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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25
Why Lister Should Be Elected Governor
STATEMENT ISSUED CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF
julius MTTEI. SPOKANE; }. ID. TRENHOIME SEATTLE AND
f.. j. WALSH, TACOMA.

l. The state departments under
Governor Listers control saved and
turned back into the treasury during
his first two years, $714,739, or 13
per cent of the appropriations asked
by the prior Republican administra-
ton.
,. AS direct result of his vetoes
i'll 1913, over $4,500,000 was cut
from the appropriation of that legis-
lature in spite of the fact that appro-
priations amounting to 100000 were
carried over his veto.
3. The industrial welfare commits
sion appointed by Governor Lister has
established the best apprentice sys-
tenn and the highest minimum wage
of any state in the Union and has far
Out-distanced all other states by guar
anteeing living wage to over rs per
cent of the women of the state en-
ployed in gainful occupations.
1hc otdlc l,
under Governor Lister, has brought
about real cooperation between en-
ployers and employees to prevent ac-
cidents to workers.
5. Governor Lister has caused the
strict enforcement of the eight-hour
minimum wage and child labor laws,
procuring in three years 211 convic-
lions as against 90 convictions in the
preceding 16 years.
6. He vetoed the bill to repeal the
eight-hour law on public works.
Z. He has established the honor
camp system for prisoners. abolished
dungeons in prisons and correction
cells in the Boys Training School and
instituted military training in penal
and corrective institutions.
8. Through his efforts there was
established the State School for Girls
and State School for Adult Blind
(only one other in the Union). He
has caused professional examination
to be made of the blind children with
view to the restoration of sight, the
first move of the kind ever made in
this state.
8. AS the result of Governor Lis
ter's bodybuilding policy of pay as
we CO." the highway department has
constructed sos miles of state roads
and graveled ISL miles of old roads
during the past three and one-half
years without mourning cent of
bonded Indebtedness and the piling
up of interest charges. In the eight
preceding years only 1913 miles of
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state roads were built.
10. He has inaugurated system
of state parks along our scenic high
ways.
IL. Governor Lister vetoed the in
iquitous Whitney election bill which
attempts to take us back TO the day
of boss-controlled conventions and
party-bound candidates, which meas
ure is now before the people on refer
endum.
II. He vetoed the measures which
propose to nullify the initiative, ref
erendum and recall These measures
, are also before the people on referen-
dunn.
10. He has stopped petty bicker-
ing within and between our state in
situations of higher education.
IA. He has entirely removed the
National Guard from politics and
brought it to the highest efficiency in
it's history. Washington sent the only
fully recruited and equipped regi-
ment to the border.
Is. Under Governor Listers rec
concentration, an agricultural depart
ment was created to take care of the
growing agricultural interests OF the
state.
&c. AS the result of Governor Lis
ter's close, personal supervision, the
state institutions are in the finest
condition in their history, and the
cost per inmate has not been in
ing about speedy survey and plac-
II. He was instrumental in bring
ing about he speedy survey and plac-
ing on he tax rolls hundreds of thou
sands of acres of railroad granted and
lieu lands. hitherto unsurveyed and
untaXable.
IS. In spite of the most villainOus
attacks of the gray wolves of politics,
who sought to hamper him at every
turn, Governor Lister has cleaned up
the industrial insurance department
and brought to justice those guilty of
footing it's funds.
10. Notwithstanding the fact that
the fisheries department under Cover
nor Lister has more than doubled its
work and the output of it's hatcheries,
it has now become self-supporting
and is conducted on business lines for
the first time in it's history.
20. Governor Lister is unequivo-
cally for the strict enforcement and
against every effort to weaken or re-
peal it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25
To Build Big Ships.

Contracts for the construction of
three gigantic steel cargo steamships
aggregating in cost s2,650,000 were
taken this week by the Seattle Con-
struction & Drydock company, a sub
sidiary corporation of the Todd Ship
Yards Corporation of New Jersey
The award was made by an Eastern
brokerage firm for foreign shipping
concern. Each of the three steam
ships will have a cargo capacity of
1900 tons, will be most modern in
cargo handling equipment and will
have Il speed, loaded, of II nautical
miles per hour.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25
Get Teachers Certificates.

