Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-04-29

City Engineer, thereby anticipating
saving of % per cent. of the cost if
the sewer were to be laid in the US
ual manner by advertising for bids.
The new 26-foot launch Maggie R.
was placed in the water Tuesday, and
gives promise of great speed soon as
Der machinery becomes adjusted so as
to work smoothly. She was built for
Harry Ranft, by Cal. McClelland,
and is equipped with a l5-horse
power Scripp's engine. Her builder
has reputation for turning out some
of the fastest small-craft on the
Sound and it is thought that this
will be no exception.
George Evans, the aged resident
of Puget City, charged with taking
indecent liberties with two young
girls. was arraigned in Judge Nit
chell's court, Monday, pleaded mot
guilty." and was bound over to
await the jury term OF court in June.
He is charged with molesting two
school girls on their way home from
school, age II and - years respect
lively. His wife affirms that the
charge is an outgrowth of a quarrel
with neighbors, of long existence.
The Thurston County Game Club
has established q pheasant farm un.
der charge of +. A. Harmon, on
Chambers Prairie. six miles from
this city, for propagation of these
birds. Four pens have been pro-
vided, ten feet wide and $50 long,
and $50 eggs have been purchased
for Matching purpOses-600 of them
Chinese and 70 of the Reeves pleas
ant from Myers of Tacoma, who, is in
the business of stocking the country
with these birds. The initial cost of
our local hatchery has been $3.50, ap-
propriated from the county game
fund. Mr.. Harmon has been vested
with the authority of Deputy Sheriff
and Deputy Game Warden, to enable
him to protect this new venture.
And now the City Council is plan
ming for still another heavy expense,
to supplant our present excellent
water system with plant of its own.
This matter was threshed out to q
finish several years ago. when it was
determined best to suffer such ills as
may exist as to fly to those we know
not of, and conditions have by no
means improved since then, with an
annual increase of the deficit for
meeting fixed expenses, to say moth
ing Of lavish appropriations for i'm
aginary needs. The present propo-
sition creates no little surprise, for
the debt is out OF all proportion to
the estimated revenue, and is far be-
yond the legal prohibition, a fact
that does not seem to worry our
high-pressure. Council. 1t was only
about week ago that it appropri-
ated $1,000 to buy an automatic fire
engine.
As predicted by many anxious
friends of Gordon Mackay, the ex-
pected has happened and his attempt
to drive an auto with one hand is so
badly injured as to be practically
useless, he met with an accident
7 Monday, which fortunately was with
out any loss of life or damage to
limb, but which might have been
attended by the usual fatality of
such casualties. He was riding with
Mrs. Mackay and T. J. Kegley, on
the Black Lake road, when the
front elcollided with small stump,
throwing the machine off the road.
when it plunged headlnng against a
tree. Mrs. NJ was thrown against
the glass wind-fender breaking the
glass and bending the frame, Mr..
Kegley thrown from his seat and
Gordon was pitched off into space
like q missile from q catapult with
the steering wheel still in hand.
The party telephoned for another
auto from the garage in which they
returned with the damaged vehicle
in tow. The damage is quite small
to the machine, and the incident
seeing to have been attended with
rare good luck in all its details.
Great disappointment has been ex-
perienced over the fact that the
enumeration for the census popula-
tion in this county and city is likely
to fall considerably short of the
number expected, and the fault is
attributed to the carelessness OF our
towns-people in not leaving the in
formation accessible when absent
from home. The enumerators claim
to have made diligent effort to per-
sonally interview all heads Of fami-
lies, but just why it should be impos-
rsible this year and in this district to
secure fair count seems to be mex
plicable. The proportion of our
population that perform daily service
on steamboats,, and are absent during
daylight hours. is small, and conse-
quently to pad the Seattle list, was a
probability that did not fail to at
tract the attention of that city's
enumerators, hence the loss of q
dozen or more that should have been
enrolled here, but this is the only
objectionable mistake that has been
reported so far. Only a few DAYS
remain to secure possible stragglers,
and if our city is to figure in the TO-
900 list, everybody shocld get a
move on and literally see that his
sisters. his cousins, and his aunts,"
as well as the rest OF mankind" are
IN tho roll