The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-03-22
THE LOCAL EVENTS

There seems to be no let up on the
coal famine
r. S. PaImer's barn on Main street
is about ready for use.
Jacob Salladay is able to be up and
around the house once more.
Plant and vegetation life seems to in
dictate that spring is at hand.
c. L. Hall is convalescing nicely
from his recent attack of the humps.
z. w. Num- seems to be doing a
thriving business with his incubators.
Mrs. j. J. Suver, of this city. is
Quest of her cousin, Mrs. c. G. Slingsby
of Tacoma.
The crop of incubator chicks prom
ises to be quite large in kittitas valley
this season.
w. Z. Miller, representing the Rich
mond Paper company of Seattle, is in
the city today.
Fl. Z. Hopkins representing the
Fales Paper Co.. of Seattle, was in the
city yesterday.
The doctors of the city report the
health of the community is being dis
tressingly good.
BY an edict of the city council the
saloons of this city must henceforth pay
$1,000 per year.
Ackley 4 Lutf's carpenter shop on
Fifth, near corner Of Fifth and Pine, is
about completed,
Don't forget The Dawn office when
in need of job printing of any kind or
loose.leaf ledger work.
The jury in the case of Milwaukee
vs.. Mrs Glenn. gave her 50, 800 damage |
and all Improvements not on the right
of way.
w. L. Gray the foreman on J. H.
Smithson's ranch a mile east of this |
city, has been critically i'll again for a
few days.
Mrs. J. 2. Flynn and two daughters
will leave soon for a six weeks visit
with relatives and friends in Spring
field, Illinois.
James A. Thomas Of Gle Elum, who
has contract on the Milwaukee grade
above Thorp, was in the city, Wednes-
day for few hours.
There ought to be some back alleys |
and yards cleaned up pretty soon in
order to save paying doctors bills
later in the season.
The jury in the caae of the Milwau-
kee vs. S. G. Mattox, awarded Mr.
Mattox 81, 400 for his land. The com
pany had offered him 5000 for it, but
he thought he ought to have s., 100.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.. Dickson returned |
from Olympia, yesterday After the
legislature adjourned Mr.. Dickson
went to Seattle to transact some bust
ness with the exposition board of
which he is a member.
Mrs. J. n. Girard who has spent the |
past week visiting with her sister Mrs
]. P. Flynn and family, left yesterday
to visit another sister, Mrs. c. S. Bill
ger, of Mabton a few days before going
to her home in spokane.
Tillman Houser and wife left yester-
t:y for Seattle, where they 90 to make
their future home. They are nice Old
people and we are sorry to have them
leave this valley where they have lived
for tina past thirty years.
c. c. Churchill and w. b. Keene
closed contract with Louis Peterson
of Nelson Siding, Wednesday after
noon for poles for the Southeast kitti-
tas Telephone company's line, which
will be 81 miles in length.
A large shipment Of fruit trees from
the Oregon Nursery Co.. arrived on
Wednesday and are being inspected by
S. W. MaXey. All parties ordering
trees through c L Ramsey viii please
take notice and call on Dan Coble for
their trees.
Mrs. W. W. Scott and daughter,
Miss Eva, of Centralia, H., are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. 4. Iehnner, having
arrived Yesterday. They will locate
in Yakima county, but contemplate
purchasing some of our fine llittitas
fruit land for apple orchards,
The body Of John Ward one of the
men employed by the Milwaukee com
pany, was picked up Tuesday after
noon and turned over to the Big Store
company for burial. The body was
strewn along the track for mile east
OF the bridge between this city and