Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-12-21
COMMUNITY XMAS
TREE FOR SOLDIERS
BIG AFFAIR TO BE STAGED MON.
DAY EVENING bus LINE
ESTABLISHED.

A big community Christmas tree
celebration for the benefit of the sol
diers from Camp Lewis as we'll as
the citizens of Olympia, is to be hello
in Capitol Park next Monday even
ing, under the auspices Of the Olym
pia Recreational committee. One oi
the big trees in the park will be dec
Grated and lighted.
Arrangements for it, authorized al
the first meeting of the general com
mittee last Friday evening at the
call of the chairman, Mayor Jesse T
Mills, are being made by specia
committee consisting of Glen Cottle
secretary of the Y. M. c. A., Mrs
George D. Prigmore, representing
the women's organizations of the
city, and Rev. Charles T. Goodsell Of
the Ministerial association.
The affair will start at O'Clock
Christmas Eve, to permit the various
churches and clubs of the city with
which Christmas tree celebration IL
an annual affair, to hold their enter
tainments earlier. The opening por
tion of it will be held in the park, thu
weather permitting, and then fur
ther program will be carried out II
the statehouse. the entertainment
closing with the serving of coffee
and sandwiches to the soldiers. Loca
people are urged to unite in making
the affair a big success.
Stage Traffic Organized.
Arrangements for more regular
automobile transportation between
Olympia and Camp Lewis at stipu
lated fare of IS cents including thu
war tax, to be furnished by carr
licensed by the military authorities
were made by the recreational exec
utive committee this week. and thi'
feature Of the situation, which ha'
caused more or less difficulty in thu
past, is. now thought to be settled.
AS the result of several trips tt
Camp Lewis and conferences will
the military authorities. the commit
tee arranged that the stage traffic tt
and from Olympia would be handled
on the same basis as that between
the camp and Tacoma.
The military authorities instructed
the committee to see that bus asso
citation be formed, and advised thu
committee that only cars which
agreed TO charge no higher price
than that fixed by the army, to main
tain a certain schedule and to con
form to the regulations of the mill
tary police, would be permitted tt
load or unload passengers at thu
camp.
Special permits will be issued tt
these cars, an official number given
and a special place set apart in thu
general bus terminal at the camp fol
the Olympia traffic.
Carrying out the request Of thu
military authorities, the committee
after failing in negotiations with th'
local jitney drivers, arranged will
the Capital City Stage to organize
bus association and establish cen
trail station. A number of loca
drivers are joining this association
and sufficient others will be obtained
to handle the traffic.
Council Regulates Traffic.
Supplementing this arrangement
the city council, after considerable
discussion Tuesday evening, passed
an ordinance prohibiting automo
biles carrying passengers between
Olympia and Camp Lewis and Olym
pia and Tacoma from loading or un
loading passengers on Fourth stree
between Jefferson and Main and OF
Main between Fourth and Sixth
streets, and providing for the estab
lishment of the central bus station
for this traffic on West Fourth stree
between Main and Columbia.
The usual large crowd Of soldiers
visited Olympia last Saturday ant
Sunday, in spite of the big militar.
pageant at the camp, and the dance.
conducted by the Red Cross at thu
Tumwater clubhouse and Contra
hall were highly successful. A still
larger rowd of visitors is expected
over the coming weekend and thu
Christmas holiday and the regula
dances will be staged Saturday even
ing