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i Aiih hKiH I SOKE MEWS MOTES Of THE CITY ¥ 4..... T Happy Ncv Yuir! • • • • 'The see) fraun work f< r t lie i• w iederal building is !>■ n.g -1 rap idly and it begins to !n k uo\. ... i: Olympiads new postoffi. • won ! is ready for use witliin tin n<\: f- w mouths, aft» r a dt-aiy of t.i-a: ,y t>» o years. • • * * With tlie signatures of the mayor o{ Olympia. the president ot tin Cham tier of Commerce, officers of the Ul> n. jita and Capita! National banks. judge. nf the state supreme court and praeti cally every state office r at the apitol, a telegram was sent to the s- c te'ary of the treasury at Washington, I>. C , Tuesday night, urging (he regional bank organization committee to estab lish one of the regional hanks protid « d by the new currency sys-'mi, in Se attle. • » • » Lots of people were in the city the fore part of the week making their final Christmas purchases, and local merchants report a brisk Christmas trade equal to and in most eases better than that of a year ago. • • • • Work on the new Northern Pacific tunnel under Seventh street js pro gressing so rapidly that eveiw day sees much new construction. Tlw concrete foundations for the arches are now completed nearly to Franklin street, the concrete arches are finished to Washington and a big part of the old tunnel between Franklin and Adams .streets has been torn up to make way for the new structure. Every barber in the 11 shops of Olympia belongs to the local union of the international organization, for the first time in six years. The following officers of the local union were elected this week: J. L. Jackson, President, Otto Apt, vice president; Charles B. Collins, financial secretary; W. E. Beckwith, recording secretary; Frank Ferris, treasurer, and Tom Keating, xuide. For sale —Two Jersey bull calves, tsons of registered bull. One three months old, sls; other 8 months old, $25. P. Hacker, Hunter's Point, Box 735, Olympia, Wash. 12-2-1 The officers-elect of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Royal Arch Masons will be Installed at the Ma .sonic temple next Tuesday evening, December 30. An invitation is extend •ed to all Masons and their families to die present • • • • Olympla chapter, R. A. M„ has elect ed the following officers for the en suing year: High priest, W. T. Drips; king, A 1 Helander; scribe, E. J. Lea velle; treasurer, Fred W. Stocking; secretary, Robert Do rag h. • • • • Fred W. Carlyon, the well known lo cal real estate man, last week pur chased the stock of the Baker A Baker stationery store on Main street and Is closing it out at reduced prices so that he can use this store as the location tor his growing real estate business. •.e • • • Borthwlck-McCllntlc company have spared no expense in remodelling the portion of the Reed block on Sixth street which they recently leased un til now they are a credit to the city. The stock is complete and moderate In price, the chapel large, well fur nished and conveniently arranged and nil departments strictly modern. Day or night calls promptly attended. Phone 132. adv • • • • Tom Simington, who was held in the county jail several days last week, was released Saturday after local authori ties decided thepe was not sufficient ground to place a formal charge against him of having caused the death of Matt Connors with whom he got into a fist fight about a week ago. It was at first thought that Simington struck Connors a blow which resulted in the latter's death, but later investi gations convinced them there were oth er causes. Simington is 66 years old, while Connors was 71. The latter died at St. Peter's hospital Thursday of last week and the funeral was held last Tuesday. • • • • Local banks have announced that -owing to the fact that Saturday from 12 o'clock noon on is a legal holiday, they will close at that hour after Jan uary 1 instead of at 1 o'clock as here tofore, thereby following the custom in vogue in the larger cities. All of the banks of Southwest Washington that formed Group No. 4 of the stale association here recently, agreed upon .the change. • • • • Fire which broke out early last Sat uiday morning in the Pacific Lutheran S mlnary on East Bay avenue, result ed in considerable damage from fire, artmoke and water before it was extin guished, tbe loss being estimated be tween $3,00(1 and $5,000, partially cov ered by Insurance. TO FiNloH V NECK. I - Advice For Home p r t Wa •*t M -»ktrs. . f» t v'- ;> * ' V NET FICHU WITH QUII.LINIJB. There are many gooel ways of finish ing the neck line. Until tlie slightly pointed V line in the front goes out of fashion it is a good one to follow, be cause It is easy to manage and in cidentally becoming to most faces. And it Is tills neck line that