Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-04-28
At ashlnaton Standard
OI.NVPIA. WASH.
tRlbh NlGNiiG. APRIL y. 1908.
Olymp.an "reminiscences.


the -. upi,", ISSUED last saturday and
edited ty IL" women Of the Civic I'M.
lroycmont Club, is q superb number
lis literary contents are mostly origi-
nai and OF great interest, referring in a
large degree to primitive matters in
Or: history a Il community, which
seem 10 have some relative cOnnec.
ton With the prevailing conception OF
the sentiment o! the season--resurrec-
ton and lie. The edition is beautiful
in print, we'll arranged in Topographic
cal details and elevatipg in sentiment
The Easter section has an in>truc-
tive sermon for the young, by Lou G.
Owen, prize Easter stories by Ruth
Clement, Mildred Haskell and Eta
Talcott, and a number OF select illus
tratcd articles on the season. Another
section is entitled GOOD Things to
Eat and consists OF a page Of original
recipes for all sorts of delcacies, con.
tributed by Olympia housewives, COM
piled and arranged by Mrs. F. G..
Blakeslee. The miscellaneous part
has delightful story "a Race for
Love-" written by Goldie Robertson
Funk who has already attained con-
siderable fame in literary work. A
fashion department by Mrs. James A.
Drain leads in another department,
where also appear Observations OF an
Olympia Sage" without any intima.
ton of identity of the Diogenes so
completely hid in his tub.
Then Base. Ball as She is Played
seems to have been the product of a
writer equally modest, or probably
t!mmed from the liberty taken with
syntax in the title. acute Sayings OF
Olympia Children" is an amusing
column, and the page devoted to" Ideal
Husbands" by Merry Maidens and
Ideal Wives" by blythesome boys,
is quite interesting, and it is wonder.
full how accurately the writer's have
summed up desirable characteristics of
life partners from mere observation,
which seems, as a mentor, to have
fairly rivalled experience.
The Historical Section" devoted
to old-time "reminiscences, possesses,
however, the most attractions to the
pioneer settlers, for the mind delights
to dwell upon the good times OF Aud
lang syne," when all were brethren in
truth as we'll as name, constituting
one large family, united by motives of
social pleasure and protection from
the dangers of frontier life. This de.
partmeIt contains an interesting arti.
Gle headed "Mrs. Bettman's Story"
by Mrs. A. Bettman, and another
very readable contribution, entitled
"Olympia Pioneers" by Mrs. J. G.
Parker. Mrs. T. N. Ford recalls some
very notable memories in a narrative
entitled In the Olden Times" This
section contains also a very instructive
article ON "Floriculture" by Mrs.
George E. Filley," one on Women's
Clubs in Olympia" by Mrs. J. w.
NOVEL;, and Society Review by Mrs.
K. r. Streets. Also prize essay on
Beautiful Olympia" by Vera Belle
Dinsmore, aged only thirteen years.
The business portion OF the Easter
edition speaks we'll Of women as solic-
itors and of our business men as liberal
patrons. It was as much success as
the enterprise proved to be be from a
literary standpoint, and is said to have
Melted the Civic Club q couple hundred
dollars.
Even though it may be a difficult
task to attempt to gid refined gold,
we trust we will be pardoned for sup.
plying some unavoidable omissions in
the sketches given that may be of
interest as we'll as to more completely
establish facts for future compilation.
Col. NJ. T. Simmons owned the first
store in Olympia was a small affair,
consisting almost entirely of Indian
supplies-such as blankets, common
clothing, calico, sheeting, beads, sugar,
syrup, etc. 1t was kept in a large
two. story building ON First street
between Main and Columbia, which
burned down score OF years ago. 1t
was q historic structure from other
causes. It was the custom house for
Puget Sound district, under Collector
Simpson P. Moses, and the second
story was the lodge room OF the first
Masonic lodge in the Territory, and
the home OF the Columbian, the first
newspaper in the Territory of Oregon
north OF the Columbia river. The
first general assortment OF merchant
brought to this town was by George
A. Barnes in 1851, from Portland. on
the schooner Mary Taylor, which
brought the same trip the families OF
Pettygrove and Hastings, who founded
Port Townsend. After several years,
Mr.. Barnes formed partnership with
David Phillips and moved from First
and Columbia streets opposite the
then custom.house, to a position on
on Main street, adjoining the first brick
building used for many years as the
first bank in the Territory. Another
general merchandise store was soon es.
tablished on the northwest corner OF
Second and Main streets, by Bernard
Goldman, which afterwards became
the firm of Goldman & Rosenblatt
afterwards NJ. Louisson & Co., then 1.
Lightner, then Lightner & Frankel
then Lightner again. and Lightner &