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VOL. LIX. NO. 23
Organize to Fight
TUBERCULOSIS HERE
THI'RSTON COUNTY BRANCH OF
STATE ASSOCIATION FORMED
TUESDAY.
A Thurston county branch of the
Washington State Anti-Tuberculosis
association was organized in Olym
pia Tuesday afternoon under the
direction of Mrs. Bethesda-Beals Bu-
clianan. of Seattle, executive secre
tary of the state association. Mrs.
Reals met with many of the promi
nent women of Olympia and Thurs
ton county at the Chamber of Com
merce rooms and officers were elect
ed and committees named to carry on
the work in Olympia and this county.
Mrs. W. E. Steele was named pres
ident of the Thurston county branch.
The other officers include: Mrs. J.
W. Mowell, first vice president; C. S.
Hubbard of Tenino, second vice pres
ident; T. Ives Dodge. Little Rock,
third vice president; Mrs. Judd
Grecnman, Union Mills, secretary,
and Carlton Scars of Olympia. treas
urer.
The executive board is composed
of the above officials. County Super
intendent Fred Brown, Mrs. J. M.
Stanford. The board of directors in
clude: Mr. Hubbard, Tenino; Mrs.
R. H. Goddard of Rochester; Frank
Mossman of Yelm; Mrs. Lester Sorv
is, Rochester; T. Ives Dodge, Little
Rock; F. B. Cook, Tumwater- Mrs.
Judd Greenman, Union Mills, and the
following Olympia people: Mrs. C.
J. Lord, Mrs. J. W. Mowell, Dr. Ken
neth L. Partlow, county and city
health officer; Rev. J. H. Secor. Rev.
Charles T. Goodsell. Miss jauet
Moore. Mrs. VV. E. Steele, Mrs. W. M.
Duncan, president of the Parent-
Teacher Council of Olympia: Dr.
Flora Mustard, Joseph Reder. S. L.
Lester, and City Superitnendent of
Schools C. B. Beach.
The meeting to organize the local
branch was called by the following
Olympia citizens: Mrs. C. J. Lord.
Guy C. Winstanley, Miss Janet Moore
and Mrs. J. W. Mowell.
The traveling clinic of the state
association will visit Olympia Mon
day. Lectures will be given on Child
Welfare work and the exhibit will in
clude a complete layout for a baby.
The clinic will be under the manage
ment of Dr. Raymond J. Carey. Meet
ings will be held later and plans will
be made to form auxiliary branches
In Tenino, South Bay, Little Rock.
Union Mills. Lacey. Bucoda and Gate,
and Interest the residents of these
places in the work.
Annual Picnic of
Granage Thursday
BIG ATTENDANCE EXPECTED. MA
SON AND GRAYS HARBOR PEO
PLE BEING INVITED.
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Surpassing all previous picnics in
Thurston county in numbers of at
tendance will be the big Grange pic
nic in Priest Point park next Thurs
day, according to members of the
committee.
Hitherto such picnics have been for
grangers of Thurston county only, but
this year it was decided to invite the
people of Mason and Grays Harbor
counties. In addition, the general
public Is invited to come and partici
pate in the grange festivities.
Plans are being made for games on
a big scale, and there wilt be speak
ing and perhaps a band. Those at
tending should bring basket lunches
and come early in the day.
The principal speaker will be Mr.
Cose, who will discuss the project of
establishing a grange warehouse.
Neal Hudson Homeward Bound.
Neal Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hudson of this city, is expected
home in a couple of weeks after hav
ing seen service overseas with the
Fourth Marines for just about a year.
He arrived at the Norfolk naval sta
tion the latter part of last week, but
Is going to visit his father's relatives
in Indiana and Missouri and his moth
er's relatives in Wisconsin, en route
home.
Attend Bankers' Convention
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lord. Mr. and
hairs. P. M. Troy, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
gyan Arsdale and Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Aller attended the state bankers' con
vention at Mt. Rainier.
Washington Stanharh
ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1860.
ROCHESTER PICNIC TODAY.
Old Settlers Will Gather in Annual
Reunion—Judge Holcomb to Speak
Another big delegation of Olym
pians, like that which went to Yelm
Thursday. i 9 expected to go to Roch
ester Friday, where the annual Old
Settlers' Reunion will take place in
Llewellyn's grove.
