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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
AUTO RUNS OVER CHILD.
Little Daughter of Lacey Family For
tunately Not Badly Hurt.

Somebody driving a Ford car
struck and ran over the little daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Harrison
of Lacey Sunday morning, but fortu-
nately her injuries were not serious
The driver of the car did not stop.
The accident occurred while Mrs.
Harrison was alightihg from Taco
ma Olympia stage near the family
home. She had baby in her arms
and did not notice the auto, which
turned out to pass the stage, SO was
unable to warn her little daughter.
who had already descended and start
ed to cross the road. The car ran
over the childs ankle, but eXamina-
tion by Dr. Fl. w. Partlow, to whom
the child was brought for treatment,
showed that her injuries were slight
Three or four accidents of the kind
happen every week. according to DR..
Partlow. who is the county health
officer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
LOCAL BOYS AND GIRLS
ACTIVE IN CLUB WORK
CITY Schools Have as Large Member
ship as Whole County Last
Year.

Almost as many boys and girls in
the Olympia schools are participating
in the club work this year as were in
it throughout the whole county last
year, E. II. Evans. special supervisor
of this activity for the summer. re-
ports. Incidentally more boys than
girls are engaged in the work. there
being 100 of them in the various
clubs, compared to 122 girls.
The garden clubs have the largest
membership of all, 162 belonging to
it, and their gardens run in size from
a plot feet square TO a half acre.
Supervisor Evans says The poultry
clubs have 25 members and they now
have 75O chickens; there are II men,
bers in the rabbit clubs. owning 146
rabbits: 10 in the pig clubs, with 21
pigs; and 6S in the canning clubs.
As he Is devOting his time this
year to the club members attending
the city schools, Supervisor Evans is
to call on every club
member and give them personal help.
but has been handicapped somewhat
because some Of them have given in
complete or incorrect addresses. and
some have moved and failed to notify
him of their new home.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
ELKS LAUNCH SALE OF
BONDS FOR new TEMPLE
Honor Week. Campaign for vOIun-
tary subscriptions Brings
Results.

approximately one-third of the
amount needed for the new $4,000
Elks' Temple to be erected here this
summer, has been subscribed during
the opening days of the Honor
Week" campaign which the local
lodge launched last Tuesday and will
continue until next Tuesday.
Subscriptions to the $4,000 bond
issue are being taken at both local
banks and Honor Week was set aside
as the time for local Elks to make
their purchases voluntarily. After
it's close, the finance committee pro-
poses to make an individual canvass
OF such members as have not sub
scribed
Bids for the new building were
opened Thursday by Jos. H. Wohleb,
the architect. but no announcement
was made regarding an award. The
bond selling campaign is being con-
Quoted by committee of which III. B.
Fultz is chairman. and II. E. Van
Arsdale, Martin Gottfeld. head Of the
local lodge. Sam Caldwell and Thos.
L. O'Leary are the other members.
The lot upon which the building
will be erected is $50 by 120 feet and
is directly across from the Capitol
park on Main street. The building
will be three stories high and of brick
and concrete construction. The front
is 10 be finished in face brick and
terra Gotta.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
GIVES IMPETUS TO
ANT|.FLY CAMPAIGN
MISS BOONE GIVES GRAPHIC
LECTURE-WANTS CLEAN
GROCERIES FAVORED.

Showing by enormously magnified
pictures on a screen the stages of a
1y's life, Miss Myrtle NJ. Boone, dem
onstration agent for Washington
State College, Wednesday afternoon
urged members of the Civic Improve
ment club to take measures to get rid
of filth, both public and private.
Miss Boone's lecture, which was
given in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms, is part of the cleanup cam
paign which was started last year.
She urges that there be no letup in
this campaign against unsanitary con-
ditiOns merely because there are now
no military authorities here to insist
upon cleanliness.
While the main streets of Olympia
are well-paved and clean, there are
many blocks of dirty streets near the
center of town which are never even
sprinkled, she declared in an inter-
view. Better care of these streets is
needed. she says.
Miss Boone also has a tomahawk
for dirty grocery stores. The more
progressive grocers, who advertise
regularly and take pains to make
their business houses attractive are
very much to be commended, she
says, adding that the slovenly store
should not be patronized. This mat
ter is largely in the hands of the
buying public. according to Miss
Boone, who asserts that intelligent
merchants who advertise intellifent-
ly are likely to keep their stores
clean and be worthy of the patronage
of intelligent people.
She also urges that better system
of garbage disposal be used, instead
of trying to bury or burn waste, as is
now done extensively.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
COUNTY GETS TWO BIG
TRUCKS FOR ROAD WORK
Expects Three More of States Al1Ot-
ment From the Federal
Government.

