Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-28

When the leaves of your fruit trees
begin to curl and shrivel, it is time to
spray for insect pests.
Even physicians themselves confess
that a time Of general good health is
prevailing in Olympia.
Ambition is the ammunition of
business. Write this precept upon
the Intel OF your house.
}. T. Trowbridge, Superintendent of
the p. c. :. 5. Co., will arrive by the
Multnomah this evening.
Mr.. F.. Gerstenberg, wife and little
of Chicago, are guests of
Mrs. Sternberg, OF this city.
A marriage license has been issued
to John O'Hare of Kamilchie, and
Mary A. Kearney OF Olympia.
The steamer Seaside carried a priv
ate excursion party down the bay to-
day, headed by Geo. f. Filley.
Workmen are engaged in sinking
a second well on the Hale property,
in the rear OF the brick block.
The Olympic Mill Co. has a stock
Of 100000 feet OF lumber in their yards
to meet current local demands.
1t is worth going to McClelland's
shop to see the heavy work involved
in the making OF logging trucks.
A clean mown front lawn adds
beauty to any residence. Profit by
this suggestion; it costs nothing.
Everybody says that times are
frightening and what everybody says
must be true in part if not in toto.
The steamer Multnomah last even.
ing brought up 461 coils of band-iron
for the Puget Sound Pipe Factory.
DR.. Riley reports the birth of
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Surles. OF East Olympia, June Goth.
Prof. L. P. Yemen is canvassing the
rural districts in the interest of the
aourishing institution he represents.
The farmer hits the nail on the
head by saying that the proper time
to cut grass is when it is ready to cut.
1t is significant fact that Fourth
street is getting to be q thoroughfare
OF church attendants and theater-goers.
The Olympic mill will shut down
two days next week to allow the en-
ployes an opportunity to celebrate the
Fourth.
If you can do nothing more, display
the Stars and Stripes over your resi-
dence, next Thursday, in honor of that
suspicious day.
David Baker and Miss Mary Lister
were united in marriage at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, on East.
side, last evening.
The fate OF Olympia dogs is resting
in an even balance, and they are
watching with fear and trembling the
fitting of the beam.
Dilapidated sidewalks should be re-
paired before the coming OF the crowds
that will attend the doings of our
national anniversary.
Large shipments of strawberries
have been made from this city, the
past week, to wholesale dealers who
will send them East.
If you would like to see the true in
wardness OF quiet life, heightened by
the charm of contentment, visit some
we'll ordered country home.
The old Mattice building on the
southeast corner of Fourth and Frank
lin streets is undergoing some thor
ough alterations and repairs.
1t is said that the contractors, the
Moffatt Bros, have lost about &c.
600 on their contract just completed,
of foundation for the capitol.
Messrs. Mason and Rogers, of the
pipe factory, went to Shelton last
Wednesday, by the steamer frankie
on business for the company.
Olympia Lodge OF Odd Fellows will
be forty years old July 18th. But one
OF the charter members remains
Samuel Davenport, Of Bucoda.
A baseball game is announced to
take place at the old fair grounds,
Sunday. between picked nine of Ia
coma and and one from this city.
There will be celebration at Raj
nier, Woodland, Bush Prairie, and
Delphi and Gate City, all in this
county, of the coming Fourth"
The hardware store Of Merri6eld &
Co. was removed, this week, from the
Craig building to the west end of the
Bettman building on Fourth street.
An old-fashioned school exhibition
was held at South Bay, Saturday even
ing, TO commemorate the close of Miss
Wilson's school in the Corliss district.
The Olympic Mill Co. have finished
this week 100000 shingles for the
Catholic college at Woodland, and are
now saving $4,000 lath for the same
building.
Miss Alice Langridge has just fin.
ished three months school at Hun
ter's Point, and passed through the
city, this week, on her way home to
South Bay.
Box and platform cars are now al
most constantly to be seen at the foot
OF Jefferson street, loading with rough
and dressed lumber for shipment to
distant points.
It's we'll that your own children arise
and call you blessed, but the thought
will be a pleasant one that other mems
sons and daughters declare that you
gave them taffy.
A long-felt want will be supplied
when somebody brings out bicycle