Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-08-12
C:y and Country.
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How do you like Tacoma gas so far?
Green corn is coming in to market.
Bids for State supplies will be
opened Sept. 10Th.
Mayor Harris has gone to New
York to be absent month.
Oh. that we lad a little rain; to
Law the dust. If for nothing else.
Can't. II. NJ. Pierce left Wednesday
on visit t. down Sound points.
The Ballard e-ball team plays
the Senators of this city here Sunday.
James D. Barton, of Chicago. has
purchased a farm on Hartstein Is
land
The Sunday School of the Baptist
church held a picnic at the city park
Wednesday.
The proposed improvement on
Eastbay avenue has been abandoned
for the present.
Ruthford MOnnahan and Miss Min
ME Powers, both of this city, were
married yesterday.
Cur town is now supplied with the
Tacoma made" article of gas.
How do you like it?
Peter Lapine and Phoebe Hughes,
both of Little Rock, were united in
marriage, Wednesday.
James the year old son of James G.
Chatter, of the Lyric theator, died
Tuesday, of brain fever.
The United Wireless telegraph Of
fee has closed in this city. 1t did
not pay expenses of maintenance.
James l. Seward and wife have
gone to Idaho for a months vacation.
Mr.. S. is stenOgrapher in the At
torney Gederals Office.
Mrs. A. A. Lindsey, of Portland,
is visiting Mrs. J. M. Patton. Mrs:
L is the wife the last Territorial
Treasurer OF this State.
The City Council has elected E. E.
Taylor. from the Fifth ward, Mayor
temporarily, during the absence oil
Mr.. Harris in New York.
An examination for Eighth-grade
pupils is announced to be held in the
High School building on the 18th and
18th insts., Thursday and Friday oil
next week.
Mrs. Jennie E. Kilmer, of this city,
will attend the National Encampment
of the G.. A. R., at Atlantic City,
Sept. 18th, as a delegate to the
Ladies auxiliary.
1t is announced that Mrs. Clarence
Boone has become violently insane
through spirltualism, and that the
authorities have been requested to
take charge Of her.
The Bigelow addition improvement
project has been laid on the table in
definitely by the City Council. in
response to overwhelming protests
from property owners.
A religious revival under the au.
spices of the Methodists is in progress
at Little Rock. Rev. James Boice
is the main exhorter, who is said to
have been with the sensational Billy
Sunday.
Allen & Morris. the garage men,
have taken charge of Olympia Thea
ter, which has become a white
elephant" to all who have attempted
tomanage it since the advent of the
dime theaters.
Francis Carr has been appointed
Postmaster at New Kamilche. He
has also purchased the general mer-
chandise store there from the ad.
ministrator of the estate of Charles
Wilson. deceased
H. c. Herman, President of our
local water company. whose residence
was burned in the late Hoquiam
fire. has moved to this city and
occupies the Wyman residence on
Eighth and Main streets.
The Jefferson street improvement
project is sleeping the sleep of the
just, and may wait an indefinite time
for the resurrection trumpet to
sound, when Mackay may not be on
hand to give the bugal call.
DR.. Partlow and Linn Brown were
hauled before Squire Frost and each
tined s. and costs for racing their
automobiles on the public streets at
a rate OF about 80 miles per hour, ut
an early hour Sunday morning.
George Edward Lloyd, who died
lately at Bellingham, was buried In
the Masonic cemetery near Tumwater
Monday. He was 81 years OF age
and his death was due to heart fail.
ure. He was an uncle of William
Lloyd Of Tumwater.
Hazel Anderson has experienced
for more than two weeks q severe
spell Of throat trouble, from which
she seems 10 be slowly recovering.
Her mother. hrs. George H. Ander.
SON. enjoys much better health than
She experienced d few months ago.
William Kindred, aged 66 years.
one OF orr cd pioneers, died in the
hospital, Monday. after a lingering
illness. lie is survived by widow
and seven children, four sons and
three daughters. Burial services
were held Wednesday at Masonic
cemetery.
The Acknowledgement has decided
Or probably legisiatad would be a
more appropriate term-that the
County Commissioners cannot 'au.
thorlze the payment of bills incurred
when road district is in debt and
has no money to pay; in other words,
may not legally run in debt.