Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-12

All the hotels in the city are taxed
to their utmost capacity, even this
early in the season. This is hopeful
sign and naturally prompts the ques-
ton, What will we do later on3 Well
the big hotel can take care of great
many, and with the assistance our
citizens who will furnish up many
rooms we may manage to get along
through the summer.
One would think from the number
OF persons who arrive here daily that
there could not possibly be employ
ment for them all. But such is not
the case. A walk about the city dis
closes the fact that there are more
men employed to-day in Olympia in
the construction OF new buildings and
in preparing the ground for prospec-
tive ones than in any other city on
the Sound, save Seattle.
From the daily of Monday.
The Olympia Soda Works is doing a
rushing business.
Mr.. A. Farquhar is grading his
residence property.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Hopkins went down to
Seattle this morning.
Get your tent and hammock ready.
The picnic season is at hand.
The new machine at the Eastside
yard turns out a thousand brick per
hour.
J. G. Lybarger has two housrs al
most finished on Fifth street, beyond
the creek.
c. F. Leavenworth, of the Pacific
Drug Company. left this morning for
Cosmopolis.
That the season for boating is at
hand is shown by the many sails that
daily tieck the bay.
The range of the thermometer yes
terday was from IS to- Al. The barom-
eted indicated 3O.O2.
Carpenters are rapidly advancing
with the new wing now being built on
the west side of the Hospital.
A marriage license was issued Thurs
day to E. E. Dodge and Mary C. Hart,
man, who were married yesterday.
Mr.. R. M. Lee, late Of San Fran.
ciso, now manipulates the key at the
Postal Telegraph Office in this city.
Hon. Jas. G. Swan, of Port Town.
send, has been appointed a Pilot Com.
missioner for Puget Sound vice, w. j.
Watt removed.
Miss Minnie Freeman left this
morning for Tacoma, whittier she
goes to assume position in ons of the
public schools Of that city.
Incoming farmers want to know
where they shall hitch their teams
to feed them. This is getting to be a
grave question, and one which should
be forthwith decided.
The committee who have the col
lection of the hotel funds in charge
congratulate themselves that there il
not one delinquent on the list. Thil
is very satisfactory to them.
Miss Broden, of East Olympia, hat
misfortune to wound her forefngel
with large splinter OF fir which pene
trated the whole length of the nail and
beyond some distance. The fragment
was removed by DR.. Newell.
keep to the right" is the com
mand, in large letters. at each end o.
Long Dock. 1t is an admonition thai
might be placed at intervals along tht
pathway of life with profit to the so
journer that would stop to consider
the injunction.
Mr.. r. G. Esterly has returned tc
Tumwater and opened a wood-furnish
ing establishment. He followed the
same business in that hamlet several
years ago, but changed his location OF
California, until a revival o; business
here brought him back to his old home
When an Eastside school girl burns
her forehead while curling her bangs OF
banging her curls, and then plays of
to the young men that the ugly scar
was due to whack from the oven
door while looking in to see if the bread
was done, and then, we'll" Oh tem-
pora! Oh moresw Oh Moses!