Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-08-04

system OF i".a. Government under
good management. would bee saving
tn" taxpayers Of Olympia twenty
five thousand dollars annually. When
the promoters get through with lo.a.
affairs, II Is hoped there Wi pee more
thinking instead Of t.ukrriug with
oar lorui concerns. T. does no good
/" tel YoIr "a - 20 those vino are in
4 ,iunucr.
\ branch OF the " Welfare Union,
an organization for the teaching and
practice 81 parity and morality by -.
the rising generation. has been cf-
f"ct"d in TINS city. Several SPEAK
"rS Of prominence" have been present
from this and other States including
Mrs. NJ \ Mackin>ie. lis founder
y meeting for men only viii be held
in the y NJ G. i. this afternoon
and addressed by Mrs. !. l. Stone. /.
All men are urged to attend.
Its planned for four auxiliary fire
boxes to Toe installed in the State
Capitol. Connected with them will
toe two large gongS. Of Sufficient
resonance to be heard all over the !
building. These boxes will he con
nected with a new street box on Sev-
enth and Franklin. to be numbered
b which viii sound the alarm at
| headquarters from any of the Capitol |
/ boxes, but viii not affect the system
in the building from operation with
out
The lunch counter Of John Ncwlln, |
at Little Rock. was closed Wcdnes-
dap afternoon by Sheriff Castor on Il
] charge of its being blind pig.
The complaint Was made 10y Ben
! Griffith, who was assaulted by New I
| lin while eating in his establishment. |
| The warrant was sworn out in this |
city, and Ncwlin was drought here |
for trial. Little Rock : a dry town
only in name, there being big leak
somewhere. and it is thought the
present action will close it.
County Engineer Brown has rec0-
mended to the County Commissions
erS the establishment of the Blake
and Collins water bitches and !
has been instructed to make de |
tailed surveys Of each together |
with their estimated cost. The !
Blake ditch is to drain the swamp
near Bigelow S lake. and the Col |
Inns ditch which was asked for
in a petition presented by H. \. !
Raymond. will run through sections
T.. 8, Il, Is. 10 and 20 in tip. IL north |
OF range = west.
The case of the State on complaint |
of Charles f. Claypool rs Mary f.
| fitZsimmOnS, was before the Superior |
Court. last Monday, on motion of de-
PENDANT, by X. II. Fry. her attorney,
to tax the costs against complainant. |
Claypool. The Court, after hearing
Mr.. Fry, and the County Attorney in |
opposition, denied the motion, said he
was sorry Thurston county had been !
mulcted in such large bill of costs !
Judge Mitchell, in giving his decision,
remarked that the evidence of Mr.. !
Claypool at the trial showed. before !
bringing the action, he had consulted |
with Prosecuting Attorney Wilson .
with regard to the facts involved.
The City Council Wednesday night
rescinded its action regarding the
paving OF Columbia street, the Mayor
having acknowledged that the meas
ure had been declared passed when
it lacked the constitutional number
of votes to authorize that announce
ment. Official cognizancc of the
fact that the street was unsafe hay
ing been made, a motion to close the
street from Fifth to Seventh was
then made and seconded, pending
discussion of which, substitute mo-
ton passed instructing the Clerk to
give notice that Il property holders
meeting be held on Friday (thiS) af-
ternOOn, at 3 o'clock, for etfecting
some agreement on the matter.
John Flynn, held to answer on a
charge of making insulting remarks
to woman, plead guilty in the SUI
perior Court and was fined $50 and
costs, and being unable to pay the
fine was remanded to Jail to serve it
ont. He declared that while inno-
cent of the charge he pleaded assent
to lie as the quickest way Ofgetting
out of Jail. If it be true, our Grim
inal procedure is at times Il travesty
on justice. wherein tho substitute
for cash fine should not be an al
tentative of lOlling at the public ex-
pense. A few days of hard work
such as saving wood-might be an
effective equivalent for a man so lost
to principle as to enter false plea
1t is seldom that the money col
lected for any given purpose amounts
to more than the estimate made of
the cost, as in the Eagles celebration
of the 4th of July; but that order had
a surplus of several hundred dollars
after all the bills were paid, and it was
really quite task to determine what
to do with it. The first resolve was
to hoard it as u nucleus for celebra-
ton next year, but rs that had not
!, been fully determined upon, another
use has been found, which is to con
tribute S225 to tho entertainment
. fund for the Elks' convention, to BIO
held on the 18th and 10Th insts. and
$25 each to the Woman Rest Room
and the City Library. Such unan.
unity is at least unusual.
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