Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-03-25

and remanded To- the Superior Court
Justice Austin suspended execution
OF the sentence, duling good behavior
after giving them a severe lecture.
There are some Justices in Thurs
ton county, and perhaps elsewhere.
uhO Lave a disposition To prevent
parties vito nave been indicted, from
appealing from the Judgments rem
dcrcd by these a>SertlVe magistrates
>ach officers have it IN their power
TO cause the unfortunate litigant
much annoyance and cause the pub
lie to look upon judicial proceedings
as complete farce. Justices are
supposed to administer the law just
/ ~ at the very doors of their neigh
bOrs instead Of doing the ontrary.
1t is an open secret that our city
is TO have a rival steamboat line for
Tacoma and Seattle that will give a
specially fast and reliable passenger
service. 1t IS rumored that one of
( the fastest boats on the Sound has
been secured and it is expected TO
make round-trip between this city
and Tacoma and Seattle each day
Several of our prominent business
men are connected with the en-
terpriSe. 1t is reported that the
steamer has cost $50, 900 and is finely
equipped in all respects.
\ skeleton Of man and portions
of clothing still in a state of prcser-
walton that admitted of an identified
ton of the bones, were found near
Little Rock, the other day, and as
ccrtained by testimony of John Adair
to be those of John Craven. who dis
appeared about two years ago. He
was nearly 30 years of age. made his
home with Adair and was an assist
ant government engineer, engaged
in securing piling for jetty-work on
Gray'S Harbor. An unsuccessful
search wes made for him at the time.
The Oyster Growers Association
of the Sound and Willipa Harbor are
attempting to secure a reduction OF
freight rates on seed oysters for
shipment from the East to be plant
ed in local waters till grown, which
has yielded a successful return from
the first. 1t is the intention of the
association to ship much larger guam
titles if this concession can be Sc
cured and thus abate to some extent
the high price of the product that
has limited local use as well of the
bivalve
Mrs. kohlman, who is meeting
with such wonderful success in
mechano-theapy in treatment of
chronic diseases. requests US to
state that she will go to Seattle by
tomorrow train, to visit her daugh-
ter, Adella. and will return the next
day. Sunday. She wants it under
stood that this absence is imperative
occasionally, but it will be arranged
with as little inconvenience to her
patients as possible. She is located
at the Park Hotel. over Hugh Ross
drug store.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the State-aid road law is con-
stitutional, upon an appeal from
Skagit county, to restrain the Com
missioners from signing a contract
for the building of road to Marble
mount. The Superior Court had de-
MED a writ and an appeal was taken
up on the ground that the law takes
away the right of the county to
handle it's own affairs and that it
makes an unequal distribution of the
State funds. The Supreme Court
holds to just the opposite opinion
and sustains the Superior Court.
Court Commissioner Fry is one of
the smaller fish in the salary pool
who has had the crumbs dropped to
him from the piecounter increased
to small handful of crumbs, by ac-
ton of the County Commissioners.
He has hitherto received $50 per an
mum, for exceedingly light duties.
estimated to be worth about 20
cents day. Now he is required
"Offlshally" but one day in the Heek.
but is to receive pay at the rate of
five dollars for that service, or $40
per year for 81 days service. This
new duct of tactical supply will be
opened on April LIST.
| And now it is reported that the
Tacoma gas company, said to be
owned mainly by Chicago firm, pro,
pose to supply this city and Others
ON the route with gas from q main to
be laid from the terminal city, 81
miles in length, to the mains here.
From what G. f. Grovesbeck, Vice
President of the Chicago firm of H.
M. Byllesby & Co. says, we may ex-
pect many cities in this State and
Oregon will be united under light,
water and street railroad systems to
be operated by central stations at
widely separated points, and that
they hold options ON many smaller
plants.
Harry White and Blaine Lee, IA
and Is years of age respectively, have
been arrested on charge OF stealing
chickens, an implication they con-
fessed was true and that they had the
fowls cashed in an out-of-the-
place. They led the officers to a
place in the brush in the woods, and
a demand for missing eggs was fol-
lowed by digging away the earth
where can was found containing q
dozen eggs. Four other boys were
implicated by their confession, as
we'll as the fact established that this
business had been going on for the
past five months, the young rogues
disposing of their plumber to market
men.
John Lucy, a logger, 80 years OF
of age, met death under the wheels
of a Northern Pacific locomotive,
near Elma, last Friday. 1t was evi.
IDENTIFY a case of suicide. He had
chosen a place ON the track just
around a curve, and when seen all
the means that could be used were
employed to avoid the disaster, but
if he heard the signals of warming he
did not heed them and when he came
IN cinhf tho nf,,p, Of Tho =,