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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31

With the rumor persistent on the
streets that the O.-W. r. & n. com
pany, now generally admitted to be
seeking an entrance into Olympia, this
week presented to the mayor an appli-
cation for q franchise to cross Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh streets in the Ad-
ams-Jeiferson street district, the rail-
road and real estate situation in Olym-
pia seems to be taking on a more au-
thoritative aspect.
Application for this franchise, it is
expected. will be filed with the city
council at its meeting next Wednesday
night, when it is probable that an an
nouncement Of some sort which Will
give definite character to the transac-
tions OF the last few weeks, will be
made. Just how far this announce
ment will go is problematical, for to
all appearances more seems to be in
volyed in the project than the cen
struction of a new railroad into Olym-
pia, but it is doubtful whether any
statement of that kind will be made
at this time.
Word has come to this Office from
sources usually authoritative that the
line projected for Olympia will be a
part Of the North Coast road from
North Yakima across the Cascades
through the Cowlitz pass south OF
Mount Rainier or the Matches pass and
White river valley just to the north
which has been under contemplation
by the Hartman system for some time
to provide it with an east and west
line across the central part Of the
state.
That the construction or such a line
is contemplated within short time Is
Indicated by the fact that route foi
such a road was filed this week witt
Register Fred W. Stocking of the loca
United States land office, the line fol
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 31.-Sov-
eral remarkable statements, some in
dicating the policy Of his administra-
ton toward the Latin-American coun-
tries to the south, others showing
clearly his own view of the problems
Of his administration, were made by
President Woodrow Wilson in the
course Of several speeches during the
last week. his first apeech-makins trip
for some months.
Speaking at the re-dedicaton Of the
restored Congress hall in historic In
dependence Square, Philadelphia, the
president said:
THE men of the day which we now
celebrate had a very great advantage
over US in this one particular Life
was simple in America then. Our task
is very much more difficult. That sym
pathy which alone interprets public
duty is more difficult for public man
to acquire now than it was then, be
cause we live in the midst of circum-
stances and conditions infinitely more
complex.
The City Of Washington is in some
respects self-contained. 1t is easy
there to forget what the rest of tho
United States is thinking about.
count it q fortunate circumstance that
almost all of the windows of the
/ White House and it's Offices open upon
unoccupied spaces that stretch to the
banks of the Potomac and then out
into Virginia, and into the heavens
! themselves. AS | sit there | can con
stantly forget Washington and re1nem
Iber the United States. Not that
would intimate that all of the Unite
States lies south of Washington, but
there is a serious thing back of my
thought.
"If you think too much about being
reelected Il Is very didicult to bt
worth re-electing. You are so apt tt
think that the comparatively small
number of persons, numerous as the,
seem to be when they swarm, wht
come to Washington to ask for things
constitute an important proportion c
the population of the country, that i
is constantly necessary to come ava,
from Washington to renew ones con
tact with the people who do not swarm
there, who do not ask for anythins
and who do trust you without thei
personal counsel to do your duty. Tn
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
EXPECT O.-W. TO ASK FOR FRANCHISE SOON
Application Said Been Presented to Mayor May Be Filed
With City Council Next WednesdayRepor Says Local Line
May Of North Coast Road From Yakima Through the
Matches Passseveral Large Real Estate Deals During Week

lowing the Matches river from Yaki-
ma, crossing the Cascades at the
Matches pass and proceeding down the
Green and White river valleys, emerg-
ing from this district near Auburn.
What such a route would have in store
for Olympia is problematical. AS orig
inally projected it crossed the Cas-
cades through the Cowlitz pass and
paralleled the Tacoma Eastern across
the extreme eastern end of Thurston
county to Tacoma.
Other rumors are current as to the
projects involved in the entrance OF
this new railroad into Olympia and
the extensive buying Of business prop
erty by T. A. Davies and associates
and some local people who are believed
to be on the inside" is taken 10 sub
stantate the reports to great extent.
The opinion is general that the new
line is to be more than a stub rail
road connecting the city with the
Point Defiance cutoff Of the Northern
Pacific and allied roads, though tho
extent of the project is not generally
known.
As predicted in the STANDARD last
week, the county commissioners this
week adopted resolution declaring
the disposal Of The present court house
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
ELKS DEvOUR TROUT
Local Lodge Enjoys "Sonie Feed" After
Regular Monday Meeting.

