Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-15

dent, W. l.. Miller of Bucoda Vice
President and Charles r. Carr OF
South Bay Secretary. The morning
session was followed by a luncheon
served the visitors and greatly en-
lOyed by them, after which discussion
of interesting topics were had and
objects of Improvement in the SER
vice assigned to proper committees.
Olympia Pythians have under con-
s!deration plan for sending large
delegation to the big rally at North
Yakima in May, for especial effort
to capture the drill prize. 1t is ex-
pected that between 1000 and 1.2OO
Pythians will visit that city during
the week of May 2lst. The Grand
Lodge of Pythian Sisters, and the
various teams of the Uniformed rank E,
will be there in annual session.
ST. Patrick's day. March 18th,
coming on Sunday, the 10th will be
celebrated, by the selling of tags for
small price to advance support of
an Orpnan's home at Orilla, where a
large tract of agricultural land,
cleared and under cultivation, has
been donated, and a handsome home
erected thereon by Edward Briscoe
for an orphan asylum. 1t is now
filled. The expense of maintaining
it has been great, and it is now pro-
posed to make double purpose. that
of charity and IL shamrock decoration
for St. Patrick's dav.
4 hpad-on collision between a
freight train from Tacoma and a log
cling train from Bordeaux Monday
afternoon. at the east end of the
Northern Pacific trcstle just south
of the depot, reduced six bOx-cars
and a caboose to splinters, badly
damaged two locomotives and de-
rallied two cars loaded with logs.
The locomotive of the logging train
raised from the track at the impact
and telescoped its way into the
freight engine until the cylinder
heads were within three feet of meet
ing. Four of tho box-cars were
thrown to the shore-line ard two
over the embankment on the tide
flats. No one was injured.
Will Bettman in returning by rail
from Tacoma. the other day, picked
up purse with $65 in it. and went
through the train seeking its owner.
He found an elderly passenger who
after a speedy search in his pockets.
declared that he had lost his wallet,
and proved it by description of the
contents of the find. Billy handed it
over to him. and failed to receive a
thank you" for the service; he
simply grunted. And now the find
err asks the question did he do right
in making q search for the thankless
owner. 1t looks as if it might have
been better to have waited for the
owner to have done the searching
part; nothing is truer than that in
gratitude is of the basest of crimes.
That series of dull thuds heard
from progress of work on the city
hall while stirring the filing for the
walls, is caused by vigorous strokes
of q shovel on the bottom Of the
metal scoop by which the concrete
is emptied into the revolving mixer
from wheelbarrows. 1t does seem
that in this age of invention. some
better way might be devised to clear
the metal holder Of its contents than
this primitive method, which be-
sides consumption Of time entails
vibration of the holder which must
in time weaken its construction. 1t
really seems that some sort of ram
rod might be devised which would
expedite as we'll as simplify the
method. Now whenever a perma-
nent concrete building is under con-
struction the spade seems to be in
stalled as "trumps" in the hands OF q
vigorous workman.