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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-23
SANDMEYER'S SASH AND
DOOR FACTORY BURNED

About midnight Saturday the fire
alarm was sounded by Sheriff Crowley
who saw the flames darting from the
rear o. the Sash and Door factory on
the corner of kittitas and Water
streets The department responded
very quickly, but as there were no
hNdrants near, it took several minutes
to lay the hose to Third street and be-
fore this could be done the fire had
made such ii Roadway that it was utter
any part of the building. 1t was a
large two story corrugated iron build
ing and cost quite sum. IL was well
equipped with machinery of the latest
designs, all of which cost a snug sum,
and all was lost. Several carpenters
who had been employed in the factory
Saudmeyer the owner, says he figures
his loss at $40. 600 with an insurance of
$4,000, as follows: With Guy Williams
$1,000: w. j. Robbins $1,000; and a third
policy written Saturday few hours be-
fore the fire for $1,000 by Carroll e.
Blair.
Mr. Sandmeyer says he is down and
out" but if can get the necessary back
ing, will rebuild his plant on the line
of the G. NJ e. s = road in the north
DART of the CITY
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-23
A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT
TO COMMIT MURDER

Sunday afternoon Emmlt Mitch ell, a
paroled convict of the state peniten-
tiary, sent up from Snohomish county
for murder some years ago, and Wit
liam Handon, who is believed to have
shady record, if not criminal, tried
to murder George Williamson after
robbing him of $1,000 on the river
west of Elmar Stickney's brick yard.
From the best report we are able to
get of the matter, it appears that the
three started down to the river to do a
lutte fishing, but before reaching the
river, and in a rather secluded spot
Mitchell and Handon assaulted Will
hanson and he tells it in his Own way
as follows:
u met Mitchell and Handon yester-
day afternoon about O'Clock, and al
though did not know them very well,
they invited me to go fishing with
them to the river. We walked down
the n. r. railroad track and near the
started across fields to the river Near
the brckyard about 30 feet from the
river the attack took place. We were
walking along narrow path, Handon
in front, myself in the middle and
Mitchell behind | had taken out my
watch to see what time it was. | ust
when Mitchell hit me from behind. |
do not know what he used, but 1t
knocked me down and almost put me
out
The two Of them grabbed me and
started through my pockets and when
| showed fight Mitchell took me by the
shoulders and put my head across his
knee. sla mined my neck across his leg,
attempting to break it, After they
had taken my valua bles they stuck
wadded handkerchief down my throat
aud threw me INTO the bushes away
from the path. lay there for 20 min
utes too stunned to move, but when
was sure they were gone | got to my
feet and started to town"
Williamson got to town shortly after
the arrival of the men who tried to XII
him and at once reported to the OIL
Gals, but by this time the men had
made their escape by catching a west
bound train, but by quick use of the
wire they were captured in CleElum
by Marshal Byars, who wired to the
Sheriff that he had in the city bastile
the men whom he wanted Deputy
German went up and got the victims
and they are now behind the bars wait
inc for trial, which will proba bly, not
come off at this term of court.
Very little is known of Williamson,
but it is said he spent the summer on
the farm of Frank Barnard, rancher
in the southeast part of the valley.
Handon, likewise seems to be a
stranger here. but the police force
thinks him hard pill" AS for Nit
chell. he is well known here and most
people seem to have an unfavorable
opinion of him.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-23
Produced Results

Our genial friend and accommodate
iny nostmaster, Oliver Human, fooled
a bip lot of flies who have been using
.ha ton If his head for skating rink
for the past twenty years, by growing
a fine crop of hair thereon during hls
recent visit to his old home in Oregon
c,ronoe as it may seem, all former
trims to the old home were frultless IN
nroducing the necessary roach, out IL
came this time, good and heavy, but
they do say he bought 1t.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-23
Only an Amateur Now.

mo. SIR said the man who had been
asked for aims; II can give you moth
ting. You are professional beggar,
aren't your"
81 used to think So" replied the beg.
gar as he sadly pulled two cents and
a collar button from his picket, but
l have come to the conclusion that
am only an amateur"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-23
NOTICE

