Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-07-11
FIVE NEW
BOOKLETS ON CITY
Bulletins Will Tell Olympia's Re-
sources-Fourth and Fifth Gel
ebration Big Success.

Ordinarily the months of July and
Chamber of Commerce headquarters,
but not so this year for the publicity
committee is taking the opportunity
of what is commonly known as the
dull season to issue an entire new Sc
ries of booklets on Olympia and Thur
ston county. The recommendation of
the publicity committee to the trustees
was fayorably acted upon at the last
meeting and 1000 was set aside for
this committee to carry on this cam
paign for the ensuing year,
Practically all of this sum will be
expended for literature. Four bulle-
tins of $500 copies each will be print
ed dealing with the following subjects:
First, agriculture horticulture and
dairying. Second, Olympia. Third
Resources of Thurston county. Fourth,
Olympia's harbor and industrial op-
portunities.
The fifth booklet will be a pictorial
review and will tell the story of Olym-
pia and Thurston county in pictures
There will be 5000 copies of the pic
torial review ordered at this time and
it is the intention to send one of the
pictorial booklets to every inquirer
along with the bulletin which answers
his questions.
w. F. G. Thatcher, formerly of the
O.-W. r. & N. staff, with headquarters
in Portland, will assist in compiling
the text matter.
Olympia's Fourth of July celebration
is history and from every indication
it was highly successful. Possibly the
biggest feature of the two days cele-
bration was the fireworks on the even
ing of the 5th, the grand climax of the
affair. These fireworks were put on
by two experts fro mthe Hit Fire.
works company of Seattle and were
viewed by several thousand out of
! town people, as well as Olympians.
1t is the general belief that the best
program was on the day of the 9Th. AT
$3.50 Saturday morning motorcycle
parade was held under the auspices of
the Olympia Motorcycle club and fol.
lowing this at 80 came the exciting
motorcycle races which 5000 people
witnessed. This race was won by l..
e. Scofeld, Fred Levee taking second
money. There were four entries, only
one of the three out Of town men who
had entered showing up. At times the
speed fiends hit the 80 mile an hour
clip. Scofield's time over the course
of eight and a fraction miles in length
was minutes and As seconds.
In the afternoon baseball was the
feature and in the evening came the
motor boat races under the auspices
of the Olympia Motor Boat club and
then the fireworks.
The opening parade, children's
sports in the down town streets and
the grand Mardi Gras were the fea-
lures of the Fourth.
The Chamber of Commerce commit
tee in charge of the affair is more than
satisfied with the showing made for
had not Olympia put on a celebration
Friday and Saturday, this city would
have been like Sunday. Attractions
in other places on the same dates were
much better and bigger than ever, but
as result of the local celebration a
majority of Olympians remained here
over the Fourth and Fifth, going to
the automobile races on Monday.
No plans are as yet entertained for
next year but the committee will in all
probability make some very valuable
suggestions to those who have the af-
fair in charge in 1914.