The following among those who
took the recent teachers examination
in this county, have been granted GER
tificates by the state department of
public instruction.: Mynne Ander-
son, Nina J. Anderson, Gladys NJ.
Brown, Helen Forrest, Ruth Huggett,
Florence James. Ruth Johnson, John
H. Nagley, Mrs. Sylvia Sharpe, Ella
Vosper, Cecil Wallace, w. f. Mcclure,
Alizebath Keys, Bernice Agate, Grace
Caulkins, Vera Chambers, Charlotte
Claussen. Ida Albright Johnson, w.
w. Kernodle, Edwina w. Lloyd, Mary
r. Mcdonald, Eugenia McGinness,
Libbie l.. Pape, Alma G. Smith Eva
Tope, Edna Avis Foxwell Addie Den
ny Dickinson. Myrtle l.. Huggett,
William A. Know, Maude c. Rober-
son and Helen Nj. Fuller.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25
WILSON POLICY IS
TO GET THINGS DONE
MORE RECLAMATION WORK IN
THREE YEARS THAN UNDER
ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.

Irrigation work under the reclama-
ton laws has been pushed more rap
idly by the Wilson administration
than ever before, says dispatch
from the national capital, which
points out that the determined pol
icy of Secretary Lane has been to
push to completion as rapidly as pos
sible all projects under way, and to
finish the work undertaken and bring
into productive use the largest pos
sible available area in the shortest
possible time.
During three fiscal years of his
term there has been expended in pur-
suance of this policy $36,165,42O.16,
an average of over $12,00O,000 a
year. During the preceding 10 years
the total gross expenditures amount
ed to 81,750,2SS.SO, an average of
less than $9,OOO,OO0 a year
Stop Dilly-Dallying and Work.
In 1910 congress provided an APP
preparation of $2O,O00,OOO "to enable
the secretary of the interior to COM
plete government reclamation pro-
jects heretofore begun" Not one
dollar of this appropriation had been
when the present administration
came into office. but it has been so
largely drawn upon for the purposes
intended that the projects appro-
priated for are rapidly nearing COM
pletion and will soon be completed if
the policies of the Wilson admins
tration are adhered to.
Work on reclamation projects has
been pushed forward since 1913,
nearly doubling the area watered
and cropped, until today almost a
million acres of arid lands are thus
being irrigated and yielding crops
already worth upwards of $40, 000.-
600 per year, a production exceed
ing that of a number of Eastern
states.
These large projects built through
the medium of the United States re-
clamation service include some en-
gineering achievements uneXcelled
throughout the world. Two mann
moth dams are among the recent
works completed this year. The Ar
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Washington Standard for
August %, 1891. Vol. XXXI. No. 40.

| AohA AhO w osSiAukuOM Sl$tuuAEU IO
August % 1891. Vol. XXI. No. 40.
Country exchanges of Western
Washington are full of accounts O.
the killing of elk. A few season.
more and this noble animal will be
come as extinct as the buffalo.
I The government telegraph lin.
from Port Angeles to Tatoosh islant
is completed and messages can now
be sent to Port Crescent, Clallam
Bay, Neah Bay and Tatoosh.
Much enthusiasm prevails at Por1
Townsend over the prospect of the
speedy renewal of the construction
work on the Port Townsend South
ern.
Fearful Disaster.-Saturday af.
ternoon a large building on Park
Place, New York, teeming with hui
man life, fell without warning and
buried all within it's walls amid the
debris of bricks and broken timber
About 80 persons are missing.
The public schools of Olympia will
open next Monday.
Next Monday will be the anniver-
sary of the Charleston earthquake.
An annual school election will be
held on Saturday, September 5th, to
elect director for three years to sue
coed Allen Weir, and clerk for one
year to succeed Jos. Chilberg.
The Olympia Light & Power COM
pany has acquired the interest of
Daniel Gaby in the upper falls at
Tumwater, paying $4,000 therefor.
Mr.. c. J. Lord of the Capital Ma
tional bank has been selected by the
Westminster Fair association as a
judge of the Holstein, Jersey, Ayr
shire, Guernsey and Attorney cattle
at its fair beginning September 22.
Mr.. Lord is well qualified from expe-
rience and observation to form a cor
rect judgment, as he was engaged
several years in the importation of
fine blooded stock.
The city council will Immediately
offer for sale bonds to the amount of
5000, reduction from $4,000
because none of the money can be
will be opened October l.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25