is most easily finished with some sort of frill or ruche. One especially good way of finishing the V neck is with a double tulie or net frill, with a ribbon fastened tbrougb the center between the two frills with ends that tie in front. Double ruching or frilling is expen sive. but it euu be made quite satis factorily for most uses by Joining two bauds of siygle frilling. For the sort of ruche described the slugle frilling should be basted with the plaits in place, close to the iuslde edge, and then ripped from the little band of net or muslin that holds the plaits in place. The two frills should then be basted together and joined under a lit tle strip of net stitched dowu in place. The ribbon is folded or crushed softly and fastened along this little strip of net that Joins the two frills together. The long euds form a tie that covers the front opening. The home maker of shirt waists should always avoid a tight appear ance where the V necked shirt waist closes. Nothing is more ugly than a V neck that pulls tightly about the neck and makes the neck bulge. There should always be some sort of ruching or bow to finish the heck in the front These finishes cover up any defects at the neck. Illustrated is a charming fichu made of white wash net trimmed with old fashioned quill ing. The model is very dainty and be coming. Our Weatherwise Hair. For every fifty folks who look to the barometer for news as to a change In the weather there are hardly Ave who know that the human hair is not only an accurate and reliable foreteller of rain or drought, cold or heat If in dressing your own hair or brushing your small daughter's you And it rough and brittle the weather will keep hut and dry. When the hair becomes soft and smooth again look out for rain. Lasting rain is foretold by curly hair becoming straight and clingy and straight hnir Bat and less abundant looking. When the hair be gins to fluff out and curl again the weather will become pleasant once more. The approach of thunderstorms Is heralded by the hair's crackling when being combed and "following" the comb and brush, which electrical tendency grows less and less as the rain comes down in showers. Some people are far more alive to atmos pheric changes and conditions, but all hair shows Its weather wisdom more or less, the blonder shades more so than brown or black locks. Homemade Plateau. Very attractive disks for use under a vase of flowefs, a pitcher of ice water or the punch bowl can be made at borne at trifling expense by any wom an who is in the least Ingenious. Have a piece of heavy glass cut In the shape of a hexagon, each side measuring about Ave Inches. Get a small piece of cretonne having a figure about the same size. Lay the glass over It and tack in plnce by a small nniount of glue along the edge. Bind the edge with gilt gimp about an inch wide. By sewing lightly at each cor ner it will stay in place. The cost of materials is as follows: One yard gimp. 25 cents: one-half yard of cre tonne. 15 cents. The price of the glass varies, according to thickness. A Hook Hint, You know whnt a bother it is to sew books on the edge of a waist with out the stitches showing on the right side. My cousin has found an easy way to do this, writes a correspond ent. She makes the hem the right width and runs an old corset steel through it. then sews on the hooks and pulls out the steel. She always uses eyes that are one size smaller than the books and says they never come unfastened. A Useful Parcel Pott Tape Measure. One of the little conveniences now obtainable Is a parcel post tape meas ure. It Is seventy-two inches long and thus gives measurements for the larg est packages allowed. On one side is printed the length In in'lies, and on the other will be found the postage rates, according to zone and weight. TIIK WASHINGTON STANDARD. DECEMBER 26, 1013 SOME PERSONAL ITEMS ! Mrs Earle F'ambrs and daugh'er Marion o:' Aberdeen are spending a few day.-- at the home of her parents. • « * * Local fri* nds of Fn 1 Lewis, son of ('. L. Lewi.-, oi ibis city, have received announet im-iPs of bis marriage re >•-ntlj lb i xpicis tu make his home : a Spokane, where he has been em ployed for several years. • 9 • V Mrs. Charles A. Burr and daughter, Mrs. L. It. Lounsht rry, and the latter's two children, vat to Spokane this week to atte, i a family reunion at the home of .'.i . Burrs mother, Mrs. L. F. St. Claire. They will be gone until after N't w Year's. * * * ♦ Mrs. O. V. Linn, 53 years old. widow of the late Judge Linn, died at the home on Fourteenth street at 7 o'clock Monday morning, as the result of a stroke of paralysis suffered five weeks ago. She was conscious up to the last but was unable to speak during the last two days. