Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-03-15
The Spirit Of Progress.
SOME THINGS THAT WERE SAID AT THE
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
From the daily of March Sth

SOME THINGS THAT WERE SAID AT THE
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
From the daily of March Sth.
In accordance with the announce
IN mt made fy the OLYMPIAN last
evening, Il meeting Of citizens WIS held
in Columbia Hall, at S o'clock, under
the auspices tf the Imrigr ton So
cety lately organized, 1t which its
president, Mr.. r. c. Van Epps, pre-
SIDED, the order OF business being con
deration OF the me rs to b. employed
| for adve tising the advantages OF
Olympia and Thurston county fer the
development. OF business enterprise
ard as a place for those seeking homes
Several gentlenen addressed the
meeting ut cons d. rab'e length on the
motion OF Mr. Woodruff for appoint
me mt OF committee to prepare Il cir
cular for general distribution. The
speeches Cf the evening we're made
however, by Hon. p. d. Moore, OF this
city, and Col. Tyner, OF the OregOnian
Mr.. Moore expressed his qualification
that the dawn Of prosperous era had
begun to illum ne the no lion before
many of the hardy pi nee;s had re-
tired from the scenes OF earthly labor
Being "a mo shack Ii 'mself, he felt that
it was his privilege and duty to criti-
else some OF their peculiarities which
long residence on the borders of civil
lization had ingrained in o their very
nature. One OF these was disposition
to check progress by refusing aid to
the new clement which brought with
it the spirit of progression. He r.
ferred to the effort made by himself
many years ago to induce an Eastern
firm to establish a WOODEN mill at
Tumwater, and how, after he had Sc
cured favorable determination by a
wealthy firm, the project was frustrated
by the avarice of property owners at
the Village of Cascades. He thought
that that disf osi.ion had now happily
changed, and that our peop'e were
very gen rally disposed 10 meet these
advances in a reasonable way. Mr..
Moore psid a tribute to the young men
who were now dong SO much towards
developing the country, and closed
with a thrilling prophecy of the results
of their labo:s.
C,l. Tyner was merely locker on
in Venice" but was very much pleased
with what he had seen and heard since
he Came to Olympia. He was quite
certain tina. this community has not
yet realized the importance that is at
tachcd abrosd to tire present sppre-
citation of real estate values here. He
said that Olympia VS. the theme of
comment wherever he has been, and
that the large numbers of people who
wers compelled nightly to walk our
streets for want OF hotel accommo-
dations were SO many walking adver-
tisements" of the rapid progress We
were making towards independence
and We ,lth. He had been engaged
msny year in recording the prospects
and watcli G ths subsequent growth
OF Western cities, and his object here
now wls TO fu nish the urn ! he rep
resen with data from which to re-
cord fu ure prcgrrss. This was to be
done without cost to our people, and
simply shows the e;timation in which
this county AMI its prospects are held
by those who mus. necessarily keep a
few PAGES in advance OF the car of
progress. He sad that the society
had struck up II the true aid for rapid
advancement when it advocated the
use of printers ink. The amount
spent by flourishing cities of the West
for this object would sound fabulous
to those unaccus. omed to such ex-
pendiiures For instance, Yakima City
has spent s. 800 the past year; Ellens-
burg $500; Spokane Falls is having
125,OOO copies of IA folder printed for
d str:bution by the Northern Pacific
Railroad Comp ny, and has spent
$25 900 10 the past five months in ad-
vertising her resources. SETTLE and
Tacoma have spent about $4,000 per
month; Port Townsend spent last year
about SC 900; b lingham Bay 81 500,
ani has gained 1000 in population in
that time as a result. Olympia would
not, however, be subject to SO severe a
tax. Other means h d already brought
the people to the Coast, and our duty
was simply 10 attract their attention
when here. "Adveriise, sdmonished
tie Colonel, "adver Use literally; first
in your home daily; it is worthy Of
your best support; then the other
papers, and you will find that it will
yield speedy and sa,isf sf'ctory resul s."
A vote WIS taken on Mr.. Wood uff s
mo icn and it VS. carried unani-
mously, ard Messrs Woodruff, Hen
derson and F. w. Brown were ap-
pointed in accordance herewith. The
suggestion WIS made that immigration
meetings be held at frequent intervals,
which met with unanimous ap-
proval, end the assemblage dispersed
evidently well pleased with the result
of the first pui lie meeting OF the I'M
m grafton Society.
ayers medicines have been salts
fac ory to ME tn Oughout my practice,
especially Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
which has bet n used by many of my
patients, one OF whom says he knows
it saved his life."-F. L. Morris, NJ. D.,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
THE richest man OF Eastern Wash
ingtOn Territory is A. NJ. Cannon Of
Spokane Falls. He i, said to be worth
;r m $4,O0O,OOO to $6,OOO,COO. Mr.
q, nnon went out to Spokane Falls