the Boulevard of Steel which
links the East with the West.
The Union Pacific System has
also been first with practically
every device which makes for
security and comfort of travel
ers and for safety and expedi-
ton in the passage of freight.
Success has justified this
policy of efficiency, but the
full measure of success has
been attained only by the con-
fdence and support of the
people who live in the Union
Pacific country, and to them
this advertisement is directed
in spirit of grateful apprecia-
ton. The Union Pacific Sys-
tennis proud fits territory and
of the people who live in its
territory, and in turn is worthy
of the pride with which it is re-
garded by the people it serves
as a great national institution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25

Milk, milk cans and bottles were
scattered all over Main street in
front of the Capital apartments about
II o'clock Sunday morning, when a
Ford automobile crashed into milk
wagon driven by Mark and Phillip
Aspinwall. No one was injured, but
the wagon was badly smashed and
the Ford had to be towed to a garage
for repairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25

Assistant Attorney General Scott
u. Henderson of the local lodge of
Elks was elected third vice president
of the state association, during the
annual convention in Hoquiam the
latter part of last week, and Captain
c. S. Reinhart of this city was elect
ed one of the trustees. The Elks will
meet in Wenatchee next year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25

Cranes restaurant was closed
Monday when the cooks and walters
employed there went on a strike be-
cause a colored man, a non-unionist,
had been employed as dishwasher. 1t
was settled when the colored gentle
man was fired.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25
FOR half a century

and moreover since
the first locomotive poked its
nose west of the MissouriRiv
this railroad has worked con-
tinuously for the development
of the territory which it serves,
and for the improvement of
the property. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars are spent
everyyear in telling the people
of the East about the wonder
full opportunities of the West.
Prosperous cities and towns,
thriving industries and fertile
farms mark fifty years of nota-
bic progress. The Union Pa
ci6c System has led among
western railroads in keeping
its lines at the highest standard;
whether business is good or
bad, adequate provision is al.
ways made for maintenance of
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-25

rowrock dam on the Boise river, Ida
no, is the highest in the world. The
Elephant Butte dam on the Rio
Grande, New Mexico, forms the
largest of all irrigation reservoirs.
Add Big Farm Wealth.
Thirteen millions will be expended
during 1915 in this great work and
the appropriations for 1917 provide
for nearly nine millions more. This
policy of Fastening the work of re-
clamation so as to make the lands
productive is clearly justified by the
results. The annual product of lands
reclaimed has been nearly doubled
in three years, making an increase of
almost ten millions year in the
agricultural yield.
Each year shows like startling re-
suits. And when it is considered
that the creation of this new wealth
will continue for generation after
generation, long after expenditures
for irrigation works has ceased, long
after Uncle Sam has collected every
dollar he has advanced, the wisdom
of the Wilson way of getting things
one-finished--- will be
admitted.
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Additional Institution

tVAy sir, the Uon may b,ese,7ed from dis,e,u6ey-
nent BY this b,obosed railroad oebh r. Uude,zyood in
the United States Senate, February ~, 1853.
The road has been duH M,oueh Iuaau country yikh
all the tribes banded together and hostal Ge1uI g. NJ
Dodge in Congress, 1868.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20

effect Of blind, unreasoning love and grief.
How long will the dog stay over his
masters grave? That depends on the
dog. In some cases the animal is said
to have stayed there until he died, while
in others hunger or some other cause
drives him away after a time.
Why should we suppose that the dog
does not experience real grief and that
he is merely waiting for his food? II can
be proved that the dog has the most
boundless and unselfsh affection for a
man. Therefore it follows that he must
be capable OF feeling grief. II is not
reasonable to believe that an animal can
feel strong affection and not feel the com
Elementary emotion that the loss of the
object OF his affection must cause.
Many OF the animal observers argue
that the dog has stronger feelings of
affection and grief than the average
human being, although IL is generally ad-
mitted that the most sensitive human be-
ings, owing to their higher mental
powers, are capable of greater depths OF
feeling. The dog, however. is almost in
Variably very emotional creature, while
great numbers OF human beings are
very slightly emotional
Records show that the dog is capable
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
Wanted-More Half Portions

