Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-10-10
A Mere Suggestion.

managers should, we think, result in
a change Of the place Of exhibition
TO a more convenient location. Ii a
time cannot be selected. suitable in
ether respects. when fair weather
can hc reasonably expected, 1t would
IL better to conform 10 circum>tan-
&C. and hp.d the annual display
where IT NAV be most accessible to
the public. The fairs have been. the
past three wears, practically failures.
resulting IN an Increase If debt of
tie Association and the noMrayment
OF some IT the premiums. How TO
retrieve It's waning credit. should lie
the INST object Of consideration by
the directors
The bes. suggestion for accom-
Plehlng this object, We believe, Is
IN holding the Fairs Ill Columbia
Hall, where. IT viii he rem cmbered
the best exhibit the Association ever
made, was displayed eight years ago.
This will undoubtedly double the
amount received a. gate-money,
for very few of oar citizens. or
strangers visit the Far more than
once, when 4 " laAe TO make the
/ trip to AID !iu.. ,he grounds during
cold and dlsaSreeable rainfall. If
it should be held in town, scarcely
n day would pass when ,hey would
not cheer by their presence and aid
with their money the Association
and its objects.
All efforts to fix upon a time late
enough in tn , season to suit the
farmers and still avoid the rainy sea-
son, appear to be futile. We must
accept this condition as M estab-
lished fact, and make the most of it.
If the announcement is now made
that the Fair of 1880 will be held in
the town hall, late enough to suit
everybody, rain or SHINE, we think it
will attract very many persons who
have each yeal been compelled TO
draw unfavorable contrasts between
the first exhibit aud all succeeding
ones. If the weather should happen
to be suspicious, the exhibit of
larger stock, the trials of speed and
the annual ball may be held on the
grounds, as usual, but if not, the fail
ure will only be partial one and the
Association not subjected to pecuni-
airy loss. A few years hence, when
the climate becomes more staid and
decorous, or street railway is built
TO the Associations grounds, we may
follow the example of older commun-
tiles and maintain all the cumber.
ance appliances of a ull-fedsed and
| prosperous Industrial Fair organize
ton, but at present let us make the
best possible use of such means as
are at our command, or acknowledge
the enterprise failure and abandon
it to its fate.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE MANzAN1rA. The
trial trip of the United States reve-
nue. cutter Mdnzanita, built at Balti-
more for the light house service on
this coast, took place September 9th,
down the Chesapeake Bay. The
keel of this vessel was laid last De-
cember. She is 700 tons register.
Her length 152 is feet; beum, 26 feet
depth of hold, II feet s inches, and
her average draft of water is about 8
feet. She has pair of compound
inverted engines % and 36 feet in
diameter; stroke, "a inches. The
material used In her construction is
Chesapeake oak. On the trip she
made an average of Is mile IN hour
Capt. Korts, who is to command the
vessel, was on board, together with
a large number Of guests, all of
whom were we'll pleased with the
result.
ASTORIA has just received another
steam fire engine, and its local jour
nal claims that city is now better
provided to fight fires than other of
its size in the world. Besides three
steam stationary pumps on wharves,
and three steam pumps on tug boats,
fitted to take the department hose,
thew have n thir,1-class Siisby n seq