The federal government has turned
over $50 trucks to the state highway
department and they are now being
distributed through the state by the
highway department. James C. Sans,
chairman of the local board of coun-
ty commissioners. has received two
of these trucks for Thurston county.
Following the closing of so many
of the camps and the end of the
war;" said Commissioner Sans. the
government had a large supply of
these trucks on hand. Arrangements
were first made to sell the trucks
and then the government decided to
allot so many to each state highway
department and have this depart
ment distribute them to the various
counties where they are needed. The
government makes a proviso that
the trucks shall be used for road
work only and from this provision it
seems that the trucks have been
given to the state to encourage the
construction of more and better
roads,"
Although 1t has been reported that
Thurston county was to receive five
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
PHONE STRIKE ON
IN OLYMPIA TOO
LOCAL OPERATORS JOIN IN THE
COAST WALKOUT FOR
HIGHER WAGES.

The telephone strike which has
been current all along the coast for
the past two weeks broke out in
Olympia Monday evening, when. a
IA of the employees of the local ex-
change walked out. after the local
girls had had conference with
George Carlson and Edgar Clinch of
the Tacoma Telephone Employees
union. This is the second local
strike in the past year.
Several old employees remained on
the job and other workers were OBJ
tanned, SO that partial service has
still been maintained. The striking
girls have been picketing sthe streets,
assisted by organizers from down
Sound points, but there has been no
excitement.
The strikers claim that a majority
of the operators have left their posts
and that those remaining are work.
ing extra long hours and they will
not be able to continue this long. 1t
is them that they expect the company
will be forced to accede to their re-
quests for better wages. The strike
leaders state that some of the girls
in the Office have been getting but 81
per day, and that they are now ask
ing that this wage be increased to
81, which they believe is not an un-
just demand, saying that the COM
pany has had the services of the girls
at low wage for these many years
and that they can afford to pay the
increase now. 'e
Robert Doragh, local manager for
the company, would make no state
ment regarding the strike.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
SENATOR JONES IS
OLYMPIA VISITOR
ADDRESSES LUNCHEON THURS.
DAY N0ON-VlSITS LOCAL
SHIPYARD.

Senator Wesley l.. Jones addressed
a gathering in the Mitchell Hotel
Thursday noon in the course of a
busy visit to Olympia. Reclamation
of arid lands Least of the mountains
is the business which brings the SEN
ator from the national capital, and
he was in the city to confer with
Clark V. Savidge. state land commits
sioner.
In the afternoon Senator Jones
was taken by a Chamber of Com
merce committee for a visit to the
Sloan shipyards. He did not discuss
the proposed canal to connect Olym-
pia and Gray's Harbor in his speech,
but Informed members of the Cham
ber of Commerce that survey had
been ordered and will be begun soon.
Maintenance of merchant marine
under the American flag is one of the
most important needs of the day, ac-
cording to the views expressed by
Senator Jones in his speech at the
luncheon. He believes that the new
fleet will prosper best under private
ownership, but that the government
should operate ships on routes that
would not pay private owners but
whose maintenance is for the best
interests of the nations business.
"The replacement of wooden ships
by steel does not necessarily mean
that the wooden shipyards will have
to go out of business" he said. but
they can be refitted to build steel
ships.
Establishment of free ports Is one
of the questions now being urged. 1t
would be a great benefit to have an
area into which goods could be i'm
ported without the payment of duties
until they were re-expOrted or shipped
into the country This is matter Of
just as great interest to the smaller
ports as to larger ones"
Suppression of illiteracy and bet
ter education of the entire country in
the English language are advocated
by the senator. He favors prohibi-
tion of all immigration for short
time. at least The League Of Ma
tions should not be discussed by sem
ators before the submission of the
treaty to the senate. in his opinion.
Commissioner Clark v. Savidge
presided at the luncheon. which was
attended by a large number of local
people,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
.RATTLESNAKE KILLED BY
v. {. BRONSON WITH STONE
Serpent Tries to Escape by Going
Down Hole, but Is Held
Back.

