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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN the Superior Court of the State Of Wash
L ington, for ThurstOn County.
In the matter of the estate of John T. McVittie,
deceased.
Notice 10 hereby given by the under
signed duly appointed executor of the estate
of John T. McVittie, deceased, 10 the creditors
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the neces
sary vouchers, within one year after the first
publication of this notice, to the undersigned al
3jo Bank of California Building, Tacoma, county
of Pierce, and State Of Washington, being the
place for the transaction of the business Of said
eftate.
Date of issuing aud first publication of this
notice February =, 1912.
ALFRED MCVITTIE,
Executor of said estate.
II. r. LEA attorney for Executor, Jos Bank OF
California Building. Tacoma, Wash.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

LA CAMAs, in Clarke county. this
State, will soon have the distinc-
ton of having the largest paper-mak.
ing machine in the world. twill be in
stalled soon as its new concrete build
ing is ready for occupation. The
plant already comprises seven large
machines, a number of which are of
the most modern make, and the COM
pany will add two more this year.
A new 1000 horsepower boiler is be-
ing added to increase the power.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

COMPLAINTS are made by residents
ON East Sixth street that there are
boys in that locality who are addict
ed to the habit Of throwing stones
and breaking window panes in their
dwellings. Why the boys should
seek to injure the homes OF good
citizens who never did them any
harm is hard to imagine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

Or COURSE HE ACcEPTs.--Under
date of New York, Feb. 25th, Theo-
dcre Roosevelt fulfills his intimatiOn
that he would respond favorably if
hard enough pressed; he comes out
f1at-footed Low, he will accept the
nomination for President if it is
rendered him. It seems quite sure,
therefore. that the matter has been
so thoroughly "cut and dried" as to
assure him Of its success with the
wire pulling gang.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

EAsTEHN WASHINGTON and North
ern Idaho sold, last week, more than
100000 pounds of potatoes for the
Eastern markets, and like quantity
left Eastern Washington immediate
ly afterwards for Denver. Texas and
the South.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

WATCH and see the big Republican
dailies back and fill about Roosevelt
entering the Presidential contest,
until they shall get their cue from
big business" interests. They may
be cunning. but the people will un-
derstand the Whereforeness and
why" It looks as If the ranks of
the 6. o. p. are split wide open, and
the desire for pelf cannot so far cause
the discOrdant elements to coalesce.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

Iris promised that soon as the Olym-
pia Terminal railway company is pre-.
pared to furnish ontemplated facili-
ties, the Shelton Transportation COM
pany will erect bunkers and perhaps
warehouses on our waterfront to
handle all of the business through
this city, instead of by Tacoma and
Seattle, as at present.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

IT is estimated that King and
Pierce counties have 600. 900 invest
ed in ita poultry yards. But some,
OF the representative agricultural
counties do not have more than 81, 500
invested in poultry.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

In noting the fact that J. p. Nor
gan can raise ten million dollars on o
check any minute, it is claimed by o
verbose Smart Aleck that man who
raises q large family on nine dollars
a week is a much greater financier.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01
A Terrible Homicide.

The dead bodies of Mrs. Willis
Brown, aged a, and of John Alden,
alias Jack Wilson. aged %, were
found on the Larchmont road, a
short distance from Tacoma, Monday
morning. at an early hour, with evil
dence that both had been dubbed to
death.
The husband, when notified Of the
tragedy, at once appeared and stated
that his wife and Wilson had gone to-
gether to Tacoma, the previous day
and that he had sat up till midnight
awaiting their return, and then went
to bed, from which he had been
aroused by the messenger who had
brought news of the tragedy. The
next morning, however, the dead
woman's husband, Willis Brown. ap-
peared in the Superior Court. said
he did the deed and plead guilty to
murder in the second degree. AS
there were no witnesses. the Prose-
cutting Attorney consented to this
procedure, after a charge of murder
in the second degree had been drawn
up against Brown.
His confession is that he awaited
the last car Monday morning and
followed behind the couple with a
piece of scantling. He struck Alden
down with a blow that killed him,
and when his wife screamed struck
her with like effect, and then went
home.
Following his confession, arraign-
ment and plea of guilty, Brown was
sentenced, Tuesday, to from 10 to Il
years in the State Penitentiary.
1t seems that Alden had been the
object of many quarrels between
Brown and his wife, and she had
persisted in her relations with him.
That much must be said in justifica'
ton of the killing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

