Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-04-05


Wild lilies are in bloom.
Plum trees are in blossom.
Emery G.. Williamson was in ST.
attic. this week.
Theodore L. Brown is reported to
be quite seriously i'll.
Mike Ahern, of Mud Bay, was in
the city, Wednesday.
C. +. Kaler returned Tuesday from
a business trip to Seattle.
A number of nice strings of trout
have been caught during the week.
DR.. C. H. Darrin, of Bellingham,
was a visitor to the city Saturday.
The Taylor mill at Maytown. near
Little Rock, is to resume operations.
A son was born, Wednesday, to
the wife OF A. G.. West, of South Bay.
The lumber demand is now more
active than it has been for years
past.
A baby daughter is a late addition
to the family of E. H. Wilson, Of
Tumwater.
Allan Williamson is in a Seattle
hospital suffering from general
breakdown.
w. G.. Ashley and Mrs. Gertrude
Rrav ton were married in this city,
Wednesday.
Mrs. John Jenkins living on East
Third street is still i'll, hardly able to
help herself.
1t is proposed to make May LIST an
annual cleanup day in State, city,
town and village.
The Thurston county pioneers are
planning for big picnic to be held
in the near future.
An organization of the Washing
ton Oyster Growers Association is
soon to be perfected.
It is said that sixty friends of
Turnow'S victims are in the woods
searching for the murderer.
A marriage license has been is
sued 10 Charles Falk of South Bay,
and Miss Ethel Eddy of Hoquiam.
James l. Seward, employed in the
Attorney Generals Office, has been
on the sick list ddring the past two
weeks.
Wednesday evening the Council
received protest from II property
owners against the paving of East
Fourth street.
The Mccain mill on Carlyon fill
has had steam up the past few days
10 adjust the machinery, preparatory
to starting up.
The heirs of Elvira Cottar, de-
ceased, have asked that Samuel R.
Doves. of Aberdeen, be administra-
tor Of her estate.
Mrs. Harriet Hope, aged 50 years,
died at her home on Oyster Bay,
Wednesday. She leaves husband
and eight children.
Thurston county has temporarily
enjoined G.. E. Higgins from build.
ing a fence over what is claimed as q
public highway near Lacey.
Charley Wilcox has received sew.
eral fine pictures from Dick Brown,
now in Honolulu, that are very inter.
esting subjects to gaze upon.
An organization of a Council oil
Knights of Columbus is being per.
fected in this city. Rev. Father
Malley has the matter in charge.
Knock the Knockers" given out
as the slogan of the newly organized
boosters here, sounds very much like
an echo of the war-cry at Aberdeen.
Wednesday jury in the Superior
Court acquitted Aleck Yourex, who
was charged with stealing $225 worth
of potatoes from Lawrence Wilkinson.
Rufus Wilbur, aged 80 years, COM
mitted suicide at Shelton, Wednes-
day, by shooting himself, because
his wife left and refused to return to
him.
Will Yeager has been elected Pres
ident of the newly formed Baseball
team. Adolph Schmidt Vice Presi-
dent. and r. L. Blankenship, Sec
retary-Treasurer.
The Council has granted Bush Hoy
permission to erect corrugated iron
building on his property on Colum-
bia. north of Third street, to be &C.
cupied by a boiler shop.
Arthur Remington has bought lot
Z. block 2. Maple Park Annex addi-
ton, corner of Seventeenth and JEFF.
ferson streets, from Mrs. w. E. Glib
bons, paying $500 therefor.
Miss Frances Sylvester and her
brother, Fred, by request. attended
q Socialist meeting at Little Rock,
last Saturday. From reports their
addresses were we'll received.
Mardick Mcpherson aged s. years,
a brother of Mrs. John Mcintosh, of
this city, recently died in Seattle.
Deceased leaves wife and two sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Mcintosh attended the
funeral.
Samuel Bryning, an old and much
respected pioneer of South Bay, died
sunday, at his home. He was a
canadian by birth and SO years of
age. he is survived by wife and
two sons.