The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-18
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A fish hatchery is to be established
near Dayton.
The buttercups are in bloom over
around Colfax
Yakima is taking steps to build an
other school house.
Frank E. Pells has been appointed
postmaster at Ballard.
w. T. Cavanaugh succeeds himself
as postmaster at Olympia.
Gov. Mcbride has appointed DR.. Heg
on the state board Of health.
Natural gas was struck at depth OF
500 feet at Everett last week.
Spokane is to put up new high
school building in short time.
Ex-sheriff VanDeVanter desires to be
warden of the state penitentiary.
There were AIS death in Spokane du-
ring the year 1901 and 65l births.
King county officials collected 1913,
361.45 in fees during the year 1901.
Among the first acts of Gov. Mcbride
was to sign the pardon of w. Gaby.
Gov. Mcbride has appointed J, How
ard Watson as his private secretary.
The farmers in the Palouse country
are seeding and blowing right along.
In King county the auditor during
the 1901 issued 1879 marrige licenses.
There were $50 deaths and 100 births
in Walla Walla during the year 1901.
The auditor of Spokane county issued
77S marriage licenses during the year
1901.
Island county has new paper called
''The Record" and is published in
COupville.
The delinquent tax list of King
county occupies Twenty-Five pages OF
the Seattle Times.
Mrs Eva c. Cove, of Tacoma, is one
of the three heirs in the will of the late
Mrs A. Fl. H. Stuart.
The county offices of Spokane county
during the year 1901 turned in fees
amounting to l1,944.95.
Charley Tom, an Indian, is lodged in
the Thurston county Jail, charged with
the murder of Williams.
The North Yakima Commercial club
will move into it's new quarters in the
Clogg block, after February 1st.
Walla Walla county has 80 divorces
PA marriages during the year 1901 and
sent II persons to the asylum.
The Anderson mill, at Marysville was
completely destroyed by fire last Friday
night the loss being about $1,000.
The Oystermcn's association met in
Shelton recently and decided to hold
the price of oysters at 81 per sack.
The union carpenters of Spokane will
demand As cents per hour for eight
hours work on and after May LIST.
The people living in and about Roza
have petitioned the post office depart
mont for post Office at shat place,
The body of the man killed at Spo
kane by the N. p. has been identified as
being M. c. Dammon, of Baker City.
James Glasgow, an employe in saw
mill at Fairhaven, was seriously injured
recently by being crushed under log.
There has been big demand for
farms in Whitman county of late and
prices have advanced very materially.
Gov. Mcbride has set aside the 10Th
as day for schools to collect whatever
sums possible to aid in the Mckinley
monument enterprise.
James Ross, who shot Victoria Pierce
in Stanwood on the 9th inst. surren-
dered himself to the sheriff of Skagit
county Saturday at Mt, Vernon.
Mrs. Eliza Richards of Blaine died
a few days ago. She was pioneer,
being one of the first white women who
came to that section 30 years ago.
]. G.. Lawrence, manager of the farm
ers' warehouse at Garfield, sold 1000
bushels of Sonora wheat at 52l cents,
and has an offer of 81 cents for 10000
bushels of the same variety.
Spokane has secured So, 900 for immi-
grafton purposes, and the chamber of
commerce has placed S., 900, making in
all $1,000 to induce people of the east,
or rather to assist them in getting out
here.
The heaiest rainfall in the history OF
Seattle fell there recently. 1t was ac-
companied by hard wind making
thirty miles an hour. The rain fell in
torrents, the water running down the
streets in sheets.
Tuesday Jan. 7th) reports from all
over the country show that the weather
was unusually warm for the time of
year. At Umatilla, Ore, the Their
mometer registered 10 degrees, the
highest temperature on record there
in Topuarv At Wa11a Wa1la the Their