Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-22

of the vehicle demolished the wall,
and the occupants OF the rig were
thrown therefrom into the Norris
yard. Two little boys at play were
in imminent danger and thrown
against the wall by the horses, fortu
nately without serious injury. One
of the horses, valued at 81 900, was
killed.
The new and elegant Masonic tenn
pile on the south half of the site occu-
pied by the first Masonic hall in
this State. corner of Main and
Eighth streets, is nearly completed,
requiring only a few finishing touches.
The first lodge to meet in the new
building was the Eastern Star, last
Wednesday evening, after which the
regular Masonic lodges will meet
there. The removal of the temple
fixtures and paraphernalia from the
old structure to the new is about com
pleted The official dedication of the
new building will not take place
till after the New Year, and does
rot conflict with the dedication OF
the Knights of Pythias hall which
was announced some time ago for
Dec. %. 26 and q.
Out of a total number OF 1900
teachers in the State at the last an
nual meeting of the Washington
Educational AssO ciatlon held in May,
1911. Mr.. Nader was appointed a
committee of one on neurology, to
gather mortality statistics of the as
sociatiOn. There have been reported
u deaths in the association in the
past year, as follows: Stanley C..
Boom. King county: Albert Davis,
Rainier; Mrs. May b. Greene. SedrO-
Woolley; Louise Irvine, North Yak
ina; Anna Holmes, Clarke county;
Amelia Lee. Yelm; l.. K. Mahatfy,
Sunnyside; Bertha Maynadier. Spo-
kane; George Taylor, Lewis county;
Everett Thompson. Clarke county;
Jesse Hart Walters, Anacortes, and
Miss Joanna Wyatt, Everett.
Thirty-five freeholders have been
drawn for jury service. of whom two
are women; three others were ex-
cused, or out of the city. Following
is the docket for the January term:
State versus George Dougherty, MUIR
der; January 2.
State versus !. Mayekawa, murder
January 4.
State versus George Dougherty, Jail
breaking, January 8.
Northern Pacific versus Flint, condem-
nation; January Is.
J.W. Mckenzie versus Mud Bay Log
| ging company, personal injuries; Janu-
airy II.
Andrews versus Noble. January 10.
Justian-Baker Shoe Co. versus Nasser-
ct al, January22.
Baer versus Chambers, January %
| State versus j. Nj. Snow. embezzle-
ment; January 25.
Kaler versus city and Dredging com.
pany January q.
In re estate of George A. Barnes.
mentally incompetent person, last
Monday. in the Superior Court, the
petition of A. B. Woodland, guardian,
to mortgage the real estate of the
ward on Fourth street where he re-
sides, came up for hearing. 1t ap-
peared from the evidence the per-
sOnal property. excepting wearing
apparel and household furniture, had
been exhausted for the maintenance,
care and comfort of Mr.. Barnes, that
the guardian had received no CON-
pensation for his services, and fur
Their advanced nearly 1900 out Of his
own pocket in furtherance Of his
trust and that it was necessary to
mortgage the real estate mentioned.
The court ordered that the mortgage
on the real property be executed by
the guardian for $1,000, payable on
or before two years from date with
8 per cent. interest, payable semi
annually. 1t costs about $40 per
month to care for Mr.. Barnes, who
is more helpless than a child. He is
now upwards Of ninety years Of age,
and is becoming more feeble every
day.
The STANDARD is creditably advised
that Mr.. d. S. B. Henry-rep-esent-
ing his own and family interest il
their real estate contiguous to East
Sixth street-feels that his action
against the city for damages is being
greatly delayed, as the complaint and
summons were served last April.
and no answer thereto has ever been
made by the city. The STANDARD
feels likewise about this delay. 1t is
true the City Engineer, and some of
the neighbors. state Mr.. Henry and
family will be unable to show SUBJ
stautial damages to the property;
but however this may be. the owners
are entitled to trial, as the amount
involved is about nine thousand dol
lars. The street was not graded in
the first instance according to a FORM
err city ordinance, but after the i'm
provement new one was passed by
the City Council in accordance with
the present grade. leaving the ques-
ton Of damages an open one. Mr..
Henry appears to be sensitive over
the matter, and others feel likewise
over the affair since through his in
strumentality that the street was
widened for the purpose OF the i'm
provement from sixty to eighty feet,
which the City Engineer says in
creased the price about nine thousand
dollars over that which was origin
ally contemplated. A number Of the
installment assessments remain un-
paid. When the attempt shall be
made to enforce payment which may
not be long under the recent Ordi-
nance, there will doubtless be empha-
tic protests on the part Of Mr. Henry
and other owners Of property in this
improvement district.
THOSE who ate our turkeys for
Thanksgiving know their extra fine
quality and flavor. We have turkeys
from the same ranch for Christmas
and New Years. An extra choice
line of poultry. vegetables and meats
at all times. Chambers, the Quality
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