A LARGE force Of men, under d.
rection of the Pacific Power and
Light Company. are building an i'm
mense Golfer dam intake at Cayota
Falls on the Columbia, to supply
water for the various irrigation
bitches. They have the dam out 100
feet in the river. The Columbia
ortunately will not miss the water.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

JAMES I. SEWARD, an employee in
the Attorney Generals Office, has
declared himself for Roosevelt. How
stands the head man, Vaughn Tan
ner? Is he one OF those parties who
will say, I will think about it,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

POLITICIANS of the "stand-pat''
order, among the higher-ups, may
not like Teddy, still they cannot ig.
more him and are afraid to attack
him in the open, for fear they will
hasten the disintegration process.
Hath God numbered the g. o. p. and
finished it? It does not take much
of Daniel to see where it is liable to
land.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

ATTORNEY Suggs. Of Vancouver, is
strictly up to date. He has q Decto-
phone, by which he can listen to his
speeches and hear how they sound,
before trying his oratory on the city
council.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE BIDS.

The bidding on the Temple OF JUS
tice has resulted quite satisfactorily.
Sixteen bids were submitted, rang
ing from $219, $50 to $299, 342, Q var
iation of about $50, 900. The bids
were opened Saturday by Gov. Hay
and other members of the State Cap
itol Commission, in the Senate Cham
Der Of the Capitol. Three architects
were with the Commission, including
Consulting Architect G. B. Bebb Of
Seattle. Architects H. r. White Of
New York who drew the plans for
the structure, and Supervising Arch
itectH. L. Copeland. The prelimin-
airy estimate of the lump sum for
construction, had been estimated at
$275, 900, and it was not expected
that any bid would run under $780,
600.
The Commission reduced the num-
Der of possible competitive bids to
the six lowest, which include that of
Hans Peterson, Seattle, 1918, $50;
Olson & Johnson, Missoula, Mont.
$3.50, 900; Butler Construction Com
pany, Seattle, 1921. 600; Lewis A.
Hicks, Portland, $236, 800; Jenkins
& Jones, Seattle, $234, 675 and Alex.
ander Pearson, Seattle, $241, 1851.
These represent the lump sum for
erection of the building, but in addi-
ton there were thirteen supple
mentaries providing for steel fix
lures. facings and other matters of
minor importance, which 90 to com.
plete the building. These took up
the whole afternoon of the Commits
sion.
The Temple is to be the first of the
composite group buildings erected,
and will house the Supreme Court
and Attorney Generals Office. The
site will be on Capitol Point, over
looking the upper end of the Sound
from one of the most picturesque
points in the city. 1t will be two
stories in height, in addition to a
commodious basement. ard will be
265 feet long by 14O wide.
The list of bidders and their re-
spective bids were as follows:
Hans Peterson, Seattle..............$219, ESQ
Olson 4 Johnson, Missoula, Mont. O,OOO
Butler Const. Co, Seattle-........ 23l 100
Lewis A. Hicks, Portland. .......... 233, 600
Jenkins & Jones, Seattle............. 234, 675
Alexander Pearson, Seattle....... 241, 1851
McLAlland Hickey Co., Seattle $50, 900
Dietrich & Hursen, Seattle........ pa, 900
Diefeson & Geiring, Seattle ..... 257, 229
Kiburtz & Roundtree, Seattle..... PSF, 735
Puget Sound Dreg. Co., Seattle. 257, 783
Aldridge 4 Hunt, Seattle....-..... 259, 100
McCrath Const. Co., Seattle...... 200, 671
]. H...Weise, Omaha, Neb......... 269. 12O
Sound Const. Co., Seattle ......... 1854, $50
Colonial Bldg. Co., Spokane...... 299. 842
Hans Peterson, the lowest bidder,
was awarded the contract, Tuesday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