Michael Einnegan is one of the heirs
to an estate in Montana 1t is suppOs-
ed that he is someplace around Eliens-
burg. Anyone knowing his address, or
having information that may assist in
lOcatidg him, please notify II. a. Boil
niger, at Bozeman, Mont. 36-3S
lady for general house
work. Apply to l09 E Spring street.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-09-23

FOR SALE-Milch cows fresh
now. more coming in soon. CAL at
Ploeoer ranch miles northeast OF III
lensburg. Not at home on Saturdays
1o""'7 VIM. PLOEGER
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Some unkind friend sends in this
little society note, says an exchange:
"Mr. and Mrs. Sayhogan gave beau
tiful draw bridge party Wednesday
night in their beautiful mortgaged
home on Broad street. The long
room was cleared of its junk and all
the silverware the charming hostess
could borrow was displayed. The
lights were turned out about Z
O'Clock by the light company. Mr..
Sayhogan rented a dress suit for the
occasion Mrs. Sayhogan wore "a
beautiful dress which she got on the
installment plan. The event was the
greatest thing pulled off in town for
some time. and everybody pronounc-
ed the Sayhogans the nerviest people
ever located in our midst"
Robert Vorbeck, son of City Clerk
H. +. Vorbeck. left this afternoon for
Denver to visit with friends and rela-
tives in that city.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08
RIVERS STILL RISING, BUT
BIG PLANTS AND DAMS SAFE
Continued from Page one,

necessary to greatly endanger tn.
dam in face of the reinforcement.
that have been made The situation
at the big dam looked pretty critica
yesterday but by the employment OF
large force of men everything was
put in good shape.
The Situation At PaIisade.
The Grand river made a rise oil
four inches during last night accord
ing TO measurements made at Pali-
sade.
Today the river is rising very
, slowly
The bridge at Cameo is still hang
ing over the river and it is believed
that it will Withstand still higher
water. Two or more piers are gone,
as announced yesterday.
The Sentinel was informed this
morning by Palisade people that
things were looking pretty bad yes
terday for the pumping plant of the
stub ditch but it is believed that it
will take another rise of about 6
inches to cause serious trouble there.
The Palisade pumping plant is
running as usual today but a rise of
8 or inches might force that plant
to close down.
Al both these big pumping plants
every precaution has been taken to
prevent damage from the high water
Washing The EmbanLment.
1t is reported that the river is
washing into the railroad embank-
-ment along the river near Palisade
quite bit but there is little prob
ability of the embankment being
weakened to a dangerous extent
Quite bit of damage to farm
lands around Palisade. on the river,
is reported
City Pumping Plant Is o. X.
The silly report published in the
morning Yellow today to the effect
that at 10 O'Clock last night the water
was four inches deep in the pump
house of the city water system was
untrue and unfounded At
no time during the present high water
season has the water gotten into the
pump house nor is it likely to do so.
The river came up very slowly dur
ing the, night but Supt. Vedder's force
of men kept the situation well in
hand and at no time during the night
was the pumping plant in danger.
Up to this afternoon at g.
o'clock the river had risen about 4
inches above the stage recorded at
an early hour this morning and con-
tinues to rise very slowly.
The pump house is kept dry and
everything is working in excellent
shape.
The engineer at the pumping plant
informed The Sentinel this afternoon
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08
MOST PATHETIC CASE OF
FAITHLESS WOMAN'S LOVER
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

