The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-04-29
Old GREEN HoRS.

evervone'- mind-tne subject u
war with Spain. There are some,
possibly many. who refuse 70 te
Interested in anything short q
war news. The martial spiri; i
aroused in IN people, and i seems
a. /; nothing Will satisfy them only
= fgh.. War i no funny thing,
it i more serious than most peo-
pie think. jus: ask some Of the
Old veteran, abou: this When We
were yoGn. We ie.: very w4rliae ANA .
enlisted expecting soon 10 TX COW
cred with glory. Alter four long
weary years spent amid the din ana
smoke o.; .h- battle, VT came home
covered with rags. The glory w
anticipated was an unknown guam
thy. People talk Of = humane
war. here can be no such thing.
The whole thing i inhuman and
baroarious. ye; there shall ue war
and -umor- Of war"
The genera, opinion i tina.
when Spain learns that Dave Coon
has taken the held fully equipped.
she will back down. Dave has just
become the proud possessor o:
needl- gun, which though OF
lsomewhat antique pattern. vet i
quite formidable weapon. Dave
! ha, retired 10 the mountains. and
j drilling daily. and incidentlv
saving wood.
Jake Filler i just now putting on
quite a lot oi style. New buggy
new harness and a horse that *
regular "high stopper" making al
together quite swell turnout.
Quite recently we happened to
meet Bill Ross who was very much
under the weather. Ii seems that
I his internal machinery has slipped
a cog. and is not running jus,
right. Bill spent the winter in Yak
] ina and had to drink slough
water. Thinks he inadvertently
swallowed nest OF frog eggs. and
they are beginning TO hatch out,
causing an uneasy feeling.
The good prices realized for dairy
J products are quite encouraging 10
those engaged in that business.
Quite a number OF our citizens
have been attending court in FL
lensburg this week, all more or less
interested in the water litigation.
+ When will his vexing question be
, settled? 1t seems to uS that it is
causing the people great deal Of
unnecessary trouble and expense.
; Why not call in the Pope and a
few other dignitaries and have the
! matter arbitrated.
Jake Filler has been dealing ex-
tensivelv in farm machinery lately.
He has traded for a binder, wagon
and buggy.
Ben Filler made quite deal in
cattle lately.
Gardening i nov in order, and
everybody and his wife are now busy
putting in garden sass"
Talk about coon hunting. Now
Bunnie Rogers had the awiulest
coon fight the other morning before
breakfast you ever heard OF. Alter
hard Tough battle he succeeded IN
killing five coons. Who can beat
that story and tell the truth? Bun
ME now goes around singing:
Gas ] walked out by the light OF
the moon.
Ispied that very same old raccoon:
a settin on limb sleeping very
sound
a cotch him up by the tail, fling
him on the ground.
He began 20 scratch and began to
bite,
l bunged his eye, l spilled his
sight"
jim woodward has for sometime
been down painting Ellensburg.
Just what color he is putting on,
we can't say, but we presume it is
red.
You just ought to see Charley
Nasen's new hack. 1t is a "daisy"
and Charley is justly proud Of it.
George Charlton has been APP
pointed road supervisor. He is
the right man in the right place.
Such man as George merits pro-
motion. We always thought he
would "get there"
Elder Cleveland held services at
Fairview last Sabbath. He re-
ports an interesting time.
Charley Cleveland thinks of en-
gaging in the agency business in
the near future.
Crops are all in, and the hard
est part OF the work is done. Irri-
eating will be the next in order.
RanchprS are now ont 6IuOiOr |