Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-07
OFFICER, ARREST
THAT MANI" TO Be
BIG FIESTA STUNT
Mandates of the People Will Rule
Village Council of Elks' Week
of Jollif1cation.
ANY OLD LAW WILL REIGN.
Pretty Girls Will Decorate Each
Attraction-Are You Wearing
q Carnival Button?
"Of1icer, arrest that mani"

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of feet and waving of arms, with the
flourish Of billy" or two. the clang.
ing of the patrol wagons bell, and the
attendant confusion, the hand of the
''law" will descend forcibly upon that
mans" shoulder and he will be hailed
before the court of Justice"
For like unto the laws of the Medes
and Persians, the statutes of the vii
1age council of the Elks' Fiesta Febru-
airy "a to q, unwritten and unknown,
will not waver one j0t or little, but
upon the high as well as upon the low
and even upon those who consider
themselves better than others will
Justice" be meted out summarily. in
terestedly, persistently, until the Of
tenders of the villages dictates are
taught that no law is so great as that
unenacted. unevadeable. untold man.
date they have shattered.
No one knows what those laws will
be, except the enforcers thereof. For
this Is to be council Of the people
where any mans wish-or woman's-
needs but to be uttered to become all
powerful, where no supreme court may
declare unconstitutional the peoples
will, where no governor may veto. no
lobbyist may block with oily. merce-
nary words. And justice, too, will be
administered, for he who sometimes
monkeys with Olympia's laws-Col. c.
E. Claypool-will be consulting archi-
tect and chief supervisor.
So ride in the villages police pa
troll Is liable to be more often thrust
upon one than achieved-yet the honor
is not to be overlooked, for 1t took the
persuasive powers of different Fies-
tians to obtain the use Of that wagon
from Tacoma and 1t has been borrow
ed especially for the occasion. Some
residents Of Olympia never rode In
one, for the city has none and anyway
1t Is not very far to the local police
station. and 1t will be the design. aim
and ambition Of the village ofIicers to
see that this appalling lack Of civic
education is greatly minimized at
least. II not eliminated entirely.
Consequently this feature of the
Fiesta promises to be one of its most
exciting as we'll as one Of its most
interesting and mirth-provoking. But
1t will by no means be the sole attrac-
tion, for Olympia has lot of pretty
girls and all Of them will be there,
adding youth. jollity and piquancy to
the many and variegated booths that
will line the Cairo-like streets of the
Fiesta village. each housed in its own
building.
Architect Joseph Wohleb. who Is In
charge of the designing and erection
of these various buildings, began his
work of construction at the Lobby next
week. and the auditorium will be 80
radically changed for the Fiesta week
that he who wanders down its streets
and through its festival buildings will
marvel at the brilliancy and the va
Tlety OF the Slgnts reVeaieu' iOr the
Fiesta is being staged on stupendous
scale.
And all Of 1t Is being done with a
worthy purpose in view, that not only
of providing the Elks with a new club
house but of building new and fire.
proof theater for Olympia. right In the
center of the city. To add to the zest
of the Fiesta and to awaken prelimi'
nary interest a number Of Fiesta but
tons have been placed on sale and al
most every one Is wearing the purple
and white insignia. At the close OF
the Fiesta the Regal "35" five-passen-
ger automobile, now on display in the
lobby of the Kneeland hotel, will be
given away