Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-04
FROM THE DAILY OF WEDNESDAY.


How Do You LIKE ITY-This number and
the two preceding issues, of the OLyMpIAN,
have been very generally circulated among
our townspeople without money and with.
out price" 1t is not expected, of course, that
this liberal policy can continue. We have
given an indication of what we intend it to
be in The future. The amount of reading
will probably never be less than two pages,
and its contents will be as varied and at
tractive as it lies in our power to make it,
AS yet We have not solicited subscriptions or
advertising. The advertisements that have
| appeared have been the voluntary offerings
| OF friends who feel an interest in the enter.
prise and have faith in the utility OF adver-
Using. While we feel pride in the paper,
and will thankfully receive the names of all
who may desire its daily visits, we ask moth
ing as gift nor the patronage OF anybody
who does not believe ii is worth the money
charged for it. Devoid of any political or
sectarian bus, it is designed to be the organ
OF the people, an advocate of their interests
and substantial aid to any and every enter.
prise which may advance the common veal
With this assurance if you, gentle reader"
feel inclined to enlist, we will cheerfully en-.
roll your name for the Summers campaign.
A QUEER INQUIRY. Postmaster Burr re-
ceived letter last evening from profess
sional sport somewhere in Wisconsin, with o
request to hand it to "the most reliable gam
bier in Olympia" making inquiries as to
whether ellmanaged faro bank would be
Alternative investment here 1t appears that
the writer of the letter run q like institution
in this place Several years ago, and that IL
"panned out " so well he Is disposed TO try IL
again. This indicates that he is not posted
in reference to the rapid strides our people
have made in moral culture the past few
years, and Mr.. Burr declares that no such
individual as the letter describes resides
within q dozen miles of his Office. The
letter should have been addressed to Seattle,
where gambling is sanctioned by legislative
enactment. ...t...s- ss. .,... A
THAT FIXED IT.-When the size of the
DAILY oLYMPrAN was being discussed, we
(the senior) strongly advocated five columns
to page, making it considerably larger than
It now is. Our junior very strenuously
maintained that four columns was quite large
enough, and would severely tax our industry
to fill it, The arguments were long and an
mated, until the junior very artfully sug-
prosperity That settled Il, and the present
size was adopted. The more we think of it,
the greater wisdom We discern in his sug-
ton.
A FINE PICTURE. have just been
shown n photograph of Main street which
gives a complete view Of that part of the
town from Ellis house to the end of Finch's
wharf We do not intend this as puff for
Woodland, but we think judicious distribu-
ton OF these pictures of the "prettiest spot
on Puget SOUND" among non.residents, by
% Gala e..
future OF our town, would advertise us very
benefcially. st a
THE WEsT-SIDE WHARF--The West.sidc
Wharf has been pronounced by q reliable
and intelligent gentleman connected with
one of the Sound steamers, ''the best on the
northern coast" This will be a gratifying
bit OF information to many of our people,
who, while they were satisfied that IL was q
substantial and commodious structure never
claimed for IL 30 much superiority as Is ac-
corded by this disintercsted observer
4 LIVELY TIMES ON THE SOUND connec
ton with the rumor that the Olympia, or the
New World, may return 10 Puget Sound
comes tho report that the Pacific Mail will
put ON four steamers month between this
place and San Francisco, and compete for
the Sound trade to Victoria. If this Is
done, We win have the liycliest times in
Steamboating ever experienced on the Pa
ciic Coast. 4 gas. al s..f F.Ft4,l
ao eB- We learn that Gerald, &littlcl son of
Mrs. p D. Moore Is threatened quite serious
ly with congestion of the lungs. If the i'll
ness should become settled, 1t would delay
the departure of the family for San Francis
20, which had been fixed for the steanernof
March I'd. ~ aya,gs8 III M 49,,
THE North Pacific arrived ats8s A. NJ,
to-day, having been delayed by exceedingly
stormy weather. in crossing the Straits,. and
by waiting some four hours at Seattle for the
arrival of the City of Panama The latter
boat had not arrived in Seattle at 2A.M.