A fat rattlesnake in the window of
the Bronson garage on Main street
attests the prowess of w. f. Bronson.
who returned Thursday afternoon
from a business trip 10 Eastern
Washington, He killed the snake
Wednesday on the road between Ell
lensburg and Yakima after a lengthy
battle in which his weapons were
sticks and stones
The reptile struck at Bronson sew
eral times, moving several feet each
time. After while it decided 10 re-
treat down a gopher hole, but Bron-
son pinned it's tail with stick and
hit it with a rock. At this the snake
came out TO see what was going on,
and blow on the neck hnished its
career. Bronson says he had good
chance to capture the serpent alive,
but preferred to have It dead. When
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
NO CLUES At ALL IN
new MURDER CASE
BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN
FOUND IN GRAVE NEAR
PLUMB STATION.

Thurston county has another MUIR
der mystery, more deeply shrouded
than the Burnett case, which came to
light Wednesday evening when T. H.
Pitner discovered the body of an un-
identified woman in a shallow grave
less than 100 yards from the Pacific
highway, on his farm opposite the old
Walter White ranch, a mile and
half north of Plumb Station, and
about Z " miles south of the city.
Though the county authorities
spent all day Thursday inspecting the
scene, they found not the slightest
shred of clue as to the identity of
the unfortunate woman. All they
learned was that on the forenoon OF
June 9 large auto bearing an Ore
gon license appeared alongside the
road In that vicinity that it stood
there all that day and evening, but
was gone the next morning, and that
about 2 o'clock on the, morning OF the
10th the old house on the White place
was burned down A
A number of passersby saw the
auto standing alongside the road and
a young man sitting alone in the rear
seat. but none Of them noticed the.
man particularly, or the car or fts
contents. Several say that he was'
dressed in either an army uniform or
ordinary khaki. No woman was seen
about the car during the day
Examination of the body Of the
woman, after 1t had been brought to
this city by Coroner Jesse T. Mills,
indicated that she had been shot
through the head, the bullet entering
above the left eye and emerging on
the right side of the head, tearing .
Jagged hole. The head had also been
badly crushed, but there were NO
marks Of violenc on the rest OF the
body. She appeared TO be about 80
years old.
Pitner, the rancher who discovered
the grave, stumbled on to it after he
had been repairing the fence along
the road and was returning to his
house. Ferns and sticks protruding
from mound of dirt first called his
attention to it and. digging into the
earth, he uncovered the wOman's
foot
He searched no further, but came
TO Olympia Immediately and notified
Coroner Mills. The latter, with Dep
uty Sheriff Roy Hoage and Assistant
Chief of Police Endicott. went imme-
liately to the scene, uncovered the
hOdv an1 con rchod For ovidauco Tho
body was clothed only In IN under
garment.
The search was continued Thur
day by Coroner Mills. Prosecuting At
torney O'Leary, Sheriff Jack Clifford
and Chief of Police Harry Cusack.
but they found no clues. -
Sheriff Clifford Is inclined to the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
YACHT CLUB TO STAGE
ANNUAL PICNIC SUNDAY
Members Anticipated Good Time at
Regatta at Boston
HarbOr.

