Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-26
AROUND THE COUNTY

Fifteen students represent Thurs
ton county at the Pullman State col
lege, ten of whom are from Olympia.
They are: Leo Coulter, who was cap
tain of the football team this year;
Cecil Vance and Albert Van Eaton, all
of whom are studying agriculture;
George Scott, mechanical engineering;
Homer Dana, electrical engineering;
Alta White, economic science and his
tory; Georgia Bell, music; Clyde Pc
tersOn, who is taking graduate work
and is also instructing in the depart
ment of architecture; Henry Carter
and Sam Cooper, who are studying
elementary science. There are three
students from Tumwater: Lee Lewis
and Will Henry, agriculture, and
Charles Wellman, horticulture. Yelm
is represented by Huston Grover, who
is studying agriculture. Rochester
sends Michael Tierney, who is enroll
ed in mechanic arts.
A. G. West was elected master of the
Brighton Park Grange at it's meeting
last Saturday; Fred Reichel, overseer;
Robert Mum, lecturer; A. d. Drewrey,
steward; Ralph Beatty, assistant stew
ard; Mrs. A. d. Drewrey, chaplain;
A. w. Jones, treasurer; Mrs. E. H.
Williams, secretary; Robert Mulhol-
land, gatekeeper; Mrs. A. G. West,
Ceres; Mrs. Fred Reichel, Pomona;
Mrs. c. E. Beatty, Flora, and Jessie
Mulholland, lady assistant steward. At
this meeting the Grange conferred the
third and fourth degrees upon a class
of five candidates., consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Beatty and son Ralph, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Williams, one of
the features of the evening being an
excellent luncheon.
L. L. Bowers, deputy sealer of
weights and measures for this and Ma
son counties, made thorough test of
the scales in Tenino, Bucoda and the
surrounding country last week, &C.
cording to the Tenino News. Most of
the scales were in satisfactory condi-
ton though one was condemned.
Samples of oil discovered by work
men digging the ditch for the Yelm ir-
rigation project just east of Law
renee lake and 1000 feet from the Mis-
qually river, were shown around
Olympia the other day by j. L. Mos
man of Yelm, and the discovery of
this seepage, in view of the activities
around Little Rock and Tenino, has
caused quite fiutter in that part of
the county. The seepages appeared at
different points in stretch of the
ditch about mile in Tenth. The sam
pie smell strongly of oil and when
dropped into water it quickly covers
the surface with oil.
Children of the Tumwater Methodist
Sunday school had an enjoyable Christ
mas program Sunday, in which they
themselves took part. At the close
each child received a present from a
brightly decorated Christmas tree.
Miss Mary Clough, who has been
teaching at Bucoda, is spending the
Christmas vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. H. Clough, at Tum-
water
An elaborate dancing party Is an
nounced to be held at "Gwynwood,"
the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gwyn Hicks near Lacey, New Years
eve, when about 100 guests will be en-
tertained by Misses Hazel and Emily
Hicks.
After holding their decision in
allegiance for several weeks, the coun-
ty commissioners last Monday reject
ed the petition Of some residents of
the Hays school district that the herd
law forbidding the pasturing of stock
on public highways be enforced. A
vigorous protest to the establishment
of the law in that district was pre-
scented, to which the commissioners
gave heed