Especial to The Sentinel ]
+ New York, June S.=The poor +
+ and pitiful romance Of Casper +
+ Zitnik. broken-down Hungar- +
+ ian banker, was read in the +
+ court of general sessions yester- +
+ day, in the shape OF an affidavit +
1. when Zitnik was arraigned for +
+ sentence upon his plea of guilty +
+ of manslaughter in the first de- +
+ gree. +
4. + + 1. + 4. + 4. + I. !.
Zitnik killed his wife February l (
by pouring sulphuric acid in her eyes
while she slept in their squalid
rooms. The acid penetrated the
brain.
James b. Mcclellan, his lawyer,
read Zitnik's affidavit. the truth of
which has been established by inves-
tigation.
IL appears that Zitnik was young
man of some prominence and good
social connections in Budapest IL
years ago. He married a professional
model, who was reputed to be the
most perfectly formed and beautiful
woman in Hungary. ISL
She deserted him after two years
of married life. He followed her al
over Europe and finally to this city.
where he found her on the streets.
In response to his pleadings she con-
sented to live with him as his wife.
She was still beautiful and re-
tanned her wonderful figure. Zitnik
loved her with dog-like devotion;
but she played with his affections.
While he toiled at night as baker
she entertained other men at his
home. He begged her time and time
again to reform, but she laughed at
him and spit at him. Still he loved
her.
She drove me away from her. he
swore in his affidavit: but | could
not live without her. At last | de-
termined to make her hideous and
unattractive to other mensga
Il poured acid on her face while
she slept. not with the intention of
killing her. but in the hope of de-
stroying her beauty and keeping her
to myself and making her dependent
upon me-
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

that there is every reason to believe
that another rise of three feet can be
successfully combatted without the
necessity of shutting down the water
plant Therefore there is no need of
the citizens worrying over the situa-
ton.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Hear Phidelah Rice tonight at the
Methodist church in his remarkable
production of that powerful political
play. THE Man of the Hour" He
will.impersonate every character. 1t
will be as good if not better than the
play as presented by fire class COM
pany Admission so cents.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

FOR SALE-New and modern double
dwelling on Fifth and Pitkin. Price
$3.50 Rents for $40 per month.
Nets the investor 10 per cent on
the price. Ideal location. Sure
renter.-Milne & Milne, 527 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Just received a big consignment
Navajo rugs from reservation to be
disposed of regardless of cost. Prices
So TO SIS and up.-Crown Furniture
Co, 330-340 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

We will soon have car OF fur
naces, and we are going to install
them at reasonable prices.--J. H.
Lane.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

FOR RENTING room house on
Chipeta, near Third, $1,000 per
month. VIII sell for s11Oo, easy
terms. Apply 1927 Colorado ave,
or phone Red 2622.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

When you think harness OF buggy
think Fred Manfey.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
DRS. ELDRIDGE AND GRAY,
Physicians and Surgeons.

+ All medicines furnished from
I. our own laboratory and put up
I. by ourselves, thus avoiding
I. mistakes.
+ Offices, SIS Capitol block,
I. Main street.
+ DR.. Eldridge's residence, No.
I. 53S Chipeta avenue. Phone
I. No. 107 Junction.
+ DR.. Gray's residence, 562
+ Ute avenue. Phone Junction
/. 321.
!. Office phone. No. 1875 juno
+ ton
+ Office hours from $50 to ~
!. am; from l to pm; from
+ Z to pm and from to
I. pm. Sundays.
=. :.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08
MARTIN READY
TO HELP CITY

In many ways Congressman
John A. Martin, of this district.
has made il plain that he is u
good friend of Grand junction
and will always stand ready to
give the city and valley any
assistance that is within his
power. Some days ago Secre-
tary Mahoney of the Chamber
of Commerce, wrote MIR. Martin
concerning the securing of gov
ernmental publications for the
Chamber of Commerce library.
The following letter shows that
MIR. Martin will give valuable
aid along this line.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Dear Sir:
Since receiving your letter of May
s. | have talked over the matter of
government publications for your
library with the other members of
THE Colorado delegation and with the
superintendent of the government
printing office. | find that in what
are known as Designated Depositary
Libraries there are no vacancies
However. / have a vacancy in my
Geological Depository Library and
am requesting the superintendent of
the government printing office today
to place the Grand Junction Cham
Der of Commerce Library upon the
list. will also write the Publication
Division of the Agricultural Depart
ment to send you such publications as
it can from time to time. | will also
write the Chief of the Bureau of
Manufactures to place .you on the
Monthly Consular Report list. In
addition ! will be glad myself. 10 send
you publications.
Very truly yours.
JOHN A. MARTIN.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Low rates for teachers via the Mid.
land. Tickets on sale June /.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

WANTED-Position on ranch close
in by boy 16 years old Phone
Red 1874
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