Members of the Olympia Yacht
club will hold their annual picnic and
regatta at Boston Harbor next Sun
day. plans for which are in charge
of a committee consisting of w. A.
Van Epps, Carl Meyer and George
La Cue. Every boat owner on the
bay is expected to join in the outing,
with boat load of guests and we'll
filled picnic baskets.
One of the features of the outing
will be big clam bake, which the
committee is arranging, and contests
of all sorts are being framed up for
which there will be nifty prizes. The
boats are scheduled to leave the club
float at $3.50 Sunday morning, under
the lead of Commodore Tietz. Those
who cannot go in boats are invited
by the committee to make the trip by
auto.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
LOCAL CHAu7AuQuA
STARTS SATURDAY
OLYMPIA'S BIG WEEK OF ENTER
TAINMENT AFFORDS HIGH
CLASS PROGRAM.

Americas Greatest Forum" the
Chautauqua, is again at hand-Olym-
pia's week of entertainment. amQse-
ment and instruction starts Saturday
evening. Last years program was
considered excellent; but all the ad-
vance reports indicate that this years
entertainment surpases anything
hitherto presented in the West
William Jennings Bryan. the noted
orator, heads list of strong lectur-
ers among whom are Ida M. Tarbelr
Edward F. Trefz and DR.. Joseph
Glare. Mr.. Bryan will deliver his
lecture on Foreign and Domestic
Problems" next Thursday afternoon,
He is special added attraction, hav-
ing been obtained after the program
was originally made up.
Other high lights on the weeks
bill include the Apollo Concert COM
pany. Private Peat and the Czecho-
Slovak band The children will be
delighted with "Aggie" and Sci
the 'story lady" will stay through
the entire week, directing many games
and the pageant that is to be pre-
sented on the afternoon of the last
day
The big week of enjoyment starts
at 1880 Saturday evening The first
number. tie musical fun program Of
feFed by Messrs. Eagleston and Nc
Donough, is reported to be a riot of
fun and the advance man says that
pleasant memories of this opening
feature will remain long.
Following them, the same evening,
DR.. Joseph Glare will tell a plain.
lucid story of the Russian revolution.
He gives a closeup view of Russian
troubles, and his firsthand informa-
he was there on the ground
and his highly developed sense of
humor makes his lecture intensely in
teresting
The local committee of 40 which
guaranteed this years Chautauqua
has been pushing hard the sale of
season tickets this week. making a
special drive Thursday and Friday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
NIECE HURT IN AUTO WRECK.
J. NJ. Hit Notified of Injuries Sus.
tanned by Mrs. Robert SchofieId.

word Wednesday that his niece, Mrs.
Robert Schofield of Day Island, for
merly Miss Elsie Wood. was serious
ly injured that morning when an
auto stage in which she was riding
was struck by Northern Pacific
train at the Day Island crossing in
Tacoma.
She was rushed to the Tacoma
General hospital for treatment,
where it was found that she was in
ternally injured. besides being Sc
verely cut and bruised. Mrs. Scho-
field is we'll known here sHer hus-
lege of Puget Sound, Tacoma.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
ANOTHER DEMOCRAT OUT.
+. +. Blaine Resigns as Chairman of
Public Service Commission.

accepted the resignation of +. F.
Blaine. chairman of the public service
commission, to become effective
August Is. 1t is understood that f
V. kuykendall. state senator from
Garfield. will be appointed to succeed
Mr. Blaine. Senator Khykendall was
chairman of the judiciary committee
of the senate last session,
y Chairman Blaine made his resigna-
ton optional with the governor soon
after the death of Governor Lister.
He was appointed by the latter to
succeed c. A. Reynolds on the public
service commission nearly three years
ago. His home is in Seattle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
MAY BUILD BRIDGE
ON FORCE ACCOUNT
OFFICIALS BELIEVE NIADCCT
CAN BE ERECTED FOR $128.OOO
by DAY LABOR.

