Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-08-05


skilled workmen.
| If you have real estate to sell. on
If you want to buy, money to invest
or insurance to place. do not fail to
call upon James Mcdowell & Son,
BIG East Fourth street, apd our
word for it you will be accorded fair
and honest treatment and square
deal. -
Two safe-crackers who made an
attempt to crack the strong box in
! tue Cosmopolis postoffice, Sunday,
but made their escape, are thought
to have come this way. Sheriff Gas
ton thinks they must have passed on
before the notice was given for
search.
The Capitol Commission has sold
about So 900 worth from the Capt.
tol lands. the proceeds of which will
be applied to payment of the old war;
rants. A second sale has been Or
dered for Nov. 18th. rhe land sold
was in Skayit, Snohomish, Skamania,
Clarke and COwltz counties.
A gasoline wood saver is the latest
advance. made by denizens of the
forest. The little machine is a giant
in capabilities. 1t not only hauls
wood into camp but saws it any
length and piles it up to season for
winter. 1t came from Portland and
is consigned to ]. w. Johnson, of
Shelton.
Fred. Carlyon is plating large
area of the Old Fair Grounds, con-
tiguOus to his Driving Park on the
east, into acre tracts for suburban
residences. He is having Clover
field road, just south of the ball park,
opened. and this will be the main
entrance to the new addition, just
three blocks east from the car-line.
A Miss Hutchins. of Portland, is
employed at the Reder & Lewis store
in demonstrating the superiority of
self-sealing jay which does away
with all sorts of rubber band to Sc
cure perfect exclusion of air. It is
adapted to all kinds of fruits, berries
and vegetables and will preserve
them without mould or deterioration
of quality for an indefinite period.
Call and see them. She will close
the demOnstratory work tomorrow
evening.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Richardson S
protest against the proposed fill on
Third street. on the ground that it
world practically put him out of
business. and a numerously signed
petition asking that such changes he
made as not to interfere with his
mill which brings $40. 900 annually to
town for lis. product of shingles,
nothing further was done than to
place the protest and petition on file,
slow method of asphyxiation that
goes with the "cold stare"
Sunday evening the Socialists held
forth at Rabeck's hall. The audi
ence was small, but was very atten-
tive in listening to the discussion of
the question of Socialism and the
Prohibition movement. G. V. Boone
spoke from the Socialistic stand
point and James Mcdowell presented
the Prohibition side. One week
from next Sunday evening at the
same place DR.. A. G. Cook has prom
ised to speak on the subject of
Rheumatism in the Social Organ
ISM"
The City Council Wednesday even
ing passed the Carlyon fill ordinance
and invited bids to be opened on
the 18th inst. 1t embraces 20 blocks
on the water front north of Second
street and between Water and JET
ferson streets, practically the whole
tideland district fronting the center
of town. The estimated cost is
$1O2, 297 20, payable in ten-year
bonds bearing 8 per cent. The as
sessment is payable in ten yearly
instalments; the bonds drawn in
denominations of 800.
The prolific yield of wild black
berries, this season, has caused an
unusual assault upon the berry
patches in the Black Hills and else
where. whole families making picnic
outings of the matter and. camping
for days. The result has been that
some OF these sources of supply have
been depleted. for this season at
least. And it is no wonder. The
wild blackberry is the most priced of
Jared delicacies. 1t will keep in
definitely can opened a few weeks
ago. put up" four years ago. was
put doca with relish equal to that
OF berries just from the vines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Bonner,
evangelists with the Worlds Faith
Missionary Association, who have
been the past six years engaged in
street appeals on this coast, with
headquarters at Fresno, Cal, are on
their third visit to this city and will
remain the remainder of the week.
Mrs. Bonner is noted for her clear
and brilliant voice in the limited
sphere Of rendition of hymns of the
service. and they are both fiuer t
takers and forc:ble presenters of the
arguments favoring pure and
sanctified life. They carry with them
the good wishes of many friends who
have become interested in their life
work
Prosecuting Attorney Wilson has
been informed by telegram from the
Chief of Police of Challiwalk, Canada,
that Ellen White, the l6-year-old
daughter Of James Little of Little
Rock, who disappeared from her
home some days ago, with Oscar
Duyal. a labOrer. had been found ut