TTHE serving TO individuals in res
taurants, hotels and dining cars
of larger portions than can be
eaten is often deplored by those who be-
lieve in the conservation of our food
resources and the wickedness OF waste.
Where two may share an order the
large portion is desirable. but at many
eating places the serving of a single
portion 10 two guests is strictly forbid
den. And in the many cases where one is
eating alone, to be forced to purchase
more than one desires is a source of
annoyance rather than OF satisfaction.
move I'm the right direction has
been made by western railway system
In the introduction % half portions In
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to horse and sometimes even TO a cat.
When dogs devotion is concentrated on
one OF mis- own species II is not usually
directed to one Of the opposite sex. A
Superficial observer who imAgines that
human sentimentality is the nobIest OF
Qualities may think that this Is an eyi.
dence OF the dogs great inferiority 20
man. but more thoughtful observers argue
that II Is mark OF the dogs moral su.
periority.
The friends OF the dog argue that IN
all the purely moral qualities, as theolo-
CLANS and philosopher have classsd them.
the dog proves himself fully equal 10
man, If not superior. Thus we ind the
dog exhibiting affection. devotion, unset.
hshness, courage and generosity in a
great degree. II the dogs organism is SO
filled with these qualities it may be that
there is not room for the cold reason.
ing powers.
Dogs have been used very largely by
the French and Germans and other com
batants for finding and helping the
wounded The services they have rend-
cred in this way have been OF great
value. For instance, in going over a
large battlefield the medical Officers have
often been unable to distinguish quickly
Copyright 1915. by the Star Con
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their dining cars. This so-called "Plste
Service" has been we'll patronized since
its inauguration, and bids fair to become
extremely popular.
Waste could further be avoided in COM
mercial food, served in dining cars and
cafes, by having more simple and bet
ter selected menus and better cooking.
A "soggy" boiled potato, and pale,
watery, tasteless roast beef should be an
impossibilty instead of all too common.
Persons OF discrimination and with cul-
tivated food habits want most of all,
good, staple foods in reasonable variety,
clean, well-cooked and decently served.
And these, as any one who has trav-
elled much knows to his sorrow, are often
exceedingly hard to obtain at any price.
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between the unconscious wounded and
the dead. A trained dog will at once
pick out the man who has the least
trace OF life left in him.t This fact in
itself is sufficient proof that the dog
knows whether his master Is dead or not.
The dogs have also been very useful In
relieving the wounded who have been
left lying In places where they could not
be rescued on account of the terrific fire
to which the rescuers would be exposed.
Poor fellows disabled In this way have
been left in the open for days until they
died from hunger and neglect. Dogs
have been trained TO carry food and drink
TO such cases
Stories OF the dogs devotion 10 man
are nearly as old as the human race. AS
early as we hnd any traces of man we
find traces OF the dog sharing his dwell
ing and his occupations. In some mys-
FERROUS way the dog was created with an
overwhelming attachment TO a different
animal, man.
In Homer's Odyssey" we are told that
the old dog was the only creature that
recognized Odysseus when he returned
home ragged and disguised after his
long wanderings. Here we have an early
record OF a we'll established fact, the dogs
ability TO recognize a person more quickly
than a man can do. One man bases his
impressions OF another on his clothes,
his way OF trimming his hair. his eye
glasses and other superficial things. The
dog is able TO recognize the true person
atty behind these superficial things.
One favorite ancient dog story is that
Of Bethgellert. According to Welsh leg
ny. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20

end, Bethgellert belonged TO Llewellyn.
the heroic Welsh prince. who left the
hound to care for his baby while he was
out hunting. When Ltewellyn came back
late at night he found the dog with
bloodstains about his mouth lying by an
empty cradle. Rashly imagining that
the dog had killed his child, Llewellyn
slew the faithful animal with his sword
AS the dying dog looked at him with re-
proachful eyes he found the baby lying
unframed among the curtains. The dog
had acquired the bloodstains in fighting
robbers who had tried TO steal the child
II is q curious circumstance that al.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20

most the same story is found in Persian,
Hindu and other ancient literature.
The defect OF most of the ancient
stories of dogs is that they interpret the
dogs actions from the point OF view of
human motives and feelings. The new
school OF animal behaviorists endeaVorA
to eliminate this human factor as far as
possible, and keep an impartial record of
the intelligence, habits, capacities and
actions OF the animals. To this oolleci
ton OF facts the observations OF the con.
duct OF dogs during the present war will
yield an extraordinary quantity OF new
and interesting material.
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The Dog
sy Miguel zamaeois, the Distinguished French Poet.
English Verse by Curtis Durham.

