Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-08-02

/ ti' cNht NNhi has IL btiN
record in many ways. The seasons
are month or six weeks "late, and
the prevailing drouth is an exceed
ingly unusual thing for this country.
No real damage has yet been done,
but unless rain falls soon, late vege-
tables will not come up to the usual
yield
The gas main, where it crosses
Eastside bridge has hitherto occupied
place on top OF the planking. but it
has now been suspended from the
stringers underneath, atf,rd.ns a
much better thoroughfare for ppdes-
TRANS. The big pipe has always been
an obstacle to people who might want
to cross the street at any point on the
bridge.
Some time ago the STANDARD adj
vised that the capitol foundation be
properly protected from vandalism
until such time a. work would be com
menced on the superstructure. The
advice has been observed and now
every corner and projection of the
costly stonework has been covered
with board casing This is az it
should be.
Miss Bessie Burntrager, after year
or more of steady employment in Mr..
OConnor's bookstore, lett for the
beach at Gray's Hsrbor, to-day, where
she will remain a month with friends
already in camp. Her "chum," Miss
Maggie Cotter, will leave for the same
point next Friday, and will remain for
three weeks.
George Marvin Savage has brought
suit against the city for recovery Of
the value of n horse, impounded, adj
vertised and sold, under one OF the
city ordinances. Mr.. S. refused to pay
the impounding fee OF one dollar,
claiming the ordinance was unconsti-
tutional, and this is his method of
settling the dispute.
T. Graham. of this city, has begun,
in Il small way, to put up clans in
cans for the general market He ex-
poets to add salmon and smelt to this
product, soon as he can obtain the
needed facilities. For the present
he obtains his cans from Portland,
but to make success of the under
taking he will be compelled to manu-
lacture them here.
G. II. Reeves & Co., of Duluth,
Mimi, write Edward Rice that they
are i'll position to handle carload
shipments of fruit to better advantage
than st. Paul or Minneapolis. They
advise shipments in carloads, as
freight, of mixed lots, consisting of
pears, plums. apricots and apples, as
a wide margin is thus afforded for profit
over transportation by express.
Emma L. Page, President of the
Thurston County w. G. 7. IT,, an
nounces that there will be a semi-an.
nual convention of that organization
at the Little Rock camp meeting
grounds, on the Goth inst. There will
probably be lecture on the evening
oil the 18th to inaugurate the work,
and gold medal contest, and equal
suffrage debate during the convention.
Since the change in management
OF the Olympia hotel, that comfortable
house is fast becoming the home of
permanent guests. The ex.
cellent service afforded by the careful
supervision of an experienced host,
and q cut in rates to suit the times,
have resulted in gratifying increase
OF patronage and justifies the belief that
the owners OF the house have at last
secured a tenant who possesses that
rare qualification of knowing how to
keep hotel"
Mr.. Smith, of the Olympic mill, has
the truth of the adage,
" Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton" Having some heavy timbers
to plane he took the head and knives
OF the planer and by erecting u frame
to hold them, extemporized machine
that would allow the passage of a
whole saw-log, if necessary. This
the fact that brains is
an invaluable aid to machinery,
whereby it's capabilities are rendered
capable of indefinite expansion.
The total shipment of cherries by
Robertson and Wilson, this season,
has been 23,O27 pounds, of which
amount Mr.. Robertson's share aggre-
gates 1898 pounds. Over 1000 of
this has been taken from J. NJ.
Swans orchard in this city, which has
~ cherry trees, covering about three
fourths OF an acre of ground. Mr..
Robertson, this week. made the first
shipment of blackberries from John P.
Hays yard near Tumwater, and will
continue shipments daily to the
Rochester Co., Seattle, during the
continuance of the season.
The great excursion of the season
will occur next Sunday, when the ele-
giant and commodious steamer Multi
nomah will carry a party from this
city to Tacoma and Seattle, leaving
Percivals dock at 100 A. NJ, Tacoma
at 1880 A. NJ. and arriving at Seattle
at l P. NJ. Returning she will leave
at P. NJ, Tacoma at 8 p. NJ. and arrive
here at ii P. NJ, thus affording an all.
day and moonlight excursion in one
trip. The schedule will admit OF
five hours stay at Seattle and nearly
ten hours at Tacoma. Round.trip
cost only 30 cents to Tacoma and Is
cents to Seattle.
NJ. T.. CONFERENCE.-The Fourth
Quarterly Conference of the Olympia