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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
SWANT0Wh SEWER
IS AGAIN IN COURT
LOCAL PROJECT, LONG A STORM
CENTER, ENTERS ANOTHER
CAREER OF LITIGATION,

With suit brought by Attorney
c. D. King, representing Scott Shaser
and other property owners, attacking
the validity of the assessment, and
with notice from City Attorney
George R. Bigelow that he would ap-
pal from the decision giving Mallory
& Martin, the contractors, an "even
break" with the city in the receipts
from the assessments and the bonds
issued, the Compromised fight on the
Swantown sewer assessments is
under way and this local project,
which has been the storm center Of
litigation for the last three or four
years, has entered upon another ca
reer Of court proceedings.
The principal irregularities in coun-
Gil proceedings alleged in the Shaser
suit are that the ordinance passed in
1910 did not specify the abutting
property and that much property as
sessed is not abutting: that the city
failed to notify property owners that
the work was completed, to permit
them to make objections, and that
consequently the contract was never
finished; that the sewer was con-
structed in private property and not
in public streets and may later be
ousted; that the assessment roll was
made by outside persons and not the
city engineer, as the ordinance re-
quired, and that the compromise be-
tween the city and the contractors
over the amount due the latter, is
illegal.
The difficulty between the city and
Mallory & Martin over the distribu-
ton of cash and bonds arose when
neither could agree on which should
receive the last series of bonds to be
issued. for fear that they might not
be paid. The contractors brought
suit to compel the city to issue them
the first bonds and after hearing in
the local superior court Judge Wright
ruled that the cash and bonds should
be divided equally. 1t is from this
decision that the city, maintaining
that it should receive the first bonds
issued in repayment of the cash 1t
on the project, has served
notice it will appeal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16

Only two persons have been con-
victed OF violating the game laws in
this county SO far this year, COM
pared with 60 last year, which leads
Game Warden James Fennell to be-
lieve that hunters and fishermen are
paying more attention to the law this
year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
Peters to Erect New Building.

Work will be started about August
on the new one-story concrete
building to be erected by ]. L. Peters
on the east side of Washington
street on the 6Ox120 foot lot adjoin-
ing the alley between Fourth and
Filth streets. and the job of tearing
down the old wooden structure now
occupying half of the property will
be started within the next few days.
Plans for the new structure are being
drawn by Architect Joseph Wohleb
the front half to be divided into
once rooms while the rear will be
used as a warehouse by Reder &
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16

The county commissioners this
week set aside $50 with which to
send a girl to the home of the Pacific
Coast Rescue and Protection Society
in Seattle, wher she is to be cared
for, and also appropriated $50 for the
burial of Harry Endrass, the lad who
prior to his death here June IA said
he was the son Of Valparaiso, Chile,
banker. The authorities have been
unable to locate his relatives.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
MARKET REPORTS
Furnished BY Olympia merchants)
THURSDAY, JULY IS.
WHOLESALE.

Beef-Prime beef steers. 12c to lac
per lb.
Mutton-13c to 15c.
Spring lamb-15c to Ice.
Hides-Salted, &c per ID.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, 22hc.
Poultry-Average 1Oc to 12c lib.
Dressed pork-Sc to, 10c per lb.
Dressed veal-Small, sc to 12c.
Ranch butter-22kc.
Separator butter-27hc.
Onions-1kc per lb.
New potatoes (local,-$30 a ton.
Oats--s2S ton.
Wheat-$31 a ton.
Cabbage-$20 to $25 ton.
Other vegetables-Average, 81 per
100-lb. sack; $40 a ton.
RETAIL.
Lard-5-lb. pail, S5c; 10-lb pail,
$1.65.
Bacon-25c per lb.
Hams-19c per lb.
Picnic hams-13c per lb.
Flour-$1.75 per sack.
sugar-13 lbs. for 800; $7.25 per
.00-lb. sack.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16

Pleading guilty to vagrancy and
receiving a sentence of 16 days in
the county Jail. having already
served 16 days, "Boxcar" Kelley, his
head still bandaged to protect the
wounds inflicted by the Northern Pa
cific Waterman, was relieved of the
charge Of attempting to rob the Nor
them Pacific depot two weeks ago,
after a hearing before Justice Cros-
by Tuesday afternoon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
To Continue First Aid" Work.

