Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-07-22

tive of Olympia and reared here, but
has resided several years ia Seattle,
where he ha, been engaged in the
realty business. His mother and
two sisters survive and live in Sc
attic. The fdneral was held in that
city, Tuesday afternoon.
Would it be asking too much to
have the 'sleepers'' at the fire Darn
to give the locality of the telegraph
alarms turned in by the strokes OF
the nearest Gamewell station to the
point of danger? This will serve the
purpose of giving general informa-
ton. and obviate the necessity OF
rushing on tie street and making in
quiry. thus saving much time to the
general public and serve the full pur-
pose of the most admirable design of
the system. 1t would take but mo-
ment to do this, and the whole series
of strokes need not ne repeated, If
time may not allow of more than the
first combination.
The ownership of the springs
which supply the Hospital for the
Insane at Fort Steilacoom with wa
ter and have been in use unmolested
for the past thirty years is a
matter of legal contention. Fort
Steilacoom was abandoned many
years ago by Uncle Sam and became
the property of the State, and own
ers of adjacent property. now claim
they own a prior right to the springs
from the fact that it is out of the
limits of the Fort reservation. The
Superior Court has decided that
Louise b. Church has slept on her
right so long that the statute of
limitation applies, and that her claim
is invalid.
Do you recollect the STANDARD
prediction about the unpopularity of
the Mackay polltax ordinance; af-
ter considerable sum of money had
been collected on account of this tax,
the same authority, Boss Mackay,
caused a repeal of that ordinance?
However, some of our people still re-
member This matter was used in
the campaign of 1908 to defeat George
Bigelow in obtaining the nominal
ton for County Prosecuting AttOr
ney on the Republican ticket, while
in fact he was City Attorney of
Olympia at that time and had moth
ing to do with the enactment of the
ordinance providing for the tax. but
the duty devolved upon him to make
the collection.
The fire. wagon in its run to an
alarm of fire, Sunday afternoon, up
set in making short turn at the
corner of Fifth and Columbia streets.
1t appears that while going at a high
rate of speed it was discovered that
the rein to the middle horse had not
been snapped into the bit, rendering
him uncomfortable for making turn
at the corner. The result was that
the heavy wagon slid across the
pavement and turned over from the
momentum. Nobody was injured,
however, as the men had jumped
from the vehicle, and no damage re-
suited to the horses, and aside from
back fender and the rear axle,
which were somewhat bent, no other
damage resulted.
Mrs. Sydney Walters, of Tacoma,
has been in the city during the pres
ent week. Her many friends here
and vicinity were glad to extend to
this lady a cordial welcome. Her
children, Gertrude and Harold, are
doing we'll. The daughter has been
employed IN the Tacoma Ledger Office
for five years, while Harold has so
far recovered from a long spell of i'll
ness that he is able to travel on the
road as a salesman ia behalf of a
boot and shoe company. 1t will be
noted that Mrs Walters is a sister of
Mrs. Louise Groat. nee Patterson,
who was proprietress OF popular
boarding house for a number of years,
located at the corner of Fourth and
Franklin streets in Olympia, who
now resides at Sherwood, Oregon.
There is quite a scrimmage on in
the Office of Secretary of State
trouble over distribution of the
spoils as it were. /. M. Howell, in
cumbent by appointment, claims
that there will be no vacation till
1912, and has refused to accept the
filing of Ben r. Fish for the position.
Sam H. Nichols has applied for q
writ OF mandate from the Supeme
Court to accept the filing or show
cause why he has not done so next
Tuesday. the 26th inst. Attorney
General Bell, whose word is gen.
orally law" will defend that coz
tention. Fish served for about
eight years as Assistant Secretary OF
State under Sam Nichols, who re-
signed under fire during the Schively
investigation, and wants another
pull at the teat. He is represented
by Frank c. Owings. assisted by
Mr.. Israel.
The police have announced 9
determination of teaching young
people the first principles of com
mon decency, if home education
has not included that branch Of
knowledge, by preferring charges
against some of their very backward
youth who divest themselves of al
their clothing to 60 in swimming
in open sight of many homes of fami
lies living near the waterfront. II
should be enough to know that such
conduct has been condemned by
ladies and families to cause it t.
cease, and the matter is much worse
when they persist in such conduc'
after being notified that it is objec
tionable. A few examples before oul
police courts may cause a notCriety
which can restrain if nothing elst
will. seasoned with due proportion
of fine and costs of arra;gnment
Try it, if occasion presents.
The Olympia Door Company ha.
sued Mrs. Viola Anders and her con
tractors, Head & Hutton. in the
Superior Court, to enforce q lien fol-