Judge O. R. Holcomb. chief justice
of the state supreme court, will be
the orator of the day, and Professor
Edmond S. Meany of the University
of Washington, well known to all pio
neers, is expected to be a speaker.
The big basket picnic dinner will be
served at noon and, after the formal
exercises, the afternoon will be spent
in renewing old acquaintances.
OLYMPIA SEEKING
NEW TRAIN SOUTH
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TBI'S
TEES WANT AFTERNOON CON
NECTION WITH PORTLAND.
Efforts to obtain additional train
service for Olympia. giving an after
noon connection with Central'a. Port
land and points south, will be made
by the Chamber of Commerce, on a
plan of having the train now running
between Centralis and Gate brought
to Olympia.
Secretary Fultz was instructed by
the trustees, at their regular lunch
eon Tuesday, to take the proposal up
with the railroad adminstration. It
Is thought to be entirely feasible, in
asmuch as the crew of the "stub"
now lays over at Gate from 12:35 p.
m. to 6:45 p. m.
Before the government took over
t\ig railroads, Olympia had an after
noon train south on the Northern Pa
cific, and elso an evening train on the
Union Pacific, but these were taken
oft in the general curtailment of rail
way service. Now persons desiring
to go to C'entralia and Portland in
the afternoon must either go to Ta
coma. Tenino or Centralis by stage,
the only railroad connection now of
fered being at noon over the Union
Pacific.
If the Chamber's plan is adopted,
connection at Centralia with the main
line south would be provided, and
also with the Willana Harbor branch
to Raymond and South Bend. It Is
suggested that the "stub" could bg
scheduled to arrive in Olvtnpia about
lin the afternoon and leave about
5:15.
New fjaw Librarian,
The supreme court judges Tuesday
selected W. J. Millard as state law
librarian to succeed C. Will Shaffer
on September 1. Millard is admitted
to the bar in this state and the Dis
trict of Columbia and has served as
secretary under Chief Justice O. G.
Ellis, S. 3: Chadwick and O. R. Hol
comb of the Washington supreme
court. He got his legal education at
Georgetown university, graduating in
1910. He was born in Missouri and
raised In Texas.
VOTERS APPROVE "RAISE"
FOR OLYMPIA TEACHERS
All But Six Ballots Cast Tuesday-
Favor it-Mill Increase in
Only 111 votes were cast in the
special school election in the Olym
pia district last Tuesday, but 104 of
them favored the 3-uiill increase in
the school levy to provide larger sal
aries for the teachers. One blank
ballot was found and the other six
were opposed. <
The new levy will raise an addi
tional $10,500 for the Olympia school
district. $6,500 of which will go to
the teachers in increased salaries.
Fifteen hundred dollars will be spent
for furniture and equipment at the
new high school, repairing that de
stroyed in the fire: and $2,500 for
sundry Improvements at the Roose
velt. Washington. Lincoln and Gar
field schools.
Approval of the levy means that
these teachers who have heretofore
been paid SBOO a year will now re
ceive S9OO and those paid SI,OOO
will receive $l,lOO.
Jack Kincaid reported to Sheriff
Gilford Monday that his five-passen
ger auto had been stolen from his
summer home at Offut's lake Sun
day.
School levy.
"HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEV MAY.
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS
City VALUATION
LESS THIS Year
ASSESSMENT DRops $271,000
MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO BE
HIGHER.
The total assessed valuation for
the city of Olympia is $3,286,661,
County Auditor George Gaston an
nounced this week. Last year the
valuation totaled $3,450,455.
"This difference," pointed out As
sessor Gaston, "is due to the fact that
we lost $400,000 on the Sloan Ship
yards corporation and $35,000 on the
Ward shipyards. This was because
the government took over the ship
building."
Half of this loss, however, was off
set by increases in other assessments,
so that the total this year is only
$271,206 less than last year.
City Clerk Hiram Dohm started to
make up the tentative city budget
this week for next yeai> The esti
mates for the expenses to run the
city for the coming year have been
handed to Mr. Dohm by the heads of
the various departments and he is
compiling this Information for the
city council.
The council will consider the de
mands of the officials and fix the per
manent budget. Practically all the
offices ask a larger appropriation this
year by $3,000 to several thousand
dollars in some of the offices.
Onf» of the greatest needs of Olym
pia is an automobile for the police
department, officials think. It is >
now without any means of transpor
tation and Chief of Police Harry Cu
sack has included S7OO fo ran auto
mobile as one of his appropriation
items.