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday after noon, Rev. I). A. Thompson, pastor of the Presbyterian church,, officiating, and Supreme Judges H. A. Fullerton and Wallace Mount, Superior Judge John It. Mitchell, Attorney P. M. Troy, F. V. Donnelly and H. B. McElroy, act ing as pallbearers. Mrs. Linn was born in New Palestine, Ohio, and came to Olympia in 1891 from Hoquiam. Judge Linn died in 1908 while serving on the Thurston county superior bench. Mrs. Linn had been quite prominent in Olympia society and was a member of the local chapter of the Eastern Star. She is survived by a 13-year-old son, Donald, a sister, Mrs. R. D. Taggart, who has made her home here for the last two years, and a brother, R. F. Taggart, of East Palestine, Ohio. Miss Zena Whiteman has returned from British Columbia, where she has been visiting with relatives for some time, to spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Lawrence Mcintosh, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie H. Foultz of Ta coma, the latter a niece of the late George Barnes, visited Olympla recent ly and while here Mrs. Foultz was giv en the gold watch and chain presented to her uncle during pioneer days by the Barnes hook and ladder company of which he was the first chief when the local Are department was a volun teer outfit. She prizes the watch high ly as a valuable heirloom. . • • • • Heart failure caused the death sud denly in Tacoma Sunday evening of George Allen, a resident of this city for more than a quarter of a century during which he operated a lumber mill, just after he and Mrs. Allen had eaten their evening meal. He is sur vived by the widow and six children, Harry S. Allen of South Bay, Mrs. Jes se Mills of this city, George Cozzens of New York, and Joseph S., Alex S. and John M. Allen of Tacoma. Three brothers and a sister, C. N. Allen of Olympia, John Allen of Michigan, Prescott Allen of Maine, and Mrs. Alice Haycox of Maine, also survive. • • • • Where the Olympia Ladies' Relief society cared for about 50 poor fami lies at Christmas a year ago, less than half that number of needy were found this year. MEET JACKSON DAY Democrats of City and County to Com plete Organisation Then. Democrats of Olympia and Thurston county will celebrate Jackson day— January B—this8 —this year with a smoker and light lunch in the evening at a place to be announced later, when George Yantis, temporary president of the Thurston County branch of the State Democratic league, announces that steps looking to the permanent or ganization of the branch will be taken and plans evolved for the branch's work in this locality in connection with the work of the state league. It is particularly desired that as many of the Democrats residing in the county attend this meeting as can, for it will be an important event in local Democratic annals and it is expected that notices of the meeting will be con sidered by each Democrat of the coun ty as personal invitations to be pres ent, to help complete the organization and to join the local branch. Inasmuch as this is the state capital, many Democrats, including the state officials, believe thai it should lead the state in an active, energetic organiza tion instead of lagging behind as it does now. Quite a few Democrats have joined it since the dinner about two weeks ago, when the temporary organ ization was effected, and the aim is to have it Include in its membership all of the Democrats of the city and coun ty. Remember the date—Jackson day, January B—and be there. PHONE TRUST BROKEN ItHI <oiii|»!iny \ u rpc* to He-oruiiuix«» I mlcr \nf i-'l'riiMl l.ntv. Announcement of the plan under | which the American Telephone & Tel graph company, the Bell concern, will be dissolved without litigation into conformity with the Sherman anti trust law, thereby restoring competi tion to the telephone service of the en tire country, was made during the last I week by Attorney General Mcßeynolds, following a series of negotiations for such a re-organization agreed to by the company. In brief, the agreement provides that: The American Telegraph & Tele phone company will dispose promptly of its holdings in the Western Union Telegraph company, so that each con cern shall be under distinct manage ment and so that all shall be entirely independent. i The company will not acquire con trol of other telephone companies and where control of telephone companies has been acquired, but no actual phys ical union has been effected, the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph company , will submit the course it is to pursue I to the interstate commerce commission and to the department of justice. | The company promptly will make ar rangements by which all other tele | phone companies in the United States 'shall have access to its toll