Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-09-29

relatives here, bat had a divorced
wife. daughter and a sister in thai
state. The funeral was held in Sc
attic Wednesday, and his body ere
mated
Judge Byron Millett has promised
an article for the columns Of thu
STANDARD, TO appear in the near fu
ture, on the antiquity of labor I'm.
ions. Researches have shown tina,
st. Paul doubtless belonged to a un.
ION, that he was a jewish scribe as
well as tent-maker. When the
great apostle appeared at Ephesus.
he came in contact with an organiza
ton of sllversmiths under the leader.
ship of Demetrius, who objected to
an attack upon their vocation OF
making and fashioning idols out OF
metals.
The city has ordered the telephone
and telegraph companies to paint
their poles which cucumber the
street, at times, without the least
attempt to make them conform with
surrounding Improvements. This
neglect was observed many years
ago and an ordinance passed requir-
ing at least the application of few
coats of paint in lieu of the costly
substitute of buried cables, but very
little attention has been paid to it.
1t might have been expected that
the companies would have gladly ac-
cppted the alternative.
On Sunday the open season for
game birds begins and the poor
feathered creatures will suffer from
the disposition to kill, implanted in
nearly every human being for the
simple purpose of showing mastery
over the brute creation. Many times
the result is not to kill but main, and
the poor suffering creature is left
to slowly die from the effects OF
the sportsman s misshot q lingering
death. The society formed for pre-
vention of cruelty to dumb animals
should prosecute every case wherein
proof is Obtainable for such wanton
cruelty.
The trial of the State on relation
of Henry Mallory against the city OF
Olympia, occupied considerable time
of the Superior Court this week.
Numerous witnesses were in attend
ance. The action was brought to
compel the city to accept the per-
Torrance of the contract entered into
between Mallory and the city for
construction of the Nozzle Creek
waterway through the Swantown fiji,
also to compel the levy of a special
assessment against the property To-
Gated in the improvement district
and to issue bonds for the payment
of the work and material used in the
construction against the district.
A sad tragedy occurred at May
town. not far from Little Rock, in
this county, yesterday morning, by
f. S. Taylor. Superintendent and
principal stakeholder of the Taylor
Lumber Co. falling from the logging
train and being run over by the
heavy engine and his body nearly
cut in two by the ponderous wheels.
Death must have been instantaneous.
He leaves wife and three children,
young man just arrived at his ma
jority and two daughters aged re-
spectively Is and 8 years of age.
Deceased stood high in the estima-
tion OF all who knew him.
J. o. Pearce. the negro hotel man
Of Rochester, released a few days
ago on a charge OF cunning y Gapb-
ling joint, on a bond of 81 1000, was
shot Wednesday. by George Dough-
erty, who fired two shots at him
while stepping off the train at Roch-
ester. and then took to the woods
followed by pursuers who were so
startled by the unexpected occur
renee that they allowed him to get a
good start for concealment before
aroused to effort. No cause can be
found for the assault, as the two had
apparently been friends One bullet
penetrated Pearce's leg and the 9TH
err missed.
Monday evening, a man named
Frank Calvin, shot twice and it is
thought fatally wounded Mrs. Vivian
Irvine, widow, aged %, at Eaton
vile. this State, and began a wild
flight in a livery rig for Tacoma,
closely followed by a pursuing posse.
Mrs. Irvine is trained nurse, and
it is supposed that jealous rage was
at the bottom of the assault. On
Tuesday, Sheriff CASTOR of this
county, was notified by phone that a
man supposed to be Calvin, was seen
in the vicinity of the Bloomingdale
mill. near Tenino, by school children.
This proved untrue. He had not
been arrested at last accounts.
Prof. Sparks, of Pullman. is now
giving demonstrations of the char
pit method of removing stnmps. by
building q fire inside OF the pitchy
wood to allow what is then q truly
"devOuring element" do its worst
in this instance consuming the
troublesome timber growth. 1t be-
gan yesterday at Cations place on
Westside, at the A. Haycox ranch
on Boulevard and Olympic avenue,
this afternoon at 100, and tomorrow
from 100 to P. NJ. demonstration at
Cloverfield farm. near Canyons race
track, in timber remnants left on
shot-clay, clay loan and sandy loan
soil, respectively. Fires have been
set in these places and the public is
invited to witness the method and
its progress till its completion. The
process is not new, except as to some
details of application. The settlers
OF half a century ago. cleared many
farms and large proportion of the
TOWNSHIP OF Olympia. by the charing
process. The writer, then a boy,
niggered" off many large PROSTATE
trees, from Mr.. Barnes block on
Fourth and Adams streets, by bor-
ing a large auger-hole horizontally to
the center and one perpendicularly to
reach it, and then building a fire
where they met. Sometimes the
firing was done by dropping very hot
stones down the chimney" Occa-