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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16
To Quiet Title on Capitol Site.

The condemnation suit for estab-
fishing an unclOuded title to the lands
desired and to be taken for capitol
site. has been on trial the past few
DAYS before Judge Mitchell. \ list
of Jurors was cmpeuneled for this
special service. There were eight
separate suits. with the parties at
interest represented by able counsel
to determine the exact compensation
that might be rightfuIly due to owners
of the property. 1t is one of those
matters that has to be dealt with
fairness and candOr.
To wrest from an owner his realty
it may he his home. is no small mat
ter and could only bc tolerated ex-
ccpt for a general public good. The
demand certainly creates temporary
though tictitionS value. but does not
sustain an eXtortionate demand: nor
is the general public justified in giving
less than true value, from any plea
of necessity forus Receipts of a ben
efactor can afford to be generously
given. but always bound to the limit
of reason. so a knowledge of all
these limitations of power calls forth
the wisdom of Solomon to deal
fairly in all respects in passing judg-
ment upon such a complex subject.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

Do Nor WEARY IN WELL DONG. -
The Mayor of Aberdeen, an ex-pas-
tor, declares that it was the magni-
tude of the inequity that prevailed
in that city that impelled him to doff
his garments of Righteousness and
attempt to do something to change
the deplorable conditions that ex-
listed; in other words that he had
been called from Righteousness to
politics. This is the statement of
Harry Ferguson, late of the Baptist
church, but he candidly acknowledges
that it has had but little effect. as
plead and coax as he might, it
seems his words fell on empty ears.
1t is not an unusual experience in
this wicked world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

To GUARD AGAINST LEpROsY.-
1t has been discovered that Tacoma
has been harboring a leper in that
city the past six months. He is n
fugitive from the medical authorities
and has been quietly living with his
wife and three children unknown to
the officers. He is John r. Early.
former private in the U. S. army,
who contracted the dread disease in
the Philippines. who has since his
return been quietly cultivating five
acres of ground at Summit, on the
old Puyallup line. While he has
been free to go at will. a deputy
Sheriff now stands guard and a close
watch is kept to see that he does not
leave the place, and band of car
penters are engaged in building a
high board fence about an acre of
ground and q small shack for him to
sleep in and then leave him to live to
the tender mercieS of the outside
world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

CoNCRETE WoRKs.-The Northern
Pacific Railroad Company has es-
tablished q concrete plant at Au-
burn, in which all sorts of pipe from
"a 10 48 inches in size will be made
and concrete bridge slabs up to 7 by
IA feet will be available for all sorts
of heavy work. The gravel will be
taken from the pit as needed, washed,
screened. mixed and passed through
one process after another until it
comes out the finished product and
Is loaded on the cars. The plant
will employ an average of 20 men,
and already orders are waiting which
will keep the works running for the
first year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16
CONNIE TAKES IN" A PRIZE FIGHT.

