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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17
Making Good Roadway

Fairly good Roadway has been
made on our new concrete building
since our last issue by contractor
Knox. The walls will soon be
done and when they are finished
the carpenters will begin the work
of roofing and putting down the
floors. We are very anxious to
get into the building for several
reasons. First of all, it is hard to
do work with everything torn up
and our office scattered throught-
out three buildings. However, we
must content ourselves and do the
best we can under present condi-
tons, hoping for better things at
an early date.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17

it, and therefore. has behind it a
conscience and character that can
be identified. 1t is close to the
people and can give voice to the
sentiments of its readers. We
have to rely more and more upon
the country papers for the educa-
tional work that is necessary to a
correct understanding of public
questions. The country newspa
pers can obtain its news from the
metropolitan daily, but it must do
its own digesting and interpreting.
There is lot of difference between
the man who writes what he is told
to write and the man who writes
what he believes, and writes be-
cause he has a message to deliver
to his readers
Every county ought to have
democratic weekly-here is field
for patriotic effort. The Common
er will be pleased to chronicle the
birth of each new paper. The
Commoner.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17
The Democratic Weekly

At this time when the great
dailies are becoming more and
more business enterprises rather
than opponents of opinion, and
esnec;allv when a number of them
have become the property of preda-
torv interests, the country news
naner increases in importance. 1t
can be owned by the man who edits
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17

memorial to the United States Con-
grcss. 1t is also purposed to have
a large delegation, composed Of
of every state and
territory i'll the Union, push the
measure for adoption. The work of
the support of the people
in the various projects
will be taken up Immediately after
the close of the irrigation congress
with the view to concerted action.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17
Milwaukee Service Ready

Taking effect last Sunday, June
10, at midnight, the Chicago. Mil
waukee & Puget Sound railroad
has announced it's local time table
for the Coast division, which ex-
tends from Tacoma to Maiden,
WASH, a distance of 313 miles.
The time table covers both freight
and passenger service. Passenger
trains will be run daily except
Sundays. daylight schedule being
maintained. This service will con
tinue until about January l, 1910,
the time announced for the inau-
guration of the Milwaukee,
through transcontinental passenger
service.
A train will leave Tacoma for
Maiden daily at $50 a. m. start
ing from the Tacoma Eastern depot.
stopping at the station of North
Puyallup. Sumner, Auburn, Kent
and Black River, the train reaches
Seattle at 8:l5 a. III. The 313-
mile run will terminate at Maiden,
the division point, at II p. m the
same day.
Following are the stations at
which stops will be made by the
Milwaukee local passenger train
between Tacoma and Maiden: Ia
coma, North Puyallup, Sumner,
Auburn, Kent, Black River, Seat
tie, Stacy, street, Argo, Van AS
self, Renton, Elliott, Maple Val
ley, Cedar Mountain, Dryden,
Trude, Idolanthe, Moncton, Ran
ger, Garcia. Banders, Lockdale,
Laconia, Keechelus, Whittier, Eas-
ton, Lavender, Gle Elum Horlick,
Thorp, Murdoch. Ellensburg, Kit
titas. Renslow, Bolyston, Cheviot,
Rye, Cohassett, Beverly, Jericho,
Smyrna, Coletta, Curfu, Taunton,
Arson, Othello, Duval, Warden,
Roxbro, Servia, Lind, Vassar, Raj
ston, Hillcrest, Marrengo, Paxton,
Revere, Castleton, La Vista, Pail
SADIE, Kenora, and Maiden.
Enroute to this city train will
leave Maiden daily at $50 a. M.
stopping at all the foregoing sta
tons and reaching this city at 1910
p. M.
Freight trains will be operated
west over the Coast division on
TUESDAYS, Thursdays and Satur-
days. East bound freight trains
will start from the Cost for Maid
en- on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays.
Special rules for train operation
contained in the time table are:
Trains going east will have the
absolute right of track over other
trains of the same class running in
the opposite direction.
Trains will take their dates at
starting points.
Trains will not exceed IS miles
per hour through tunnels.
Trains will cross all bridges and
approach all bluffs and cuts where
slides are possible, under control.
Freight trains will not carry
passengers.
P. c. Hart is superintendent of
the Coast division and J. +. Hood
and F. f. Willard trainmasters.
The east and west-bound passenger
trains are known as No. 1 and 2,
respectively, while the freight
trains west-bound are No. II be-
tween Maiden and Othella and No.
70 between Othella and Gle Elum
and Maple Valley. East-bound
freight trains are Nos. u, "a and
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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17

All of the principal buildings Exposition
be VIII inee ach
The a O
up the
lures Oriental
Exhibits Alaskan Buildings
On that finished
that 1t would o do
$ n and II
n he Cascade
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17
ORCHARD
IRRIGATION
WAY OF DOING IT
Some Valuable Information That
Kittitas Fruit Growers Might
Profit by Careful Study
And Close Application