In the budget of the city attorney
HALF ENOUGH COWS ARE
PLEDGED FOR MILK TEST
Bigger Profits From Dairy Herds
Sought by Members of New Cow-
Testing Association.
Organization of the Thurston
County Cow Testing Association is
proceeding as a result of the labors
of C. H. Bergstroni, county agricul
tural agent for the United States gov
ernment. With W. S. Murdock, a
special agent of the department of
agriculture, Mr. Bergstrom spefat last
week visiting farmers In various
parts of the county and securing their
membership. Many are still to be
seen, however.
Six hundred cows will be neces
sary to get the organization started,
as the fee of two dollars per cow per
year is to pay the salary of the test
er.> Three hundred cows have been
enlisted already, and it is hoped that
enough more to begin operations will
be pledged soon.
Many farmers are keeping cows
whose milk does not pay for the feed
they eat and the work required to
care for them, according to Mr.
Bergstrom. The farmer can tell
whether the herd as a whole is profit
able. provided he keeps accounts of
feed and milk sales, but he often
does not know which animals are
highly profitable and which are "eat
ing their heads off." The work of
the cow- testing association will be to
eliminate these poor producers. j
Among the local visitors to Mt. Rai
nier this week were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank M. Kenney and children. Grace
.leannette, Helen and Frank, who
drove over Monday and spent several
days at Paradise Inn. While at the
mountain Mr. Kenney attended the
state hankers' convention.
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Friday, August 29, is the date ❖
❖ for the annual festival and pic- •>
nic of the Thurston County Boys ❖
❖ and Girls' clubs. County Super- •>
intendent Fred Brown an- *
nounced this weak. The day's ❖
❖ celebration will start with a pa- ❖
rade at 10 o'clock in the morn- ❖
❖ ing, a picnic dinner will be ❖
❖ served at Priest Point park at ♦>
❖ noon, and the afternoon spent ❖
❖ in playing various games, with
❖ a short formal program. Be- ❖
♦t* tails will be announced later. ❖
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MILWAUKEE FACES
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
MRS. JESSIE LOUGHNAN SEEKS
$30,203 FOR HUSBAND'S
DEATH
Mrs. Jessie Loughnan, widow, of
Hulton Loughnan. who was instantly
killed June 19 when an auto truck
he was driving was hit by a Milwau
kee train at a crossing near Maytown,
filed suit in the local superior court
this week against the railroad com
pany for $30,203 damages, alleging
failure on the company's part to
guard the crossing properly.
Obstructions alongside the track,
the suit declares, prevent travelers
from seeing trains running in an east
erly direction. Loughnan, it says,
had driven up to the crossing in a
northerly direction, and the train, ap
proaching the crossing at a speed de
clared to be 50 miles on hour, failed,
it is alleged, to whistle or give any
warning.
"John Doe" Thursdale is named as
engineer of the train.
Loughnan was 26 years old and.
just a month before the accident, had
returned from a year's service with
American troops overseas. He was
earning $3,000 a year at the time of
the accident, the suit says, and was
in good health. Of the total dam
ages sought, $203 is for funeral ex
penses.
is included S6OO for the revision of
the city ordinances which are said to
be greatly in need of redrafting. With
so much road work going on around
Olympia and additional help required
in the office of the city engineer, the
appropriation in that office runs a
couple of thousand dollars higher
than last year.
ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED
IN BORDEAUX ACCIDENT
Carl K. Dahl Killed and Austrian
Badly Hurt at Camp Seven
Tuesday.
An accident in Camp seven of the
Mason County Logging company,'in
the Black Hills near Bordeaux, re
sulted in the death of one man and
the serious injury of another. Tues
day. Both men were working as
choker tenders when the accident
occurred and one, Carl E. Dahl, 33
years old, a native of Sweden, died
on a logging train on which he was
being rushed to Camp' One for treat
ment.
Tony Ydos, an Austrian, who was
badly injured, was brought to St.
Peter's hospital in this city where,
after a careful examination, it was
found that he had been injured inter
nally, while his side and back were
badly bruised. His brother in Ta
coma was notified.
