Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-30

river is fairly booming from CARR
boo to the Gulf of Georgia. The
Spokane river at Spokane is nearly
la i3ot above the highest point cached
.ir the city's history. The Columbia
is at a high stage and it is thought
that the record of 1890. of PSI feet,
viii be broken.
a Washington dispatch of the 26th
.ult. says that men of all parties are
severely criticising President Cleve-
land and Secretary Gresham for their
absence from public duty in this crit
ical period of our couhtry's existence. :,
They have been absent for a week, out
Of reach of the telegraph. and will
probably be away for nearly another
week
The last batch of commonwealers
tried before Judge Hanford at Seat
tie have been sent to the pen on Nc
Nel's island and the regulars have
retired to their garrison at Vancou-
YER
Three large committees we're ap-
pointed. at meeting of the Board of
entertaining the State Press Associa-
ton, which will hold its eighth an
nual meeting in this city on the 18th,
18th. 18th and 14th insts. The pres.
ident being absent, Mayor c. B. Mann
was called to the chair
The new government of Hawaii is
to be called the Republic of Hawaii,
with a constitution similar to that of
the United States.
The Simpsons are putting in $780,
900 feet of logs a day at their Ka-
mflche camp.
The best of ranch butter now sells
at 80 cents a roll.
Nose H. Scott, who has lately been
resuscitated by decision of the U.
s. supreme court. is now in Califor.
mia. His many friends will be de-
lighted to know that he is no longer
ghost.
Senator Squire writes that he has
introduced an amendment in the U. S
senate, increasing the appropriation
in the house bill of $4,000 for i'm
provement of our harbor, to $4,000
The monthly meeting Of the county
commissioners begins today. 1t is
interesting to observe how largely the
business of the county has increased
OF late years. In the olden time
quarterly meetings were considered
ample for experimenting the county's
business and the whole cost Of the
board was less than 500 per annum.
The Woman's society of the Olym-
pic university has been organized
with Mrs. B. w. Johns for president,
Mrs. Brintnall secretary and Mrs. Gil.
bert treasurer.
Mrs. Lydia A. Irons, assistant ma.
tional Superintendent of Mercy for
the w. c. T.. u, is making lecture
tour throughout this county in the in
terest of the organization she repre-
sents.
A bicycle race against time, by
relays, took place Wednesday, the
participants being wheelmen of the.
respective cities. The distance from
Tacoma to Nisqually was made by Ia
coma riders, and from Nisqually here
by our own boys. A message from
Mayor Orr Of Tacoma was delivered
to Mayor Mann in just two hours and
is minutes, the run being made over
"a miles. The answer to the message
took two hours and As minutes, the
rain having loosened the roads so as
to render the passage much more diff
cult. The round trip of 68 miles
took just five hours.
Olympia keeps well to the front in
the world of progress. She has fur
nished the stage one of the leading
lady dramatists, Annie Pixley; the
arena two noted bareback riders, the
Jeal sisters; and now Mrs. F. c. Will
liams comes forward as the first lady
embalmer west of Chicago.
An Old-Time Favorite Goes Up In
Smoke The steamer Messenger"
was wholly destroyed by fire at Com
mercial dock, Seattle. Sunday morn
ing. She was a stern-wheeer, built
at Tumwater by Capt. J. G. Parker
and others, in 1878.
The Northwest Water Works asso-
citation held its semi-annual meeting
in this city last Wednesday, in the
directors room of the First National
bank. They were received on behalf
of the city by w. F.'NewellA on whose
solicitation it was chosen as their
place OF assembly. Mr.. Newell was
elected president for next year.
At the close of the session of the
council last week, Mayor Mann made
proposal that while excavating the
channel this year, the dirt be used
for making permanent street to the
Westside. With this done, he point
ed out. the channel at the draw could
be closed and main channel opened
by lock for the passage of vessels,
giving Olympia fresh water harbor
second to none on the Northwest
coast, basin two-thirds of mile
long and half mile wide. The
council held a special meeting on the
matter Monday evening and author
lied the mayor to correspond with
the government engineer and request
him to visit Olympia for conference
with the council.
The program outlined by the G.
A. r. for Memorial day was materially
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