The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
MEMORY REFRESHED
MORE NEWS THAT WAS NEWS
Nineteen Years Ago Clipped
From R. V. Chadd's Paper
The Kittitas Standard.
THINGS THAT PIONEERS WILL REMEMBER
And Others May Read It With Both Pleasure
And Profit, Scan Il Over Carefully and
Perhaps Learn Something.
MORE NEWS THAT WAS NEWS
THINGS THAT PIONEERS WILL REMEMBER

Gilmour Bros, our blacksmiths, are
taking grain for work.
The Senior Becker has bought out
Becker " SeatOn, blacksmiths. He
has taken Mr. Schwartz in with him
as partner.
Smithson e. Meagher, butchers, must
have a settlement OF all outstanding ac-
counts within the next thirty days, or
there will be trouble in camp.
The stage driver reports to US that
some one hung up, during one night
early this week on the streets Of Yak
ina, an etfgy Of Capt. May. The gen
tleman's offense was simply circulating
a petition against the forfeiture OF tho
railroad grant. If May could find out
the parties he could make them suffer
for 1t.
Our "anclent cotem." says there was
an election of officers for the Tip-Top
and Homestake Mining companies held
on Monday last. No such thing. The
old officers hold over. He also says
''Dick Price and Wilmer Cooper re-
turned to continue work in the Tip-Top
tunnel" The truth is the boys are
still in town. Better put "a head" to
your institution.
Tjossem &Johnson advertise they will
take grain for lumber.
The Indians are bringing their ponies
from the Columbia range.
Sheriff Tyler has been in town all
week collecting delinquent taxes. He
leaves early on Monday, so delinquents
had better settle today. 1t is the last
day of grace
A man arrived Thursday evening
direct from Seattle via the Snoqual-
mic Pass. He repots solid trail.
The Toppenish creek is bothering the
stage company some.
Dave Murry started for the Sound
Saturday.
Jack J. Smith has sold his lot and
house in the eastern part OF town to F..
S. Thorp for $3.50, Jack Is going to
Portland,
Lumber for the new Methodist church
is being placed on the ground at the
corner of Third and Ruby streets. The
dedication will occur about June lst.
Iiossem & johnson have started a
lumber yard in town.
For some time it has been known
that certain parties here have been
making business of selling liquor to
Indians, though no proof of the dirty
transaction could be found against
them. But on Sunday last, through the
efforts of &. w. Elliott and Jacob Beck
er, one of the parties engaged in it was
caught right in the act of disposing of
a bottle of whiskey to an Indian. 1t
was Frank Morris, a party who has
been hanging around here all winter
doing nothing, and who had previously
been arrested Though discharged for
want of proof on charge of petty
thieving. On Monday Morris was TAX
en- before U. S. Commissioner Davidson,
and the evidence being positive he was
committed to jail at Yakima to answer
before the U. S. Court. On Tuesday
Sheriff Goodwin took him below.
Everybody in the valley knows
"Chris." Whiting, who formerly re-
sided here, but is now in the Coeur-d
Alene mines. Through the courtesy
of Mr.. NJ Barnett, who received a let.
ter from "Chris," we are permitted tC
make a few extracts therefrom. first
he does not think much of the camp
and says developments so far do moi
Justify the excitement. He was thirty
days getting into the mines from Spok
ane Falls, and in some places the snow
was forty feet deep. He says it take!
a small fortune to live there-hour $50
a barrel and bacon IS cents per pound
Wages are So to 81 per day, principal!
for carpenter work. AS usual the wors
classes are present and shooting scrapes
are common There is some talk OF {
vigilance committee. "Chris," doe'
not advise any one to come there.
Articles of incorporation of the Firs
Presbyterian Church of kittitas wer'
: filed with the County Auditor on Mon
day. Application for $500 aid has beel
sent to the Board of that denomination
which meets in New York on the 10th