~ WSuei NaTHaSoie, tne OietlnQui9hed French Poet
English Verse by Curtis Durham.
after the battle of Bsternay dog refused to lea
the grave of the soldier who had rescued him"-PG
Newspaper.
ZANE lonesome tomb the open field reveals,
No craven stone TO passerby appeals,
No heros name, gallant deed enrolled
No eptsph--a grave, all silent, coldi
And yet how eloquent the wordless signs
Upon that shetrng turfi dog recnss
Beneath rustic er9s., on: mourning friend
modest flag, tri-cOlored, hutters there
And on the grassy mound with tender
Are placed the caps OF ten who sleep below
What monument with phrases trts could show
More clearly what this precious grave contains,
Ten soldiers lie within nAmeless grave
Who fought and died as one, cause TO sAver
Those soldiers. caps, the brave tricOlOr thersl
One Pausss thrilled, Abashsd, his bowed head bare,
His race, his land, for which these ten have diedl
One moment thus, and then the human note.
Dumb brutsi' Who know what loving poor dogs thnL
Why waits this dog, refusing food and drink7
And comrades Of these dead are Sighting O ST"''
The battles roar o'erwhelms all sentiment
Save to dog who loves, and IL content
To starve beside buried soldiers cap.
The other nine are nOusht to him, msyhsp
He shifts at all, but only to be
Which is his Masters. Satisfied, secure
And constant to his trust, he starves and waits.
What do:s this poor dog think who cannot tell
The SaTHf. , Of his gs' s hssrs1 ' well
To think this sod could hold him down long"
Ihose patient canine eyes expectant grows
"A little longer yet-then to rejoicei
To feel his kindly hand to hear his voice,
To eat from his hand only, leap upon
His sturdy chest, this bitter waiting donej
Reward him with poor dogs very life,
Since life he saved for m amid the strife
OF man with mani TO wait, to staTvs to thirst,
Is little enough from to him."
Who, versed
In love Of dogs for those they choose to own
A. masters, feels their need Of sPeeeh2 moan.
whine, gladstone bark, a whimper here
a caPer there devotion without fsari
Courage, patienee-are not these enough?
The day is dCns, and in the twilight chill
The dog beside the cap IL waiting stiI
He ShiverSj the dawn his eyes will glaze.
And when the diSpelS the chilling haze
Its rays will warm this faithful Friend
Of him whose cap he guarded to the end.
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Of the most deep
and lasting affec-
ton. not only for
human beings,
but for other dogs
and animals. II Is
a common expert
ence TO find a dog
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-10
ROOM FOR US ALL ON EARTH

There are on this globe about 1 "
billion inhabitants. Most Of us. who
lack the sense of proportion, at the
mention of this big number are apt to
speak of the "overpopulation" of the
world. Yet, If we spare few mo-
ments' thought we shall better know
what this represents.
There is in my study room a geo.
graphic globe about fifteen inches in
diameter. On that sphere there is
marked little spot about the size
of the point of a pencil-at any rate,
so small as to make it impossible to
write the initials of its name, Lake
Champlain, upon 1t. Yet whenever
Lake Champlain freezes over, there
is good standing room for everyone
of all the inhabitants Of the earth,
and then this lake would be consid-
erably less crowded than some Of the
busy streets of New York.
Indeed, strange as 1t may sound,
every one, young and old, would find
about one square yard to stand upon.
Nay, more, If the very young and the
very old would please to stand aside
on the shores of the lake, the re-
mainder of the total inhabitants of
the world could arrange skating
party where there would be less
crowding than is seen on busy win
ter day on that skating pond in New
York's Central Park. H. Blake
land in Scribner's Magazine.