Los ANGELES, Cal. Feb. 10, II.
Ed. STANDARD:
l feel that | have put in a pretty
fine day. | took an auto trip to
Pasadena around by Hollywood and
Santa Monica Boulevard, q distance
of some 80 miles and then came back
to Los Angeles and went to prize
fight at Vernon arena, wooden, cir
cular structure over 100 feet in di-
ameter. with capacity of 5000 peo-
pie. The fight consist ted of 20 rounds,
with preliminary of 10 rounds.
This was the first prize-fight | ever
saw and think it will be the last, as
J. think it has tendency to brutalize
mankind. | was always full of curl
Osity and as had the opportunity |
took advantage of it. Now | am
satisfied. / don't want any more.
There were 5000 other fools there
besides myself, and | felt as if | had
company, so didn't feel lonesome.
Well, for fear you may never have u
chance I'll try and describe it: Six
thousand people in the arena wait
ing to be entertained; two fools
ready to entertain EN- for from 81 to
S. per Il paid So, several tiunkies to
groom 'em; they get ready for the
fray, strip to the skin, except breech-
cloth, shake hands and 90 at it, gong
sounds at end of three minutes, fools
rush to corner and flunkies sprinkle
sponge and massage for minute
then at it again, gong sounds fools
rush to corner and get their swab.
sprinkle, massage and tanning, and
at it again. They fit and fit, and
gouged and spit, and struggled in the
mud until all the ground for miles
around was kivered" with their
their blood. A mass of noses. ears
and eyes, large and massive, reached
the skies. figuratively speaking, of
course. Result, about $4,000, taken
from the pockets of the id fools,
many of whom needed it to pay their
grocery bills and yet the world do
move" Where all the money comes
from that is spent for prize-tights,
car-fare, theaterS. etc, is beyond
my ken.
The latest infection we have is the
Gypsy Smith raid, which is taking
the city by storm. Yesterday was
tag-day for Bibles and $1,000 was
raised from stores, saloons and hotels.
Dollars to doughnuts not one in a
hundred will ever read chapter.
The freaks are not all outside the
church and all are after the almighty
dollar. The Gypsy will be forgotten
within two months from the time be
leaves the city, and all the good re-
solves relegated to inocuous dissue-
tude. whatever that is. Surely the
world is full of humbugs and its re-
ligious humbug is conspicuous numer-
ically. &c. Coz,
i ia w. sd st.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

GIRL LEADS BIRD CHoIR.-At the
chapel of st. Peter in Florence there
is choir of birds, the only one of its
kind in existence. The birds-3OO in
number-are all in separate cages.
which are arranged in rows on both
sides of the altar. The leader is a
girl who has had the birds under her
own personal training for over two
years. The whole of the musical part
OF the service is most eXquisitely
rendered by them. The leader starts
each hymn by whistling the first few
notes. and then the birds take it up.
in obedience to the movements of the
instructors hand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

The JOHNsTowN FLOOD. TO settle
a bet the STANDARD was made the
referee to decide the date CT the
Johnstown flood. 1t was May 3lst,
1899; it resulted from a broken dam
on the Conemaugh river, which re-
suited in the most disastrous flood
Of modern times. Conemaugh lake,
nine miles above JOhnStOwn was
almost entirely swept away by the
rushing waters, and thousands OF
lives were lost. Its population was
81, $50. the manufacturing city OF
Cambria county, Pennsylvania. on
the canal and railroad, 79 miles east
of Pittsburg, was the site of large
rolling mill and the Bessimer steel
works.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

TACOMA people are holding an in
dignation meeting over the assign
ment of leper to an acre Enclosure
just outside the tity limits and have
adopted resolutions declaring it is
the duty OF the U. S. Cover nment to
take charge OF and remove him. A
committee was appointed to protes t
against the isolation plan. w. H.
Paulhamus. State Senator, who rep
resents the district in which Sum-
nit is located, sent q telegram to
Stanton Warburton, o,lr representa-
tive at Washington, r; z him to
request that the government at once
take charge of Early and confine
him in a suitable institution, and to
Gov. Hay asking him to cooperate in
that behalf.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

T.rCN N \ CLAM-SHELL.-lt has
nrrn found that what has hitherto
been regarded a. the mud>iilS, 81 TO
speak, Of the aquatic family has at
last risen to dispute the field tor hat
with the little oyster that has worn
the only gems. 1t is found in the
genuine geOduck, Of pr0diglous SIZE
sometimes weighing ten or twelve
pounds. and with shells large enough
To grasp the haif-Stop bal. OF a
professional baseball player Fred
,iraycs was lucky man, and opened.
Sunday evening. number Of clans
at his hotel i; MUc.IpS that had been
shipped him from Nud Bay. and
found two valuable genuine pearls.
one Of them nearly three cighths OF
an inch in diameter, and the other is
about half the size. Mr.. Graves re
fuses an offer of 500 for the larger
pearl, but he declined the offer bellev-
ing that when it is polished it will
develop a larger value. 1t is safe
to assume that an extensive pcarl-ilsh-
ing will open at Mud Bay soon. We
had been waiting for that streak OF
luck but did not look for it IN clam
shell
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