The industrial insurance commits
sion will endeavor to have a field
worker of the American Red Cross
detailed for permanent first add
work in the logging camps of Wash
ington, Commissioner Clarence Par
ker has announced. The work thus
far done by Drs. w. T. Davis and W.
N. Lipscomb, with their Red Cross
car, is regarded as successful beyond
all anticipations of the commission in
arranging the tour.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16

After visiting his sister, Mrs.
George H. Menke, at Sacramento and
taking in the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton, Hugh Ross, the druggist re-
turned home last Saturday from a
months California trip.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16

Reports received from Seattle the
fore part of the week that two local
iron works had been given contracts
to make shrapnel for the Russian
government, were denied by the pro-
prietors Of the concerns, who said
thev had heard nothing about 1t.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
SOME MEMS NOTES Or THE CITY


Or. IIeur Z. T,,. and #... o.,
Chchal., called on friends in ulym
pia sunday evening
Victor Mckenzie and Joseph Ram
sauer of this city went to California
this week to visit the expositions.
Miss Bess Van Eaton went 70
Rochester the fore part OF this week
to visit her sister, Mrs. George A.
Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leopold F. Schmidt,
Jr., and family moved to their sum-
mer home down the bay at Butler's
cove this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Talcott left
Wednesday for tour through Califor-
mia, during which they expect to visit
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ. Mckinney of
West Eighteenth street had as recent
guests Miss Emma Mckinney Of
Waitsburg and Mrs. Howard Ford of
California.
Miss Rosa Ficken OF Sherwood,
Ore, has arrived in Olympia for an
indefinite stay at the home of Rev.
Mr.. Ficken.
In one of the classiest games of the
season, the Olympia Senators, with
Boatman pitching, defeated the Jaffe
team from Seattle by a score of 3 to
0 last Sunday.
Some 20 persons, comprising men,
bers of the Olympia Motorboat club
and their friends, participated in the
first regatta of the season at Boston
Harbor last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Washington
and son Samuel returned to their
home in Coulee City Wednesday,
after spending few days here as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Uhler.
Mr.. John Alexander, DR.. j. H.
johnson and father, of Chehalis, and
Miss johnson Of Seattle spent Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
A. Torgerson.
n. Kramer Of Los Angeles, Calf,
= visiting his son, Martin, and ex-
pects to spend about two months
here, after which he will go to Van
couver, B. c.. to visit relatives there.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Mccain have
gone to Louisville, KY, where the
formers relatives live. on account Of
his health. Mr.. McCann was en-
ployed in the freight ONCE at Perci-
val's dock for several years.
4@
County Superintendent L. A.
Kibbe spent two days at Puyallup
this week, attending the superin-
tendents' session of the summer
school.
Frank M. Kenney, cashier Of the
Olympia National bank, contributed
IN instructive article on fire insur-
ance to the current number Of the
Pacific Northwest Banker, Seattle
publication. which refers to him most
highly.
Forty thousand baby cutthroat
trout were planted" in feeding pens
in the Des Chutes river by the county
game commission last Friday and
10000 more will be planted" soon.
They are furnished from the state
hatcheries.
A 10-pound baby girl was born last
Thursday to Mr.. ana MRS. Goroon
Wool Of Seattle. Mrs. Wood was for
merly Miss Margaret Eastman Of this
city. niece of Mrs. Walter Crosby.
DR.. and Mrs. J. w. NOVEL; had as
their guests this week Mrs. Mowelps
brother, Roderick Sprague, and wife,
former Olympia residents who have
been living on a ranch near White
Bluffs for the last four or five years.
After visiting his sister, Mrs.
George H. Menke, at Sacramento and
taking in the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton, Hugh Ross, the druggist re-
turned home last Saturday from
months California trip.
Quite a number of the prominent
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
The! B mi. Of 8 courtesy
Modern Fables"
(The MOuntain.l

