Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-28
About Olympia

r. Woodland, who has been employed
as linotype operator on local news
paper went to Arcadia Wednesday to
visit his father l. N. Woodland.
A cougar whose skin measured nine
feet three inches from tip to tip was
killed by H. o. Roundtree of Yelm
last Thursday in the Bald Hills near
that village. The skin was sold to
Tom Taylor this week who will have
it tanned and made into rug by j.
o. McCorkle of Centralia, brother of
Sheriff McCorkle of this city.
While hunting, Mr.. Roundtree's
dogs took up the trail of deer and
found the cougar devouring the car
cass. The wild cat was killed by
shot through the head before it could
put up fight.
Thirty candidates for the baseball
team of the Olympia high school re-
sponded to Captain Van Eaton's call
for first practice last Monday afternoon.
" it'll six of last years regulars in the
field again and likely number of can
didates prospects for the season are
particularly bright. The first game
will be played at Olympia March 10,
against Shelton. Other games in view
are with Puyallup April 5, Shelton
April IL, and Chehalis April 10 and
May 81.
The 500 state prize given by
Everybody's magazine in the mock
trial THE Case of Jenny Brice," was
won by the local lodge of Knights of
Pythias, Capital Lodge No. Is. The
lodge was one of three contestants in
Olympia, the others being the Y. M. c.
A. and the Woodmen of the World.
The Sorosis club of FIT. Worth, Tex,
won the national first prize of $500.
Among the winners of other Washing
ton state prizes were: Philathea class
of the First M. e. Sunday School, Ia
coma, second prize of $50; Epworth
league, Hays Park M. z. church,
Spokane. third prize of $25, while the
two $40 prizes went to the Philopo-
lemical Debating club, Seattle and to
Gamma Beta Kappa, Spokane.
Sylvester Laplate, NisQually Indian
who died at st. Peters hospital Sun
day from injuries received at the
Union Mills, was buried in the Indian
cemetery at Sherlock Monday. Laplate
had been working on the pull-back at
the mills when he was caught by log
which severely crushed his chest. He
was As years old and is survived by q
mother and brother.
Funeral services for Miss Loleta Pet
erson, Is years old, only daughter of
Mrs. Laura Peterson, were held Mon
day, interment being made in the I. O.
o. F. cemetery. She had attended
school in Tacoma and Olympia and was
we'll known here.
J. G. Gerwick, principal of the Little
Rock school, visited friends over Sun
day.
FOR SALE.
Incubator and brooder for sale. Tel.
ephone 572 L.. 2-2-tf
Because he failed to take the oath
Of Office and file the necessary bond
l.. A. McLain who was elected con-
stable of the Tenino district last No
vember was replaced by the county
commissioners this week, who appoint
ed Peter Lenox to the position. F. A.
Miller was appointed commissioner of
the Tyler ditch, vice c. A. Wagner,
who resigned to move to Montana.
John Barnes claim of $500 against the
county for a change in the county
road where it crosses the Skookum-
chuck river was ordered paid.
Sixty pairs of Chinese pheasants
will be turned loose in Thurston coun-
Ity tomorrow as another step in the
propagation of the fowl in this section,
following action taken by the county
commissioners the first of this week.
A hundred pairs of Hungarian part
ridges recently purchased by the COM
missioners also will be distributed
throughout the county about April l.
Both birds are protected by game laws
prohibiting hunting them until Octob-
err IA, 1914.
Another investigation of the Olym-
pia waterworks for alleged failure to
install meters upon application of pat
rons has been ordered by the public
service commission which this week
set 10 a. m. March il as the date for