Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-06-08
WHAT ABOUT THIS

In letter To the editor ot the HERALD,
Mr.. Charles +. Locke, the manager of the
Juch Opera company. ask, among other
things concerning Fairhayen. rs thc
opera house project 10 be- carried on@ lf
so. do you desire Miss luch and her COM
pany to open ID IN the week of February
9. ls9l2''
with the rapidiiy that Fairhaven Is
growing, il Is a great misfortune that we
have no opera house under way. Even
now with our more than 300 population.
which will easily be- 6.0l0 by Feb
ruary. the city would amply pat
ronize a good theatrical or operate
attraction TWO or three uight, iua wecN
aud vel We have not even bail in which
any sort Of legitimate entertainment
Of that character could De- given. hence
we are losing, continually opportunities
for hrst-clas> amu>emcul- The people
here have understood thai wealthy
gentleman who is deeply Interested IN
Fairhaveu has frequently declared Dis iu-
tention to build here superb opera
house and has even had the plans drawn
for such an edidcc. stops should D'
taken al once to learn whether
this project is o. hr carried out
) and II il is NOT then company should Doe
formed an once 90 build "a theatre. j
could be- easily done. and ,uca an cntrri
prise would be 90 great benefit ta ibe city
a well "a source of much wholesome
aud always desirable euIelfaiumrlL
Moreover a theatre could Co. built hsr,
which would be a paving Institution from
the start Other portion, of The building
than that used FOR theatrical purposes
would always bring good remit aud ths
auditorium would be in frequent demand
for public meetings. c0uN lus. festival
etc. The Grand Ludgc oi knights of
Pythias. for Instance, have al-
ready selected FaLrhavo as the place
Of meeting for next year. aud unless s1m.
such building g. erected iu the meantime
will somebody Boz So Sind i1 inform u-
where the meetings of chat body cam b.
held9 Besides numerous other I--eu-
blages Of that nature would be- lr'd u
this city % We Lad q Suitable huildUr r
accommodate them There i- hlt I.Its
doubt that { we had building ui ,uit-
ent capacity the state editorial a~~uoi1-
tion cou d be- induced Jl hn'J ITS .uuUa
session for this year iH faifhaFnu. 600.
with the numerous editor. who u0na
thus visit the city n body tae result
may be easily imagined after % rerusal o
what two editors from distant place,
have said concerning Fa.riaVeu. a'
printed in the HERALD this morning.
Fairhaven has suffered much for ih,
lack Of q great hotel which is now, hop
PLY. nearly ready for occupation an,
which would be- a credit tu aus city Go th.
state The city is possessed of uearl.
every other desirable feature al metro
poliian character for ihe enteraumau
Of strangers and our own people. except
place OF public amusement Nov Ief
have a beautiful theatre. aud One tla
can b. completed iu time for opening D.
the charming and remarkably accom-
plished prima donna. Mss Juch. aud hc
brilliant company. That oi lis 70 vpul
be a spleudid thiug Cor farAaVeu Ih
work should begin as quice. a- pu,-ihi
in order That the ,uper~truc'urc may b
completed before the rainy season -cts "a
and then the remaining work. could D
done indoors.