Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-04-28

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cessor Of this business, tut whether
direct or not, the writer cannot now
remember. Jack Moses kept an as.
sOrtment OF hardware and ship chan
! diery few doors north of the Iouisson
store, on Main street Parker, Cnul-
ter 4 Co. kept an assortment OF gror
cries and provisions on second, l.e-
tween Main and Washington, until
the firm built on Main street the
| building which is still noted from the
fact that its second story was occupied
10y the first Territorial Legislature.
| Here the firm did business until Coul-
ter decamped with about 81 900, which
had been entrusted TO the firm, as
express agents, on route which they
were operating between Olympia and
Portland. This lnss was made good
| 10y Mr.. Parker, at the sacrifice of his
business. The Sandwich Island store,
consisting mainly of sugar and syrup,
was among the early stands at North
End" as Mr.. Barnes called his point
on the spit. Mr.. and Mrs. Forey like
wise conducted a ladies dressgoods
store in corner Of the old building
then known as the custom. house.
In the early days, Chas. f. Weed
was the baker, and did business for q
time in shack on Second street, in
the rear of the old Bettman store,
finally erecting for a business stand
the building lately torn down just
north of the Green Tree saloon, on
Main street.
The first hotel Tor rather boarding
house) was log structure on the
corner where the New England now
stands. 1t wac kept by Edmund
Sylvester, afterwards by Sam d. Will
liams, then by Corliss & Ensign who
rebuilt the Main street part, then by
Silas Galliher, who constructed the
Main street l., the upper story of
which was, for many years a public
hall, known as Washington Hall, in
which all public meetings, balls and
shows were held. Among the latter
was Jack Rags performances. in his
"Grecian Statues" the main feature
of which was Mr.. Rag in white tights
and chalk, posing at the close of each
verse of song OF his own composition
in representation of some historic
incident of Grecian mythology. The
hotel afterwards passed into the keep
ing OF Joseph Ketlett for short time,
then TO f. T. Young & Brother, then
George E. Higgins and is now man.
aged by John E. Gleanham and wife.
The Jeal boarding house, to which
Mrs. Bettman refers, comes after this
hotel in antique history. The Pacific
Hotel was built by Col. VIM. Cock
early in the fifties, and was managed,
by himself and family many years.
Then Rebecca Howard was laudlady
for long term, and it passed into the
hands OF Hill Harmon, Mr.. Willis, and
several Others, when it was given up
to the sole tenantry of rats, bats, cats
and hoboes. Many, many years ago
William Mitchell, now q County Com.
missioner, kept a meat market in
Olympia, and one of the buildings
formerly used by him is the bill
posters room on Washington, between
Second and Third, which then occupied
q portion on the lot where now is
situate the Woodruff building.
DR.. G. X. Willard and DR.. Burns
kept the first drug stores in Olympia.
and Henry Wiusor and George Coegin
operated stage lines carrying the U. S.
mail to Monticello, before Mr.. Davis
entered upon the service.
Mr.. Hoffman, who came in 1871,
was by no means the first exclusively
hardware merchant in this city. Chas.
E. & Samuel Williams, who date back
at least ten years farther, were estab.
lished before him. The latter partner
continued the business up to about
the close part OF the seventies. when
Alex Farquhar succeeded to the pres
tige, ii not the stock, of the firm he
served as salesman many years.
The first steamer on the Sound
CATER, of course, the H. B. Co.'s Beaver)
was the Major Tompkins, managed by
the then famous high.fyer, John H.
Scranton; then came the propeller
Traveller, commanded by Capt. J. G..
Parker, closely followed by the Enter
prise, for while. and the Eliza Ander.
son many years, both under command
of Capt. d. B. Finch.
But this article would be intermin.
able had we space and time for further
memories" The writer has lust
space to moderate the credit given
him as "ladies' man." in youth, when
he is represented as serenading the
girls in the character OF q veritable
troubadour. The statement is true
in all particulars except that he went
alone. The "boys" with whom he was
associated had very good orchestra
an excellent vocal quartette, and they
always went on their expedition to.
gether-for protection probably. Two
of the members of the band, if not
more, still live-James NJ. Hays "a
brother OF the fair Commentator and
David T. Drewry, of Bush prairie, both
of whom drew a graceful bow in their
youthful days.
1t is probable that other cha piers of
pioneer local history will follow, if the
present intention does not grow weak