :hr county Courthouse.
Claypool and CAriyon have finally
traded jack knive, for the very
doubtful chance OF receiving the
Congressional nomination. The for
mer Won. and the latter is to be ac-
corded the privilege OF presenting
C.aypOo : name to the convention.
Miss Hazel Israel is clerking in the
store Of Shorty Davis on Fourth
street. HcrsiSter. Maudic, has re
turned to Olympia after enjoying a
months vacation with relatives in
the vicinity of Little Rock. Maudie
is an unusually bright girl in her
studies.
When the eat is away the mice will
play. One Of our attorneys. while
his wife Is away. gets lonesome, en-
ploying some of his time in visiting
the cheap shows and =; still he
says this saying does not apply be
cause the playing is on the stage and
canvass, while he himself is but an
OnlOuker.
An uncalled for alarm of fire,
Wednesday. led very nearly to a col
lision of the fire team with a farmer ;
wagon on the turn of Columbia and
Fourth streets. in which the sudden
check of the horses one of them was
thrown violently on the brick pave
ment and sustained some severe
scratches.
Mrs. Emma Els, last Saturday,
took advantage of the excursion
given under the auspices of the Wo-
mans Club of Olympia, to Seattle.
visited the exposition and returned
on Monday. She speaks in favorable
terms about the great show, particu-
larly about the buildings and the lay
of the grounds.
Mrs. f. l.. Sylvester will, during
the coming fall and winter, occupy
the family residence at the corner of
Fifth and Boundary streets in order
to be with her daughters, Misses
Frances and F.unice. The ranching
occupation is not pleasant business
for women to follow, especially in
the rainy season.
Our Supreme Court has decided in
q late case that Il widower dying
leaving an estate which formerly be
longed to himself and deceased wife
on which estate there had been ne
administrator, the probate proceed
ings on the widower's estate en-
braced the community interests O
the deceased wife.
Next Monday is a legal holiday il
all the States and Territories, anC
District of Columbia, except Nortl
Dakota. In Louisiana. observed il
Orleans parish. In Wyoming, by
proclamation of the Governor. 5,
it seems that Gov. Hays proclama
ton was unnecessary and gratuitouS
unless it be to secure q partisan
| boost.
| Willie Henry, OF South Union. haC
a thumb of his left hand shot off by
discharge of bird shot from a gun h
was carelessly handling, Wednesday
and a few of the shot also entere,
the arm of Archie Randall, who nc
companied him. Henry is nov
at ST. Peter S hospital, undergoin.
surgical care. He may also lose tn
fore-tinger.
Richard Blake, of Iowa, is visitin.
with his brother, F. &. Blake, at tn
latter's home on Westside. This i
Mr.. Blakes first trip to the Yves
and he thinks this section of the coun
try has a great future ifgraft in publ
Office can be curtailed. 1t might b
advisable for him to locate in GU
!, midst and assist our good citizens il
the curtailing process.
The Local Option League, an OF
ganizatiOn of the PrOhis, is to NEE
, in Mallory's hall, on Saturday, tn
18th inst, to elect officers, circulat
. petitions and holding a local Optio1
election outside of olympia and re
ninO, early in January, next yeai
The meeting has been called by Mi
lard Lemon, J. ID. Stanley, c. q
Morris and J. W. Thorne
The East Fourth street sidewalk
on the south side of the street, b,
, tween Ounce and Boundary, need
repairs in places. Such defect
ought to be attended to, for som
individual may go into the industr
of getting hurt in order to lay til
, foundation for a damage suit again>
the city. This line of business ha
developed wonderfully during la1
2 years.
George b. Lane has sold the larg
wooden building, now occupied b
Kearney Il Co., corner of Fifth an
Main streets, for 50, 000 POssessio
d is about to be given. The buildin
!; will be supplanted by concre
l structure in the Spring, says job
: Walker, its new owner. 1t once o
cupied the opposite corner, whel
: the Odd Fellows three-story brick
n situated.
Miss Ethel Young visi ted h'
D grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Trullinger. at Arlington Park, s.
S miles from Tacoma, last Sunday, +
r turning in the evening on the Ma,
: nolia. Mr.. and Mrs. Trullinger ow
g a home at the park. but would like
return to Olympia and mingle aga
q with their former friends and neig
bors. Mr. Trullingers health HI
$ greatly improved since he return'
y from Colorado.