Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-11-15

The post office department is going
TO give the new parcels post system a
dress rehearsal in the handling OF
Christmas mail business this year. The
holiday business is always larger than
normal post office force is able to
handle in most towns and cities, and
the extra men hired for this purpose
will be retained to take up the parcels
post when it goes into effect on Jan
uary /. The new service will extend to
more than a million miles of rural free
delivery and star routes.
If the experience of the enlisted ar,
tillerymen of the Puget Sound forts is
to be any criterion, the new law, ex-
tending the time of army enlistment
from three to seven years, four years
with the colors and three with the re-
serves, will not accomplish the results
intended. Oout of 24O artillerymen
whose terms expired last week only six
re-enlisted.
Capt. John E. Zenner, editor of the
Tenino News. was a visitor in Olympia
Sunday
Mrs. Otto Winrick spent the week
in Seattle as the guest of Mrs. Phil
Moran, returning visit recently paid
her by Mrs. Moran.
Miss Blanche Free of Seattle was
the guest this week of Mrs. Sadie Ev-
erett.
Complete but unoficial returns from
all counties in the state indicate that
Judge Main won the election to the SUI
preme court over Judge w. w. Black
of Everett by about IL 900 plurality.
Miss Margery Durham entertained
the girls of the G. F. society Monday
evening.
]. D. Barton has returned to his
home on Hartstein island after spend
ing a week in Seattle and Tacoma.
Madam B. B. Lord. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
C. Ellis and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w.
Lewis are among the residents OF
Olympia who are attending the ma
tional Grange convention in Spokane.
After the convention Mrs. Lord ex-
poets to make an extended visit
throughout the East.
The members of the o. E. s. auxil-
ary5were entertained at their last
meeting by Mrs. P. NJ. Troy. Mrs. L. B.
Troy and Mrs. r. F. Sturdevant. at the
home Of Mrs. P. M. Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Briggs, who
were married at the home of Rev. Her.
bert L. Mills in Tacoma Saturday. re.
turned to Olympia this week and will
make their home here. Mrs. Briggs
was formerly Miss Florence Ecker Of
this city.
John Miller Murphy, associate editor
of THE WASHINGTON STANDARD, jour.
neyed to Puyallup Monday afternoon
to spend . short visit with his life
long friend. DR.. J. H. Mcdonald Of
that city. He returned Tuesday noon.
reporting an unusually good time.
T. s. Pettus. one Of the popular sales
men employed in BettmAn's clothing
store. is importing . Kentucky thor
oughbred saddle horse for his own use.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Pierce. John
Pierce and r. A. Kuner Of this city At
tended the wedding of Thaddeus Ste
vens Pierce Of this city and Miss Wava
Harrington, solemniSed 1t the home Of
the brides parents In Portland last
Saturday. John Pierce was his broth
er's best man. The couple are now en-
joying . three weeks honeymoon trip
through California Returning to
Olympia. they win spend the rest Of
the winter here and will go to Alaska.
where Mr.. Pierce has business inter-
ests. next spring.
Mrs. r. G. Blakeslee was hostess
Monday evening to the Eenati club. the
regular meeting being held At her
home.
Residents Of homes on West Fourth
street near the drawbridge have been
carefully investigating the founda-
tons to their buildings this week. Is
the result of the falling into the bay
of q second house Sunday. due to the
undermining Of the piling which up.
held it. The Sunday before the home
Of Mrs. Jennie Lowe fell into the bay
from q similar cause, occasioning con
siderable damage. and the incidents
have alarmed the residents of that sec.
ton considerably.
The sewer on East Fourth street be
tween Pear and Ounce streets was con
siderably damaged and street car serv
ice interrupted in that section of the
city for several days this week as the
result of the breaking of . water main
there some time last Saturday. The
break was not discovered until Mon
day, but repair work was immediately
begun. Aside from the Inconvenience
caused the residents of that part Of the