Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-01-12

COOP TIMEs.-With the Capital
Commission hard at work, and rail-
road music in the air, the people of
Olympia have much to arouse them to
q Just sense of their true situation as
to the future we'll being OF the city in
which they live. Many anxious cities
of this State would ask for no more
tempting plum to pick from the tree
of prosperity than is now hanging
within reach OF our citizens. So far
rs can be discerned by human eyes,
the Capitol building is an absolute
certainty, and really before we can be
aware OF the fact, we shall hear the
music of the trowel and stone cutters
chisel, and this, too, on structure
causing an outlay OF $3.50, 900 annually
until the vast pile is finished and &C.
cepted by the State. But this is not
all. The Great Northern, If built at
all, will soon have hundreds of men
scattered all along the approaches to
our city. Now all this means lively
times and big money in lively circula.
ton. Take courage. Let us work to-
gether and have faith in the signs OF
the times. "There is good time
coming, boys, wait little longer"
CoNTENTED.-AnO lympian who has
been making tour OF the surround.
ing counties says that the people in
the country are happy. The alleged
stringency of the times, still SO large
ly discussed in the towns, is spoken of
by our farmer folks As something long
since gone by and too unsavory to be
recalled. Thus it is that the ills OF
life are largely and often purely ideal.
The banks may continue to hold their
money in big safes, but. the farmers
have barns and cellars full of every
thing required by man and beast.
Cheerful manual labor is the best
antidote for that most miserable social
disease, hard times.
BUSINESS OF THE PosToFFIcE.-The
The business OF the Olympia postoffice
shows a slight decrease from that of
the previous year. The total receipts
for 1892 were Sill ,2S9.S3, and for 1893,
$11 ,2l9.62, or 5000 less. The rating
on which the salary of the postmaster
is based is for the business of the first
quarter in the year, and this happened
to fall last year on the quarter in
which the Legislative postage account
was reported, and authorized conf
pensation of 81 800, but as there will
be no such aid this year it is probable
that the salary will be little if any in
excess of q round two thousand.
"CIvIL SERVICE" EXAMINATIoN.-In
pursuance Of the postal regulation
providing for regular semi-annual
examination, the Civil Service Com
mission at Washington has ordered
that an examination be held in the
courthouse basement in this city, Sat-
urday, February 10, 1894, commencing
at 9 o'clock A. NJ, for the grades of
clerk and carrier i'll the city postottice.
Only citizens Of the United States can
be examined. The age limitations are
as follows: For clerk, not under IL
years: for carrier, not under q years
not over 40.
SHERIFF's SALEs.-The property of
Hattie and VIM. C. Morrill,, 40 acres
in section "a, township Is north, OF
range l west, was sold on execution
by Sheriff Prince, Monday, for $27S,
the amount of judgment, David Love,
the plaintiff being the purchaser. He
also sold q tract in section II, town.
ship Is north, of range 2 east, belong
ing to Lewis McAllister, to satisfy
mortgage held by the Alliance Invest
ment Company. The company bid in
the land.