If the much talked-of Westside
bridge is built this summer, it will
be constructed by day labor or force
account" according TO a statement Ot
the situation made by j. c. Sans
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, Thursday. Final deci-
sion will be made by the board at the
regular meeting next Monday, it is
expected.
Upon the boards request, Prose
cutting Attorney O'Leary has given an
opinion that, under the bond issue
the county may construct the bridge
by day labor. In order to make sure
on this point, however before max
ing the final decision. Attorney
O'Leary and Chairman Sans are to
have conference with Attorney Gen.
eral Thompson.
While the commissioners have not
definitely rejected the second bids Of
fered week ago, they plan to do so.
In this they are supported by the
members of the city council. who
adopted resolution at special
meeting last Monday evening, advis-
ing rejection.
The council adopted another reso-
luton, suggesting that the commits
sioners construct the bridge by force
account and advising. them. If that
course is adopted. the city will back
them to the extent of $4,000 II the
$12S.000 the county has available
for the job proves to be insufficient.
The commissioners. after confer
ence the fore part of this week with
state and county engineers, are com
fident the bridge can be constructed
for $12S.00O on force account" and
an all-concrete viaduct be built, in
stead of wooden approaches as were
provided for in the second call for
bids. This is $4,000 less than the
lowest bid submitted last week for a
structure with wooden approaches
and approximately 100000 less than
the lowest bid for an all-concrete
The commissioners belief is based
on an estimate made by Engineer
Stratton of the state highway depart
ment. who drew the plans for the
bridge. The bridge proper, that is
the three arches over the waterway,
can be constructed for $105.000.
, Commissioner Sans says Stratton ad-
vised the board, this figure being
based on current prices OF labor. con-
crete and steel and including So
called Contractors profit" of 10 per
cent. so that It is considered liberal
estimate.
This amount will carry the bridge
from Fourth street on the east side
of the waterway to the west bank.
For the remaining $4,000 it is esti-
mated that concrete approach can
be built on the west side over the
railway tracks to the FIJI from the
hill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
LOCAL PIONEERS ENJOY
PICNIC At PT. DEFIANCE
Annual Reunion OF Pierce and Thurs
ton Societies Attracts Large
Crowd.

More than 800 pioneers of Pierce
and Thurston county associations
and visiting members from Seattle
and Oregon attended the basket pic
mic in Point Defiance park Wednes-
day. The picnic was an all day as
sembly, with basket lunch served
at noon.
In the absence of NJ. ID. Abbott
secretary of the Thurston county as
sociation, Ivy Dodge. first vice presi-
dent of the Thurston county society,
gave an historical talk. Chaplain
Charles II. Ross of Puyallup, chap
lain of the local society, opened the
program with a benedictiOn. follow
ing which w. p. Bonney. secretary of
the Washington State Historical So
ciety. delivered an address of vel
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
Returns After Fathers Death.

Horace Sommer, after being over
seas since July l. 1918. has returned
to the family home in Little Rock to
find that his father had died and was
buried while he was in the hospital.
Young Sommer was gassed in the
drive on Metz and has been in hos
pitals in France and the United States
mp to the time Of his discharge His
condition is said TO be still serious,
his lungs being badly affected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11

Of the trucks. it has received but two
so far. The only expense that the
county incurs in accepting the gov
ernment's gift is paying the freight
on the trucks, which amounted to
500 or $3.50 each.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11
Celebrate Silver Wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. William Eickhoff en-
tertained a number of relatives and
friends at an anniversary dinner Sat
urday evening. in celebration of their
silver wedding. and were the recip-
tents of many beautiful gifts. Among
the guests We're Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Langpap, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ostby and
Miss Gertrude Eickhoff. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eickhoff have made their home
here for the past 10 years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11

alive it had brilliant blue and green
markings. and was much larger than
1t now appears. he AYERS.
In the party with Bronson were
John Pierce. Rhad Pierce. and John
Dodge. They drove over the noun
tains by way of Lake Keechelus. and
report excellent roads all the way. as
we'll as beautiful scenery.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11

A motorcycle. which had been left
over night in the rear of the barn on
the NJ. A Simmons ranch at Mud
Bay, was found to belong to Floyd
Smith of Aberdeen. after it had been
brought to Olympia Wednesday by
Sheriff Clifford. The owner was no.
Titled
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-07-11

Members OF the Methodist church
and Sunday school participated in
their annual picnic at Priest Point
park Friday Various games and ath-
letic SPORTS afforded amusements for
the afternoon and evening, the big
picnic dinner being served at 6
O'Clock.
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