Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-24

/ The Little Rock Lumber company is
extending its logging road up into a
big stand of timber it recently pur-
chased and expects to start its mill
soon.
ThurstOn county will get $4945.96
as its share of the apportior ment Of
state school funds for last month. King
county gets the most, SCI $50.
| No further trouble is anticipated by
the state department of agriculture
over the presence of tuberculosis in
two large herds of dairy cows in this
county. During the first examinations,
when 81 out of II cows tested tuber-
cular, the officials feared that the dis.
ease might have become quite wide.
spread throughout the county, but lat
er examinations of other herds have
developed no indications of the dis.
ease and the officials now believe it
was confined to these two large herds
Trial Of J. V. Huntamer, principal
promoter of the recent fair at Lacey
and of the Thurston County Fair as
sociation which fathered it, on a
charge of petit larceny preferred by a
woman WHO says she gave him SO to.
wards the fair and has been unable to
get any accounting, is scheduled to
be held at O'Clock tomorrow, Satur-
day, afternoon in Justice of the Peace
Crosby's court. Huntamer was arrest
ed last week and his trial first set for
last Saturday, but it was postponed
week. The association is said to be
considerably in debt and it is possible
that it's stockholders may be called
upon to make up the deficiency, each
being liable under the law for twice
the par value of his shares.
M. Kuroda, Jap, 3S years old,
charged with the murder of fellow
laborer, Kinzo Takishima, at the John
son Creek Lumber companys plant
near Tenino, is now in the county Jail
awaiting trial. He was arrested by
the Seattle police and brought to this
city by Sheriff McCorkle. Takishima,
VINO 0ied in Centralia hospital, claim
ed he was injured in an accident on
the logging train, when first taken to
that city for treatment, but Just before
his death charged that Kuroda had at
tackled and stabbed him.
With the closing remark that "ev-
erything in Tono is rushing and pros
pering," P. Mcdonald of that city
sends in the following about the rous-
ing smoker" held by the Tono Ath-
letic club last Saturday evening, which
is quite interesting. Mr.. Mcdonald
was pitted against an Englishman, E.
Wynne, in the boxing match which
was one of the main events of the ev-
ening and which resulted in a draw,
but adds that he is going to arrange
return bout with Wynne to show John
Bull that the Yanks are better" Con-
corning the evenings entertainment,
he said THE main attraction was a
basket ball game between two picked
teams of Tono, which was for a time
very closely contested, until the second
half when after an intermission of five
minutes some of the older bucks got
stiff in the knees and the youngsters
walked away with the game by score
Athletics "a and Giants H. After the
game all ladies and small children
were sent home to "roost" and then
the smoker" proper started. 1t began
with a wrestling match between Rob-
ert Venable, pride of Tono, and Pete
Kruger, unknown, in match which
lasted As minutes without either get
could proceed with the balance of the
program. Then came the boxing event
between myself and Wynne. We also
pulled off several preliminaries be-
tween locals which were both exciting
and interesting, ole of which was be
tween Russell, the son of Tom Gaines.
and Dewey Lucas, son OF a local min
err The club proposes to put on a
smoker at least once a month during
the ,uiutar and l1r9DliscS tn have Como
good times, Next Saturday evening.
November /. il will give a Halloween
ball for which elaborate preparations
are being made.
Wilbur Thomas Clifton, a negro. got
into an argument at Lacey last Satur-
day with Frank Smith, claiming that
the latter had picked up rifle Clifton