DORMANT TALENT. 1T has been
said that the advertisement-wr writer
is a genius, and that a person who
can develop an aptitude for originality
and force of expression has fortune
at hand, if he only possesses" the
good thing. Now the prime essen
tial is originality. then clcarness OF
diction and a slight dash of the
sparkle of sentiment. BE that as it
may, now that the pace is set, we ex-
pect q race in pencraft that might
have settled the contest for q free
trip to California had it been sug-
geSted in time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

TACOMA IS to have i mUying-pir-
ture plant. T. br known Is the Nd
verti>ograph Company. with a cap!-
tai stock Of so o10 Nearly all the
biz motion picture producers have
studios in the East and in Southern
California. but uS VT the great
Northwest lis been unrepresented
in this industry. l. is claimed that
there are iuSt - good scenic sur
roundings here "a, in any other parts
Of the United States. Few States
have a. t.nc opportunities for superb
background, to say nothing of such Il
mountain range as the OlymplcS or
Mount Rainier. Fourteen actors and
two cameras and their operators vii!
he employed and Il special feature OF
tins outfit will be adapted to the pro
ductiOn of scenery for advertising
purposes Manufacturing industries,
timber lands, railroad and steamship
plants. municipalities and other in
tercsting features will be photo
graphed for advertising purposes,
This is being done in the East and
meeting with great success. Opera
houses will be rented and an even
ing's entertainment given with the
industrial films demonstrated by a
competent lecturer. In other in
stances the films will be circulated
through the moving picture theaters
in the various cities OF the United
States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16
THE Supreme Court has affirmed

THE Supreme Court has affirmed
the findings of Della Totten, who
was convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life, for the murder
of James l.. Sutton, of Cashmere,
this State. a similar charge was
made against the mother, Hannah
Becbe, for completely, but it was
not sustained. The killing resulted
from dispute over a right-of- way OF
a tract of land to and from the SUIT
ton property over place owned by
Mrs. Beebe. A dividing fence was
constructed and when James Sutton
began to tear it away, Mrs. Totten
shot him dead. The latter may
never go to the penitentiary, from
the fact she is now unmis takably i'll
sane and is in an asylum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

A REsOURCETUL COURT.-Judge J.
H. Knowles. of Midland, Texas, late
ly adjourned court for ten minutes,
while he beat man who had called
him a liar, when he recalled court
and resumed business with Court
is again in session, gentlemen; let us
have order. I fine myself ten dollars
for fighting"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

BIG TIMBER SALE.-Henry Cars
tens, of the Carsten- Earles Company,
bought four hundred millions feet
of standing timber, this week. The
tract is located upon the Salmon
river, about 125 miles north of Van
cOuver. The timber consists princi-
pally of spruce and cedar, and some
fir, and covers 16 limits of $50 acres
each.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16
Tcninu Stone.

THE Ioulno Commercial Cub Is
promoting strong campaign to de-
1.'opo tl.ir uUlliug->'onc industry
and with q very tair prospect Of sue
c-->. 1t has never failed to meet the
n.~t eNct!ng requirements wherever
:. las oaeu tried and has Only needed
"a friendly word occasionally spoken
for it 10y tine trade TO speedily place
4 in The foreground IF prosperity.
Those familiar with such matters
kuuW huw easy il i 10 sway thcJudg-
mcnt Of the builder when he i ar
ranging the details Ol material with
his prospective workmen: their opin-
ion i taken without question, and
often Il heavy expense incurred Tor
no reason under heaven than mere
partiaijty from use. The injustice
done bY closing al opportunity for a
fair comparison is unrealized because
never thought of. and the result is
that our new quarries have to await
development until some advantageous
chance places the opportunity in the
way
1t is a matter, therefore, of con-
graduation, that an effort is to be
made to demonstrate by actual use
the merits OF Tenino stone. That it
viii meet the most sanguine eXpecta-
tons of building stone experts is the
belief of enthusiasts, who are calmly
awaiting for time to prove their
faith.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

