Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-09

not mitigate the crime and that
therefore the lower court is sustained.
Bids for consideration of the West
side waterway by dredging will be
opened at the Office of the U. S.
engineering corps, at Seattle. March
9th. The invitation for bids is ac
companied by set of plans and
specifications. This work, when COM
pleted. will have used the $43. 900
unexpended balance of the govern
ment appropriation.
From appearances it would seem
than an effort is being made to con-
meet the present separation OF
Fifth street across Swantown fill.
1t seems probable it will require a
number of men and considerable eX
pense to the city to drain the water
in the fill into the present box fume
as long as the same may last, and an
open waterway would have been pre-
ferable all the same.
Rose Martinson, aged Is years,
daughter of John Martinson. of West
side. died at the Steilacoom asylum,
Tuesday, from acute mania. The
girl was committed to that institu-
ton on Thursday of last week. The
funeral rites were held yesterday af-
ternoon from Sticklin's chapel, Rev.
James H. EDGAR of the United Pres
byterian church officiating inter-
ment was made in Masonic cemetery.
W. J. Hall, deputy Sheriff and
stOre-keeper at Rainier was arrest
ed Wednesday, for selling liquor in
dry" territory; being dry con-
structively from its being classed
under the clause making all area out
side OF Incorporated cities and towns
dry. 1t is charged also that the
arrest OF Hall is inspired by malicious
ness arising over a family row. all
of which will be aired in the Justice
Court today.
Lawyer f. N. Steele left, Monday,
for Washington, ID. c., to appear be-
fore the U. S. Land department. ex-
pecting to be absent 80 days. While
absent at the Capital, he expects to
apply for admission to practice before
the U. S. Supreme Court. His sister,
Mrs. Resser and child accompanied
Mr.. Steele as far as Colorado Springs,
Colorado. where her husband resides.
She is afflicted with lung trouble, and
expects to be benefited by a change
of climate.
In re estate of A. f. Young last
Monday morning Judge Mitchell al
lowed the widow of Theodore Young
amend her petition by joining the in
FAINT daughter Of deceased and her
self in the application to set aside the
final decree of distribution; it appear
ing that there were inaccuracies in
matters of the description of the
property involved. Messrs. Gaby
and Wilson represented the petition
ers Mrs. Young and daughter) and
Messrs. Troy & Sturdevant appeared
for the executor.
The announcement is made that
the big Tenino blast. consisting of
two and a half carloads of powder
and some dynamite to be placed in a
mountain of rock 500 feet long, 200
feet wide and 20 feet deep. Prepare
tions have been under way, and invi-
tations have been issued by the
Hercules Sandstone Company for
their neighbors everywhere to come
and see the big uplift on Saturday,
the 18th inst, at 2:30P p. NJ. The blast
is to be followed by q big blowout OF
another nature-a banquet at B =. NJ.
Through the influence and efforts
Of the Sylvester family. who reside
down the bay, the services OF Mrs.
Kate Richards OHare have been
engaged to deliver a lecture in
Olympia on the evening of Friday
23d inst. Mrs. O'Hare is u woman
of marked ability, attracts large au.
diences wherever she may 60. The
prohibitionists will do well to listen
to her address. She is credited with
having made the statement. in one
OF her published productions, that
poor food and stomach trouble cause
more domestic infelicity than the
liquor traffic.
The day when the darkness OF night
existed all day long. was very
reaonably explained by a natural OBJ.
scuratiOn, shutting off the suns rays
by clouds and smoke. but the dense
foe that prevailed last Friday from
dawn till dark is not so easily &C.
counted for, and Saturday was only
a modification of the condition. The
fog was so dense that for many hours
one could not see across the street
and all boats. railroad trains and
street cars had to keep up continual
footing to avoid possible collisions as
| well as the water craft to employ an
echo to keep anyway near the chan.
mel.
Gov. Hay has appointed Frederick
A. Osborne, Professor of Physics al
at the State University, as the of.
fetal representative of this State al
the Weights and Measures confer.
ence to be held in Washington, D. c.,
on the 18th and 10Th inst. This
may not be amiss, but we think 9
practical officer endowed with au.
thority to test all the scales in prac.
teal use and with authority to di
rect prosecutions for false weight
would be of far more benefit to the
people who pay bills than any ICON
ference" in Washington by PRO
fessors" and other big-bugs, which
will probably end in wind. Wha,
the people want to see are results, and
they don't care a continental how
they come, so they may see it in evi
dence.
Mark Ewald, of Puyallup, is to
have general management of thu
Olympia Canning Works on the Car
lyon fill, announces that work will
begin this week and vigorously prose
cuted to completion which will be il
time for the early fruit season. Mr.
Ewald will move his family here anG
make Olympia his home. He is
signing up fruit contracts with the
producers of this county, among whom
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