The Great Capital Land Grab

All the way from Olympia on the extreme west to the little town of Pasco on the extreme east, there are to be found candidates for the state capital. The town of Centralia, which used to be known as Skookum Chuck, objects to Ellensburgh because the name sounds too much like Husanville or Kancytown. The Yakima Herald notes that Ellensburgh people recently cut some farming property up into town lots under the name of the 'Capital Park Addition,' and by trading these lots off to various papers throughout the territory, have been getting some very cheap advertising. A real estate firm in Ellensburgh sent a half-column advertisement to the Waterville Immigrant, offering to pay for it in 'gilt-edged real estate.' The Immigrant declined, expecting Waterville to carry off the capital prize instead. No doubt a strong lobby will besiege the constitutional convention for action in favor of some of these candidates, but it would seem to be better to leave the capital where it is at Olympia until lands donated by the government may be disposed of to secure a fund for the erection of new buildings.