Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-06-24

residence of Mrs. Madden on East
Sixth street.
The Seattle Commercial Club and
the Chamber of Commerce of that
city have invited the Commercial
Club of this city to a banquet in Sc,
attic next Tuesday evening. held in
honor OF the Southwestern Wash
ington Development Company.
Dennis Sargent, Saturday, was
found guilty on a. statutory charge
on a trial by jury in the Superior
Court. The punishment prescribed
Is imprisonment in the penitentiary
not to exceed ten years, or in the
county Jail not to exceed one year
The Supreme Court has for the
first time declared the Judgment lien
law of 1907 to be constitutional.
The court by previous decisions had
held this law was prospective in its
operation and did not apply to
causes of action existing before it
went into effect.
Lewis Campbell. of Ballard. a
student at St. Martins College, was
brought to town to have a duck
shot extracted from his hand, Tues
day afternoon. The shot was pro-
iected from an air-gun. and had
enough force to fracture the skin
and inflict very painful wound.
George +. Rogers was seriously
injured in the Door Company's fac
tory by the falling on him of pile
of lumber. When taken to the hos
pital, it was found that an arm had
been broken and he had suffered a
deep cash in the head. 1t is thought
that he is not internally injured and
will speedily recover.
The Supreme Court has sustained
the material men S lien law, passed
in March, 1909. Gov. Hay did not
succeed in working its repeal by his
peculiar veto methods, with reference
to later enactment, at the special
session, in August of that year. He
attempted to do more than he and
the Legislature could have done CO.
jointly.
f. w. Cariyon has decided to have
a fine programme at his driving
park, July 4th, at P. NJ. The band
has been secured, to drive away the
blues, between the acts. There will
be special race for farmers, owning
horses in Thurston county. Mr..
Carlyon hopes to interest the farm
ers at the County Fair proposition,
which feature he is looking forward
to.
The STANDARD is in possession of
information from a reliable source
that. within the past two years, over
two thousand hone-owners in Seat
tie, have been compelled to sacrifice
and abandon their property holdings
because they were unable to pay the
assessments for street improve
ments. Would it not pe we'll for an
Olympia City Council to pause and
consider :?
The City Council lacked a quorum
Wednesday night. Notwithstanding
considerable business was to be
transacted and petitions considered.
This idea of one of the members re-
siding half a dozen miles in the
country may be disappointing at
times. but the fewer meetings that
are held may be safely regarded as
afforjing less opportunity for tran
sacting inopportune business.
1t is said that one of the most
thoroughly despised residents on
Westside is the owner of quite q
tract of ground who will be one of
the most benefited by the proposed
subsidy to induce the car-line people
to extend their track to that part OF
town. He refuses to stand any part
of his share to the subsidy sub
scribed by his neighbors. He is a
marked man as was Cain in his gen.
GRAFTON.
It is reported that C. S. Reinhart
will have charge of the new theater
to be installed in the Lemon con-
crete block now under process of
erection. corner of Franklin and
Fourth streets. Built for the OBJ
ject in view. it will doubtless be of
more pretentiou capabilities than
for the dime picture shows in halls,
which claim to be theaters, but are
more properly classed, by the Seattle
term. Theaterettes.
At the annual memorial ceremonies
under the auspices of the X. of p.
held in the Pythian Hall. Sunday
afternoon Samuel l.. Rulings de-
livered an able address, suitable
and proper for the occasion. The
weather was too inclement for the
Knights and Ladies to 60 to the
cemetery in . body and place flowers
on the graves of the departed. This
Office was performed by a committee
selected for the purpose.
The Supreme Court decided las,
week that q married man coming tC
Washington leaving wife residing
in Wisconsin repres enting himself a.
unmarried: person and accommodating
real property in this State, by CON
veying same to to an innocent pur
chaser, the wife is not legally en-
titled to assert her community claim.
in the property involved. when the
purchaser had no reason to believe
his grantor was married man.
Now another costly toy is proposed
FOR Olympia--a new city dock to re
place the one lately built at the foo'
Of Tilt0n street. If the city would
make some provision for the eco.
nOmic use of the present dock, il
would meet all requirements, fol-
vessels trading with the city from
along-shore points. It is largely
appropriation OF these facilities BY
permanent dockage Of the mosquito
feet that there is occasionally a de-
lay in securing the berthage fol
business craft.
S. H. Barbee, an old time real
estate man OF Olympia, who lived
here in the COS, but who now resides
in Seattle, was in the city. the other
day. Time appears to have dealt
kindly with him. He renortod his