Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12


on the demise of the late Hawley 5.
King, which will be offered il court
next Monday morning, at 9 A. NJ.
with a request that they be spread
upon the court records.
Specifications for the L. S. public
building are about completed, and
will be turned over to the Supervising
Architect at Washington in few
days when bids will be called for.
Contractors will be allowed to state
time required for construction not
to exceed July /, 1913. This is the
statement of Congressman Warbur-
ton to Secretary Watson.
The State Board of Control has
awarded Ontract to a Seattle firm
to supply the State with ), 900 bales
of jute for use in manufacture of
grain bags at Walla Walla. The
purchase involves an expenditure of
$67 $50, whereby it is expected the
State will save upwards Of &c. 900
by purchase in that quantity and
at time when the prices are low.
Olympia Chapter No. Z, Royal Arch
Masons, installed the following Of
hcers Tuesday night: f. II. p, J.
o. Rummens; King, f. A. Baldwin;
Scribe, c. B. Owen; Treasurer, Ma
than S. Porter; Secretary, George
Mueller; c. of H., A. Helander; p.
S. W. 7. Drips; r. A. c., w. C.
Leavelle; NJ. of +. ". ]. E. Grant;
NJ. of S. ", S. G. Nahum; NJ. of T.
", Charley Leach.
Hawley S. King, q prominent at
torney, died Monday at his home on
Rogers avenue. He was a member
of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows
lodges, who had charge of the funer-
al Wednesday afternoon. He leaves
a mother, wife, a son and broth
err, c. d. King, with whom he was
associated in law practice. A very
impressive address was delivered by
Rev. r. M. Hayes.
The Northern Pacific Railway Co.
announce that they are about to i'm
prove by crawling their roadway on
Seventh street to the depot. All
mud will be removed with scrapers
before the gravel is placed, and the
gravel will, if necessary, be rolled
making it about equal to paved
street. 1t is expected to have this
work done before the big convention
to be held here on the 25th, 26th and
9th inst.
Mrs. Edyth Tozier Weatherred
and Secretary Watson will arrange
the programme for the Good Roads
Convention to be held in this city on
the 9th inst, and the delegation
from Tacoma will consist of the Ia
dies who had been holding session
at Tacoma on the three previous
days to their date here. The State
Highway Commissioner will be in
attendance here and address the
convention.
Pete" CoOns, son OF w. Fl. Coons,
employed in the State Capitol build
ing. was seriously injured a few days
ago. while acting as plumber and as
sisting fellow wOrkmen to carry a
large furnace into building. One Of
the men slipped throwing the sufferer
on his back which was severely
strained and the spinal cord was in
iured. He has ever since suffered
intense pain and he has become much
weaker. He is ~ years Of age.
The Capitol Commission in invit-
ing bids for tie Temple of Justice to
be opened Feb. oath. have provided
for brick structure to come within
the appropriation, for fire-proof
building, to be ultimately faced with
stone when the fund is provided for
it. 1t is to be large enough to house
the Supreme Court, the Law Library
and the Attorney Generals Office.
The floors are to be OF concrete and
frame reinforced with iron and steel.
A. g. Farley. Prosecuting At
torney of Garfield county, in his re-
port to the State executive. urges
that the Legislature abolish capital
punishment. He declares that he
can find no reason why the people Of
a State collectively have any more
right to take o human life than q
single individual. He favors this
State taking this step which be says
will bring us into sunlight OF pure
and holy humanity on this one SUBJ
ject at least, Thou shalt not kill"
Notwithstanding there is said to
be . very general disposition to
scatter grain about the forests and
fields for the poor suffering birds
that are deprived OF their means of
subsistence, the hourly gathering at
the STANDARDS feed-box shows that
the necessity has been imperative. 1t
is not saying too much that q couple
hundred black-birds and sparrows
have been provided for from this
source, and that an occasional crow
put in timid appearance at meal
time.
Gov. Hay has honored requisition
from the executive OF California for
the return of William T. Blair, wh0
is under arrest in Vancouver for en-
bezzlement from Mrs. c. 3. Barker a
widow of Napa, of G. 40 in June of
last year, which she had intrusted to
him for purchase Of farm in Kansas
or Missouri. Another requisition
has been issued for the return OF
George M. Rodgers from Seattle to
Alameda county. CAL. where he is
wanted to answer for having issued o
check for $46 on a bank in which he
did not have sufficient funds for pay
ment.
Several peculiarities are observ-
able regarding the present stress of
weather. Although locally we have
not had the outward evidences to
any great degree Of the devastation
experienced nearly everywhere, we
F, have noted that about the same COW
ering Of snow, from two to four
inches, has continued most Of
the week at that depth notwith-
standing constant cave. drop indi-
Gated rain constant melting. 1t was
noted also what fell on frozen side
| walks made it exceedingly slim