"Some feed" is the briefest descrip-
tion that can be given of the trout
banquet enjoyed by some 200 local Elks
and number of outsiders after the
regular lodge meeting last Monday
night, the trout being associated with
such other delicacies as Saratoga
chips, celery coffee, bread and butter
and general good humor. w. T. Cava-
naugh and J. NJ. Hit presided over
the culinary features Of the occasion
and the guests crowded around the
banquet tables arranged in the lodge
room, deyouring the feed" with much
gusto.
Some 825 trout Of the Summit lake
variety. caught in a two days contest
between teams composed of Elks who
had long boasted Of their expertness
at fishing, furnished the piece de re-
sistance" OF the evening, and even
then some of the ringleaders surrepti-
tiously slowed a dishpan fun of I'M
cooked specimens in the clubs refrig-
orator for 'future reference"
At.or the feed" proper. ]. NJ. Stan,
ford, tte exa'iad ruler. acted as toast
master. and a number Of fish stories
ana several other variety Of yarns
were told by local ana visiting Elks,
adding 10 tie evenings gaiety. The
routsstirg fishermen were headed by
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31

less one gets this contact he grows
weaker and weaker"
Concluding, the president said;
"My theme here today, my only one,
is very simple one. DO not let US 80
ba k To the annals of those sessions of
CONGRESS to find out what to do, be
cause we live in another age and cir
cumstanccs are wholly different Let
us be men Of that kind. Let US feel at
every turn The compulslons Of honor
aui principle which they felt
n a speech at Swarthmore, Pa, the
president proclaimed the doctrine that
the whole Western hemisphere should
be devoted to one sacred purpose
''tltat nowhere can any government en-
dure which is stained by blood or sup
ported by anything but the consent Of
the governed" an utterance which was
taken to reflect the ideas the Washing
tor administration is preparing to an
nounce to the nations of the world in
formal note on the policy Of the
United States toward Mexico.
Carrying this theory still further,
/ in an address before the Southern
Commercial Congress at Mobile, Ala ,
Monday. without mentioning specif-
cally Mexico or any European inllu-
ence connected with the Mexican sit
uation, the president declared the
American republics had suffered long
from the hard bargains forced upon
them by holders of concessions seek
! ing material interests" phrase
much used lately internationally in
characterizing the attitude of foreign
nations toward Mexico. The president
declared that through motives of NOR
atity and not "expediency," the United
States desired to help the Latin Amer
ican republics to IAN emancipation
from the subordination which has
& Il Inevitable to foreign enterprises
The presidents speech was uttered
with a confidence which bespoke the
dominant part the United States ex
poets to play in the future of Ameri
can republics, not through any idea OF
material interest" he carefully ex
planned, but through love of the peo
pie and of constitutional liberty.
'"The United States never again will
seek to obtain one additional foot OF
territory by conquest he declared
amid applause, continuing:
Continued on page 81
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
WOODEN SHOES CHEAP.


11"ac IS .,eech and Cost go to- - Gents "a
I,,ig---i-arincrs AMONG Iecr+.
In this country beech is the favor
ita material for wooden shoes, the
manufacture Of which has reached
considerable proportions in the Unit
cd States according to the department
Of agriculture, which las just issued
q bulletin on the use Of the wood.
These shoes, the department says,
cost from 60 to IS cents a pair and are
good for two years. They are worn
by those who have to work in cold or
wet places, such as tanneries, brewer
les. and livery stables, and by work
men in steel mills and glass Factories
who must walk on hot CRATES or floor.
Farmers, too, are cIasssd among the
users.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
PUBLIC hBATT0IR
WILL HELP FARMERS
Will Also Solve Maaa Problem by
Simplifying Distribution, Says
Careful Student.

