Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-09-13

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/ schools is in Mr.. Cra ig's hands and
nearly all of his time this semester
! will be devoted to this field work and
supervision.
! Through the bureau o. debates and
discussion of the new extension divi-
sion. the University of Washington
viii assist accredited high schools of
the state in preparing for the annual
competitive debate. The bureau will
publish a brief with references on the
! question named by the state depart
ment of education, and will be pre-
pared to furnish package libraries of
material covering both sides of the
question. The reference lists will be
made out with regard 10 the availa-
bilitv of material, particularly of that
which the bureau and the University
of Washington library can furnish.
and will supplement the photography
of the state board of education. The
services of this bureau will be rem
dered without charge to all citizens of
I the state.
Mrs A. c. Becker left Thursday for
her home III New York City, after hav-
| ing spent the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Paul II. Neutfer, and niece.
Hazel Anderson, daughter of George
Anderson, the drayman. was married
Saturday to Charles Guiberson, eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Guiberson
of this city.
Miss Babe McLain and Robert Nc
| Clurg of Portland are visiting this
week at the home of Frank Mears on
the Eastside.
Under the direction of the board of
control, the state is laying 5000 feet
of cement sidewalks in the park front
ing the capitol building, replacing the
meandering paths. The work Is now
practically finished and when COM
pleted will not only add greatly to the
looks of the park but will be much
more satisfactory than the mud tracks
| there during rainy weather. To reach
the streets over the terraces on Sew
enth and also Washington streets, ce-
ment steps are being laid.
Aided by the Democrats of Spo-
kane and vicinity, who desired a me-
dunn through which to reach the vot-
ers during the present campaign, the
Spokane Democrat, new weekly
! newspaper. was launched in Spokane
last Thursday. Its publishers, J. R.
Dunphy and r. E. White, are the pres
ent publishers of the Northwest Farm
and Orchard, monthly farm journal.
Their new weekly is to five-column,
eight-page paper and they hope to build
up paper east of the mountains that
will be broad and big and one that will
| attain to conspicuous position in po-
litical newspaperdom of the West.
Edward A. Peterson of Port Blakely
and Paul T. Bigelow of Edmonds, two
juniors in electrical engineering at
the University of Washington who
have spent their vacation at Aberdeen
getting practical knowledge of the sci
| ence by working for the telephone
company. passed through Olympia the
| other day on their way to Seattle.
They were hiking" their way and en-
joying the trip immensely.
Too much heat in chimney in the
home of ]. H. Meays on San Francisco
street, Eastside, resulted in a small
blaze on the roof, causing about 5000
damage. at II: As Monday morning. The
| run was made over the new asphalt
paving on Fourth street, the departs
ment reaching the house a mile and a
half away from the station, in four
minutes.
All of the tile for the sewers on
Water and Fifth streets. preliminary
to their paving, was laid the first of
this week and the work of grading
the street for the paving is now under
way. The fair weather this week has
enabled the paving men, delayed by
| the rains of last week, to push the
work more rapidly. on both this con-
tract and the Third street job.
Travelling Guard Ed Rogers of the
Walla Walla penitentiary, came to
Olympia Tuesday to vote. He then
went on to Tacoma and Seattle where
he got some prisoners to take back to
the state penitentiary
A. c. Galliac of Aberdeen was an
Olympia visitor Monday
John Norris returned Monday from
short business trip to Vancouver
| Wash.
Baseball fans Of Olympia will &C.
company their favorites to Bremerton
next Sunday morning, on the excur-
sion postponed from last Sunday on
accent of the weather. where the local
players will do their best to regain the
| standing lost to the Bremerton team
when it played here recently. The
leXcursiOnistS will leave on the MIS-
qually at a. M, arriving in Bremen
| ton at 1890. Returning, the boat will
| leave BremertOn at p. m, reaching
here about $3.50. Four hundred, a
capacity load for the Nicqually, are
expected If the weather conditions are
favorable. August the Bremerton
team won a ten-inning game with the
| home run in the last. by a score of 9
to and the local lads are determined
to retrieve their loss. The lineup
will be: Haskel,l,p.. Byler, c., Parks,
H., Skinner, 3D., Carson, S., Stuth, 3d.,
Hendrickson,cf., Seifert, rf., and Law
ton. If. Everett and Coulter are sub
stitutes. The local team has two more
games on its schedule. the first with
| Aberdeen September % and the other
with Fort Blakely September 20.
Mineral Display at the State Fair.
The Washington State Fair has Open
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