Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-10-17
WASHINGTON AND IT'S CAPITAL.

Who ever has travelled through the
different sections of our magnificent
commonwealth has been delighted
with and enthusiastic over the fertile
fields of grain, yielding such abundant
harvests throughout that vast section
lying east of the Cascade mountains,
and the wonderful resources of that
other great section west of the mount
aims, with its magnificent forests of
splendid timber, the extensive fields of
excellent coal, the iron, the lime, the
stone quarries, its large tracts of good
agricultural land, its fruits and flowers.
all of which surround the great inland
sea-Puget Sound-aptly termed the
Mediterranean of America. All this,
and vastly more, must impress the
visitor and careful observer with the
fact that no part of the American con-
tinent combines the advantages OF the
State of Washington, and which in
the near future must place her at the
head of the American Union.
As a consequence, the cities and
towns have had, and are having phe-
nominal growth; some from one cause
and some from another. In some in
stances they are the ccnters of
great producing sections, while in
others, railroads as we'll as rich mines
and fertile agricultural country have
largely contributed to their rapid
growth. On Puget Sound. several cities
with railroad facilities, possess great
commercial advantages, by which they
have communication with all parts of
the world. There are others, however,
that have been less pretentious, which,
while they enjoy admirable facilities
by railroads and by ships that ego
down to the sea-" and feet of pala-
tial steamers, are delightfully."- situated
for residences as we'll as for the prose
cution of business, and chief among
these we proudly name our beautiful
city Of
OLYMPIA,
"The City of the Gods" as she nestles
amid outrageous trees, shrubbery and
flowers, on ground gently rising from
the bay, with plateau extending back
for miles, east, west and south. All
who visit Olympia are charmed with
the locality, its healthfulness, its
scenery. its buildings, its thrift, its
home-life and hospitality, and they
leave it with regret, but with pleasant
recoIlections and a determination to
repeat their visit.
Its schools, its churches, its social
tone and high moral status, make it
indeed place more than ordinarily
desirable for home, for pleasant
unions and reunions, as we'll as for
business.
Being the present and future Capt.
tai of our new State adds to its at.
tractiveness, especially in view of its
accessibility from all parts Of the
State. To reach it is simply q pleas
ure trip, whether it be from east Of
the mountains, from the Columbia
river counties, from those bordering
on the Pacific ocean or from the rich
and prosperous cities and towns To-
Gated on the Sound.
The sentiment of Western Washing
ton is practically an unit for the per-
manent seat of government at Olym-
pia, and a very large percentage of the
vote of Eastern Washington will name
this as the place of their choice. The
indications are that Olympia will re-
ceive more than two-thirds of all the
votes cast on that question. How
ever, our people should be alive to the
situation and leave no stone unturnei
to come out Of the contest with glo-
rious victory inscribed on our banners.