Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-09-01

PISS -tloIr lIbHV. 81 Spokane. :
VISITING u.r macy o.I-timr olympia
friends. Mss L.Y3y spent her >chop.
days 4i.i -rcW 10 wum4nh0ud in tbs
cl'N. Vince her mother was an cX-
pert dre>~makcr
r Neslcy has returned from a
TWO weeks "trip in Eastern Washing
ton. He reports conditions 10 be
anything bat tlattcring. that Oiyn-
p.A presents as good Il showing as
any community he had visited
pr Daniel v. IIuIl and wife have
returned from Tacoma where they
were III Attendance at i Spiritualist
caup-m""'iug held near the City OF
Destiny for about three weeks. They
report having had a good time
John Nulqueen, who was at one
TIM" under suspicion Of having been
Implicated in the Cnblc tragedy at
Rainier. but proved a conclusive
a.ibl, died At St Peters hospital, in
this city. Tuesday, from a eliot OF
blood on The brain. at the age Of -
years.
The Tcnino N,rr> says that work
Of placing in,uIatOrS on the poles
of the Washington-Oregon Corpora
ton 5 power line was started last
week. !, is expected to have the
wires up clear through to the power
! plant at ChehaliS within 4 couple OF
weeks.
/ The estate OF Aaron Webster was
lately appraised by j. +. Canon, |.
l8lumauer and A. d. Campbell, who
were appointed to perform the duty
by Judge John T. Mitchell. The
real property of the estate consists
! of SOB acres. the value of which was
placed at $l2.5S6.
The Knecland Investment Com
pany will pay Sl.363 81 inheritance
tax. occasioned by the death of W.
II. kneeland, the principal stock
holder, T. d. Rockwell. a member
OF the Tax Commission, expresses
himself in effect that this company is
a patriotic concern.
The Lister Construction Company
have begun removing the sidewalk
and pianking of Columbia street, be
tween Fifth and Seventh, prepdra-
tory for paving. The water and gas
mains will soon be laid, and nothing
bat delay in supply of material will
prevent early completion of the work:
1T is reported the Women $ Relief
Corps excursion to Point Defiance
last week, was success socially and
| financially One of the prominent
members missed the boat because
her clock was derelict, but she went
of on the morning train a few hours
later, and had a good time all the
same.
The Washington Rural Letter Car
riers Association have announced a
meeting to be held in Tumwater.
on Sunday and Monday, September
Sd and 18th. which will be their
Sixth annual Convention. The call
is made by John Hopp, of Tum-
water, who is Vice President of the
Association.
a fire from clearings at Buffers
Cove, Monday, got quite a Roadway
in the forest growth but was finally
subdued Forest fires are also re-
ported in Mason, Skamaria, Clallam
and Pacific counties One good
turn the impending rains will sub
serve will be the quenching OF these
dreaded cOnflagrations.
AS an evidence of the big foot-long
beans raised by Mr. VIM. Yeager,
we have ocular proof in a supply
of samples Bill calls them Lazy
Wives" but his good wife declares
they should be named Lazy HuS-
bands" from the preference mani
tested for them in easy and quick
picking by her hubby"
The Olympia Cedar Shingle Mill,
the MUMMY mill Of Bordeaux and the
Little Rock mill resumed operations
Monday, after temporary suspen.
sion to reduce over production. The
association Of the State will probably
have the mills of the State to close
Saturdays, until such time as the de-
mand will justify steady operation.
Paul Grandchamp has moved his
blacksmith shop to Tenino, where he
is going into partnership with Mr..
Johnson in the manufacture of the
" Johnson block" a new invention,
said to be big improvement in the
regular blocks used in logging camps
and other heavy work. Paul's fam
lily moved to the new location, Mon
day.
Carl Westerland seems to be de-
termined to resist the law officers.
He was brought in from Tenino Sat
urday by Marshal Case of that city,
charged with assault and resisting
an officer While in Jail he threw
a glass of water in the Marshal's face,
and attempted to escape while the
door was open. 1t was then decid-
ed to bring him here for trial in the
Superior Court.
Leo DeHart, of South Bay. was
greeting friends in the city Tuesday.
He has been logging out there for
some time and by close application
to duty and hard work it has been
success financially Leo now owns
some valuable residence property on
Capital hill, Seattle, bringing him in
good rental He has another raft
OF logs ready for market
The Civic Improvement Club will
give an excursion to Tacoma on Labor
dav, Monday. Sept. 4th, to see the
Burning of Rome The Nisqually
leaves Olympia at 2p. VI. and leaves
Tacoma at IL P NJ. Fair 81. 90 round
trip. Tickets are on sale at Sawyer
and F'illey's and Hugh Ross Drug
stores. also at Bolster & Barnes
store. Passengers will be allowed to
return Tuesday ON the same ticket.
g. NJ. Price has exchanged the
Capital hotel. on Eighth and Jetfer-
son streets, to Il. r. Gates. of Sc