(The Mountain.)
Sir Bank Account rode
through a deep and rocky
valley. Here he encountered
a man Of detected mien, whose
heart was full Of bitterness
towards all things. "Why
must / ever remain in this hot
and choking valley" the man
complained, when others, no
better than I, hold high car
nival and forever rejoice upon
yon cool mountain summit"
why do you not Join and
commingle with them?" asked
Sir Bank Account. Would
you not be then as happy as
they?"
II have tried" grieved the
unfortunate, but always have
! slipped back into the barren,
rocky valley. Can you not
point me out an easier way?"
ITO the summit of yon
mountain height there Is no
royal road" said the Knight.
"You can only win by striv-
ing. But this will tell you:
Have you not noticed that all
the rocks and briars are near
the bottom. and as your vision
travels higher the way ap-
pears more smooth? The
mountain of success is not
like the other mountains of
the world; the pitfalls. rocks
and thorns are all at base.
Here is charm called Bank
Book that will give you cour-
age along the way. Take it
ana try once more to scale
the mountain height, and this
time persevere."
MORAL: Saving, hard at
first, becomes easier as you
go along.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-16
Olympia
National

Phillips grocery. The building will
be equipped with an 'oil-burning
steam heating plant, which will also
heat the building at Fifth and Wash
1ngton streets erected by Mr.. Peters
q year ago.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12

helped lay tracks In Upper India: had
a hand in some bridges; sold patent
medicines; worked in a ruby mine:
been haberdasher in the Whiteaway
Laidlaw shop in Bombay; cut wood In
the teak forests; helped exterminate
the plague at Chitor and Udaipur; and
never saved penny. ! never had an
adventure in all my life."
why, your wanderings were ad-
ventures" she insisted. Think OF the
things you could tell"
And never WILL" smile breaking
over his face.
How like Arthur's that smile was!
thought the girl. Romantic persons
never have any adventures. 1t is to
the prosaic these things fall. Because
OF their nearness you lose their
values"
There is some difference between
romance and adventure. Romance is
what you look forward to; adventure
is something you look back upon. But
| always supposed adventure was the
fnding OF treasures, on land and on
sea; OF filibustering; of fighting with
saberssand pistols, and all that rigma-
role. i can't quite lift my imagination
up to the height of calling my six
months shovel-engineering on the
Gale an adventure. 1t was brutal hard
work; and many times | wanted to
jump over. The Lascars often got out
of trouble that way
1T all depends upon how we look at
things" She touched the parrot cage
with her foot, and Rajah Kissed What
would you say if | told you that ! was
unconventional enough to ask the pur-
ser to introduce your"
The amazement in his face was an
swer enough.
Don't you suppose" she went on.
the picture you presented, standing
OH that ledge, the red light of the
torch on your face. the bird cage in
your hand-don't you suppose you
reused my sense of the romantic to
the highest pitch? Parrot & Col"
with wave of her hands.
She was laughing at him. 1t could
not be otherwise. 1t made him at
once sad and angry. Romance!
hate the word. | again affirm that
young women should not travel alone.
They think every bit of tinsel is gold,
every bit of colored glass. ruby. Ro-
nance, adventure! Bah! So much
twaddle has been written about the
East that cads and scoundrels are mis-.
taken for Galahads and D'Artagnans.
Few men remain in this country who
can with honor leave it. Who knows
what manner of man l ann"
He picked up the parrot cage and
strobe away.
"Jah jah!" began the bird
Not all the diplomacy which worldly.
wise men have at their disposal could
have drawn this girls interest more
surely than the abrupt, rude manner
of his departure.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12
A New Cure.

A bedpost has not generally been
regarded so much as an eye-opener as
an e.'e-shutter, but IL a story that
comes from Boston is true-and what
story from Boston was ever untrue
our oculists should go to school to the
landmarks Of Morpheus. Mr.. Frank
H. Hayes, who has been stone blind
for nine years, so the tale runs, struck
his head violently against the bedpost
on arising, and was astonished few
minutes afterward to find that his
sight had been entirely restored. We
do not know whether the virtue of this
cure lay In the bedpost or in the fact
that 1t was Boston bedpost, but II II
was really effected In this way there
would seem to be a good deal in such
inanimate objects not heretofore
dreamed of in the philosophy of optics.
One OF the morals of this modern mir
acle would seem to be that knocking"
is sometimes a very efficacious proc
ess, and that the only way tn make
some folks see things Is Dy knocking
them into their heads.-Baltimore Sun.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12

as /6M \
HAROLD MACGRATH( Ga
Auhor9 TheCarpctEomBaSdadk%I
The Place Of Honeymoons, etc.
1OARJz1E702LLL OQ/ZENJYY

