The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-05
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this week.
The alfalfa crop of the valley is about
all harvested.
&c. LLOYD made a visit to Tacoma
since our last issue.
Court convened Monday in regular
session with jury.
DR.. Mahan succeeds + f. Wager on
the state normal board.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stevens of Thorp
were in the city Saturday.
Pat Dunning, of Liberty, was down
doing jury duty this week.
The Jury summoned Il few days since
put in appearance Monday.
+. NJ. STANDBY, wife and daughter,
were in the city Saturday.
Robert Hovey is looking after the
Hovey ranch near Wilson creek this
summer.
A. Martin: with his son Herbert and
family are having an outing ON the
Nahum this week.
The canal talk on the streets Satur'
dav created considerable excitement
and genuine enthusiasm.
w. NJ. Kenney has put on the market
some of the finest Strawberries this
week ever sold in this city.
CHI. Freeman, editor of the CleElum
Echo. was in the city Saturday on busl-
ness with Mires & Warner.
The builders commenced the con-
struction of Becker, Stieren Raskln's
big foundry and shops Monday.
We are told that the hay crop in the
SOUTHEAST part of the valley is by far
the largest ever grown in that section.
WIS Devices and family, OF Hen
Messy, Okla, arrived here recently
and is visiting his boys. He expects to
settle here.
The apron sale that was set for the
eth of July at Thorp has been post
poned for two weeks and will occur on
July 2lst, 1902.
w. f. Patterson of Blewett, came
down to spend the Fourth and take IN
the sights for few days. He reports
everything moving along nicely in the
camp.
Miss Lillian Stevenson returned Sun
d,, o,o,;,,r f,,p, Tacoma where she
has been attending Witworth college.
She SAYS she has had most enjoyable
school year.
DR.. Brookhart of Drain, Ore, will
please accept our thanks for copy OF
the Drain Nonpareil, the Normal Bull
letn and copy of the official ballot OF
the county and state.
VIM. Freyberger returned Sunday
from long visit with his relatives in
Illinois. He reports his father. who is
81 years old, as being quite feeble and
says he cannot last much longer.
David Coiner will be recommended
to the county commissioners next week
for the position of county janitor to
succeed H. V. Human, who was re-
Gently appointed register of the land
office.
In our travels around over the valley
we have found numerous places whore
the roads were being ruined by an ov-
eriow of water and the grain inside
the field was suffering for want of the
water.
Alpheous Messerly and wife of Wen
atchee, are over this week to visit rela-
tves and friends. Mr.. Messerly was
born and raised in this valley, and NOV
ed to Wenatchee some years ago. He
is a son in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Dennis.
Will Farrell's two little boys had a
streak of bad luck last week. They
had nice little pony and concluded to
lariat him out on the grass and did so,
and in some way it got tangled up in
the rope and fell in Il slough of water
and drowned.
Miss Pearl Pearson accompanied her
aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs Brown,
to their farm at Tyler, in Spokane
county, Monday. She is supposed to
stay all summer over there, but we
predict she will not remain long away
from home.
If you find The DAWN little shy of
news this week, remember the Fourth
came around this week and printers,
like other people desire day off Occas-
lonly. Besides, changing our day Of
publication two days earlier cuts out Il
part of the news this week.
f. a. Home and family W. d. Car
ter and family and c. f. Wheeler and
family all spent Saturday night and
Sunday morning on Wilson creek to en-
Joy short outing and incidentally to
catch mess of the linny tribe. They
all enjoyed the outing very much.
THE ELLENSBURG DAWN contained
superb halftone cut last week of the