Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-15

as rapid thing as fire. The auto
engine responded quickly, however,
and soon stopped the impending dis
aSter.
1t will be noted that our Chamber
of Commerce had little difficulty
in finding competent man at a
reasonable and satisfactory salary
when they delegated the discharge
of OncrOus and manifold duties upon
the gentleman now having charge of
them. No fancy salary was expected
or demanded.
The matter of holding a county
fair has at last been cOntided to the
care OF committee consisting of
f. C. Williamson, f. H. Marten-
sen, S II. klum and Joseph Reder.
with full power to suggest and
adopt some plan of action. The
duty of this committee is to ascer-
tain definitely whether majority OF
our people favor the idea and how
many are willing to perform the Ia
Dor and make the sacrifices involved
in undertaking the enterprise.
A big Good Roads Congress is to
be held in this city Jan. 25-26-27, in
which the Southwestern Develop.
ment Association, the Olympic Pen
inusula Development League and the
Woman's Washington State Good
Roads Congress of Tacoma are ex-
pected to participate. The women
will be entertained by the vari-
Gus wOmen's clubs OF this city, as
this is the first official visit of the
suffrage organization to Olympia
since the women were enfranchiSed
At the regular meeting of the
Clerks union, Wednesday night,
the following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, w. H. Britt; Vice President,
Wendell Raymond; Second.Vice Pres
ident, Otto Schultz; Treas
urer, Harry Ditmars; Recording Sec
rotary. John Briggs; Guide. o. w.
Mitchell, and Guard, G. A. Rose.
After the election of officers an oys-
ter supper was served to the men,
bers and card-playing was INDUCED
in. The attendance was large.
1t has been discovered that certain
water birds are the most ravenOus
consumers of the oyster, unless it
be a biped of the human species,
which is doubtful. Besides the coot,
which captures the bivalve at high
tide and swallows shell with the
oyster, the bluebill and the gray
bill are ravenous devOurers of our
strawberry OF the sea. Waterfowl
enjoy partial protection from the
State land law, in being immune from
killing from boats, and can only
be shot from shore.
Residents on East Sixth and East
side streets. south of Fourth, wonder
why the city authorities allow mud
and slush to accumulate on the cross
ings and alleys in that locality!
These people, who have paid their
good money for sidewalk assess
ments now have to walk through
mud and water at these crossings
in order to get down town. Some oil
these residents claim the crossings
are cleaned further down near the
central part of the city and are de-
sirous of knowing why their conven-
fence and welfare are neglected.? An
l8-mill city levy ought to provide
something.
An object OF real beauty is win
dow scene in the Daily Bread
bakery on Washington street, repre-
senting A Scene in Norway" made
entirely Of sugar by the artistic
hand Of the pastry baker. 1t repre-
sents a snowy piece OF mountain
landscape, with crags, lake, q rivu-
let, a few scraggy trees. rural
church. mill and a living house,
perched amid the heights, and people
skating on the lake and roaming
about. as If acclimated to q tie mpera-
ture that must hover around zero.
1t is well worth visit To see how
sentiment may be united with bust
ness, when the holidays make an ex-
cuse for the pardonable departure
from accuracy of detail in presenting
beautiful picture.
The contract for building the city
hall was awarded Friday evening to
White & Wright local contractors,
at SIS, 631 to be constructed of rein
forced concrete. 1t seems that the
Council objected to Tenino stone on
the 6imsiest Of pretexts. While ad-
hitting the cost would be slightly in
creased by its use, that it was really
too good to be used Ia a temporary
public building. and as it will be q
matter OF only few years when the
city and county will erect jointly
q permanent building, if the city hall
now be construction OF concrete it
could very easily be changed to a bust
ness block. Well. well; that is count
ing upon the future with much greater
condolences than has hitherto been
the custom, and looks much more
like a subterfuge than real design.
A japanese woman who ran q
boarding house at Rainier, was SER
iously wounded with q Ratchet, sup
posed to have been in the hands of q
countryman, named G.. Megakawa,
who was captured by a farmer, near
that village, Wednesday. The vic
tim was at last accounts lying at the
point Of death, with little hope of re-
covery. It seems that the suspect
had been on bad terms with the wo-
man from failure to pay several
weeks board and it was an alterca-
ton over this that led to the MUIR.
derous attack, accompanied by an
assault that has aroused her friends
to the highest pitch of rage, and a
persistent search was made for
the miscreant. The victim has since
died and her body was cremated at
Tacoma Wednesday, after which the
ashes we're sent to Japan for in
terment.
The visit Of AZ Australian school
boys to this country as an auxiliary