An important reason why farmers
produce less meat than formerly is to
be found in the system of distribution
from producer TO consumer that has
grown up in this country. In most of
the countries of Europe public abat-
toirs have been constructed to which
farmers may consign their fat stock,
the meat from which is then sold to
the consumer without passing through
the hands of an interminable line of
middlemen, each of whom takes his
toll
In this country the farmer receives
only a small fraction of the price paid
by the consumer. Enormous packing
establishments have monopoliZed the
| business, and there is little or no COM
| petition in buying the farmers stock.
/ The enormous fortunes that have
! grown up in this business in recent
1 years show that the farmer has not
| been getting his full share of the
| profits.
Again, the retail meat business as at
present conducted in cities renders
enormous profits necessary. Numerous
small groceries, each with its indie.
pendent delivery system, clerks, fix
lures, etc., serve few patrons scatter
ed over considerable overlapping areas
Better organization of the retail bust
ness, whereby it shall be conducted In
larger units, with well systematized
methods of delivery, are seriously need
ed. Such organization should greatly
| lessen the retail price of meats, and al
the same time permit the farmers te
receive better prices. This would en-
courage greater production.
Private organizations for the system
atizing of the retailing of meats, with
out public supervision, will not meet
the situation. Such organizations
have already grown up in the retail
milk business, but instead of cheaper
ing the product to consumers, or in
creasing the price to producers. they
have converted the saving thus effect
ed into eXorbitant profits. Public alb
attoirs, with public sale of the meat;
of animals slaughtered at them, havt
become a crying need in this country
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
M0URNED SON RETURNS
Michael Hurley, Absent 10 Years and
Reported Dead, Comes Hack Home.

Mourned for many years as dead,
Michael Hurley, son OF Mrs Mary Hur-
ley of East Olympia, who went TO
Alaska 10 years ago, walked in on has
mother and other relatives last sun
day, taking them completely by sur
prise. A year ago Willis Hawk, a
former Olympian, brought word that
Hurley would be home this fall, but
little faith was placed in this report
because of the various stories of Hur
ley's death.
Hurley first went to Nome where he
remained for about five years, com
municatng frequently with his home
In 1900 however. he went inland anC
the communication was broken
friends shortly after bringing dow
stories of his drowning on one OF tht
inland rivers. Later there came an
other story of his death from fever
while q third report said he had beer
committed to Vancouver hospital
rms was traced down but the inmate
was found to be another man bearir,
the same name. 1t was also reported
he had been drowned OF a scoW nea
Nome.
The wonderful growth and advance
ment of Olympia during his absence !
regarded hy Mr. Hurley as more re
markahle than his own story. Anon
MS local relatives are Dan and Denni
hurley, brothers, and Mrs. Price Lime
say and Mrs. c. N. Allen, sisters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
ALWAYS 4 MARKET
FOR GOOD APPLES
Grocery Man and the Consumer
Should Be Taught Best Varie-
tias-Aid Distribution.

Right at the time when the state do
partment Of a. culture announces it
viii insist upon the production of good
fruit in this state next year and will
condemn all fruits which do not come
UP to the standard, the following arti-
Gle by Prof. c. C. Brown, district fruit
inspector for Southwest Washington,
concerning the market that it always
waiting for the good apple, is highly
interesting:
"One Of the essential things neces-
sary for the successful marketing of
apples is to educate the merchants and
/ fruit men in general to distinguish the
difference between a good and a poor
apple. Many times a customer enters
store for the purpose of purchasing
| apples, either to eat at once or to
take home for cooking purposes, and
he naturally asks if the apples he is
shown are what he wants.
"The merchants says that he does
not know. He bought them for first
class cooking and eating apples, does
not know the name, but they are
/ Washington grown. The customer
says he understands that they are
| Washington apples, but of what vari.
| ETY.? Almost invariably no Ineligible
answer is given to this question. They
may be Winesaps, Grimes Golden, Spy,
Baldwin or Ben Davis. The man sell
( ing the fruit has no knowledge what
ever of the varieties of apples or what
the name signifies as to quality.
THE buyer, being unfamiliar with
the different varieties, will pick out
the most snowy apple he can find,
which would probably be the Ben Da-
Wis, one of the poorest in quality. He
proceeds to eat it, and decides then
and there that he has lost his appetite
for apples. He remembers when a boy
how he liked to go into the orchard
and fill himself up with apples. They
may have been Golden Sweets, Early
Harvest or juicy Strawberry apple,
but this nice looking apple that he
bought does not taste good and he de-
cides that it will be some time before
he buys another. But had the dealer
been able to have given the informa-
tion asked for, and known the names
and characteristics, he would sell his
customer a Jonathan, Banana, Stays
mans, Winesap, ripe and in good con-
dition to eat.
"The buyer departs with his buy and
later proceeds to eat it. Then he dis
covers that he is exceedingly fond OF
apples. He does not know that one
apple is better than another, but hav-
ing eaten this he decides that there is
a difference and goes to the dealer that
can tell him. At the present time
many people will buy apples for their
beauty, and the average citizen, swheth-
CONTINUED OH page 81
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
SELECT YOUR seed
"5PUD5' CAREFULLY
Potatoes VIII Bring Good Prices
Before Spring planting-Meaas
Glaczness in Grading.

