Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-01-02
What Happened in Olympia
and State
rs Years Ago
From The Washington Standard for
Friday Evening, January !, 1895.
Vol. XXXN. No. Z.


Friday Evening. January 4, 1898.
Vol. XXXV. No. :.
4 Duty of the Hour-The address
of the committee appointed at a
meeting of prominent taxpayers 10
devise some means for relief to the
people of the state, presented at Sat
urday nights meeting by Gen. Haz
ard Stevens, appears in another part
of the Standard.
A Christmas Festival Horror One
of the saddest occurrences of the hol-
Lake, klamath county, Oregon, in
which Al persons lost their lives by
| fire while gathered in hall to wit
ness a Christmas tree festival. The
lamp.
1t has now been pretty accurately
ascertaned that Mt. Rainier INDUCES
in an occasional if not habtual,
/ smoke! The occasional whiffs he has
thrown off for many years past have
given origin to the surmise that he
was victim to the obnoxious habit,
but it remained for the year of dis
aster-1914-for him to throw off
all restraint and appear in his true
character.
The Cliff House." known to near
ly everybody who has visited San
Francisco, was destroyed by fire a
few days ago.
Snoqualmie and Cedar River falls
are to be formed into usefulness by
transmission of power over wires for
the convenience of Seattle.
i Legislature convenes week from
next Monday
Long bridge is now practically a
solid causeway of earth.
Jesse Mills assumed the duties of
deputy sheriff Wednesday.
The steamer Multnomah is now a
floating palace illuminated every
night by electric lights.
Several days of excellent skating
were afforded by the late cold wealth
er and Barnes lake near TumwateI
was the objective point of seekers for
this invigorating winter sport
H The sight of barefooted Indian
women threading the streets and
alleys Of Olympia with loads of clans
m +bo;r no obs rathor 1oud1,, = ~, obs
of other days best known to old res
idents.
The first issue of the Olympian as
an evening paper appeared Tuesday
evening.
The fill of Long bridge has been
completed. The central fill is 862
feet in length and the westside fill
$50 feet. waterway Of 800 feet
has been left for the west channel
just east Of the depot. The basin ex-
cavated is 800 by 500 feet and the
channel will be widened to 200 feet,
or IS feet more than the one cut last
year.
Heavy Fall of Snow snow
storm of unparalleled severity in this
country began Wednesday night and
by daylight the next morning man
tie of fleecy whiteness to the depth Of
Is inches covered every exposed OBJ
ject. The storm turned the next day
into rain, which removed much of
the weight on the roofs by thaw, but
not enough to save the capitol sheds,
which fell early in the day, as soon
as the snow became heavy from mois-
ture. The street car line was blocked
yesterday, but in the afternoon a
snow plow was rugged up and passed
over the track, which opened it for
business
The Superior Judge.-Of the sew
eral names presented for superior
Judge, the popular preference seems
to be quite strong for Mr.. Root, who
has so we'll subserved the county's
] interests as public prosecutor.
: Property owners on the waterfront
near Third have agreed to bear all
| the expense il the council will order
the bulkheading of the waterfront
north of Third street, which would
enable them to fill in their lots and
practically extend First and Second
streets to PercivaPs wharf.