Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-23

well as ornamental.
Joseph McCarro@her who is EN-
ployed in the capitol building, for
several months has been afflicted with
a cough that stays with him closer
than brother. John McCarr0gher,
his brother, has just recovered from
an attack Of humps.
Cal McClelland has a peach tree on
his property near Roosevelt school.
which has not yet lost its leaves Of
last year and new buds of the pres
ent season are well advanced in
growth. And still this is not famed
as a peach country.'
The Public Service Commission
has granted the Terminal Railroad
Company permission to cross 4 num-
ber OF Olympia streets at grade, upon
showing that said transportation
company has received a franchise
from the city authorities.
Gov Hay has issued a proclama-
ton setting aside April 1lth for Ar
Dor Day and April 18th for Good
Roads Day. He urges upon all good
citizens to plant trees and shrubs on
the first and do some kind of work on
the highway on Road Day.
\ little six year-old son of Bert
Hoage, barely escaped death Wednes-
day afternoon when he slipped of a
log in the Henry fill, on East Sixth
street. He was rescued by I. +.
Safely. who happened to be passing
along at the time the little fellow fell
in.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Talcott have
recently returned from visit to
Sumner, where the family of mar
RED sister of Mrs. Talcott resides.
The sister, however, is in California
temporarily on account of her i'll
health, caused by pulmonary trou-
bles.
1t is reported that Mrs. Lyman p.
FOwles, who resides at the corner of
Eighth and Eastside streets, has
been seriously i'll for long time with
throat troubles, which seem to battle
good medical skill. Her relatives
and many friends are worried over
her condition.
Gov. West. of Oregon, withdrew
his acceptance of the invitation to
the State dinner arranged for the
executives of that and this State
Secretary Hause substituted H. L.
Stone of Tacoma for him. and the
banquet proceeded Wednesday night
otherwise as arranged.
The local Socialists are discussing
W. D. Haywood's recent Cooper
Union speech in favor of the general
strike, sabotage and direct action.
His position has called forth criti-
cisms from Kantsky and other lead
ing German Socialists. The Marx
ians hereabOuts seem to agree with
Kantsky.
Robert NJ. Patton of Rochester was
elected President and Charles Hewitt
Secretary of the Third and Fourth
Glass Postmasters' Association, held
in this city Tuesday, and both were
elected delegates to the Oregon and
Washington State Convention. to
be held in Portland during the Rose
Carnival.
Mrs. Alfred Thompson is Still in
Arizona, caring for her son. who
is seriously afflicted with lung trouble
The young man s relatives and. many
friends in this community and else
where are much concerned and in
terested in his con dition which the
STANDARD hopes may not prove as
serious as reported.
At the meeting of the Retail
Clerks association Wednesday night,
the following officers, to serve for the
ensuing year, were installed: Pres
ident, VIM. H. Britt; Vice Pres
ident, Wendal Raymond; Recording
Secretary, John Briggs; Financial
Secretary and Treasurer, II. A. Dit
mar; Guard, MIR. Rose.
w. E. Neubert, of Mora, Wash,
is in the city. He is an old friend
of Joseph Chilberg, and says the latter
is engaged in collecting curios and
relics of Alaska, at Nome, for the
Panama Exposition in 1915. Mr..
Neubert formerly worked in the
State Land Office as craftsman, and
is a very we'll informed individual.
George Frazer Messegee, eldest
son of Mrs. C. J. Messegee, of this
city, and Mrs. Mabel Forsyth Cook,
of Seattle. were united in marriage
at the Congregational parsonage,
Sunday, Rev. R. H. Edmonds Of
floating. They will reside at the
Union mills, few miles east of this
city. The best wishes of a host OF
friends are extended to the happy
couple.
In the case of Anna Foley against
the Oberlin Congregational church
of Steilacoom. an action to enforce a
tax lien, the Supreme Court held. re-
versing the Superior Court of Pierce
county, that as long as the church
stands upon the lot. the real estate
is exempt from taxation, that in Or
der to be exempt from taxation the
parsonage must be located on the
same lot.
G. J. Davis was taken to the State
Penitentiary, Tuesday, to serve a
term for forgery and sentenced to an
indeterminate period of from five to
twenty years. Ed. Rogers, the
guard who accompanied him. says
that this is by no means the first or
second term he has served in that
institution. He recognized him as
an old offender under the name of
Timberman.
Harvey Tantlinger. OF this city,
has received word of the death of his
brother, Daniel Tantlinger, which
recently happened at Johnstown, Pa,
where he had spent his whole life.
He was 70 years of age. During the
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