A PERTINENT QUESTION. - When
will people learn that it is indirect
taxation that is causing so much
grooming from high taxes? A high
tax is likely to lead tc an effective
protest that will serve to avoid open
revolt, but a small additional tax
upon necessary commodities, arti-
cles of daily use and necessity. will
be quietly borne until a more direct
cause of poverty ensues, which is
blamed upon hard times in appar-
emily ignorance of the fact that hard
times are the result OF quietly bear
ing greater expenses than public
services justify. Economy - econ
omy is the word that presages re-
lief, if it is only taken to the nomi-
mating conventions and the polls and
embodied in all political effort.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01
SUM MONS.

Tn the Superior Court of the State Of Was hing
ton in and for the County of ThurstOn.
Nav Bncchi, Plaintiff, W.. Henry +. Bracchi, De-
PENDANT.
STATE OF WASHINGTON to the said Henry
r, Bracchi. Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
sixty (6O days after the date ofthe fret publication
OF this summons, wit: within sixty (6W days
after the first day Of March. 1912, and defend
the above entitled action In the shove entitled
Court, and answer the complaint Of the plaintiff,
and serve . copy OF your answer upon the
undersigned attorneys for plaintiff at their
ONCE below stated. and In case Of your fail
are 20 to do judgment will be rendered against
YOU according 70 the demand Of the com.
plsint, which has been filed with the Clerk
81 the above entitled Court.
The Plaintiff brings this action to obtain .
divorce against you because Of desertiou by you
Of her for more than one year, and for the quiet
Ing Of title to real estate.
TROY & sTURDEvANT,
Attorneys for PlaintiR.
Once address: Suite 4, Byrne Building, Olym-
pia, Warrington.
Date Of first publication, March l. 1912 IT.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

TIE New York insurance company
Friday paid a tax due this State
of $40. 900, one of the largest pay.
ments for that object ever re-
ceived
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

TEDDY is quietly ''chopping wood
while the gang is getting ready for
an active campaign. Just wait till
be gets out his rip-saw, however, il
you want to see the sawdust fly.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

Seven hundred and fifty millions
dollars came from the farms of the
United States as the cash returns OF
the CHECKED industry for the year
1911.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

THIS city proposes to place a tax
of $25 per annum on auctioneers who
are not actual residents Of this CON-
monwealth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

WHAT turmoil there will be in
the new China republic with four
million aspirants grabbing for the
lunch counterl
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

He must have been a decided
CATCH" when the rivals OF q girl
he married caught the man, tied him
to telephone pole, slapped him, kick
ed him, and then left him to freeze.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

The workingmen fancy they see
only the sharp end Of tack when
the single tax is placed so invitingly
in view.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01
THE schooner Archer arrived at

The schooner Archer arrived at
Dupont from San Francisco last week,
with a 300 horsepower gas engine,
bringing a cargo of copper. She also
brought a quantity of dynamite to
Port Angeles and food stuffs to Roche
Harbor. The gas on the Archer is
produced from Ignite coal and the
engine is the only one of the kind
ever installed in sea-going vessel
1t has 300 horsepower and the econ
omy developed both in the saving of
space and the cost of the fuel; the
Ignite coal used being found in abun-
dance in Thurston county, promises
to revolutionize shipping on the Pa
cific Coast. This vessel will in the
future make regular trips between
San Francisco and Dupont, bringing
copper ore to the powder works from
which the sulphur is taken. the re-
mainder of the ore going to the Ia
coma Smelter. On the return trip
the Archer will take 10000 barrels
of lime and deck load of 5000. 900
shingles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