As soon as the accident occurred,
the company notified Or. Kenneth
Partlow and Coroner Jesse T. Mills,
and they hurried to Camp One, where
first aid treatment was given Ydos
before he was brought to the city, j
Dahl is survived by a brother,
works at the same cainp, and other
relatives in Seattle. The body wasi
taken to that city for burial.
CHANCE TO GET BLANKETS.
War !>epai'tment Offers 2,1100,000
From Surplus Army Supply.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Offering to
the public of 2,000,000 surplus all
wool, cotton and wool and cotton
blankets, was announced this week
by the war department, arrangements
having been completed for their dis
tribution through postoffice and mu
nicipal channels on the same plan as
that adopted for foodstuffs.
For individual purchasers prices
will be $6 for new wool blankets and
$5 for reclaimed wool: $5 for new
cotton mixed, and $3.50 for re
claimed; $3 for new cotton and $1.25
for reclaimed cotton. The reclaimed,
it is explained, are blankets used
less than a year which have beeti ren
ovated and laundered.
Tniino Gets Pythian laxlge.
Knights of Pythias instituted a
lodge at Tenino last Friday night.
Grand Chancellor George E. Tew of
Seattle, Grand Keeper of Kecords and
Seals H. M. Love of Colfax, and Past
Grand Chancellor .J. H. Elwell of
Olympia were present. The Knights
of Pythias of Centralia and Olympia
lodges aided in conferring the ranks.
TENINO STORE IS ROBBED.
Tldeves Get Several Hundred Doll
lar.s' Worth of Clothing and
Jewelry.
Clothing and jewelry valued at
several hundred dollars were stolen
from the Golden Rule store at Tenino
Sunday night. George Simmons, the
proprietor, has reported to Sheriff
Gif Cord. The latter is sending item
ized lists of the' stolen articles to the
authorities of nearby cities and coun
ties in the hope of getting track of
the thieves through efforts to pawn
or otherwise dispose of the goods.
CELEBRATE YELM
IRRIGATION PLAN
FOURTH ANNUAL PICNIC COM
MEMORATES SUCCESS OF THE
DITCH SYSTEM.
I
Celebrating the success of the
Yelm Prairie irrigation project, citi
zens of that enterprising town staged
their fourth annual ditch picnic
at Goldsmith's park, Yelm. Thursday.
Delegations from Olympia and all
parts of the county. Tacoma, Centra
lis and other points in Western
Washington, attended the celebra
tion. The marvelous development of
Yelm prairie excited general surprise
and approval.
The visitors assembled at the park
at 10 a. m. From half past 10 to
noon they joined in an excursion over
the prairie. From noon to 1:30 p.
m. a picnic dinner and social time
was enjoyed.
In the afternoon at 1:30 there was
a program of public speaking by
prominent men of state and local rep
utation.
Free lunch was provided for visi
tors and attractive prizes were
awarded for the beset display of farm
products.
The Yelm prairie irrigation pro
ject is one of the revelations of west-,
ern Washington in the matter of sue-!
cessful farming on a gravel prairie
and the great development that has
been carried out in that section the)
past two or three years has proved a 1
surprise even to the men who pro- j
inoted the proposition to make two 1
blades of grass grow where nonej
grew before.
ELKS TO 6IVE OUNCE IN I
SNELTON FRIDAY NI6HT!
l/icul Lodge Plans Big Time in
Neighboring City—lnitiate 85
More Members.
Thirty-five new members were ini
tiated in the Elks' lodge Monday
evening. A 'watermelon feed was
held following the initation to honor
the new members.
Plans for n dance to be given by
local Elks at Shelton, Friday even
ing, and for the state convention at
Yakima, August 21-24, were dis
cussed.
Cars will leave the Elks' club at 7
o'clock Friday evening to carry the
Elks, their friends, and the B. P. O.
E. band to Shelton. The dance is
given to interest Shelton men in the
Olympia lodge, as they are eligible to
join there. The proceeds from Fri
day evening's dance will be turned
over to a memorial fund for the sol
diers of Mason county. A. C. Baker
heads the committee in charge of
arranging for the dance.
Fifty automobiles will carry Olym
pia Elks and their wives to the state
convention at Yakima. Joe Speck
ert is in charge of arranging for the
Elks' delegation which will go to the
state convention. It is thought that
at least 200 Elks and their wives will
attend from Olympia.
ILLINOIS PICNIC NEXT TUESDAY
Former Resident of Eastern State
to Gather in Annual Reunion.
