Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-03-04

Judge Rudkin, Of the Supreme
Court. wi! leave shortly for n.
home 1T North Yakima and docs not
'A!"''i !" return I" lh,> city uuril
the 21)h INST. Wh,n the court Mil
meet to hear motions.
Mrs. William Billings las bought !,
lot ON thr corner Of Ninth and Adam,
streets ON the iatc Slstprs" block
for extension Of her green house
plants and heritage. She paid ST.
-" for it Size % by 70.
The handsome launch nearing com
plrtlon 10y james Dotficmyer. will.
when Irunched, hc taken to Lake
Washington and sold. Mr. Duifle-
inyer then proposes to build IA 60
foot launch for his own use.
The body Of Mrs. Fred. Gilmore
formerly Mrs. Jesse Wrinkle. who
died about two weeks ago. in Idaho.
has been brought to this place for
iHtermcnt, which was held this
morning IN Masonic cemetery.
Hayden Consistory No 1 and the
coordinate Scotch Rite bodies +.
and 4. NJ. meet in this city next
week. from the 9TH to the 10th inclu-
sivr. during which time degrees from
the 4th to the 32d will be conferred
The Pythian Sisters of local temple
43, had ii social gathering Saturday
night. \ substantial banquet was
provided 10y the ladies', and every
body present experienced a good
time. The attendance comprised
about SiXty-iivc members.
Mrs. Lucinda Dciblcr, of Tum-
water. died Il. the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs Wilson, at Centralia, Mon
day. AT the age of IS years, of pa
ra!ysis. Burial was made in Odd
Fellows cemetery, Wednesday. She
leaves a husband and family.
The election of School Director,
Saturday. promises to be quiet af-
fair as only one candidate, f.. G.
Townsend, of Westside, has an
nounced his candidacy. The polling
place will be in the town ball, and
women of legal age are entitled to
vote.
The comparative death-rate of the
capital city with other county CEN
tiers is shown by the fact that in
Olympia, in February. 9 funerals
were held. in Chehalis Il. in Cen
tralia Ii. Considering the difference
in population also increases this dis
parity.
II. l.. Forrest, a former Olympia
attorney, who was several years ago
sentenced to the penitentiary from
King county on statutory charge,
has been released from imprison-
ment. 1t was said that at the time
of his discharge he was in poor
health.
The proposition for establishing a
linen factory in this county has been
supplemented by q demonstration of
certain patented processes, that pre-
pares the flaX-fiber for use, a great
saving both in time and cost. The
cost of instalment here is q subscrip-
ton of 500, 900 in stock.
Some of our farmers complain
about the inequality in the matter of
their personal taxes for the year
1909. the time to remedy such in
CAPABILITIES is when the County Board
Of Equalization meets The County
Treasurer is pOwerless TO afford re-
lief to the compliments.
County Assessor Bennett has APP
pointed the following deputy field
assessors: District l, Olympia, W.
w. Work; District 2, country. w. S.
Houghton; District 3. T. F.. Tabor;
District 4, c. =. Remley; District ),
BucOda, TeninO and country, +. A.
McNichols; District 6, f. r. Price;
District Z. K. McReynolds.
NJ. l.. Page is the purchaser of the
Henry Mallory two-stOry concrete
building on the south side of Fourth
street opposite the town hall and
occupied by the N. f.. George store,
at q cost of $1,000. 1t occupies a
half-lot with 30-foot frontage and
100 feet depth, and with the building
cost its late owner 81 300 a couple of
years ago.
The SwantOwn fill proposition is
now before the City Council in a diff
ferent shape from that originally
contemplated. 1t is now proposed
to contine the improvement to the
property in the fill and the real
estate contiguous to the same. The
question regarding a trunk sewer
and storm drain complexities the
situation somewhat.
A bursted pipe in the city Jail Sun
day night precipitated deluge upon
several occupants in the cells, that
doubtless led them to believe in
Scriptural truth of the times of
Noah. The flow continued half an
hour until the stop valve could be
" located and turned, during which
time the prisoners were suffering
the tOrtures of the damned.
Newton Dlury, sophomore of the
University of California, was award
ed the CarnOt gold medal in the an
nual debating contest last month, in
which three contestants from the
University of California and three
from Stanford, appeared. This is
interesting news here from the fact
that the young victor is a son of
Wells Drury, a resident of this city
many years ago, when his pcre was q
compOsitOr on the STANDARD.
Only 16 pupils out of the 224 who
took the Eighth grade examination
lately held, passed. Those who were
successful are Hazel Burdue, Sher-
lock; Minnie Davies, c. Gaines, Earl
ThOrne, Howard Stroupe, BucOda
Thor1 Johnson lma TTpIaruf.o1