Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-02-28
LACEY.

The pleasant days of this week have
invited full display of energy on the
part of those residents of Lacey and
vicinity interested in crop making and
in fact all pursuits New soil has
been turned to the suns rays to the
extent of several hundred acres in and
around Lacey and more will be made
ready before spring has notably ad-
Nanced on the calendar.
Clearing and grading of logged-off
spots are to be noted as important op-
erations and spirit of optimism is
manifested in the work and the ex-
lressions of all annihilate the political
pessimist. While the hands of the
woodman, the plowman and other toll
ors are changing the physical geogra-
rhy of this section the map makers
will have their turn, because new peo-
ple are coming in every few days, buy
ing a small holding and installing their
families, several tents and in other in
stances old sheds being used for tenn
IOrary homes.
The fact that transfers of real estate
in small subdivisions are being made
hereabouts while such transactions are
nil In other communities, is taken as
an omen OF success In this immediate
section. And that the transfers are
being made can be ascertained by in
quiry Of any of the numerous automo-
bile parties seen almost constantly on
the thoroughfares.
ID. W. Bagley, proprietor Of the no.
tel, has been making his plans for the
entertainment of some portion of the
touring travel on the Pacific highway
and expects to have one of the most
inviting hostelries on the entire route.
Quite the most important event in
this vicinity for some time past was
the work of corps of cruisers and es-
timators on the standing timber of St.
Martins college lands, which was COM
pleted early in the week. This was
followed by the announcement by a
Mr.. Cady, timber operator of Ia
coma, that he had purchased the
growth and would Immediately pre-
pare to log it off. He has secured a
concession from the Northern Pacific
and will put in a spur through the 600
acre area, going around the southern
extremity of the hill on which the main
college buildings stand. Mr.. Cady
will put crew Of 40 or so men and a
number of teams at work and expects
to have the denudation complete early
next winter. His calculations at pres
ent are to haul the logs to Olympia and
them boom them to Tacoma mills.
The work of planting 10 five-acre
tracts on the east side of the old Cham
bers tract, which was acquired about
two years ago by Buck & Mcdonald of
Seattle, is now going rapidly forward
under the direction of the latter, who
is thoroughly versed in horticulture
and close student of soils and vary
lug climatic conditions. Winter Bart
let's and French pears are to FREEDOM
mate in the planting with a few cher
ries of commercial value and sprink-
ling of other deciduous fruits on each
tract to meet the domestic require
ments of each owner, three of whom
will be here early in March to select
the sites for buildings which they have
announced that they will erect. Others
Of this colony are expected out from
the Dakotas during the summer and
will probably give orders for. construc.
ton work.
Mr.. Mcdonald announces that he
will plant from 10 to Is acres OF Der
ries between the rows of fruit trees at
once and that as the trees are planted
they will be fortified by adaptable fer
.tilizer and that later the entire or
chard acreage will be fertilized. Some
60 acres of the Buck & Mcdonald tract
Will be cultivated this season for GER
calls, but a year hence will be put into
orchard.
Capt. Higgins has begun the work
or putting the Woodland race track In
shape for the psring training OF
horses. He has a number of young
colts himself that will be broken tC
harness over the course. There is a