Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-03-25


about
Walter G. Nh,tHei recently visit
"d Olympia he has - far rccoN
cred from the effects of the bad az
cident which he exp rjcnccd while
at work in Alaska, that he is able To
walk without the aid of a cane. He
Is residing for the time being at
Rochester.
Mrs. Maize Strickland. Monday.
was granted decree Of divorce from
benjamin Strickland by Judge Nit
chcll, on the grounds of desertion.
adultery and non-supp0rt. occurring
at Port Washington, y. Y, in 1894.
She was restored to her maiden name
of Mazjc t'itzsimmons.
Clarence Pickerel. an Indian, has
been arrested for stealing chickens
Of his ciosc tiIicum. Mud Bay Sam,
last week, and lodged in Jail. await
ing trial set for Monday Clarence
belongs to the school of fish which
do not regard it as wrong to steal
but a crime to be caught.
L. +. Martz. 81 years OF age, a
partner OF William Powe in the team
ing business. died last Friday night.
at his home on Eastside. Mr.. NJ.
was an enterprising and ambitious
young man and a member of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Team
sters, who attended the funeral Tues
day. in body.
Mrs Byron Millett has received
the unpleasant information that Chas.
+. Fell, her brother-in-law. is dan
gerously i'll at Gle Elum, Wash Mr..
Fell is editor of the Echo of that
! thriving town. possesses good ability
in the line of his calling. He had
been afflicted for a number of years
with sciatica.
The owners of several buildings
that have been ordered to place fire
escapes, as usual, quietly ignore the
admOnitiOn, and March 10th has
passed the limit of time given for
compliance. The matter will be
taken up April 9th. but it is proba-
BILE the usual response of Go to
- will be the reply if any at all is
given.
The Olympia Commercial Club is
making an effort to have the West
ern Washington Railway and Navi-
CATION Company, a paper company
as yet, to touch Olympia in it's
interurban project for connecting
Gray's Harbor and the Sound. 1t
is capitalized at 100000, but has,
very negligently we think, left this
city off its map.
That sound young Democrat Mil
lard Libby, was seen on the streets of
Olympia last Saturday. He is still
bachelor, wears the same pleasant
smile as of yore, but feels constrained
to work hard in the woods notwith-
standing the promised prosperity on
account of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill. Millard looks upon the tariff
policy as a humbug.
An automobile club will be organ
lied at the City Council-room, next
Wednesday evening, was the an
nouncement of about 40 wheelmen
who met We lnesday to take the in
cipicnt steps. Motorcycle owners
are invited to join. Drs. Carlyon
and Bridgeford and c. w. Maynard
were appointed committee on draft
of Constitution and Bylaws.
H. c. Ellis Of South Bay. was in
the city last Tuesday. Notwith-
standing the attitude on the equal
suffrage at the Grange meeting, at
the Pleasant Glade school house last
Saturday, he claims to be an ardent
supporter OF the movement; that he
was chosen to debate the negative
side, and therefore was compelled to
do the best he could under the cir.
cumstanoes.
Another of those mysterious fires,
In whlcn all but one are away from
home, happened near Oyster Bay,
late Saturday night. The Keeslel
home was burned after its owner had
been awakened by the cracking OIL
flames and he with difficulty escaped
with his life. 1t is also announced
that the place was insured for 5000
but the loss will amount to consider.
ably more than that sum.
The Capitol Commission has de.
cided upon selling part OF the land
grant, and sealed bids will be opened
for sale of both lands and timber in
Cowlitz, Skamania and Clarke coun-
ties. on May 26th, which it is fig.
ured will bring in about q million
dollars, of which $4,000 or more
will be expended in paying the &C.
crued debts against the capitol fund.
The question of capitol construction
was not taken up.
The Supreme Court holds that or
dinances of cities OF the third class,
in accordance with the statutes COW
ering criminal cases are valid, and
that the police courts have concur
rent jurisdiction with the Justice
courts in criminal matters. when the
fine does not exceed the amount i'm
posed in misdemeanor cases, and
that when an appeal is considered,
the court is not bound specifically by
the finding of the Justice or Police
court.
Hugh Crookshank. "a years of age,
died Saturday. at his home, seven
miles southeast OF this city, of neu-
ralgia of the heart. He has been a
resident of this county since 1891.
He is survived by q wife and three
sons, two here. ard one residing in
Everett. The funeral was held Mon
day at the Stricklin parlors. Inter
ment was made in Odd Fellows GEN.
etery where the veterans had charge
of the exercises, Rev. C. f. Todd offic-
iating.
1t looks as if people had a second
time been victimized by an enter
prising newspaper fakir. A few
weeks ago. subscriptions for the
Duly Herald were taken, and adver-
Using space con tracteI for, and a few
days afterwards its protector skipped