Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-11-18

would. of course, apply to Olympia.
Sixteen employees of the Mumby
shlnGle mill have quit work because
the company discharged an employe
who was block sawyer and union
man, who refused to change his saws
during the noon hour. or on over.
time, as had been the custom. The
walk-Out took place Tuesday morn
ing. and the strikers were given
twenty-four hours to return, or the
closure would be made permanent.
In reply to the demand of the
Chamber Of Commerce for $500, 900
appropriation for harbor improve
ment, the War Department respond
ed to Mr.. Marshall, it's President:
" All right; assure the Department
that the necessary retaining wall and
bulk-headS are constructed to care
for the deposit, and double the work
will be done in making the fill, in
accordance with the Chambers re-
quest.
Mason COllard. an 19-year-old boy
whose parents reside at Great Falls.
Mont, fell from a Great Northern
passenger train at Tenino, Monday
night, and was crushed to pieces.
He and another youth were beating
their way to Portland from Tacoma,
with several hobos, all riding on the
blind baggage. AS the train
passed Tenino the coupling broke
and in the scramble for hand holds, it
is thought that the tramps pushed
Collard off.
Edwin e. Axtell, a pioneer and at
one time Auditor of Thurston county,
died Thursday of last week, at his
home in Auburn. He was born in
Illinois in 1912, and crossed the
plains in 1852. The Axtell family
settled at Grand Mound the succeed
ing year. Edwin was married in
1869 to Rachel ]. Mills of Centralia,
by whom he had six sons and daugh-
tiers. one of whom, Mrs. Annie Ches-
ser, resides in Olympia. The funeral
was held Saturday at TeninO.
At the local Woman's Equality
Club. at the Methodist church, Mon
day evening. a jubilee meeting was
held in consideration of the adoption
of Equal Suffrage amendment. A
good musical and literary programme
was rendered. Miss Bernice Sapp
presided and gave an interesting &C.
count of the recent meeting of the
State Executive committee, which
made arrangements for State rati-
ficatiOn meeting to be held at Taco.
ma. January 14th, 1911.
S. H. Brown, the Progressive,
from Delphi. was in the city this
week. He is disappointed because
the proposition for Township organi.
cation failed at the late election. II
had in its favor majority of all the
votes cast on the question, but not a
majority of all the votes in the
county, as required by the constitu.
ton. The STANDARD has heretofore
pointed out that the law OF 1895 is
misleading. Why such a provision
was placed in the State constitution
is hard to determine.
August Wise, of Mud Bay, sold,
this year. to the State institutions,
Is. 900 pounds of dried prunes; to the
Mason County Logging Company, l..
600 pounds. to McLane & Mcmahon,
of Tacoma, 1000 pounds, and about
l 800 pounds to stores Of this city.
He has under thorough cultivation
an orchard of five acres, many of the
trees being twenty years old. They
are of the Italian variety. Besides
this he raised 300 boxes of fine win.
ter apples for which he found a ready
market.
The city has assumed charge oil
the Mallory contract for the big box
aewer. which turned over on its side
when the dredger began pumping
silt at its bottom. This is done
BY advice of attorney Israel. to com.
plete repairs and charge the cost uE
to the contractor. It is q difficult
job. and will require the best of ex.
perimental knowledge to devise means
for working under water. It is
claimed that contractor Mallory did
not complete it according to con-
tract, and the city was under no OBJ
legations to pay.
The Republican members OF the
Legislature consisting Of l08 out OF q
total Of 125. have begun thus early
TO "cut and dry" their proceedings.
In this city Tuesday evening, q eau
Gus was held, Of IS members repre-.
scented, who elected" Howard Tay.
lor, OF King county, Speaker of the
House. and lined up other personal
interests. They have such q ronsine
majority and so many conflicting
ambitions to crafty that the slight.
est jar is likely to smash the combine
to smithereens. The crash will come
early in the session.
An absurd fashion adopted by
young girls of this city. is about the
most ridiculous thing appearing on
our streets. 1t is a big-and gener.
ally 6aring red-bow, on the back Of
the neck, foot or eighteen inches
long and four or five wide. 1t pro-
jects several inches each side of the
head, and looks for all the world like
the wings OF q bird or the ears of q
jackass. When they first appeared
it was difficult TO determine whether
the wearer was coming or going,
from the shape of the unusual APP
pendage, and even now, the reflec-
tive mind is at loss to determine,
whether the tie is not really intend
ed to wear in front like a mans era
vat, instead OF extending in the rear
like the gaff of a mainsail.
Lame back comes on suddenly and il ex.
tremely painful Itiscsussd BY rheumatism
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