DISCLOSURES regarding the opera
tions of the Columbia River Orchard
company are alleged to have discov-
cred the most outrageous frauds on
hundreds of persons in the United
States and steps have beer taken to
eliminate crooked land dealings and
stock jobbing practices in Oregon.
President Chapen has appointed a
committee of FIVE of the Realty Board
to confer with the Commercial or
carnations and State officers ON the
subject, urging them to definite &C.
ton as soon as is possible to check
the outrage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

some people seem to see menace
in the rapidly forming conditions of
the United States and Germany, and
that St. Thomas possesses one of the
finest harbors in the West Indies
over which o deep-water channel
passing it offers a safe and direct
course from Europe to the head OF
the Panama Canal. 1t is an ideal
position for q naval base or port of
cali. Attention has been called to
this fact by Potential" an organ
ization in London. presided over by
Sir Edward Durand, who has just
called attention to its possible i'm
port in the conflicting interests o!
nations. and sees in it o war-cloud
now no larger than mans hand.
which may in time be freighted with
q tempest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

THERE is prospect of q gigantic
strike in the anteracite coal dis
tricts Of Pennsylvania. The oper-
ators desire a three-year contract
while the miners will hold out for the
one-year agreement, and recognition
of the union. Both sides seem to be
firm in their demands. There may
be another chance for Teddy. the
terrible, to get in as umpire and
make spectacular play.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

WHY should the authorities Of
Lawrence, Mass, prevent the starv-
ing children of strikers leaving that
city in order to get better care from
the efforts of willing parties? These
children are OF human flesh and
blood. and have right to 60 where
they may obtain the means of SUBJ
sistence when the opportunity has
been offered to them, without the
interference of mill-owners or any
other parties.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

An IMPORTANT SUGGESTION, IF TRUE.
John c. Lawrence, while admi tting
that he is a Republican, has started
on q political tour which will take
him into every portion of the State
in advocacy of his candidacy for Gov
ernor. But he declares that he will
not be q candidate of any political
machine nor the part of any slate.
1t will be interesting to watch this
straight-laced proceeding. and we
think he will find it quite difficult to
train his gun to shoot a pigeon and
miss a chicken. But his object is
highly commerdable. 1t is to save
a million dollars q year more than is
necessary for its public service and
give efficient administration at that,
and he proposes to show the people
how this immense saving may be
made.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

A PREMIUM ON BABIEs.-It is pro-
posed in Iowa to place premium on
the birth of babies. J. H. McCono-
logne, of Mason City, member OF the
State Tax Commission, has drafted a
new income tax measure for consider
alton of the next Legislature. to re-
lieve a man OF taxation on 5000 for
every child under eighteen years OF
age he may have. While man alone
must pay tax on an income of 81 900
and over. ifhe has wife. the amount
from which he is exempted from
taxation is advanced to 81, 800. In
short, the bill, it is said, is an en-
couragement for a man to take wife
and, as his earning capacity in.
creases, to rear a family. 1t is hoped
this encouragement will check the
decrease in the population of the
State, as shown in the last census
report.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-01

HEAVEN seems 10 have rendered its
Judgment on the Turkey Trot accord
ing to passengers of the Bermuda
steamship Oceana, which arrived in
New York eighteen hours late. after
the most tempestuous voyage ever
experienced by her. The storm
broke on the vessel in the midst OF
a dance in which the Turkey Trot
figured, the passengers declared. and
for the following twentyfour hours
the vessel was at the mercy of the
turbulent seas, which in spirit OF
scornful mockery. danced the bunny
hug, the alfalfa squeeze, and all the
remainder of the offending gyrations
with the stout young ship. 1t was
the most terribly awful, said a lady
participant; we were plunged into
each others arms and rolled about
the deck, bounced out of our berths
and bounced back into them. When
the ship wasn't standing on her nose
she was spinning on her stern.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-17
EVOLUTION or KHAKI.
Secret of Proper Dyc Hit Upon Only
by the Mcrcst Chance.