lines, j The re-organization plan originated ! with the company, although It follow ied many reoprts that a suit against it i might be filed. It was regarded by de partment of justice officials as the I most striking indication offered in a 1 decade that "big business" has come jto the conclusion that it is better to follow the Sherman law than to ; fight it. POSTAL SERVICE PAYS Has Ilnlancr of s3,B4l,ooo—Government Ownership of Tplriirapb I'rgt-il. The postal service is now self-sup porting for the first time since 1883, an actual surplus of $3,841,906.78 ex isting, according to the annual report of Postmaster General Burleson, sub mitted this week, in which he made a sweeping declaration in favor of the principle of government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines, because, as he said, "the successful operation of the parcel post has demonstrated the capacity of the government to con duct public utilities which fall pro erly within the postal provision of the constitution. "A study of 'he constitutional pur poses of the postal establishment leads to the conviction that the postoffice department should have control over all means of the communication of in telligence," he continues. "The first telegraph line in this country was maintained and operated as a part of the postal service, and it is to be re gretted that Congress saw fit to relin quish this facility to private enter prise. The monopolistic nature of the telegraph business makes it of vital importance to the people that it be conducted by unselfish interests, and this can be accomplished only through government ownership." "OPEN HOOST AT T I,oral Association to F.ntertaln Mem bers and Friends New Year's. A little different and for that reason perhaps more enjoyable will be the "open house" with which the local Y. M. C. A. will entertain its members and friends in this city New Year's with an afternoon and evening pro gram designed to afford enjoyment to all. The day's events will begin at 3:30 in the afternoon, with a musicale in the boys' room, in which Mr. Charles E. Tyndall will play two piano solos, Mrs. C. E. Beach will sing a solo and Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Morrison will offer a duet. From 4:30 to 5:30 the gymnastic special events will be held, consisting of a 120-yard potato race, wand drill, a basket ball game between the high school seniors and sophomores, appa ratus work, a volley ball game between the business men's and the seniors' classes, and various aquatic sports. In the evening the events will be held in the gymnasium from 8 to 9:30 and will consist of a basket ball game between the midgets, biscuit shooting, apparatus work, ring vaulting, and ex amples of expert swimming offered by Leonard L. Conklin, in which various dives, such as the swan, jack-knife, corkscrew, Jewish, back, pile, side and toad, will be illustrated. * v During the afternoon and evening the entire house will be open for the inspection of guests, music will be fur nished in the lobby, the pocket billiard tables will be reserved for the ladies, everything in the building will be free for the use and amusement of the vis itors, and everybody will be supposed to make themselves at home. XMAS FOR STATE WARDS liny <Ylrhriitril \ i»|iro|irln t «'l y nl All liiNflfiitlaiiiM, "!•«■«" lIK-liiilt-il. Christmas day this year was made memorable, in one way or another, for every one of the 5,000 wards of the state In its 11 institutions. One of the most pathetic sights Is at the state school for the blind. A spe cial treat for the youngster was pro vided this year by the board of con trol by the purchase of S3O worth of new records for the phonograph at the institution, and a grand concert was arranged for Christmas day. In spite of tlie fact that, shining candles and glittering tinsel could not be seen by the children, a genuine Christmas tree was provided. At the school for the deaf, of course, phonographic records could not be sent as a gift but the children there were able to appreciate the Christmas tree more fully. At the soldiers' and veterans' home special pains were taken with arrange ments for the Christmas dinners, tur keys, cranberries, oranges and other delicacies being provided as a varia tion to the usual fare. At the three hospitals for the insane the superin tendents solicited from charitably in clined persons gifts of various kinds to be furnished those inmates who have 110 friends or relatives to re member them. Even at the state pen itentiary at Walla Walla and at the reformatory at Monroe special arrange ments were made for the celebration of Christmas day. KILLS MAN IN BRAWL Out ml Inn FlfuireM In Sunday Morning ENcapade In Taroma. S. R. Jackson, a Centralia laundry man, formerly proprietor