Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-30
WHOLE NO. 1854.
SELF-praise depreciates.

MESsRS. IaItSOcK ana stewart
have gone down to the Puyallup In
dian Reservation to do job of car
penter work.
A FARMER who gets up in the morn
ing and never goes hunting, says
his crops are all rigb. whether it il
rain or shine. We believe him.
CAPT. Carroll appeals from the de-
decision of the tribunal that sus-
pended his license for the term Of
six months. to the Supervising In
spector.
IT is a good time, now, to renew
your insurance, before the heated
term comes, when your premises
will be dry enough to provoke spon-
taneous combustion.
MEssRs. Toklas & Goldstein have
received fine supply of silk velvet
trimming goods to match the ele-
giant dress patterns that have be-
come SO popular of late years. 81
The cutters on either side of
Fourth street, between Main and
Columbia are in condition fit to
breed pestilence if they are not pro-
perly cleaned before the hot weather
comes. @
The Denver, South Park and Pa
cifc railroad reached the Kenosha
summit on Monday, the 2lst, and the
first passenger train passed over to
the other side at 81 o'clock in the
afternoon. Kenosha summit is the
highest point ever reached before by
any railroad in North America.
The bridge across the creek ON
Union Street, near Warmers camp, il
completed and the street approach
ing it has been opened through the
orchard Of the Miller place. The
logway will, in time, become the
favorits r0ad 10 Cham bsF prxifie.
avoiding as it does the Ayers Hill.
An Olympia girl wants to know where
mond dust. "-Experimem.
IF our friend Murphy will tell us the
name OF the young lady we will divulge.-
Thatwould be a" dead give away."
Diamonds would fetch her" every
time..
AT one of our churches, Sunday
morning, the pastor announced that
on next Sunday, he would exchange
pulpits with brother clergyman of
this city, and earnestly invited call
to be present." Query, did he in
vite the people to hear himself, or
his colleague preach?
BETWEEN the two extremes of q
jaunty ostrich feather and a pair of
pinching shoes with the heels point
ing right towards fellow, the FASH
ionable young lady occupies a cur
ious mean. To a naturalist of tho
old school, her pedigree would bs as
hard to trace as an Australian NAM
NAL. a"a fa '@v
New corporations are the order of
the day now. The "Cascade Pros
pecting and Mining Company" has
recently been formed at Claqua.o. 3.
with G. p. Twiss, L. N. Pearson,
L. A. Davis and others, as incorpora-
tors. The capital stock is fixed st
$500, divided into fifty shares Of $40
each. The company proposes to
prospect and locate mines in the
counties Of Lewis, Clark, Skamania,
Thurston and King. We believe
this is step in the right direction.
since organized effort is the only
thing that can effectually develop the
hidden resources of q new country
like our own. - ''.-.
The embrayo city Of Hsrdscrabbls
is going ahead in spite Of ito once
ineligible situation. The
Capital and Old Settler are making
regular trips between Olympia and
that point and find it g lucrative
business. We hear that Mr.. N. 81.
Sutton is putting upa large hotsl
near the water from. Of the young
city, and that q store will soon b
opened there to supply demand
long felt by settlers, Of an entire
pot between this place and the Che
halls country. A good road he's
been opened from Hardscrabhle to
The lower Chehslis river. Success 70
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