(ly O. NJ. Morris, Head Of ItorticuItnEai
Department, puliIaau state CoIIegr.)
The present prices Of potatoes ipdi-
cate that seed potatoes will bring good
prices before planting time next
spring. The high prices viii form an
inducement for growers and dealers in
seed potatoes to be slack in their grad
ing and selection of stock. This work
is not carried on with any particular
care like the selection of seed for
many other crops, and usually the on
ly selection that is made is to select
good fields and when the crop is dug
the potatoes too small to be of market
able value for domestic use as well as
the largest and most irregular in form
are thrown out and all the remainder
used. In this manner practically the
entire crop is used for seed and the Sc
lection Of seed is a process eliminating
tie Wotsl ulstead of seiectlon OF .le
| best.
| Seed potatoes should be selected in
the fall when the crop is being dug.
If the crop is dug by hand the best
! hills should be selected as they are
reached in the regular progress of the
work. If the crop is dug by machines
The best method is to select and dig by
hand enough of the best hills to plant
breeding or seed supply patch each
year. Enough hills should be selected
by this process to permit of rejecting
about half and leaving sufficient for
the supply. If potatoes are grown as
a regular crop each year the hills Sc
lection will be the best to follow.
The best hills are those that produce
the largest yield of the best potatoes
on given area with a certain num-
Der of plants in each hill. Such hills
are quite uniformly indicated by the
largest and best developed plants,
Sometimes the largest plants are very
late and do not have time to mature
and the result is a large number OF
small or medium sized immature tu
bers. Maturity of plant is as import
ant as size: neither of which can be
used independent of the other as ba
sis of seed selection. The largest
yield should be by weight, but this
character must be measured Jointly
with the term best potatoes" The
best potatoes are those that are OF
good uniform size, shape and color ant
, true to the variety in all these fea
lures. The most desirable hill pro
duces a large yield of medium TO large
tubers of good shape and color.
The best hills often have one or two
potatoes that are too small for com
mercial use. If these are as large a'
one and three.quarters inches in di
ameter, they make good seed If plant
ed without being cut. The gathering
, and planting Of the small potatoes car
not be advocated generally because o
the large amount of immature an(
, poor material that would be used.
The seed potatoes should be place.
, in good storage, safe from frost, a
q soon as dug and kept there until plant
!. ing time in the spring, The poo
stand Of potatoes may often be trace
;, to poor storage OF seed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
ST. MARTINS DEDICATION
10 BE Held November IG---Bishop Hnd
Governor Speakers.

Bishop u, J. ODea Of Seattle, Gov
ernor Ernest Lister. Supreme Court
Justice Stephen j. Chadwick and John
Carmody OF Seattle, representing the
knights of Columbus, viii be the chief
speakers at the dedication Of the hand
some new building for st. Martins
college at Lacey, which win he held at
, O'Clock Sunday afternoon, November
1G, according to an announcement
made this week.
Glasses probably viii meet in the
new building next week. 1t is four
tory brick building and in exterior ap-
pearauce design and interior equip
ment and arrangement is the finest
building owned by any boys school in
tbe state. It was built at a cost of
$4,000.
The laboratories shower baths, sta.
tiouary store lar school supplies, and
recreation rooms are OH tbe first ho5r;
palors. directors rooms aad general
reception halls are ou 3e second floor.
class a.d assembly rooms on The lhird
and laa dormitosy on the fourth.
TITS ;he water" that counts, Brother
1Iaa4f,r moi tha iiEbt.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31