THE great novelist Charles Dick
ems Tooth birthday was celebrated
in New York, on Tuesday of last
week. by banquet of 500 of his adj
mirers. of literary, professional and
social life. Ex-Mayor Lowe pre-
sided, and tributes to his memory
were presented by many themselves
known to fame.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

IL SEEMS that the new Mayor is
cutting quite wide swath In the
scope of his administration. He has
got the Council in a snarl by skip
ping out" leaving the government
without a head. He filed his first
veto of an ordinance for weekly meet
ings, and this caused no meeting to
be held at the time appointed for a
special meeting Wednesday night.
1t seems that during his absence, at
a special meeting, Thursday night, of
last week, Councilman Taylor was
elected Mayor pro tenn with power
to sign ordinances and resolutions.
Whether the veto is paramount to
the signature of the Acting Mayor
Is a matter of cOntentio that will
not down.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE
The Pulmotor is a device invented
by the Commonwealth Edison COM
pany, to restore to consciousness
persons who have been from any
any cause overcome by the fumes OF
gas or other similar causes, and that
it has resulted in at least one case OF
entire satisfaction, is reported from
Chicago. Frank and Anna krcut-
ger were accidentally overcome by
illuminating gas and pronounced
dead by the doctors, when final cf-
fort at resuscitation was accorded
the pulmotor operators, and after
working about half an hour the vic
tins began to breathe and they were
speedily restored to perfect vitality
Let us hope it is true.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

POET Watson, of England, who at
tanned notoriety if not fame. by writ
i'm the poem THE Woman With the
Serpent's Tongue, " has come to this
country on lecturing tour. He is
accompanied by his wife, and may
be able to prove that he has some
knowledge of the subject for which
he has been so severely criticised.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

The fast-cure doctor, Mrs. Haz-
zard, applies for a new trial from
conviction for manslaughter in starv-
ing to death Miss Claire Williamson.
Judge Yakey, of the Superior Court
of Kitsap county, at Port Orchard,
in charge, announced that he would
pass sentence on the woman hall
an hour before considering the mo-
tion for reconsideration of the
case.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

A LATE fad in fashion is in transfer
of feathers from the head to the feet,
and feathers of the most elegant
lines will be gummed to leather foot
wear. After the lamp-post skirt.
anything may follow. If there is
anything beyond the possibility of
prediction in dress, it is in the shape
of women's habits, and now that the
shoe-tops are reached by the eyes,
we may expect to hear the bells ring
from her toes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

JUST an ornary Insignificant China
man passed over the express line
from San Diego, CAL. to Vancouver.
B. c., this week, with an express
tag. Whoever supplied the money
to pay cost of transportation of such
a miserable lot of trumpery passes
all understanding. 1t was an expires.
sive proceeding in other respects,
also as head-tax of $500 had to be
paid the Canadian government.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

EX-EMPREss EUGENIA, widow of
Napoleon XXX, has promised to leave
all her large fortune to the child of
Princess Victor Napoleon, if it
proves boy. The ex-Empress with
a large suite, is now at Brussels,
where she will remain until after the
birth OF the child of Princess Victor
Napoleon. formerly the Princess
Clementine, of Belgium.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

THE Talthybiu> the latest and
most improved sailing vessel. cross
Ing the sea from Liverpool to Puget
Sound, has done away with the hith-
erto time-honored forccaStle, and the
crew is housed in small state rooms.
two men to the room. She is said
to be one Of the finest n her class
and the plan. it is thought, will find
general adoption as noted improve
mcnt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

AN ULTIMATTUM-President Ma
der0 believes that a Democratic Re-
public IS possible for Mexico. and
declares that he will suspend the
constitutional guarantee if is neces-
sary to restore order. U. S. troups
on the border are on three day s
march to Columbus, New Mexico.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

IT seems that Taft is making q de-
termined campaign for the Republi-
can nomination for President; has
opened headquarters in Illinois with
Representative Mckinley of that
State for manager. who is also Chair
man of the Congressional Committee,
and will have charge of the Presi-
dents affairs until the Chicago Con-
vention.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

