Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

PENDANT claims be- tried d change OF
venue. hat that the Justice ruled
against him.
W. j. Hall was recently prose
cutcd for selling whiskev in dry
territory, al Rainier, before Justice
Walter Crosby. The Jury which tried
the case found the defendant guilty
and fixed the fine at so without
costs. The STANDARD is informed
the costs amounted to nearly $50.
which the county viii be expected to
liqudatc. If this is correct, the tax
payers OF this county are punished to
the tune of 500.
1t now seems that the fate OF tn"
cannery enterprise has been placed
in jeopardy 10y the failure to pay
some of the money subscribed, and
as each subscription was made con
tingent upon the whole amount ne
ing paid nobody can be blamed Tor
DELAY when the professional hist
booster is rcmiS> III the matter. II
was announced when the names
were taken that the money was pay
able on demand. and it is to be re-
GREETED that some few OF these drags
found their way on the list.
s. VI. percivaI, right-of- way agent
for the State Highway Department.
was in Tacoma this morning gather
ing up the ragged edges OF the con
tracts for the final right way for
the proposed hard surfaced road be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma. All of
The right-of way has been practically
secured and the road construction can
be started. This road will be one Of
the finest in Western Washington
when completed, according to Mr..
Percival, and will be one OF the most
used highways in the State. Ia
conao Trjb0ae, FL. II.
Eugene Antes, of Tenino. was ar
rested and committed to Jail on a
charge of burglary in the second
degree, being held under $500 bonds,
to answer at the Superior Court. 1t
is said that the local authorities are
inclined to the belief that the man
was simply in desperate straits and
did not intend to violate the law,
and under these circumstances stole
the food for which he was arrested.
A charitable view surely, and one
which almost anybody might plead
in mitigation-that his inclination
reduced him to such " desperate
strait" that all moral restraint was
overcome.
The funeral services of the late
Col. NJ. Hoke. who died Monday
morning about 3 O'Clock, of Bright S
disease, az the family residence on
Teuth and Washington streets, was
held Wednesday afternoon. The
death was unexpected, although he
had been subject to the disease for
over year. He suffered great pain
to the close. He was born in North
Carolina, nearly 60 years ago, and
after moving to North Dakota, came
later to this State, where he resided
at Tacoma and other places where
convenient to his work of railroad
construction. In 1896 he became
employed in the Surveyor General S
Office and was promoted to the posi-
ton of Chief Clerk. He is survived
by widow aud two sons, Everett
and Herbert.
Superintendent Kibbe is planning
for Directors meeting to he held
some time in March, when it is hoped
that every director in the county
will be able to attend for a general
discussio of the methods of Operat-
ing the schools. 1t is proposed to
meet two days and at different
places, say on the 18th at Tenino
and on the 10th at Olympia. thus
atfording opportunity for fuller at
tendance and closer attention to adj
vanced methods of each district.
There is no doubt but that an ex-
change of ideas by teachers as we'll
as the directors, will result in much
improvement. 1t is now proposed
to make the 2lst. 22d and 23d visit
ing day for the county teachers. 1t
is expected that the teachers of the
rural districts will come to town and
attend some of the city schools.
r. d. White, OF Yelm, has filed a
notice. as agent of the Yem Irriga-
ton Company, of intention to APP
propriate 1000 cubic feet of water
per second from the Nisqually river.
for irrigation purposes on Yelm
prairie. With the appropriation of
the water rights it is apparent that
all details have been perfected and
one of the grandest schemes for the
improvement of farming lands will
soon begin its sphere of usefulness.
The effect of simply copious supplies
of water on arid lands has been a
gratifying surprise of the possibili-
ties in store from this simple al
Tentative. 1t has been found that it
is veritable Midas touch to large
areas that had up to quite mod
ern date been regarded as almost
worthless. The notice also states
that that this water may also be
used for generation of electric power.