Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-09

Forbes, Byron Meek, George Thomas.
Recitation, I'VE Can Say it,"
Claude Velie.
Song, THE Heavenly Watcher"
William Craig.
Recitation, "Mary! Master" Mary
Meacham.
Recitation, "The Little Spring
Flowers" Allan Timmons.
Recitation, II Have a Lily" Sarah
Clauson.
Easter Lily Drill-Mary Meacham,
William Craig, Vera Velie, Willis
Meacham, Sarah Clauson, Ray Forbes.
Vocal solo, Face to Face" Miss
Anna Jacobson.
Following the program an Easter
treat was given the children and a
social hour was spent by the parents
and teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hartsuck
have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Jessie NJ. Hart
suck, to Robert w. Kelsey of South
Union. Miss Hartsuck is now teach
ing school at Ridgefield and the mar
riage is to take place in June.
The county commissioners have re-
ceived a petition from residents in
the vicinity of Nina and Rochester
asking that still uncompleted Dave
Johnston road and bridge across the
Black FLYER in that neighborhood,
upon which between $4,000 and
$4,000 have already been spent by
the county, be finished and opened
for travel. The bridge was erected
two or three years ago and some work
done on the road, but the approaches
were never completed so the road and
bridge could be used.
DR.. G.. F. Overhulse, veterinarian
Of the state department of agricul-
ture, Tuesday began an inspection of
the diaries supplying milk to Olym-
pia. A similar inspection last year
showed but two herds responding to
the tuberculin test and these were
slaughtered.
Condemnation suits to obtain the
new right-of-way for the Pacific high
way in this county in the vicinity of
Lacey, Union Mills and Sherlock.
were undertaken. in the local supe-
rior court this week.
In the postoffice classification year
from April 1, 1914, to April 1, 1915,
the local office showed a gain of SILL
421.S1 over the same period in 1913
IA, according to Assistant Postmaster
Frank S. Glen, the figures for the
last year reaching s54.631.51 as COM
pared with s43,2O9.7O for the pre-
vious year, making the Office one of
the largest in this part of the state.
There are ~ dependent mothers
receiving aid from the county each
month under the mothers pension
law, the county expending total Of
S1S5 a month in their support.
A petition for a new road where
the Yelm and Smiths prairie road
crosses turnpike No. II, was pre-
sented to the county commissioners
this week by w. H. Cook and was by
them referred to the county engineer.
The Salmon Creek Lumber COM
pany has brought suit against the
Thurston County Lumber & Single
company to collect claim of approx
imately $500 alleged to be due.
"Pete" O'Brien. charged with hav-
ing "frisked' Mike Martison of a
watch and some other yaluables in
this city a few days ago, was arrest
ed in Rochester Wednesday and
brought to Olympia that evening by
Deputy Sheriff Jack Clifford and
Chief of Police Ben Hall. He plead
ed not guilty when arraigned Thurs
day. ,s
Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed the new home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. e. Town at Puget between
and 5 o'clock Thursday morning and
only a few articles of household fur
niture were saved. The house had
Just been completed about three
months ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Town
will live in the old house on their
farm temporarily. -.a. .,..s
Miss Elva Ruth Woodland, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Woodland of
West Bay avenue, was married
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