Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-03
Thos. Prather presented the STAND

u AID With Dasketlui Vi peach pun
II yesterday. They Were fine specimen
II OF that variety, grown in his door-yar
in this city, eviGencing the fact tina
IS this locality cannot be surpassed Is
Il fruit growing country.
e Allen C. Mason. Of Tacoma, vii
Y owns considerable Of the stock Of tn
Olympia Gas Company, was i'll th
= city during the week. Ii" desires I
y dispose Of his interests here, as bus
. ness in other portions OF the Territor.
, demand his undivided attention
A camp meeting is announced Il
come off ut Winlock between Angus
. 81 and 18th. Rev A. J. Bell, q
: Chicago, appears to be the moving
. spirit in the enterprise. Eminen
Eastern evangelists and gospel singer
are also advertised to be on hand.
Rev. l.. W. Brintnall, recently from
Iowa, viii preach in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday, morning and
evening Subject OF the morning
sermon: How to know there is a
God" Evening subject: 1.-THE Law
of God" All are invited.
An Olympia young lady says she
suffered terribly, last winter, sleeping
with cold feet, but is determined that
the same afiliction shall not be en-
dured the coming " Rter. OF course,
it is leapyear, and We suppose she
feels that she can speak with all GER
tainty.
The open season for elk, moose,
deer, fawns, mountain sheep and goats
will commence on the 18th inst, al
though it is unlawful to hunt them
with dogs until October 1st. Ducks
can also be hunted from the same
date, between the hours of 5 A. M. and
8P.M
The open season for grouse and
prairie chicken commenced on
Wednesday. Several of Olympia's
sportsmen took advantage of the OPP
portunity and grouse for miles around
sought shelter in the tallest frs. Still
they were not secure, as we'll filled
game bags abundantly proved.
The tug Zephyr took boom of logs
away from the Eastside, or Monday.
These logs were to fill o special order
and were cut twenty feet long. As
such short logs cannot be brought in
on the ordinary logging railroad cars,
long sticks were utilized and the saw
ing was done at high and low tide
The deck hands of the steamer
Hassalo struck on Saturday night, re-
fusing to load the usual amount of
wood on board. They also refused to
leave the boat, but Officer McClelland
was called and they concluded the
best thing to be done would be to
quietly take their leave, which they
did
The Woodruff block has been
painted and sanded during the past
week, making a marked improvement
in its appearance. The sanding pro-
cess is about twice as expensive as
common painting, but is said to be
much more durable. Messrs. Nc
Cough 4 McTavish, of Seattle, did
the work.
The time for making announce
ments for county fairs is ripe, and
many associations throughout the Ter
ritory have taken steps toward that
end. Will not the Thurston county
society do something this year? If
they propose doing anything, they
should make their announcements
without delay.
7. L. Brown is a good mechanic and
sticks to his business, but that sign OF
his evidently belongs to one of the
Eomadic races. Every morning it
turns up on new corner. I. L. says
the reason it is such gad-about is
because it contains the picture of a
woman's shoe and the foot in the
shoe is the cause of all the mischief.
A fishing party to Spurlock's
meadow, on the Deschutes, was given
yesterday by Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Reed.
Those present were Mrs. Carson, Mrs.
Reed, Miss Burkett, Miss Reed, Messrs.
Ward, Aver, Reed and Semple. The
party had splendid time, notwith-
standing the occasional showers, and
caught quite II number of fine trout.
Messrs. E. r. McCausland, of Sc
attic, and H. N. Shaw, of Tumwater,
have purchased the stage line former
ly owned by Isadore Bernier, between
this city and Montesaho. The con-
tract for carrying the mails was as
sumed by the new firm, who will
greatly improve the facilities and
make the travelling public more CON-
Portable.
Some talk has been had in the City
Council about rebuilding Long Bridge.
Would it not be well to build q dur
able structure? The annual repairs
on such bridge as the one now in
use, together with the expense of re.
building every few years, would soon
pay for good structure-one that
with little cost for repairs would be OF
benefit to future generations.
On Saturday last A. Reeves Ayre.
was engaged in taking the testimony
as Referee, in the case of William
Jameson VS.. The City of Olympia
This case is one in which Mr.. jaime
son contests the right of the city tt
open Sixteenth street through hi
premises, and claims damages for thu
destruction of fruit trees which h
was cultivating on said property.
Prof. Henderson, of Portland, ant
Chas. Kehoe, of this city, left here las
week for Port Townsend, at which