stories like that, but I'd rather hear
them told firsthand."
Elsa was not romantic in the sense
that she saw heroes where there were
only ordinary men; it was the OBJ
scure and unknown hero who appealed
to her: such one as this man might
be.
"Oh, there was nothing splendid
about the thing. / simply hung on"
Then thought struck him. You are
travelling alone?"
With a companion" A peculiar
question, she thought.
1t is not wise," he commented.
MY father was a soldier" she re-
piled.
1T isn't a question of bravery" he
explained, bit of color charging I'M
der his skin. This world is not like
your world. Women over here.
Oh, I've lost the art of saying things
clearly" He pulled at his beard en-
barrassedly
Are you warning me against your
self"
why not? Twenty thousand pounds
do not change a man; they merely
change the public's opinion of him.
For all you know, may be the great.
est rascal unhanged."
But you are not"
He recognized that 1t was not
query; and a pleasurable thrill ran
i'm, Jad he
touch of, condescension in her manner
he would have gone deep into his
shell.
No; there are worse men in this
world than |. But we are getting away
from the point, of women travelling
alone in the East. Oh, know you
can protect yourself to certain ex
tent But everywhere, on boats, in
the hotels, on the streets, are men
who have discarded all the laws of
convention, of the social contract. And
they have the keen eye of the kite and
the vulture."
To Elsa this interest in her welfare
was very diverting. I'm other words
they can quickly discover the young
woman who goes about unprotected?
Don't you think that the trend of the
conversation has taken rather a re-
markable turn, not as impersonal as it
should be?'
Il beg your pardon! Shall ! go?"
No. | want you to tell me some
stories" She laughed. Don't worry
about me, Mr. Warrington. / have
gone my way alone since was six
teen. l have travelled all over this
wicked world with nobody but the
woman who was once my nurse. Now
tell me something of your adventures
Ten years in this land must mean
something. ! am always hunting for
Harun-alRaschid, or Sindbad, or some
one who has done something out of
the ordinary"
He inclined against the rail and
stared down at the muddy water. "Ad
venture?" He frowned little I'm
afraid mine wouldn't read like adven-
lures. There's no glory in being a
stevedore on the docks at Hongkong,
stoker on a tramp steamer between
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12
CHAPTER w.
Two Days of Paradise.

At first Elsa did not know whether
she was annoyed or amused. The
mans action was absurd, or would
have been in any other man. His ad-
vice to her to go home was downright
impudence; and yet the sight of the
parrot cage dangling at his side made
it impossible for her to take lasting
offense. Once upon a time there had
been a little boy who played in her
garden. When he was cross he would
take his playthings and go home. The
boy might easily have been this man
Warrington, grown up.
OF course he would come and apollo
gize to her for his rudeness. Perhaps
he had resented her curiosity; perhaps
her questions had been pressed too
hard; and perhaps he had suddenly
doubted her genuine interest. At any
rate it was a novel experience. And
that bewildering likeness!
She returned to her chair and opened
the book again. And as she read her
wonder grew. The diction was ex-
quisite; there was style; but now as
she read there was lacking the one
thing that stood for life-blood. 1t did
not pulsate in the veins of these
people. Until now she had not recog-
nized this fact, and she was halfway
through the book. What had happened
to her since yesterday? To what cause
might be assigned this opposite angle
of vision, so clearly defined?
The book fell upon her knees and
dreamily she watched the perspective
open and divaricate. The low banks
with their golden haze of dust, the
cloudless sky, the sad and lonely white
pagodas, charmed her; and the Ian.
guor of the East crept stealthily into
her northern blood. She was not con-
scious of the subtle change; she only
knew that the world of yesterday was
unlike that of today.
Warrington, after depositing Rajah
in the stateroom, sought the bench on
the stern deck. He filed his Guilty
with purser-loaned tobacco and roundly
damned himself as a blockhead He
had forgotten all the niceties of civil
lization; he no longer knew how to be-
have. The first young woman in all
these years who had treated him as an
equal, and he had straightway proceed
ed to lecture her upon the evils of
travelling alone in the Orient!
And yet he had told her the truth.
It was not right that young and at.
tractive woman should wander about
in the East, unattended save by a
middle-aged companion. 1t would pro-
woke the devil in men who were not
wholly bad. Women had the fallible
idea that they could read human ma
ture, and never found out their mis-
take until after they were married.
He knew her kind. IL she wanted to
walk through the bazaars in the eve
ming she would do so. II man fol-
lowed her she would ignore the fact.
II he caught up with her and spoke she
would continue on as If she had not
heard. II a man touched her she would
rely upon the fire of her eyes. She
would never call out for help. Some
women were just that silly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12
WANTED A PERMANENT BOND
Mite of Seven Years Had Worked Out
Solution Of Problem to His
Satisfaction.

