Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-26
Notes of Reading

LITTLE THINGS THAT MAY INSTRUCT.
Rome i> derived from a Gree
word siGnifying strength.
The city named Boston was origin
ally named st. Boioph's town.
Cap" Verde means Green cape, from
It's verdure distinguishing feature.
The tirst brick building in this cit,
was erected by George \. Barnes il
1869.
Salem is an abrcviation of Jeru
salem, which means habitation O
peace.
Yesterday is regarded as the ami
vcrsary Of Ascension Day in Chris
tan chronology.
1t is SAID the DuukoboS have 30.
600 fruit trees planted on lands along
the Columbia river.
In 1916. the first grist mill on Pa
get Sound was erected at Tumwater
by Col. VI. I. Simmons.
Oregon's naval militia has beer
awarded the use of the rcfittcd cruis
cr Boston as training ship.
Olympia was incorporated as {
town Jan. 10Th. 1919. 1t was man
aged by Board of Trustees.
This is the year 567l of the Jewish
calendar. Next Tuesday is Rosh ko-
deSh Swan Of the orthodox lsracli,c,
Sippi, derived from aboriginal
dialects. means river, hence is tn,
terminal of the great river of the
South.
Stan means country. as Hind
dostan, country of the Hindoos. Kor-
distan, land of the Kords; Turkistan,
country of the Turks.
As the National Holiday comes on
Tuesday this year, Tradesmen will
have no opportunity to commercial
ize it into three days affair.
In 1871, Feb. II, Congress cstab-
liShed Puget Sound Collection Dis
trlct, with the cuStom-h house in Olvm-
pia, and Simpson =. Moses Collector.
The champion prize-steer at the
Pacific Northwest Livestock Market
held in Portland lately. sold for 500,
or $50 per hundred pounds while on
foot.
San Jose is short way of say
ing st. Joseph; St. Salvador embalms
the memory of our Saviour; Santa Fe
is Spanish for holy path, and Santiago
is a corruption of Saint Iago, or St.
James.
1t may not be generally known that
the question of Prohibition was voted
upon by the Territory of Washington
in 1888, but failed tn carry. although
ThurStOn, the most populous county,
gave 4 majority Of fourteen for the
measure
y Il
are held by ancient fable to have de
rived that quality from the King
of Mantanna, who supported the
heavens on his shoulders, and Allan
tic, applied to the ocean from Greek
words signifying. Beyond Mount
Atlas.
Castor, Oregon, COMMUNICATED
the first day OF April, hitherto called
" All Fools" day, by making it a
clean up period, which is a much more
sensible proceeding than putting salt
in the sugar bowl or cotton batting
in the dougnutS. The women inau-
gurated the innovation.
The settlement of Olympia was
made by Edward Sylvester and Levi
l.. Smith, in 1916, and the first name
given the prospective village was
Smithfield, and afterward Smith re-
linqulsh his interest in the northern
quarter of the donation claim and
the town-Sight was renamed by Syl-
vester. Olympia.
The Provisional Government OF
Oregon. in 1915, included in what is
now this State all of the area of the
Northwest this side of the Columbia
river. calling it Vancouver district.
The Oregon Legislature afterwards
created it into Lewis county. In
1852 the area west of the Cowlitz
was designated as Thurston county,
taking its name from Samuel X.
Thurston. delegate to Congress from
Oregon.
California was named by Cortez, in
1885, the peninsula of which, now
Lower California. was discovered bv
him. 1t is of Spanish origin and he
probably took it from the vernac ular
OF Explandian. first published early
in that century, in which it was re-
garded as an Island Ion the right
side OF the Indies. very near the Ter
restrial Paradise. In some old geog-
raphies, California is laid down as an
island.
George a. Barnes opened the first
general store in Olympia, in the fall
of 1851. The building occupied by
him was situated on First and Co.
lumbia streets afterwards removed
to Main street near FIRST, and became