See Fred Mantey about sweat pads.
gall cure. rope, horse muzzles. axle
grease for buggy and wagon.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished light
housekeeping rooms. "a Ouray. /.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

FOR RENT-4-room house; fur
nished; good location. Phone Red
1881.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

WOULD like to get in connection
with responsible real estate firm
in Grand Junction. This is a COM
ing section. and l usually have
few snaps in farm land on hand.
o. ]. Bracken. Vernal. Utah. Ref
erence, Bank of Vernal.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Piano hauling specially with
Barton & Terril
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

House of Representatives
Washington, ID. c.. June ,, 1909.
Ir. Thomas F. Mahoney.
Grand Junction, Colo
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

Take The sentinel for all the news.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-08

necessary to greatly endanger the
dam in face of the reinforcements
that have been made. The situation
at the big dam looked pretty critical
yesterday but by the employment of
large force of men everything was
put in good. shane
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08
In Three Parts

It appears that Congressman Sulzer has not forgotten his Caesar and that he really has an ambition to divide Alaska after the manner of Gaul in three parts. The following from the Ketchikan Miner is interesting:
 Congressman Sulzer of New York in an interview with the Miner today more fully explained his views for the division of flask a brief account of which appeared in these columns a few weeks ago. MT. SuIzer's proposition is to create two territories and dis trict out of the present form of Alaska giving new names to the divisions thus detached and providing for a suitable form of government.
 1t would separate all of the land lying north of the Yukon river and form it into district with general government patterned after the one now in operation. This he would call Seward in honor of the man who made the purchase of the district.
 South of the Yukon and west of the 14O degree of longitude he would form into territory to be known as Sumner in honor of Charles Sumner who aided by his magnificent speech the purchase act. Southeastern Alaska would also be territory and designated as Alaska. The two latter divisions to be granted a territorial form of govern ment with an elective assembly. Within ten years MT. Sulzer says this part of Alaska will be clamoring for statehood and she will be entitled to it by right of population and wealth. The latter she already has and the former is coming on every boat.
 He believes that a bill carrying these changes and providing for suitable gov ernment could be passed through con- gress within the next two sears.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08
RAPID MONEY MAKING
Big money is going to be made in the stock of the
IRONDALE

Steel Company, and in the lots of the steel city of IRONDALE.
 IRONDALE is the steel plant on Port Townsend Bay, on Puget Sound. It will begin operations few weeks hence, on October b. The town has been recently plated, aud will grow like wildfre as the time for the opening of the mills approaches. Lots bought now at present low prices will soon double and treble in value.
 Stock in the lRONDALE plant will be enormously profitable for it's holders. The company's assets are in excess of Sl7,OOO,OOO, with liabilities of less than S3,OOOOOOO Figure it out You ought to plant some of your idle money in IRONDALE. Send tO us for complete information and free illustrated book lets about IRONDALE and the iron and steel it will soon be making.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08
NIT. Perkins and Alaska

Probably no more thorough and ap- preciative view of Alaska, it's wonder ful resources and it's prospects has been had by any visitor to that great territory than was expressed by MT. George W. Perkins, of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.,, in an interview in this newspaper on Tuesday morning, says the Seattle P-I Mir. Perkins has been yachting in Alaska waters for many weeks past. In that time he has visited many places out of the ordinary routes of travel and has seen far more of the territory than has been seen by the ordinary visitor, or even by men who have spent years in the territory. He returns with an enthusiasm for Alaska which means much to ths terri tory when it is considered how, from his commanding position in financial circles, MT. Perkins is in position to further the interests of the territory and to aid in securing the capital which will permit of the development of it's many and splendid resources.
 The agricultural capabilities of the territory impressed him strongly, al though the development of agriculture in the territory is hardly likely to en- list the attention of large capitalists. Moreover, he is profoundly impressed with the fact that, instead of having been aided by the legislation of con. gress, DO new country has been more impeded in it's development by laws and circumstances. The manner in which obstacles are interposed to the opening of coal districts and the like are touched on as showing how prog ress is held back and the burdens of the Alaska people increased by iD- advised or badly administered laws based on closet theories.
 One great asset of Alaska, which neither the government, time nor set, clement can injure, is it's scenery, which Mir. Perkins declares, is incomparable. It will be an immense attraction to tourists from this time forward, and thus will be great source of revenue to the people of the territory.
 When Mr. Perkins tells what he has learned about Alaska to his associates and to others who have confidence in his judgment there is a prospect that a great amount of capital will seek fields of investment there, for no other place in the world affords at the moment such opportunities yet undeyeloped.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08
Alaska Already a T erritory

