Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-06-21

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OF the first demands MAZE at Olympia
hotels by incoming strangers.
Good cherries are selling at FIVE cents
per pound The first that ripcned
were sold readily at seven cents.
Mrs. IIalc's new building on Fourth
street will be in all respects one OF The
most pleasant retreats in the city.
Miss Mary O'Neil closes her school
next week, when the last Olympia
urchin will 60 scott-iroo til Septem-
her.
Mr.. Z. I. Youngis putting an elabo-
rate finish on the northeast corner OF
his hotel and Mr.. c. Ethridge is the
architect.
Mr.. Charles Patnude has the CON
tract for doing the brick work and
plastering ON Mrs. =. c. Hale's new
building.
Pro-. l.. f. Follansbce, in conjunc-
ton with Hon. J. II. Morgan is hold
ing a Teachers Institute, this week, at
Spokane Falls.
Having been thoroughly repaired in
and about her propeller, the steamer
Fleetwood is again making her old
fast-time trips.
The new hotel will do its own
baking. The deliberately gotten up
oven, away down in the basement,
alone costs $500.
The wide-awake members OF the
Woman's Club are planning an inter
esting entertainment soon to come off
at Columbia Hall.
Already the fragrance OF new hay is
pervading the air, pleasantly suggest
ing the commencement of an ancient
and time honored industry
Indian women charge $50 per
bucket for blackberries, bat in so doing
they only ape some OF Olympia's real
estate owners and fail to sell
Eastside ladies complain bitterly of
the dust on the bridge leading to their
quarter of the town and want the
street sprinkler to traverse that struc-
ture.
The following additional contribu
tons to the Seattle relief fund have
been made: O. S. Boutwell, s., Miss
Lydia Blackler IS, and st. Johns
church 49,
The Street Committee are wisely
using the earth taken from the graded
streets to fill in the depression on the
northeast corner of Fifth and Column
bia streets.
A huge pile OF rubbish has been de-
posted at the eastern extremity of
Third street, to be used in extending
that street across the slough to the
Olympia sawmill.
DR.. Riley renders hopeful report of
Mr.. William Hull's condition. Al
though suffering from a fracture of
one of the pelvic bones, the patient is
in a fair way OF recovery.
The objective point for amateur
blackberry pickers appears to be about
four miles from town in Il south
easterly direction. Those who go and
spend the day come home richly re-
warded.
Contrary to what has been said by a
few casual observers, the foundation
piers under the rear OF the new hotel
extend many feet below the natural
surface of the ground and rest upon Il
firm stratum.
Arrangements have been made for
uniting the Thurston County Teach
ers' Institute and that of the Terrific
rial Board of Education. The two
bodies will jointly convene in Olympia
on the 18th of July.
The enforcement of the dog ordinance
is showing some good results. The ami
mails have become much less numer-
Gus or much more mannerly and con-
siderate of others legitimate rights
during the night season.
There is growing tendency on the
part of Portlanders to make Olympia
their objective point for pleasure seek.
ing and recreation during the heated
term. Once ensconced in our shady
groves, they know not when to leave.
The steamer Zephyr in passing up
Mud Bay, broke the telephone wire
connecting this city with Mason county
and Gray's Harbor. Repairers were
Immediately dispatched to unite the
wires, and they now respond to the
+" Hello" as usual.
No energetic Olympian should put
off building while three sawmills and
brick machine are running night and
day. Old residents can recall the
time when they had to import their
lumber and brick as well as their nails
and other hardware.
The two local sawmills and that at
Tumwater are put to their best efforts
in supplying the present demand for
lumber in and about Olympia. The
new hotel alone will require, for its
completion, about 4O0, coo feet of rough
and dressed material The hospital
extension also comes in for large
amount, while hundred buildings of
lesser note are pressing their claims.
Hon. J. H. Morgan, Territorial
of Instruction, writes
to a prominent Olympia teacher that
he is determined to make the next
meeting of the Educational Board for
the Second Judicial District, the best
ever held in this city. The meeting
will convene on Monday, the 10Th OF
July, and continue the whole or most
of the week. Many leading educators
from abroad will be in attendance and
it is hoped that much good will re-