of various barber shops in that city, shot and killed Arthur Amsler, a bartender, in a brawl at the Pierce hotel, 912% South C street, Tacoma, early Sunday morning. He was released on bail af ter a charge of manslaughter had been preferred against him and la now at his home in Centralia. Jackson maintains he shot Amsler in self defense. He was preparing to leave for his home Just before the shooting occurred, after spending the evening as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Henton in their rooms at the hotel, when he says all had been drink ing considerably. As the party broke up Amsler went to another room but, hearing a cry from Mrs. Henton, rush ed back to their apartment, forcing open the door. A fight ensued, In which Amsler got the better of Jackson. During the struggle Jackson drew a revolver and fired several shots, one bullet taking efTect in Amsler's left lung, just above the heart. SENATOR TROY MIT DON FOR CONGRESS (Continued from page 1.) the majority of the counties were frankly Progressive. "The third party movement is now declared to be waning in the North west, and it is probable that the best this party can do next year—provided the Progressives do not go back to their first love—will be to offset the Republican vote, leaving a Democrat of the type of Mr. Troy in an advan tageous position. Altogether, if the local man makes up his mind to enter the fight for the position, things look unusually bright for the presence at the national capital of a congressman having for his home one of the small est counties in the dtstrict. "In the event Mr. Troy does make a final decision to file for the Demo cratic nomination for Congress, it Is safe to say that he will be the prac tically unanimous choice of the two counties on the Olympic peninsula and their neighbors on the islands. His friends answer for the sentiment in other parts of the district. This part of the state certainly needs a friend at the national capital and Mr. Troy would fill the bill." The Quilcene Megaphone, a Repub lican newspaper published in that dis trict, commented on Mr. Troy's pros pects as follows: "In the event that he does listen to his friends and announces his candida cy he will win out. There Is no other man in the district, Democrat or Re publican, who stands so high with the people as David S. Troy. He was elec ted to the legislature from this —a strong Republican county—although nominated on the Democratic ticket, and then followed his election to the state senate on the same ticket in a strong Republican district. Mr. Troy is one of the big men of the state, and the people of the Second district, if they can induce him to accept the can didacy, need look no farther for a clean, able man to represent the dis trict in the lower house of Congress." Happy New Year To Yon JUI! •* • • If you make this store your headquarters for the purchase of Jewelry and Repairing it will be a step in the direction of Prosper ity and Happiness. • • • * MAX FINDEISEN 113 East Fourth St. OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON. WELL-IMPROVED, FERTILE FARM $2,750 on reasonable terms will buy a 40-acre ranch well located; 15 acres thoroughly cleared; first class, shot clay soil; good build ings, including a six-room house, barn, wood shed, storage house, root house, etc.; fine orchard of excellent fruit; only 4y 2 miles out. Spring water. C. H. DHLER, 502 Main St. v NATIONAL MAY the golden meed of success in the year 1914 come to all who read these words. We trust that we may have a part In this suc cess. We shall ÜBe our ut most endeavors to per form well that part. BRSS^ESSSSSSSB Residence Rhone 1021 RS Once Phone S Dr. T. PEPPARD Veterinary Surgeon once I Laberee'n Stable*, Otjrmpla. Just What Is Wanted Now Modern life at one and the same time demands sobriety and stimulation. Your day's work requires a clear brain; in the noonday pause or in the rest hours of the evening you crave relaxa tion. Beer, a beverage that has made for moderation In all nations and times that have learned its use, tits these needs of today perfectly. Up-to-date American brews of good quality have so small a content of alcohol (about four per cent.) as to be harm less. Yet they do contain suffi cient to produce that mild ex hilaration so beneficial to the human system. 4)LYMI*IA , BREWING COMPANY Olympia, Wash. Olympia Beer on draught or In bottles can be bought from well-conducted retail estab lishments everywhere In the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii. A case for your home can also be obtained from our branch In Seattle (l<:illott 599). Tacoma (Main 195). Spokane (Main 30), Portland (A 2647. Main 671), Aberdeen (Main 267), Pasco or Wallace. "It's the Water M (from our artesian springs)