l.. +. Murphy and J. E. Price, two
young men from Tacoma who were ar
rested by Deputy Game Warden w. II.
Bennett on the A. l.. Brown ranch
near Sherlock Sunday morning, were
fined $40 and costs each by Justice
Walter Crosby Monday for hunting In
this county without a license. They
both had Pierce county licenses but
had crossed the line.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31

Merle Hanna, son of VIII Hanna Of
Gull Harbor, expects to go to Caliior-
mia soon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-31
UNITY or Interest" ID Bid REPUBLICS

President 1ntmates New Policy Governing United States Attitude
Toward Latn-Amorican EatonsDecares This County VIII
Additional TerrtorT by Conquesthsses Official
Always Seeking Re election Is Net Worthy Of 1t.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-11-07
COULD ONLY SHOUT GREETING
Sea Captain Had Not Seen Sister In
Ten Years, Blu That Communica-
ton Had to Content Him.

For the first time in ten years
Captain Danielsen of the Norwegian
steamship Cibao got close enough the
other day to the Norwegian steam
ship Catharine Ounce to shout greet
ings through a megaphone to his sis
ter, the wife of Captain Sorensen.
Both ships are engaged in the
fruit trade between this port and ia
maica, but it was the first time they
we're ever in the same port at the
same time. Captain Danielsen
learned the Cuneo was here when a
pilot boarded his ship at the Della
ware Capes a few nights ago.
Under full speed, the little ship
was sent up the Delaware. When it
arrived off Marcus Hook quarantine,
Captain Danielsen was disappointed
to see the Cuneo steaming on its way
to the sea. He signaled to the Cuneo
and Captain Sorensen called Mrs.
Sorensen to the deck. She called to
her brother through a megaphone
and as the ships passed flags were
dipped and whistles blown in salute.
Philadelphia North American.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-11-07
IcEBERes FOR THE PICKING.

Off the coast of Newfoundland,
less than 1000 miles to the north
ward of New York city, + floating
icebergs big enough to supply the
needs of 2O,0oo,Ooo of people
through the hottest of summers. The
average man who buys his ice in
small blocks has doubtless often won
dered why these huge bergs should
not be blown up with dynamite and
towed down the coast in sections for
summer consumption in the large
coastal cities of the United States.
The Norseman is proposing to do
something like this, only he will
saw his bergs into small blocks and
load them on ships. Thus transpor-
tation will be more rapid and loss
from melting less.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-11-07
IN TRULY ORIENTAL LUXURY
Enervating Conditions Under Which
Future Rulers of India Are Brought
Up Almost Unbelievable.

A sketch in st. Nicholas tells
American boys and girls, under the
title of ellis Highness the Young
Raia," about the lives of some Of
the future rulers of India.
'1t is almost impossible for an
American boy or girl to imagine the
extravaganza and luxury that sur
round some Of these young princess"
says Mabel Alberta Spicer, author of
the sketch. Servants attend them
night and day, fan them, dress them
and obey their slightest wish. If a
wind stirs while they sleep, curtains
are drawn that they may not be dis
turbed. When they drive out a
mounted escort accompanies them,
and all the people salaam as they
pass. Once, when taking tea with a
raja in his garden, I was amused to
notice that, as he moved about among
his guests, a servant followed carry
ing a cup which he kept always with
in reach of his masters hand. The
raja would take a sip Of tea, and,
with perfect unconcern, set his cup
down in mid air. With unfailing dex-
terity the saucer was placed under
it by the servant in time to avoid ac-
cident. One prince had, suspended
from the ceiling, a silver couch
which was kept gently swaying while
he slept or read. Another had a
beautiful vine-covered arbor where
artificial rain was made to fall, while
the nabob sat under a marble canopy
in the center, cool and refreshed,
with the rest of the world broiling
about him."