In an address delivered at the Audi. torium at Fairbanks, July 18th, the Hon. James Wickersham, delegate from Alaska, told the people that he had succeeded in convincing Judge Ballin- ger, secretary of the interior, that Alaska is not district, but territory. He also said:
 "Now, that may not seem to be of great interest, but it is of vast interest for this reason: That the secretary of the interior is almost the whole gov erpment of Alaska; he practically ap points the governor of Alaska and the executive officers of this territory who make their reports to him-he IS the head of the territorial government in Alaska, and it is highly important to have him take the right view of things; and the result of that interview, and of his final decision is this, that two days before I left Washington he called Governor Clark and me into his office and we had a discussion upon this par ticular subject. And he said to Cover nor Clark in my presence; You will get new seal for the Territory of Alaska-leave off the words District of Alaska and put on the words Territory of Alaska And he further said to the governor in my presence that in all further public proclamations and doc uments hereafter issued in respect to that territory, everything will be headed The Territory of Alaska and not The District of Alaska And on the first day of next October when Governor Hoggatt shall abandon the executive chair, the District of Alaska will go out of existence as it ought to have done long ago, and we will at last have the status of the Territory of Alaska as we ought to have had it four years ago."
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08
A Bird ragedy

There was a tragedy the other day in w. s. Clay's dove house which, had the actors been human beings, would have meant case for the grand jury and aroused universal pity and indignation,
 A mother dove had been the target of the small boy with 9 rifle. The bull let had passed through her breast, leaving her only strength enough to flutter homeward and reach the nest where a half-grown fledgling awaited her coming. Dying she had snuggled up against her little one, her life blood pulsing out over her own white breast and against her babe. And there, with eyes staring wide, she breathed her last and the fiedgling starved, then froze, and they were found with their heads pressed close together as in last, lov- ing embrace.
 Mr. Clay brought them down town just as they rested in the nest and the sight and the suffering it spoke were enough to melt the hardest heart. And the boy with the p rifle may cause a like tragedy again and many times.- Fairmont jMinn.J Sentinel.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08

Paul Johnson, a Ketchikan native boy, has been sentenced to one year in the Bonneville, Mo-, training school, for theft Missouri is noted for it's schoolmaams, but if they can remove the desire to steal from the soul of this native boy in one short year they are better looking and smarter than most of the "perfesh" that come to Alaska. Still if that be impossible there is yet another remedy left in the hind legs of the Missouri mule.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08

The sourdough is man with more heart than head He will go out iu the rain when every bush is hydrant, and chase the footprints of deer over ten miles of the toughest roads that nature ever worked a poll tax on, and when he has overtaken the animal and shot it, will pack it down to hls shack and give the meat to every person who hap pens along. He keeps supply of bacon and sourdough and his greatest delight is in watching somebody else sit down to his table and eat it. If you are lost in the forest the old sourdough is the one to find you, and when you are storm tossed at sea, his dory is first to pick you up. He is prince of gen. tlemen without the frills.-Ketchikan Miner.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08

ways, but the most remarkable feature is that while Douglas City appears in big type Juneau is nowhere to be seen. Can it be that duncan has become so insignificant that it is to be left off the map2
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08

The loss of the Ohio emphasizes the necessity of modern vessels on the Alaska route. Had the Ohio been a double bottom vessel she would prob ably be afoat, although badly dam aged.-Railway & Marine News.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08

S4OOO is the round trip rate to Seat tie and return commencing May 27th. Tickets good until October 3lst. For other information call at Heubuer's Drug store.
Douglas Island news., 1909-09-08

There is much talk about an editorial association in Southeastern Alaska Seems to us a press club would do the business.