The annual pienic of the members
of the Illinois club, some 100 of
whom reside in this county, will take
place at Priest Point park next Tues
day, E. M. McClintlc. chairman of the
publicity committee, announces.
These annual gatherings of the
former residents of Illinois are
always highly enjoyable affairs and
serve to bring together a big crowd
of jolly people. A basket picnic din
ner will be served at noon and the
afternoon will be spent informally,
no set program being arranged.
Colonel J. G. Crouch is president of
the club.
WHOLE NUMBER 3062
MURDER SUSPECT
j RELEASED TUESDAY
I ROY E. TAYLOR OK SOUTH BEND
SATISFIES OFFICERS HE IS
INNOCENT.
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i On the report that Mrs. C. B. Rey
nolds of 104 North Fourteenth street,
; Portland, saw Mrs. Roy E. Taylor In
: Sacramento as late as June 25th,
! Roy E. Taylor, held here as a suspect
| for the murder of his wife, was re
leased from the city Jail Tuesday af
ternoon. He had been arreted at
| South Bend the latter part at fast
week, suspected of being involved In
; the Plum Station murder mystery,
i Prosecuting Attorney O'Leary
| stated that the authorities as yet had
I been unable to locate Mrs. Taylor.
i Sheriff John Gilford wired the chief
j of police at Sacramento to locate Mrs.
Taylor. He Informed Sheriff Gilford.
I that Mrs. C. B. Reynolds, for whom
, Mrs. Taylor had worked had moved
I to Portland, and to get in touch with
| Mrs. Reynolds.
Sheriff Gilford then wired to the
! chief of police at Portland and ashed
i him to locate Mrs. Reynolds. Mrs.
| Reynolds sent back word thaf. Bug
had seen Mrs. Taylor as late at Juhe
, 25th. It was on this evidence that
I Taylor was released from jail.
It was a happy family that accom
panied Taylor to his home In South
Bend. His two daughters, Alfretta,
aged 14. and Hyacinth, aged T2,
could not hug their father tight
. enough and did not want him out of
I their sight for a minute after he was
i released from Jail. Taylor shook
j hands all around with the police ofll-
thanked them for his kind
i treatment and in company with Sirs.
George Seaband who takes care of Ma
children and his two little daughters
he left on a late afternoon stage for
! South Bend to resume his position ha
a brakeman.
{ Taylor was decidedly jovial and
; happy at being released. Tuesday
morning he had employed Attorney
, Thomas M. Vance to secure a writ of
i habeas corpus. His main worry
seemed'to be to get back to his job.
j No word whatever has been re
ceived from Taylor's
| The story of the arrest of Taylor
' dates back to several weeks ago when
a man, whose name is not known,
stopped at the police station and
asked for Chief of Police Cusack.
Mr. Cusack was not in, but his dep
uty. James Endlcott, asked the man
if there was anything he could do.
The man then told Endlcott that
he had read of the murder of a wom
an whose body was found near Plum
Station. He described Taylor and
said that he knew the whole story.
He said that Taylor had said that hie
wife was in Portland and that her
mother and father had, searched for
and been unable to find her; that
Taylor and his wife had, auarrelea
and that he knew wheife hd could be
found.
The police department turned tbie
information over to the sberHfhvjM
flee and the sheriff has been wortnrg
on it for two weeks. The result of
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BOARD TO PROBE PRICES
HERE NAMED BY REDER
County Food Administrator Gets on
Job Again at Request of Gov
ernment.
Acting on instructions from Charles
Hebberd. state food administrator
during the war, Joseph Reder,
served under him as county adminis
trator, has appointed a local "fair
price" committee in accordance with
the suggestions of United States At
torney General Palmer.
This committee is directed to make
an investigation of living costs in
Thurston county with special refer
ence to retail prices, and to report to
government officials any cases of
profiteering that may be discovered
or presenteid to it. It is also author
ized to publish a "fair price list."
Administrator Reder selected as
the members of the local committee:
Mitchol Harris of the Harris Dry
Goods company, Glenn A. T.
of Powell's Buster Brown shoe store,
C. H. Bowen of Barnes & Bowen.
grocers, Fred W. Lewis, representing
the granges of the county, Fred Hdd
son and A. J. MeCaughan, represent
ing the Trades Council, and Secre
tary H. B. Fultz of the Chamber of
Commerce.
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