Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-02-04

jude Njlch"i viii rcturh from
Vancouver. Sunday.
W. f.. .luy,ox lift for Montana,
Tuesday. On business tr'p.
Billy Cloudy has bough, the Cor
nrr ~4ioon of Chris. DongcS.
I-i~ aid that Union Pacific trains
ul. bc running to Gray iIarbor
Toy April.
Lee Baker proprietor of the Olym-
piI Vine X Liquor store, is quite Ill
VITA plcmlsy.
The local acrie of Eagles will give
ball at the Lobby on the evening
Of the I'D inst.
Mrs. A. II. Chambers has been
spending the past week with rcia-
tives in Seattle.
Right of Way, $50 show
played at Olympia Theater to IA
poor house" Tuesday night.
Ben. Howell is up from Seattle on
a visit He was formerly sexton OF
the Masonic cemetery, near Tum-
water.
Mrs. NJ. A. Covington was called
to Spokane, Tuesday. by the serious
illness of her son. Rev. Nj. A. Gov
ington.
ST. Martin s College reopened Tues
day after being closed for six weeks
nf ,,rh i,.h
prevailed there.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has started q
campaign to raise the $40. 900 deficit
they are "shy" on their building
and furnishings.
p. c. Hofstetter. of Tacoma. has
been selected to have charge of the
Y. NJ. c. A. building of this city as
Physical Director.
John L. Yantis, of Tenino, was
in the city Monday in the interest of
the estate of Henry Mize, deceased,
of which he is executor.
Mr.. Hugh Ross says he wishes
Thurston county and Olympia might
adopt the Commission system of
county and city government.
The train from the harbor which
has been getting in at 1910 A. NJ.
now arrives an hour later. the addi-
tional time being given to touch at
MOclipS.
Mrs. W. R. Whiteside and daugh-
ter, Miss Jessie, left for Aberdeen,
Tuesday, to join Mr. Whiteside, who
has gone into the undertaking bust
ness there.
Mrs Mabel Phipps Lathrop is still
seriously afflicted with heart trouble
Her parents. relatives and numerous
friends are much concerned over hel
present condition.
Bert Wright and Miss Ruth Bige
low will soon be joined in wedlOck
Mrs. II. O. Dunbar will tender 6
shower in honor of the bride tO-be to-
morrow afternoon.
Ben Hemrick, who claims Olym
pia as his home. was arrested at Ia
coma, yesterday, on charge o.
stealing S25 from Capt. Wilson. o.
the steamer Greyhound.
The Olympia Bazaar is having &
special sale. which will continue
through this month. Everybody
should take advantage of the greatly
reduced prices at this popular store
Mr.. Geo. f. Higgins of Lacey Wis.
tied Olympia last Monday. He has {
conviction that this city will get ar
intrurban line of transportation
from Tacoma before the beginning o.
1911.
Cal McClclland has just laid tn,
keel for 26-foOt launch for Harry
Ranft. it is of the. same model a!
the Peter G., the fast launch owned
by the Schmidt brothers of Tum
water.
The funeral of William Hersey
65 years of age, who died Wednesday
will be held this afternoon. He wa.
a farmer, living a few miles from
town, and leaves a wife and severa
children.
1t is said Delphi may lose her post
Office unless somebody can be found
to perform a tri-weekly mail servic,
for 5000, the present rate, or less
The contract runs from June next Il
the same date. 1914.
Lawyer f.. n. Steele is suffering
from the running of silver on hi.
hand Last Wednesday the symp
toms of blood poisoning appeared
prompting him to have the swoller
place OF the injury lanced.
Retta White, well known in thi.
county, is on her way from the East
to reside with her niece, Mrs. W. L
Hoskins. in Los Angeles. Cal. Mrs
H. was formerly Miss Nora Cham
bers, of Chambers Prairie.
Charles Vietzen has bought
wholesale and retail liquor business
in Oakland, Cal. He recently solo
his interest in the Pioneer lror
Works and his saloon property OF
West Fourth street, this city.
Joseph l.. Peters, who latel,
bought the Sisters of Charity block
Adams and Eighth streets, has sol,
to Fred. W. Stocking and W. W
Hopkins three of the lots, for resi-
dence and an apartment-house site.
A Shadow S0ciable" will b
given at the McAllister Sprin;
school-house on Saturday evening
the 18th inst. An excellent pro
gramme has been arranged. Pro
ceeds will 90 towards a school Ii
brary.