Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-21
AROUND THE COUNTY

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accounts of all happenings In their
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IN THE COUNTY. The editor wants
you to use 1t and will greatly appreci-
ate all news items conveyed to him for
publication.
AT a caucus held in Tenino last
week to nominate candidates for the
municipal election on December 2, the
present incumbents were re-nominat-
ed: S. W. Fenton, August Klingbell,
c. S. Vanderslice and Harry Richards
for councilmen, and Grace X. Gibson
for treasurer. A total of 220 voters
have registered for the election. Sew
enty-five of these are women.
A. Radburn, who sued the Fir Tree
Lumber company for 81 ,440 damages
he alleged to have been done to his
land by overflow of water diverted by
the company, was awarded $563.30
damages by jury in the local SUI
perior court last week.
John A. Rae and Senator Metcalf,
DOtI vi dCOlId, nave UCCH dppOlAtCu
by Governor Lister as two members
of the commission of three authorized
by the last legislature to investigate
the feasibility and location of state
powder factory, the third member be-
ing the chemist of the State College
at Pullman. The legislature appro-
priated $4,000 for such a factory and
expressed preference for it's loca-
ton at the Western Washington ex-
pertinent station at Puyallup, though
the commission may select some other
site. The establishment of such a
factory was advocated by the farmers
of this parts of the state to provide
cheap powder for clearing logged-off
lands.
A box social will be held at the La
cey school Saturday evening, Novem-
Der %, according to an announcement
made by Principal Ray Finney, when
there will be a musical and literary
entertainment for the amusement of
the patrons of the district, who, it is
hoped, will attend in a body, while a
fish pond and other amusements will
add to the evenings merriment. Each
lady is supposed to bring lunch box
and they will be sold at auction to
a hn
into the school fund. In quite impress
sive exercises two weeks ago, the di-
rectors and patrons of the district &C.
cepted the fine new building and for
mally dedicated it. County Superin-
tendent l.. A. Kibbe delivered the prin-
cipal address of the evening, and
circle, the fourth to be
established in the county this fall,
was organized. The school was used
by the pupils for the first time last
week.
The public service commission has
sustained the Thurston county COM
missioners in the latters' ruling re-
Quiring the Thurston County Railway
company, operating a logging road in
the Mud Bay district to stop unload
ed trains southbound at county road
crossing near Mud Bay, though permit
ting loaded trains northbound to trav-
ell over the crossing at a rate not ex-
ceeding six miles an hour. The rail-
road petitioned the commission for
permission to operate their trains at
rate of six miles an hour or less, both
ways.
Charles ingalls, was probably fatally
injured last Friday afternoon by a
premature blast on the site of the new
state training school for girls at Grand
Mound. The man was blowing up
at the time the accident occur
red and his left foot was practically
blown off, while the side of his head