Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-03

worth about 10000 The Commits
sioners also authorized advertise
ments to be placed in n. Y. financial
papers, announcing the issue of bonds
on the capitol land grant to redeem
the warrant Indebtedness by floating
bonds in the Eastern market for
Capitol construction.
An effort is being made by F. A:
Yanger, who has lately purchased
40 acres of land on Westside, to
interest the families OF Olympia in a
stock farm and public market. He
comes from Ohio. where those aux
iIiaries to a thriving community are
we'll understood. He lived many
wears on stock farm, and believes
that such an undertaking, with a
first-class Slaughter house and SAM
tary feeding pens for stock handled
in connection with public market
will be a great promoter OF sanitary
conditions and economy.
Gov. Hay refuses. and very prop
erly too, to stay execution OF Judg-
ment in the case Of Wappenstein, of
King county. sentenced to an indie
terminate period of from three to ten
years in the penitentiary, which case
was affirmed on appeal to the Su-
preme Court and denied rehearing.
Wappenstein is now in charge of the
Sheriff of King county, and soon as
guards arrive will be ordered to
Forward. march," to the bastile.
thus verifying the object OF all law
that it's enforcement be alike for the
rich and poor, the exalted ard the
lowly.
1t is reported that an effort is to
be made to save the residence OF the
first Governor of the Territory OF
Washington. Amen! but might it
not be we'll to rescue from further
degradation the building that was
the Office of General Stevens. the
first Governor. now occupied by
KwOng Hong Yeck as laundry,
quite as mich for historic associa-
TONS as being within couple OF
! feet of our new and magnificent city
hall. 1t is now surmOunted by a
three-story clothes horse, on which
foul linen is hung to the breeze to
pOllute the neighborhOOd.
The annual ball held Tuesday even
ing by the local organization of the
Daughters of the American RevOlu'
ton. at Masonic temple, was q nota-
bic event, from the fact that the
proceeds are to be devoted to the
fund for monument suitably mark
ing the termination at Olympia, at a
point near Tumwater, of the his
toric Oregon trail. The Daughters
in the United States have under
taken the task OF placing at inter-
walls appropriate monuments OF the
old immigrant route to this Coast,
and it seems exceedingly appropri-
, ate that the final monument should
be placed by the Daughters here,
many of whom are native born on the
Coast.
Judge Reavis' many friends all
through the State will regret to learn,
he died at the Steilacoom asylum, last
Sunday evening. Judge John B.
Reavis. once a resident of this city
and a Justice of the State Supreme
Caurt, was universally loved and
respected. During the last two or
three years of his official life, over
work brought about troubled mind
and he was placed in the asylum,
where it was hoped that relief from
care and salutary treatment would
result in a restoration of his mental
power, but it was otherwise decreed
and he passed away as stated. His
body was brought here for inter-
ment, Wednesday, Rev. Eshelman
of the Christian Church officiating.
Mr.. Reavis leaves d spotless reputa-
tfon as Judge and citizen.
The Olympia schools will close may
Gath of this year. 1t is expected that
over 80 of the senior class will grad
uate. There are 81 in the Senior
class, of which % are boys and "a
girls. Hitherto the girls have had o
larger preponderance. 1t is not ex-
pected, however, that all the 81 will
obtain their certificates. The senior
class members are:
Vesta Brownell, Vera Chambers,
Marguerite Coulter, Bessie Crombie,
Edna Crombie, Elsie Doragh, Edith
Fleetwood, Elsie Frederickson, Ethel,
Grim. Mildred Haskell, Blendine Hays,
Grace Hewitt, Marvel johnson, Helen
Leghorn. Allena Loomis, Hazel Maahs,
Inez Mckenzie, Lucille Mckinney,
Elizabeth hoffman, Violet Nommensen.
Maude Robertson, Mabel Spence, Grace
Stenger, Elizabeth Streets, Neva Stussy,
Elva Uhler, Emma Weiss, Dena White
man, Sylvia Zulauf, Raymond Abbott.
Willis Alternately, Ellis Aver, William
Bailey, Gordan Billings, Linus Brewer.
Martin Christensen, Joseph Curry,
Bliss Dana, William Dunkelberger, J.
Boyd Ellis, Ralph Erskine, George Gar
rison, Thomas Harrison. Jerome Heer.
mans. Henry Heintzelman, Everett
Hoke, Sheridan Hopkins, Verne Law
renee, Irving Lloyd, Ernest Mallory,
Carl McConkey, Oscar Nell, Phillip
Northcraft. Carroll Reinhart, Charles
ISchively, Jean Todd, John Wilson.