Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-15

ton in their ownership of IL" prop
erty, valued at $4,000. as against
Mrs. u. +. Werts and others. who
sought to have the deed given some
years ago, when the organization vas
incorporated, set aside.
Illustrating the decline in the Git
ney" craze, the secretary of states
office this week announced that of
the 1923 bonds filed under the jitney
bond law, 149 have been withdrawn,
leaving S74 jitneys operating in the
state, 500 OF which are in Seattle,
1874 in Tacoma, 20 in Spokane, % in
Everett and &c in Bellingham.
Celebrating Columbus Day, which
was observed as holiday last Tues
day, local Knights Of Columbus par
ticipated in a big banquet that even
ing at the Woman's clubhouse, the
guests numbering more than 100.
John S. Lynch acted as POSTMASTER,
and Frank NJ. Egan, assistant corpo-
ration counsel of Seattle, Attorney
Thomas M. Vance, Superior Judge
John r. Mitchell and Chief Justice
George Z. Morris of the state SUI
preme court, made the talks of the
evening.
Various business men of Olympia,
as the result of the efforts of the
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce, have agreed each to sign a
note of $3.50 as endorser, the money
to be pooled into total of $4,000
which is to be loaned to the men who
have been operating the Mccain
single mill on the waterfront, on a
cooperative basis. This will enable
them to continue operations, the local
banks advancing money on these
notes.
State FORESTER E. w. Ferris has
promised to cooperate with the state
federation of women's clubs in its
plan to plant mile Of pines" along
some branch of the Lincoln highway
in this state. In response to a re.
quest for advice and assistance Mr.
Ferris has suggested the planting OF
the shade trees along section of the
Sunset highway in Eastern Washing
ton and has taken up with fire war
dens and the federal forestry depart
ment the matter Of securing sufficient
trees for the purpose.
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Harry L. Parr. one of the younger
attorneys Of the city and until re
Gently member of the firm of Vance
/, & Parr. and ]. o. Marts, who came t.
Olympia recently from Newcastle
Wyo., have established new Law
firm in this city and opened offices il
the Byrne building at Fourth ant
Main streets. Mr.. Marts was prose
eating attorney Of his home count.
for four years and chairman Of tn,
] judiciary committee in the lowe
house Of the last Wyoming legisla
!. ture.
! Answering an inquiry from Thos
i w. Hotchkiss of New York, chairman
Of the Mems League for Woman SUI
} frage. Chief Justice George e. Nor
his has replied that the granting o
: the ballot to women has resulte,
+ benefcially for the state OF Washing
; ton, adding that he had never hear,
} any intimation that the influence o
women's votes has ben deleterious II
any way to the social fabric of an
commonwealth"
i Messrs. Troy & Sturdevant. tn
prominent local law firm, and Pros
J ecuting Attorney Geo. F. Yantis, VIII
il associated with them. moved int
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, of the new Olympia National BAN
! building, at Fifth and Main streets
the fore part Of this week, and thei
many friends and clients have bee
congratulating them on their fin
, new business home. Their Office
Occupy the front suite on the secon
floor of this new building. and ney
, furniture and cabinets with whicl
} they are equipped class them anon
| the best appointed offices in the city
Showing that Olympia itself ha
spent $4,000 more on the local harbo
than has been spent by the fedora
! government, and containing statisti
cal data as to freight rates, shipping
and the like, the report upon whicl
: Olympia bases its campaign for fed
, eral appropriation for the improve