Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-16

''mr up th, sound laden with foreign
r'"l- - return taking thc prpluc, 81
'I" colony im- rhry hrid IA the
..m igttt,. aul % was tho dctcrmna.
u"u born "i thr-r Visions that inn
lc.i,d th'm To- -'l<r upon thI- country
and bold u nguusl nll c"mcfs that
secured i"f ~ tia, far dommn.
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/ To 10" horn IN the new settlement was
James Benton McAllistcr. whose al.
vent on the 10Th Of March. live months
after the frat stake was driven at
TumWaicr WIS cause Of great rejoicing
among the sturdy band. During the
summer that followed, a considerable
increase "a the population uf the settle
m"nt vas effected hy the immigration
"i friends from the south. Among
these new comcrs Was Levi l.. Smith
and Edmund Sylvester. They went
into partnership. each taking up a
half section. They seem to have had
the speculative idea in their heads,
aud with view Of future profit,
Smith located ON the shore Of the
Sound and called the place which he
had already built in his mlnd, Smith
/ field, To perpctuatc name which per
hap- lac feared might some day be-
come extinct. But lest this child Of
the brain should not matcrializc, his
partner wisely sought choice piece Of
prairie where support for the bodics of
the firm could be found while the city
was growing This lac found ON what
IL now known as Chambers Prairie.
The hope II the heart uf Smith was
destined Ia be destroyed, rs Smith
field" in the mutations Of time, came
To be called Olympia.
IIENT MASTfACTURES.
During this first summer Col. Sim
mons erected u efi-t mill at the Tum-
water falls TIN. mill was built in the
crudcst manner a. IL was not posi-
blc to get the material aud the tools
necessary To- construct IL in the then
almost unhrokcn forest. However il
was made 10 crush wheat 80 that
bread could be- made Of il, and il the
Hour was not So white and the bread
net quite ~ light aud d" ilaky." II made
good wholesome food aud gave
strength to the brawny arms Of the
pioneers During the spring and
summer following. a large number OF
people came 10 " Newmarket" as the
place was then called. among them
Sam Cool. A. j. Moore, Benz. Gordon.
rhos. W. Glasgow, Samuel Hancock,
l.. {. Wallace. nll Of whom settled in
the ncighborhood. Elisha and VIM.
PackwOod with their families came
aud settled on the prairie during the
summer.
s"f 'ihFt VIM
Born north oi the Columbia river was
daughter Of Mrs. Sidney \. Ford,
who afterwards became the wife of
John 7. Shelton. This occurred on
the 10th OF juno. lSi7. and was made
landmark in the history OF this
country. Another notable event. and
one that gave occasion toa regular
jubilee, was nothing less than the first
marriage that took place at the settle
ment. With the family Of Mr.. Davis,
who had arrived at the settlement in
January. lSi7. came q handsome
young girl named Ruth Brock. She
had no dowry but pair OF bright
cyeH and brave and willing heart,
but IL was not in the nature of things
that such flower should bloom alone
for long. David ID. Kinscy was Il
lucky man To win her consent 10 mat
rimony. The marriage wns solem.
niIed at the home Of Davis on the 9th
oi July, IN the presence OF nearly all
the little colony, by Col. Simmons.
who had been appointed one Of the
county judges under tho provisional
government Of Oregon. IL was n sea-
son oi rejoicing in which the colony
felt IL had q personal interest.
TIM ruGEr SOUND MILLING COMPANY
Was organized in August, IS47, and
consisted OF Col. Simmons, Frank
Shaw, T.. Sylvester, Jesse Ferguson,
A. II. Rabboson. Gabriel Jones, A. ID.
Csrneix and John Kindred. Col.
Simmons was elected Superintendent,
and on the Path the company began
the erection Of n sawmill at the lower
iall, on the northwest side of the
river. On the same day trail was
hlaEod Out between the settlement
and Smithheld." The mill was
completed during the winter aud the
settlement increased by the arrival of
Thomas NJ. Chambers and family. He
had four sons. David, Andrew, Thomas
j.. and Mclean, the two first also
having families. The city Of smith
field did not prosper as Mr. Smith had
undoubtedly hoped il would. aud he
seems to have lived lonely aud un-
satisfied life. At the election Of 1913,
Smith was elected representative 10
the Oregon Provisional Legislature,
from this colony. which was called
Lewis county; but hc never took his
seat. In August of that year, while
on hls way ~ Tumwater in n canoe. he
was attacked with an epilcpiic iii aud
drowned. A. H. Rabboson was elected
Sheriff Of Lewis county during the
year also
1iIK MISSION 90 1T. JOSEPH
Was established in June. lSis, on the
east side oi nudd's Inlet by Rev.
Pascal Ricard. about n mile north Of
/ Sylvc-ter'r claim, and about the same
time Samuel Hancock located n claim
on the west side oi the inlet aud built
warehouse and wharf. II was dur
Ing this summer that Jesse Ferguson,
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