Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-09-11
!: SOME NEWS NOTES OF THE CITY :
Observation-Disclosures

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The county superintendent Of
schools is again located in the court
house, this time in rooms on the
third floor at the north end OF the
building, recently fitted up by the
county commissioners.
Mr.. Willis Farrow is completing a
fine bungalow for Mr.. and Mrs. George
Doolittle at Black Lake and its at
tractive appearance prompts the
Standards correspondent to remark
that there is no place like home on
Black Lake"
Councilmen Funk, Hord and Ram
berg compose a special committee to
investigate the handling of park
funds by Chairman F. G. Blakeslee,
appointed at a special meeting of the
council last Friday night when Mr..
Blakeslee personally requested the
council to make such an investiga-
ton.
Miss Blanche Bethel, daughter Of
George Reynolds, a former employe
of the state printing Office, were mar
ried Wednesday morning at the par
sonage of the United Presbyterian
church, Rev. J. H. Edgar performing
the ceremony. They left Immediately
for Portland, where they expect to
live.
After modifying the plan again,
the city council this week gave two
readings to an ordinance which will
probably be passed at next week
meeting. providing for laying wooden
water mains under the parking strips
in the new paving district and cast
iron mains under the pavement
wherever the mains cross the street.
This supplants the city's mandamus
suit to compel the water company to
Lay cast iron pipes throughout the
entire district.
Services were held Thursday after
noon at the Seventh Adventist church
for Mrs. Mary e. Towle, Sc years old
former resident of Olympia. but
lately Of Vancouver, Wash, who dice
ct St. Peters hospital Wednesday
morning. She had been visiting fol
three weeks at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Setchfield in this city
having been foster-mother to Mrs
Setchneld. and had not been in good
health for several years.
The Western washington fair to
be held at Puyallup during the first
week OF October has been added to
the list of fairs at which the board Of
control plans to make its exhibits Of
Industrial work done at the state
Institutions. The exhibit. including
: loom from the jute mill at the state
q penitentiary in operation. will be first
shown at the Interstate fair at spo
kane. then 1t the state fair at NORTH
Yakima. September 81 to 26 ant
finally at Puyallup.
About 5000 net was realized from
the sale OF tags for the Labor Da,
picnic under the auspices OF the loca
Trades Council. the Chamber o.
Commerce and the park board ant
this amount will be turned over t
the park board for the purchase O.
playground apparatus for the use o
the children at the park, according
to J. w. Barrett, chairman of thu
committee in charge. The rain Sun
day night and Monday kept all bu
about Is people from the park Labo
Day and compelled the postponemen
of the program arranged for the af
ternoop. This, however. will be Civ
en- next Sunday afternoon at the park
providing the weather permits. TIL
Labor Day dance at the Tumwate
clubhouse Monday night was largel,
attended.
The Republicans perfected thei
county committee organization II
Tuesdays primaries. the only part
to do 80. by the election of the fol
lowing committeeman in the pre-
cincts named: Rainier, R. Petit cal
30 named by the Progressively
Black Lake, Mike Neylon; Gran
Mound, c. ]. Morris; Bucoda, P. F
Knight: Gate, A. ]. Gaisell, ]. w
Rannaft and Porfar tied. Oh a m hers