The following article on practi-
cal irrigation for orchards is taken
from the Wenatchee Republic. and
The Dawn believes it will be of
special value just at this time to the
fruit growers of Kittitas valley:
Irrigation is now the subject
that occupies the time and attention
of the fruit growers. Don't irri-
gate too much. This is the advice
of H. L. Mcintyre, a practical ex-
pert on the question,
Over saturation ch e CT ks the
growth of plants and trees by low
ering the soil temperature and at
the same time completely shuts out
the air. This practice takes money
out of the grower pocket. Roots,
like human beings or anything else
that breathes, must have air for life
and growth. The water holding
capacity of soils runs from 40 to so
per cent of the total solid volumn,
and rs per cent of the whole is
about as much water as should be
put on the soil at any time. The
best results from the application of
moisture on ordinary crops have
been obtained by using rs per cent
of the water-holding capacity of the
soil at paintings decreasing gradu-
ally to Is per cent, remaining at
that point until the leaves are form
ed; then, increasing quickly to 40
per cent, allowing the water to fall
rapidly to from 12l2 to IS per cent
and remain there during the fruit
ing maturing pellOu.
Mr. Mcintyre says it is the
practical side of irrigation that ap-
peals to the farmer and orchardist
and fruit grower. They want to
know how much water to use,
when to apply it and how. To
know these things the grower must
first ascertain certain facts regard
ing the land before he is ready to
irrigate practically and intelligent
ly. Mr.. Mcintyre groups these
facts as follows
First. depth of soil; second, re-
lative position of top and subsoil;
third, slope of surface for drainage
purposes; fourth, slope and char
acteristic of sub-soil for under
drainage; fl tn, percentage of
moisture the soil holds stored in its
present condition; sixth. water
holding capacity or amount of
water the soil contains when in a
state of complete saturation; sew
enth, degree of fneness or grain of
the soil.
With these questions solved.
the grower is ready to irrigate with
degree of certainty as to what the
result will be; without the facts the
grower occupies the position of the
head of a mercantile house without
his books and statements and in
voices.
Clarence Starches, the deputy
fruit inspector of Yakima county,
believes that if less water had been
used ior irrigating last season in
Yakima county less damage would
have been done to the trees by the
cold weather of the past winter.
He declares that the late and
extravagant irrigations of last fall
killed many peach trees and in
iured many apple trees III Yakima
valley.
Over irrigation not only makes
the trees more susceptible to frosts
but it causes poorer fruit. These
facts should be kept in mind by
every grower. To be a successful
fruit grower one must understand
fully how to irrigate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
seIma's New Fever
CANAL BOND ISSUE.
Canal Expenditures Paid Out of Gen.
 ernl Fund.

Canal Expenditures Paid Out of Gen. Washington Special to New York
 Evening Post.
 Secretary MacVeagh of the Treasury department is too new in office and tions to have evolved policy. Re- ports have been current in New York and elsewhere of the possibility of a new Panama bond issue to be made at some ealy date. These reports were repeated to Mir. MacVeagh, and he replied
 T have not yet considered the ad- disabilities of issuing Panama bonds. I find the affairs of the Treasury have been left . in admirable shape by my predecessor. MT. Cortelyou, and I shall not consider the question of bond is- sues until Ihave thoroughly familiariz- ed myself. not only with present condi- tions but with the outlook for the fu- ture."
 other officials of the Treasury De- partment. who have been in ofiice for some time. assert that 1t is only a question of time when Secretary Mac Veagh will have to resort to a bond issue. During the last threo weeks the government revenues have shown considerable improvement. The per- manent Treasury officials, however, are united in the opinion that unless this improvement Is continued at even a greater rate than at present bonds will be offered.
 The Treasury Depa rtment is author ized to issue s46.000.000 more Panama Canal bonds. Under the Spooner act, the Secretary of the Treasury was au- thorized to issue canal bonds to the sum of $135. 5.000.0o0. The outstanding issue of these bonds amounts to 3S9.- 100000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
MONDAY, MARCH Is, 1909.
BUTLER COUNTY SOILS.

A handsome and valuable bulletin on the soil survey of Butler county has re- gently been issued by the Washington Bureau of Soils. A copy of 1t should be in the hands of every intelligent farmer of the county.
 The survey was made by Messrs. A. E. Kocher and H. L. westover. The work has been thoroughly done and if sufficient publicity is given to it the bulletin should be of benefit to the farmers of Butler. The county from pioneer days has been one of the fine farming counties of the State. In some sections of 1t like portions of ire Black Belt, the white people have allowed the farming operations to de- scend into the hands of the negroes and this naturally has reduced the TO- ductivity of the soil. In the very full report printed in the bulletins, the ex- rS:fs not only pass upon tre nature Of tine soils. but they deal sorewhat crit ically with the common farming ideas of Butler. Their criticism Is first that the farmers as a class do not appre- ciate the value of rotation of crops and second. deep blowing is not gen. orally followed.
 There are a number of different soils in Butler county and as a general thing they are rich enough to attract the attention of the best farmers. The government experts are of the opinion in heir report that many of the farm CTS do not understand the value and importance of fertilization, particular ly the value of cotton seed returned to the soil.
 Butler county lies near the northern limits of the soil division known as the Gulf Coastal Plain. The soils like most of those of Middle and South Alabama are derived from the weatherlng and reworking of marine deposits. The county has sixteen distinct types of soil. all of which are common to the other States of the Gulf Coastal Plain, Like other States these soils respond spiendldly to care and fertilization.
 The fertility of the soil of Butler county needed no official endorsement But the bulletin is rich in suggestions for the improvement of the soil and the enrichment of the farming inter- ests of the county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
HY ANNTn M, CLTsBY.