A lucky accident led to the lnyen-
uon of khaki, that olive colored cloth
that is worn hy soldiers
For years the British troops In
India wore a cotton cloth Of a green
Ish brown but it always faded when
washed with soap While discussing
this defect with some British officers
a business man from England careless
ly observed that the manufacturer
first to discover the means whereby "a
cotton drill could be- made that would
not fade would certainly make hia
fortune. one Of the officers, "A young
man, took the hint When he got homo
he employed skillful dyer, and tho
two began a systematic search for an
olive dye that when used on cotton
cloth would not yield to soap or soda.
They spent years in experiments along
this line but To no avail. The thing
seemed hopeless
One day, however, they found
among numerous scraps of dyed cloth
one that retained its color under the
most severe tests. The puz2llng part Of
II all was that this scrap had been de-
rived from a piece of cloth that had
been subjected to the same processes.
For a long time the eXperimenters
tried to solve the riddle rho
of cloth of khaki mentioned was the
only piece that kept its color against
all attacks.
Finally by the merest chance they
hit upon the secret The dye in which
this scrap had been dipped had re-
mained for a time in metal dish of a
peculiar kind This metal in connec-
ton with the chemicals of the dye had
furnished the very thing needed. They
made the experiment with other
pieces; the dye held, and their for
tunes were made.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-17
OIL NEWS AND COMMENT
4 ". IL
~ W. H. Peck.

the above stated request of the secre-
tary the Independent operators in con-
yontion assembled, respectfully sug.
gest the following method to be pur-
sued In the leasing Of land for oil and
gas purposes In the Usage Indian Ma
ton:
The Usage COUNCIL should immed-
lately elect an oil and gas committee
Of not more than three members of
the tribe, This oil and gas commit
tee should be vested with virtually the
same powers and authorities In ref
erence to oil and gas leasing as is at
present possessed by the commission
ers of the land office Of the state OF
Oklahoma and their oil and gas com.
mittoe.
They should have full power and
authority to grant leases on Usage
lands. They should have power and
authority to grant leases on Usage
lands in conformity with the rules
and regulations to be promulgated by
the department of the interior.
Which grant shall be subject to the
approval Of the secretary of the In
torior, and which grant shall be limit
ed to forty-eight hundred G,SOO)
acres to any person, firm or corpora
ton.
That after the form of lease has
been agreed upon ty the Usage coun-
ell and adopted by the department OF
the interior and after the regulations
governing the leasing of Usage lands
shall have been promulgated by the
secretary Of the interior and after the
Usage Indian land shall have been de-
clared by the secretary Of the inter.
ior to be open for leasing;
Then the oil and gas committee Of
the Usage Nation shall upon applica-
ton of any producer (whose appllca-
ton for permission to lease has first
been approved by the Department.
and upon payment by him of fifty
(50) dollars to cover the cost OF adver-
tisng. there and upon advertise such
land or blocks of land not to exceed
ortyeight hundred (4,SOo) acres as
shall be designated by the applicant
for lease. Such advertisement shall
run for period OF thirty days IN three
newspapers Of this state designated by
the oil and gas committee
Such advertisement shall fully de-
scribe the land to be leased, shall state
that the royalty to be paid shall be
twelve and half G2 1-2) per cent
of the oil, and three hundred ($300)
dollars per well for the gas; and such
advertisement shall state that all bids
must be delivered TO the oil and gas
committee at certain hour and upon
a certain day: that all bids shall be
sealed and shall be opened in the pres
ence of the committee and the bidders;
and that the lease shall be awarded to
the bidder of the highest cash bonus.
At the time such bids are made to
the oil and gas committee, the bidder
shall be required to deposit with the
committee satisfactory bond with ap-
propriate conditions of forfeiture for
failure to comply with the terms and
of bidding upon such lands.
The bond of all unsuccessful bidders
shall be returned, and the bond OF the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-17
USED HYMNS IN \ CAMPAIGN.
And Bird Coler Wasn't Outdonc by a
New York Political Opponent.

Bird S. Coler who was Greater New
Yorks first comptroller, was nomi-
mated for governor of New York in
1902.
Mr.. Coler is deeply interested in
religious work and three days after
his nomination he was scheduled TO
address an afternoon meeting of the
Y. NJ. c. \. in Brooklyn. The other
speaker was Frank Harvey Field, an
ardent republican.
It was the practice at these meet
ings for each speaker to lead in tho
singing of hymn to preface his
remarks. When Mr.. Field got up he
announced: we shall now sing hymn
No. 31G-Throw out the lifeline;
someone Is drifting away
The audience looked at Coler and
grinned-that is, everybody but COL
err, who was entirely serious. After