Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-15

Sunday.
THOUGHTFUL parents are looking
up their children's school books.
FARMERS are interviewing their
wheat fields.
The best cross-walks in Western
Washington, are those of Olympia.
MEssRs. Long e. Birmingham are
making another business tour of the
Sound.
New wheat is beginning to be
shipped in large quantities to Port
land, from the upper Willamette
valley.
Ir is expected that children's pic
MICS will rage considerably between
now and the time for the schools to
commence.
THE farmers are making good use
of the short respite between haying
and harvesting and our town is once
more made lively by their visits.
DURING the prevalence of excur-
sion parties and the tendency for
Sunday picnics, it is creditable to
the children that our Sunday Schools
are so we'll sustained.
The "joint worm" is causing a
good deal of damage to the wheat
crop in Oregon. The worm is found
in the stalks near the joints, and
hence the above name.
The Seattle Daily Mtelligencer
warns its subscribers, the day before,
of the weekly rounds of the collector.
We don't warn our subscribers, but
go after them while they are flush Of
funds.
ARRANGEMENTS are on foot for q
grand reunion of the school teach
ers of Oregon. Why is there not
an effort made for a similar move
ment in this Territory, before the
time comes for the opening Of
! schools?
| UNDER the head of 6" Roll of hon.
or, the British press gives the names
of those officers and men who per-
ished from disease and other causes
on the return march from the At
CHAN campaign. A doubtful kind of
compliment.
The owners Of logging camps are
kept in an unpleasant state of mind
in looking after their property and
preventing its destruction by the
sweeping forest fires which are now
raging in almost every direction.
The most dense forests are becoming
so dry, now, that they are an easy
prey to the fires that run from burn.
ing log-heaps and slashings. Our
Oregon exchanges note some very
destructive fires in the timber re-
gions of the Willamette valley.
AN experienced gardener wants ii
announced to the world that good
hen of the old-fashioned stock, with
a lively brood of chickens, will do
ten times more good than harm in a
vegetable garden at this time of the
year. For every bug, worm, and
mischievous insect destroyed now,
there will be thousands less of the
same species next Spring. Many
OF these creatures are now passing
through their transition state pre-.
paratory to the propagation of their
kind, and hence the philosophy in
destroying them at the present time.
IT is a trite old saying that saving
a dollar is gaining a dollar. The
truth of this principle being admit
ted, we will charge nothing for tell
ing our town authorities how they
can gain few hundred or, perhaps,
a few thousand dollars. Unless
some improvements are made in the
sidewalk on the east side of Main
street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, somebody is going to fall
through an ugly hole into the deep
ditch below and, perhaps, be made
a cripple for life if not killed outright
Besides this large opening, many OF
the planks are loose and worn down
50 thin that they are not safe to be
trusted when trodden upon singly.
This may seem to be making good
deal of q small affair, but, as We
have iutimated, we believe there is