Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-28

method for advertising State resources.
The older States have no need for
such efforts a. 4 means OF advance
ment, and the only States besides ours ,
which has made it the basis OF spe- /
cial exhibit are, South Dakota, Kansas,
Texas, Iowa, California and Idaho. !
Some of the State buildings are models .
OF graceful architecture and have cost
much money, but they are only adj /.
mircd for what can be seen in any
large city, and what money anywhere /
will buy. Oar building, on the con-
trary, while it may not be embellished
by filigree or final, contains the pro
ducts OF Natures handiwork which it
took ages to form, and which the
wealth OF a Cr.rsus cannot create at
command. An old lady from Indi
ana visited the Washington building
so often rs To excite attention of our
attendants, when finally in converse
ton with myself, she admitted that
she had been irresis,ibly attracted by
these natural wonders, and expressed
desire to purchase the building at
the close OF the exhibit, and transport
it to her home in the Hoosier State, as
memento of the great fair. 1T
would cost considerable, l gently in.
terposed.' That's nothing she re-
piled, have plenty of money
Rochester is entitled to much
credit for the zeal he displays in dis.
charge of duty. but there is very little
to be said in favor OF any other men,
her of the commission. Cavanaugh
spends the larger portion of his time
in New York and Washington, and
when in Chicago it is generally at
the fremont House, he makes his
home, where he earns his salary by
hobnobbing with those who wear tai.
tornado clothes and in telling stories
with more point than refined manners
would sanction. Calhoun is about
the grounds q good deal, is suave and
polite to all, but these are qualities
which better adorn the drawing room,
than the executive management Of a
turbulent Vanity Fair in which
the man who stops to arrange his
necktie is remorselessly jostled aside.
Rochester is conscientious, and en-
deavors to make those who draw SAL
aries do something in return. but he
has met with general disposition to
draw pay for enjoying what they evi.
IDENTIFY regard as gigantic picnic
Yes, it is true that our side OF the
State is not adequately represented
if it is not deliberately misrepresented
by those employed to shout praises for
Eastern Washington. E. NJ. Burch,
who owns a farm on the other side,
stands at the main portal to tell every
body what great country is embraced
in that part of the State which lies
east OF the Cascade range. When
asked about Western Washington, he
indifferently replies, Yes, it lie a good
timber country; but it rains from nine
to eleven months in the year there,
and it is not farming country This
falsehood may be believed by those
who fail to see the Bush exhibit, OF
what a single western farm can pro-
duce, or the Sksgit yield of oats, or
the fine vegetables and fruits accredit-
ed TO the Puget Sound district. An
other man, Moxie by name, employed
by w. A. LaFollette, member of the
Board of Commissioners, is engaged in
the same contemplate business.
J" Extortion? True and not true.
Human nature is the same the world |
over. and it would be surprising
if there were not some attempts
made to fleece the unwary by the
many thousands engaged in catering
to the immense throng that has been
in Chicago since the fair opened. The
Wellington Catering Co. have charge
of the refreshment stands, lunch |
counters and restaurants on the
grounds. Their charges are quite
reasonable, but I have heard OF extor-
ton being practiced by one or two
outside stands which seem to operate
through some concession by the Well
ington Co., who own an exclusive
franchise. 1t is this firm which has o
counter made from solid Washing.
ton fir tree, liz feet long and 5 feet
square the whole length. In the city,
hotel rates are about rs usual in the
large cities of the East. Prices
at first-class houses, are always at a
top notch. A person can get board
and lodging at almost any price he
wants to pay, but he need not ex.
pect to be served with choice cuts OF
sirloin steak or spring chicken for 25
cents, as in Olympia. Beer is five
cents q glass, the same a. here, but
you can get it direct from the hop, as
it were, in the world-iamed region
where Gambrinus has established his
rule.
"See it ALP No; nor the tenth
part of the great show. l was there
six weeks. The greater part of my
time, it is true, was taken up by what 1
considered my duty at the Washing
ton building, but 1 always travel with
my eyes open, and can take in" as
much within a given time as anybody,
but must say that Natures energies
are appalled, at the threshold by a
realization OF the great task that lies
before anybody who may attempt to
establish the claim that he has seen
the Worlds Fair. He can see the
outer edges of it, and may possibly
gather distinct idea OF the perfection
attained in some industry for which
he has a special interest; but TO
photograph upon the retina, or to re-