Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-04-16
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BYuUE r. VERNON.
IN 1853.

North Yakima is in debt 1864, 600.
Hurry up with your apples, North
Yakima.
What a lot of time is wasted try
ing to stay young. Accept old age
gracefully.
Portland, Oregon, should procure
a few carloads of the Seattle Spirit
it needs it.
President Taft is big enough to
even hold down one Theodore Roose-
welt, should he take notion.
When woman past forty disap-
pears from sight for i few weeks, it
is sign she is getting new teeth.
Bear in mind yesterday, to-day
and forever" that prohibition does
not prohibit. Stick telephone pole
there.
Salem, Oregon, calls itself the
City of Cherries, thus snubbing
its hops and pruneS, SO much boast
ed of in days gone by.
O. l.. Jones, of Matlock, killed ten
wildcats and a cougar in day
time. and says it wasn't an ideal
day for hunting, either.
An Olympia dude imagined him
self the prettieSt article in the city
until Il certain painter turned out a
newly painted striped truck.
Editor Hoffer. of the Salem G"ii-
y 10. ,t,,.I plnth
en- of the Seattle Times beat a mile,
when it comes to producing speckled
editorials.
Seattle can boost and boast, but
San Francisco is as far ahead Of it,
far as business and building is con-
cerned, as Olympia is superior, in
business, to Gate City.
St. Louis felt no financial depres-
sion after its exposition; on the con-
trary, its business has increased sure
ly and steadily. Such will be the
case of Seattle after the A.-Y.-P. eX
position; lei us hope.
Fred. Thompson, q fruit grower of
| North Yakima, says Yakima will
have no peaches this year, rs winter
weather killed the crop. What's the
difference? We still have the beau
tiful two-legged ones.
Most every California paper in the
fruit sections carry this all:
"California Raisin Day, April Goth
Cook and eat 'em.'
Washington State might follow
suit with good result.
James Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago,
of whom it is said always removes
his hat when speaking to woman
over the telephone. has not. as yet.
been accused of wearing one of those
little. dinky, fuzzy, green hats, any
| way.
/ The names of legislators either in
Oregon or Washington. during the
late sessions. will never thunder
down the canyons of Time, neither
will their pictures be placed in future
history of their respective common
wealthS.
Now that the Atlantic fleet has
arrived home safe and sound, it S up
to any foreign power on Earth to
say whether or not Uncle Sam has the
ships, the men and last, but not
least, the money, to protect his
children.
The man who will send out of town
for piece of printing, even if it S
only dollars worth, is in no posi-
tion to ask people to patronize him.
With good print shops in town there
is no excuse to go away from home
to get printing.
Bake Oven is the name of a
town in Eastern Oregon. 1t was SC
named from the fact the early set
tiers of that region met on certain
day of the month and swaped yarns
and horses, while their wives did
baking for a month ahead.
OF what good is a moral wave
only to be enacted. thus causing
some men to strut and crow on theil
own dung-hill for brief space Of
time, then be buried by public re
action in grave of forgetfulness
hatred, malice and loathing.
A public market merchant in Sc
attic has purchased seven tons o
prunes. Boarding house landlord:
in the Queen City have not set. a:
yet, the date when they will give thu
barquet in honor of the merchant
nor have the boarders given out thu
day when they will hang him il
efiigy.
A crowd of more than fifty angry
unemployed men wrecked the Rec
Cross employment office in Spokane
the other day. 1t was the same ole
"stall' if you please-the employ
ment Office taking fees from the mel
and in return giving them no work
} To take fee from a poor, hardwork
, ing man, and send him out on
wild goose chase is worse thar
highway robbery. Down with a
such employment buncO games.