Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-06-21

irons Tor meters ana That 1t must IN
stall a meter if one is required with
out charge of any kind. except it be
months rent in advance.
Daring the electrical storm last
Wednesday night, 10 OF an inch OF
rain fell during the intervening "a
hours. The lightning continued at
intervals several hours. from about
5 o clock till Il. and in this respect,
at least, was unparalleled in this
State.
The Fool Taxpayer" was the sub
ject of discussion Wednesday even
ing at the Y. NJ. G. A.. by Frank S.
Regain. Illustrated by chalk drawings.
He comes from Illinois, and gave
something new to his audience. His
subject interested everybody and his
manner of presentation was unique.
The proposed picnic of the FEEDER
ated Young Peoples Club of the
churches. planned for this evening,
has been postponed indefinitely on
account of the unsettled condition Of
ttlC " SdtICts 4uC SttIllC SduSC IllS
resulted likewise in postponement of
the formal opening of the Country
Club.
The State has received 1859 in
judgments from the O-W. r. & N
and the Great Northern Railways,
representing penalties in both in
stances for refusing to obey the Or
der OF the Public Service Commits
sion to build new stations at Hay,
in Whatcom county, and at Chat
leroy, in Spokane county.
Miss Marian Hayner has been
awarded the gold medal in the ora
torical contest, held at Tumwater.
Tuesday evening. under the auspices
of the W. c. 7. U. Her effort was
The Story of Patsy" The con-
testants besides Miss Hayner were,
Vera Chambers, Raymond Abbott,
Lloyd Currey and Harold Mcnamara.
A resolution was introduced in the
Council at its last meeting canceling
the Third and Main street paving
on receipt of a waiver of claim of the
Independent Asphalt Company. A
new resolution was introduced pro-
vidiag for this improvement, and
this time the people who have to pay
for it, will have some voice in ar
ranging the details.
1t has been suggested that the
body found on Westside last week,
might have been that of a young
man named Wrinkle, who disappeared
several years ago after killing a man
named Lamp on the lower Tumwater
bridge. The state OF preservation of
some of the articles found indicated
an elapSe OF about the time Of this
disappearance-six or seven years
ago.
The last apportionment of the State
current school fund for the present
school year was made this week by
Henry B. Dewey, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, and
the total amount apportioned was
1867, 1872 and the rate per day
$.OO8. The total per diem appor-
tionment for the year was $.099 as
compared with $.092 for last year.
Thurston county gets 81 ,4S3. O5 this
term.
Olympia Aerie of Eagles has elect
ed delegates to attend meeting of
the State Aerie, to be held in Seattle
July 1920. They will go on a spec.
ial train from Gray's Harbor. and pick
up delegates en- route. Those from
this place are Guy Rathbun, r. f.
Eastman and l. N Holmes, and their
alternates are John II. Scott, Julius
Wertheim and p. d. Moore. The
meet at Seattle will last the full
three days.
Robert Bower has obtained a di-
vorce from his wife, Vera, on the
ground that she has joined So
called religious band known as the
Workers" and become a constant
scold and was always nagging. The
plaintiff is so anxious TO escape
abuse that he is willing to give up
custody of the children, to contribute
a reasonable sum towards their sup
port, and donate to her the house.
hold furniture, reserving only
privilege Of visiting his children once
a week.
The school census shows total OF
1884 pupils, net gain of So over
that of 1911. OF this gain 35 were of
boys and % girls. On the usual
ratio of A for estimating the en-
tire population of a community, our
city enumeration will probably foot
up 5000. The total male pupils is
ara and of female l,0ll. The Fourth
ward Is the most populous. having
$40, while the Second is smallest,
having only 70. The third leads in
boys, with 272. and the Fourth in
girls, having 292.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary OF State for
the Gearless Boat Reverse Company
of Olympia, with capital of $50, 900,
the object of which is explained by
its title, the invention OF a San
Francisco man. Whether the place
of manufacture will be San Francisco
or Olympia, has not yet been de-
termined, but this place is made the
headquarters for the company named,
John S. Stevens, Peter English and
Allen Weir. the latter being named
as resident trustee and director.
Wednesday night our community
was treated to a regular " old fash
toned" thunder-st storm, which adjec-
tive is purely Western in its nature,
and intended to designate almost any
thunder storm. for these displays of
heavens artillery were associated
with old-time mem cries of all who
had come West, and it required
but a few of the kind of "claps"