Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-26

Prof. Sparks has conducted very
instructive course of soil demOnstra
tions at the Y. NJ. C. A. this week
in which he was assisted by George
Severance of the Experimental Sta
ton at Puyallup, and others, or
practical farm occupations. The
char-pit stump burning was also
exemplitied.
There are said to be over 1,00C
corporations in the State that have
not yet paid their license fee, and if
it is not paid before July LIST. they
will be dropped from the rolls by the
Secretary of State. If this is done
they cannot be reinstated without
for fling new interpretations, is the
opinion of Secretary Of State Howell.
A hypnotist has been in town this
week. 1t is strange how people like
to be humbugged. Hypnotism doubt
less has scientific basis, but is a
dangerous agent, when manipulated
by INSCRIPTIONS persons. Its bene-
fetal phases. as compared with those
that are otherwise. demonstrate that
the practice of the cult ought to be
discouraged.
Lawyer Evans, of the firm of Flet-
cher & Evans. of Tacoma, was be-
fore the Superior Court this week on
business. Mrs. Ethel Carlson, nee
Young. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
o. Young, who formerly resided in
Olympia, has been employed in the
Office of these lawyers as stenogra-
pher for five years. The lady is said
to be faithful and efficient in her call
ing.
Last Sunday. on Main street. a
lively team attached to milk-wagon
ran away under the management of
a cook off duty, who took possession
of the rig while the regular driver
was inside partaking OF q lunch, who
claimed he did not know what the
cook was doing. The damage done
was about fifteen dollars. Koch, the
owner, was reported to be rather
seriously i'll at the time.
1t is reported from a reliable source
Claude Mann son of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
B. Mann, OF this city, was operated
upon for appendicitis this week, in
Seattle. which makes three operations
in this family. one of which, however.
was for removal of gall stones. In
deed this family has been sorely az
flicted and it is to be sincerely hoped
an end is in sight. Wednesday word
was received that it had been entire.
ly successful.
Rustemeyer's secondhand store on
East Fourth street was entered by
burglars sometime Monday morning
it is supposed, and quite o loot Sc
cured, consisting of a Remington
shot. gun, a 32-revolver, pair of log
gers shoes, Waltham watch, two
suits of clothes ard q rain-coat. En-
trance was effected by a rear door. a
neat hole being cut in a window.
with o glass-cutter through which
the door-key could be reached and
turned.
The county treasury was enriched
by the payment Of $32, 286. IS. last
Wednesday afternoon, by George w.
Marshall as tax agent for the Weyer-
hauser Timber Company, on the un-
paid portion Of the tax levy of 1908,
delinquent. It was made under pro-
test, however, claiming the assess
ment was unfair, excessive aud un-
equitable. The company's assess
ment for 1911, due March LIST, is $43.-
257. 81. The taxes for 1909 and 1910
had previously been paid.
A sixty-foot sea-monster was dis.
porting himself in our harb0r at
nearly low tide, Sunday afternoon,
and drew quite q crowd Of spectators
on the docks. This reminds old
settlers of the appearance OF what
was called q sulphur bot toned whale
at high-tide nearly half a century
ago, which was captured and hauled
out upon the beach fronting the
Kendall Company's store on Second
street. 1t was about the same length
and we had Quid Nuncs even then
who had no difficulty in telling US
just what it was.
Last Monday. at the Building and
Loan Office on East Fourth street, q
spirited argument and conversation
was held between C. V. Boone, o To-
cal Socialist, and Eugene Chaplin,
the Prohibition orator. who addressed
an audience In the Methodist church
in the evening of that day. It was
reported Mr.. Boone talked very loud.
~ apd rapidly; would give Mr.. Chap
in hardly time to state his views.
Some OF the Socialists here wanted
the speaker to agree to answer ques-
tions from the platform. who failed
to receive a satisfactory answer to
their proposal.
The Miller Company, of Seattle,
consisting of Mary NJ. Miller and her
son, who own property assessed for
making the Swantown fill, contem.
plate in the near future bringing an
action in the Superior Court of
Thurston county to recover damages
and annul the assessment. which will
be attacked on jurisdictional grounds
that the fats within the fill when the
work was commenced by the dredg-
ing company we're not unsanitary,
but that then existing conditions
with the ebb and flow of the tide over
the fats twice every twenty -four
hours made the situation otherwise.
1t is reported the result is so SER
inus the company has not been able
to dispose Of its bonds.