He is the merest mite, only seven.
and his widowed mother was married
the other day for :the second time to
daddy really very nice person
who had long been fast friends with
the stepson-elect and had no idea Of
being an interloper. r.
There are problems to be figured
out-even when you are only seven.
Mother" asked the mite, who are
you going to marry when daddy dies?"
why, my DEAR" she replied. what
a curious question"
Well" responded the mite, when
father died you married daddy-and
now, when daddy dies, l know just
who I want you to marry"
why, my little son!" exclaimed the
perplexed mother. you shouldn't
speak like that. Daddy isn't going to
die"
Yes mother, know. but he might
die. Then, If he ever does. mother.
want you to promise me that you'll
marry me-'cause then-then, you sec
we would never have to be sepa-
rated"
Thus, even at seven, does a heart
know its own sorrow.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12
TALK ON WESTERN
CANADA
Facts Don't lie-Western Can
ada Is Full of Facts-Here
Are Three OF Them.

1. c. T. Moore, Underhill, Man.
Came from Bruce County, Ontario.
1882. with a capital of $500. Home
steaded quarter section. Now owns
$500 acres for which he paid average
of $2000-worth today $4,000 per acre.
2. James Steel, Battleford, Sas-
katchewan. Came from Perthshire,
Scotland, 1904. His fare advanced to
bring himself and family to Canada.
Took up homestead, which he sold
later $500 per acre, buying 1000
acres at $500 per acre. Has been
very successful in mixed farming.
Values land now at $4,000 per acre.
and is worth $4,000. III had re-
NAMED in the Old Country my gray
hairs would have been a passport to
the poor house." he says.
8. II. J. Smith, Glover Bar, Alberta.
Came from North Michigan, 1893,
without capital. Now farming 500
acres, valued at 5000 per acre. Pur-
chased originally at $500 per acre.
Engaged in mixed farming. Cows
average him $4,000 year
All this talk about the exploitation
Of labor by capital, class distinction.
living wage, high cost Of living, and
SO forth, doesn't hold the slightest
interest for the Canadian farmer.
Why? Because he has proved that
you can't begin too poor to become
rich In Canada; that free homesteads
preclude the possibility Of being
robbed Of freedom and independence;
that the high cost of living can't hurt
the man who grows most Of his own
necessities; that his labor brings re-
ward In exact and just proportion to
time and intelligence invested.
If those who whine at urban condi-
lions would give little time to in
vestigating those suburban, they
would likely spy clear way out of
their difficulties. For the first step,
drop a card to any Canadian Govern
ment Agent.-Advertisement.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-02-12

He bit hard upon the stem OF his
pipe. What was all this to him? Why
should he bother his head about a
woman he had known but few hours?
All, why lie to himself? He knew what
Elsa, usually quick and receptive, did
not know. that he was not afraid of
her, but terribly afraid of himself For
things ripen quickly in the East. men
and women, souls and deeds. And he
was something like the pariah dog;
spoken kindly to. it attached itself i'm
mediately and enduringly.
He struck the Guilty against his boot
heel. Why not? 1t would be only for
two days. At Rangoon their paths
would separate; he would never see
her again. He got up. He would go
to her at once and apologize. And
thus he surrendered to the very devil
he had but moment gone so vigor-
ously discountenanced.
He found her asleep in her chair.
The devil which had brought him to
her side was thrust back. Why, she
was nothing more than a beautiful
child! A great yearning to brother
her came into his heart. He did not
disturb her, but waited until five, that
grave and sober hour, when kings and
clerks stop work for no logical reason
whatever-tea. She opened her eyes
and saw him watching her. He rose
quickly.
II was very rude little while ago.
Will you accept my apologies?"
"On condition that you will never
take your playthings and go home"
He laughed engagingly. you've hit
it squarely. 1t was the act of petu.
liant child"
1T did not sound exactly like a
man who had stocked six months from
Singapore to the Andaman islands.
But there is one thing / must under
stand before this acquaintance contin-