\ TRENTON, 3D., magistrate. has
sentenced Sarah Reed to SIX months
in the work house for flirting. 1t
had been thought that it took two to
make . tlirt. What did he do with
the tiirtee? Physicians criticisc the
sentence on the ground that flirting
is disease, and lawyers say if it is.
that offenders are not responsible
and can appeal to higher courts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

A WASHINGTON dispatch of the
9Th inst. states that President Taft
has been importuned to appoint a
woman to the bench in the vacancy
open for U. S. Judge. The sug-
gestion comes from the suffragists of
the District OF Columbia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

FIVE Woman's clubs at North Yak
anna, members of the State Fedora
ton. have united in a single depart
mental organization to erect q club
house on site crowning Capital
Hill, belonging to them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

The SUFFRAGE CLAUSE IN Eng
1AND.-An equal suffrage movement
will open with decision in parliament
next week, and with prominent gov
eminent leaders divided on the mat
ter. Lloyd George openly champions
the cause of vote for women" and
Premier Arquette as strongly op-
poses it. Thus will begin the great
est fight for REIMBURSEMENT of wo-
men in the history of the British
empire. The taking up of the cud-
gel for equal sugrage by the Chan
cellor of the EXchequer marks an
epoch in the evolution of the suffrage
question. Never before has high
government official in England es-
ponSed the cause. The fact tha5 he
and the Prime Minister are at log
gerheadS on such an intense issue is
commented on by some as signaliz-
ing the advent of national crisis.
The prediction is freely made that
this will begin a battle royal wage,
and the suffrage sympathizers are
hoping that they will create SO much
sentiment for their cause at the
coming session that the proposition
will be due for a direct vote and
passage at the next parliament.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

In order to sell a few dollars worth
day OF oleomargarine in Atlanta,
the Cudahy Packing Company has
laid itself liable to q s132, 900 fine.
according to an indictment returned
last week in the L. S. Court.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

To make the " State dinner, to be
given on the 21st inst, in which the
Governors of the two Carolinas will
figuratively be present, "toney' as
possible, a charge of So per plate will
be made.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

"OFFENsIvE" partisans are now
asking Roosevelt to say that he will
accept the Presidential nomination,
like the old maid did the kiss, if it
comes to him unSought.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

TEMPERATURES in the East the past
few days has ranged as follows be-
low zero: Canton, N. Y, %; Al
bany, n. Y, 10; Buffalo, N. Y, 2;
Portland, Me-, 6; Providence, r. L.,
z, and New York l.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

THE output of grain-bags at the
Penitentiary has been doubled ow-
ing to the active demand. The force
now employed is 100 convicts and
they manufacture 5000 sacks daily.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

FRANK DEWITT TALMAGE, a sor, of
the famous Presbyterian clergyman,
and himself pastor of a Presbyter ian
church in Philadelphia, died of he art
failure, on the 9th inst.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

Miss PEARL CHANDLER is taking
an agricultural course in the Uni
versity OF Missouri. for teaching her
to properly manage her 150-acre farm
and make it paying proposition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

WALLA WALLA has just cele brat
ep the 50th anniversary of its first
city election, when +. B. Whitman
was elected Mayor. Four residents
OF half century ago made addresses
and prominent men from all parts of
the Northwest by invitation partici-
Data6
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

IT is said that Charles F.. Town
sand, q. 5. Senator from Michigan,
has consented to tour Oregon for
Taft,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

WILSON now realizes what the
parrot meant when it said II talk too
much"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

AND now the man of teeth" is
beginning again to appear on the po-
litical horizon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

GEORGE w. Hunt was formally in
augurated first Governor OF Arizona,
Wednesday, the 18th inst.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

FLOODS have done considerable
damage in Spain and Portugal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

PRESIDENT TAPT wants an interna-
tional inquiry into the high cost OF
living.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

FOLK. of Missouri, has Withdrawn
from the Presidential candidacy.