Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-03-08

every 200 votes cast for CoSgrove
for Governor in 1908. The Com
mittee rejected resolution to
have Governor Hay call a spec
ial session of the Legislature to
have enacted 4 Presidential prefer
ence primary law. The Committee
by resolution endorsed the wise,
patriotic and fearless and just ad-
mistration of President Taft.
The Industrial Insurance Com
mission has received unique claim
for damages from being bit by dead
dog 1t was ruled that in case claims
of motOrman and conductor covering
injuries received in performance OF
their duty the terms of :" in course OF
employment as interpreted by legal
counsel to cover all claims resulting
in injury from such vocation. Fred
w. Hill, conductor Of a Beacon Hill
car in Seattle who was bit while
attempting to remove a supposedly
dead dog from the track. and was bit
in the foot during his expiring con-
WILSON'S. Probably some thought will
hinge upon whether the duty OF re-
moved was a necessary one Or not.
1t is well that the city has re-
solved to curb, to some exeent at
least, the wide sway by those who
ride motor cycles and operate auto
mobiles on the crowded streets.
Chief Wright announces that here
after no excuse will suffice to clear
violation of the speed limits. Arrest
and fine will follow all instances.
The limit is fixed at twelve miles iE
the business district, cut to four
miles at the crossings and the turn
ing of corners, and twenty-four miles
outside of the business district. and
anybody exceeding it is regarded as
either careless. reckless or defiant.
Monday, Ben Griffin, an auto-driver.
plead guilty to exceeding speed
limits and paid $40 and costs. and a
man named Denhamel So for speed
ing and costs amounting to $40 in
addition to amount of fine. So a be-
ginning has been made" Roll. the
game is made"
February exceeded the normal in
rainfall by 6 IS inches, being an ex-
cess of seven-hundredths of an inch.
Fifteen days were rainy. The total
rainfall for the season commencing
Sept. 1st, was 1888 inches, while
the average for the same period the
past 80 years was 54.65, making
a deficiency of 3.12 inches. The
rainfall for the two months of Janu-
airy and February was 17.8 inches,
which is an excess of the average
rainfall for the same months during
the past 80 years of 3.O7 inches. The
mean maximum temperature for the
month of February was 80. l degrees,
while the minimum was 1872 de-
grees, making a mean temperature
of 426 degrees. The normal, based
on the past month has been a trifle
colder than ordinary. The coolest
day came on the 10Th when the
mercury went down to "a. while the
warmest came on the 18th of the
month Wien it assembled to 81 de-
grees.
It seems that the Socialist vote in
this city aggregates at best little
over 200 votes, as Stentz received
944 to Guiles 249. This may be re-
garded as a very accurate index Of
the relative strength of the latter, as
nobody seemed to know positively
as to whether his opponent was q
Republican or Democrat in political
utilization. and it can hardly be said
therefore that there was any ring"
influence brought to bear, while the
Socialist rally was general and &C.
tive--in fact it was mainly owing to
the strenuous efforts made by them
that induced a retroactive vote of
their opponents. The fact is that
the Socialists are so radical in some
of their ideas that conservative peo-
pie feared to entrust to them so i'm
portant matter as school director
to be elected for q long term. A
vote on the matter Of selling the
school lot near the Lincoln school
was 359 to l against, and as q coun.
terpart to the movement for pur-
chase of y lot near the Garfield school
349 for and l against.