Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-12-09

loving patriot.
A house and barn belonging to the
Chinese vegetable garden just east of
the Hale celery patch on E,astside.
caught fire Saturday night and were
burned to the ground. while the own
er was in town. The only object
saved was horse in the barn. The
buildings were of little value
The recent presence of +. +. Mar
tin in Olympia called to mind the
popular days of 1897, when Martin
contended with Eugene Way, the
Seattle single-taXer of the most rad
zeal type. and characterized Ways pet
theory the swindle tax" WAY is
now a Councilman in Seattle.
y hws tenos cnltus graft carefully
cultivated by election boards has
been nipped in the bud and 50 for
each OF the two days employed in
that duty will hereafter be the limit.
At the recent county election $3.50
to ~ was the charge and So allowed
by the County Commissioners.
\ case pending before Justice
Giles. entitled Koch VS.. Garfield and
partner, complaint for SlO damages
for explosion Of a stick of dynamite
causing a team to run away. A Jury
was demanded by plaintiff and "a list
OF women was prepared by the JUS
tlce of the Peace. Await develop
mentS.
The wife OF Dr. Bridgeford was OPP
Grated upon for appendicitis, last
week. in Portland, at ST. Vincent's
hospital, and the doctor has returned
from the visit they were making in
Portland. The operation was en-
tlrely successful and Mrs. B. is ex-
pected to be able to return in a week
or two.
Emery G. Williamson recently re-
turned from visit to Seattle and
Tacoma, and reported that a large
number of unemployed men thronged
the streets of those two cities in
search of jobs; that wages seemed to
be on the decline. Further along,
this condition may rresage a fall! in
the prices of commodities.
f. o. Robbins and wife will leave
next week for California, expecting
to be absent until next April, their
objective point being San Jose.
Other members of the family expect
to follow next month. While absent
Mr.. Robbins anticipates purchasing
a winter residence, spending his
summers in the Puget Sound coun-
try.
Mrs. Louise Turner, wife of the
pastor of the Baptist church at Tum.
water. died last Friday, at her home
in that place. She leaves husband,
and twelve descendants, ten sons and
two daughters, with a host of friends,
to mourn her loss. Deceased was
born in Georgia, Nov. 10th, 1916, and
was in her Gath year. The funeral
was held Monday.
The new fire-motOr machine is ex-
pected to arrive about the first OF
the year, about the time the new
$500 adding machine will be installed
in the City Engineers Office. Thus
we go! But, thank Heaven! the
end of this reckless expenditure ap-
pears to be in sight. The new mo-
tor will require that the salary OF
the Chief Assistant be raised.
1t is claimed the Tacoma Dredging
Co. will demand damages against
the sewer district or city at the rate
of 5000 per day caused by the col
lapse of the Nozzle creek fume
trunk-sewer project. Mr.. Property
Owner. does this look good to you 7
Mr.. hoffman says this occurrence
will inculpate the property owners
in the district in the sum OF twenty
five dollars per lot.
Mr.. Russell has served us with a
number. of parsnips from Dave S.
Bakers farm, few miles south oil
this place, which certainly would
take the premium in an agricultural
exhibit. One of them is Al inches in
length and Il inches in diameter al
the top. The others are somewhat
smaller, but all large and well-pro-
portiOned. They were grown on
shot-clay soil from Government seed.
The Women's Catholic Order oil
Foresters have elected the following
officers: Mrs. Lydia Reder, C. R.;
Mrs. Jessie Mallory, V. c. R.; Mrs.
Mile Gaddy, F. S.; Mrs. Eva Roll
man, F.; Mrs. Flora Mcintosh, Mrs.
Alice Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Grimm,
Trustees; Mrs. Fanny Euns o, Mrs.
MART Grimm, Conductors, and Mrs.
Ella Lyman delegate to the next BIZ
ennial session to be held in Chicago
in December, 1911.
The Book Investment company
fled Saturday articles of incorpora-
ton with the following officers
Trustees, J. s. Book. George C. Is.
rael and Fila J. Book; President, J.
S. Book; Secretary G. C. Israel and
General Manager, J. S. Book. The
Books have been residents of Los
Angeles, CAL, but will soon become
residents Of this city, and in the
meantime Mr.. Israel will manage the
firms business here.
Miss L. A. Smith died Saturday
morning, at her home on Seven.
teenth and Jefferson streets, at the
age Of 81 years. The funeral was
held at the Sticklin chapel, Rev. DR..
Hayes officiating, and the services
were under the auspices of the
Daughters Of Rebecca of this city, oil
which order Miss Smith had been a
member. The body was then ia.
ken to Tacoma and cremated, this
being the wish of deceased.
The Northern Pacific people OBJ.
ject to the city using the Seventh
street tunnel for a drainage sewer,
and have served notice on the City
Council, to provide some method for
disposal of the storm waters coming
down Washington, Franklin, Adams
and Jefferson streets. 1t is claimed
that the natural drainage east of
| Main street was formerly by q rayine