Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30
Eastern Oregon January 2S.


farewell party was given in honor
of Miss Estella Erickson, one Of
Tono's most prominent society lead
ers, at the home of her mother, Mrs.
c. J. Erickson, Saturday evening, Jan
uary "a. Miss Erickson will leave
Tono for Tacoma the 30th, where she
will enter the State Business college.
she is to be commended for her sue
cess in winning a contest recently
given under the auspices of the Cen
tralia Chronicle which entities her to
scholarship in this college.
The Tono Dramatic clun. which re-
Gently played Down in Dixie in the
Tono hall Friday evening, January
l6, were offered inducements to play
in Bucoda January 81. We are sorry
to state that owing to the bad wealth
err and unavoidable accidents we are
unable to show on that date.
The T. A. c. smoker January "A was
well attended. The Hot Stove
Leaguers' were out in full procession
to witness said occasion and much
comment was heard relative to the
white hopes" that put on the excel
lent card. The twenty-minute wrest-
ling exhibition match between young
Venable, brother of the famous Ven
able, who was once lightweight cham
pion of the Pacific Coast, and Guy
Mcdonald, former Y. NJ c. A. wrest-
Ter in Tacoma, was very pleasing to
the bugs interested in wrestling.
Both boys are strong and scientific
and as neither got a fall off the other
there is strong desire to see them
on the mat again. After the pro-
Gotham fanatics, also the hungry,
painting 'fisto artists" and "catch-as-
quick as-you-can wizards this afore-
said treat being in the shape of a
"mulligan," boiled up and seasoned by
! the well known chef, Thomas A.
Gaines, If You please, and his apt and
able servant was one William For
syth. Everyone dug deep into the
mulligan pot and at late hour bless
ings were said and all scampered
home to "wifey"
Principal John G. Gerwick of the
Little Rock schools was in Olympia
Tuesday visiting the local schools.
Much speculation has been INDUCED
in in various quarters this week as
the intent and purpose of the mass
meeting of farmers called for 2 D. IA.
Saturday afternoon at Rabeek's hall,
and SO long as no announcement other
than that road matters would be con-
sidered has been made, all kinds OF
guesses have been made as to just
what may happen.
The Mason County Pomona Grange
held its annual installation meeting
in Shelton on Tuesday of last week,
says the Journal, general represen-
tation of the subordinate oranges of
the county being in attendance. The
following were among the officers in
stalled: Scott Hayes, master; L. G.
Shelton, overseer; Mrs. knight, lee
turer; J. P. Hammond, secretary;
Frank Binns, treasurer; w. G. Rex,
steward; Mrs. Jennie Maxwell, chap.
lain. The day was spent in discuss
| ing questions of interest to grangers,
and closed with the usual lunch for
the benefit of out-of-town delegates.
| Olympia and Thurston county were
visited with a particularly heavy
wind and rain storm Sunday after
noon and night, the barometer at the
local weather bureau falling to the
lowest point on record, and while no
particular damage was reported in
this vicinity except by the telegraph
and telephone companies, the storm
was the most severe of the winter. 1t
continued quite severe Monday and
Monday night turned into the first
real snowstorm of the season. The
storm that struck this section was the
tailend of heavy gale which swept
California, Oregon and the southwest
ern part Of this state, causing mil
lions of dollars of property loss in
California, gripping train service in
Oregon and California and delaying
shipping off the Oregon and California
coasts.