When I casually remarked few days ago that Boston has goodly nantly resented 1t. and said she guessed" there were no more freaks in Boston than "elsewhere"--neanin of course. where came from. But with all due deference to Boston's tn- numerable good qualities, 1t is never theless @ freaky town.
 It Is impossible to remember all the isms and ologies that confront the eye in the window signs seen in casual stroll through the streets.
 Numerous schools of medicine are much in evidence on one avenue. I counted the names of twenty tive physicians in three blocks. and then quit because I saw that they were D. and D. O. were In the lead. recognized the good old NJ. D. as a familiar friend; had to think a second before recalling that D. O. was Doctor of osteoPathy; snd rs.r gaze # ,ba up c,rsp whsn stances, It really could not mean Dec volente. Later. saw 1t in full Doctor of Viteopathy,
 The number of religions ia past ind ing out. And thereby hangs thls own eyes and heard with my own ears
 There is an incorporated congrega- tion called Unity Church that holds ltS 5cINiSOS Ah WI h"N A1aiA AH N.' Conservatory of Music. My landlady introduced me to them by asking me one Sunday If I would like to go to a 'spook meeting" Of course wanted to know about 1t. so over we went Sunday night. which Is the time when the spooks do walk abroad.
 When we went in they were singing a good old Gospel Hymn (the congrs- Ration, not the spooksl. and then sans one after another. Bringing in the Sheaves,". "Blest Be the ' Tie That Binds" and Abide With Me" We felt like a Wednesday night prayer meeting. Then came the prayer. wherein the name of Christ was not called. This was followed by the reading from the King James Bible of the chapter about Nicodemus. The pastor of the congregation Is Rever- end F. A. wisgins. q tall. slender man. much in earnest.
 His sermon was a defense of their doctrine in reply to statement re- gently made by prominent clergy man that "Spirltualism Is Species oi Religious Lunaoy"
 He began by saying that he had personally investigated four of tht largest insane hospitals in the United States, and had found hundreds o' patients from the so-ealled "orthcdox' denominations, but only one spiritual. ist. Then he proceeded to say: u you ask me if believe In the divinity of Christ, say that do. but only
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
Some Of the Freaks That One
 May See on Boston's Streets

man as the child of God If you ask me-but none of you will so insult my intelligence as to ask me-if l believe In the Immaculate Conception.
 Then he defended the honesty of the m mediums, who often give up financial advantages to follow their conscience; of whom he is one. he said.
 for which all waited. When we first entered the hall our landlady had pointed to large basket, put there to hold the notes of those who wished now brought on the stage and emptiej on a large table.
 MT. Wtggin put on creepy-looking black mask. covering his eyes. and all had some peculiar shape. colol or mark to enable the writer to identify them as MT. Wiggin held them up. He called out Recognized" and then the spirit spoke-inv1sible and inaudibls to all save MT. Wiggin. This spirit is named Mary 1.nd, and Hs,o,S she wants se,0 to old" old ma" 'AiU
 Then came the message. which in substance was: am well ann & do-
 Then another letter was held up. recognized, the name Of the spirit called ana the Iull OA tllo pCESOH to whom she wished to speak. This time direct. personal message was
 The next time he said: T do not catch the name of this spirit. but he is physician and has lately gone into the spirit world. He wants to speak to his friend. John Anthony"
 A man very near us called out: Rec ognized. am John Anthony" Then came the message: "Go ahead with what you are thinking of doing. It will be all right"
 Then Mir wiggin held up another missive, threw 1t to the floor and said tell you that I do not answer foolish questions? And under no circum- stances will you get reply unless you write the name of some one you know in the. spirit world who can come to you.
 At least fifteen letters were Rec ognized" and the full name given of the spirit and the person who wish- ed the communication
 How did he do 1t? This Is a con- nundrum to which I have not the an-
 At 9 o'clock Mir. wiggln removed his mask. leaving a great heap or untouched letters; offered another prayer. pronounced 'he benedietton, and the congregation Dispersed. leav- ing the "spooks" to rest until the fole lowing Sunday.
 Boston. March g. 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
A NEW TERM.

The Rome Tribune Herald is some- what up in the air regarding The New York Suns definition of another editor as "a huckster of flapdoodle. That's new one on our Rome contemporary and it thus comments:
 While we are not experts in regard to the exact nature and character of fapdoodle, We are constrained to be- lieve it something like cross be- tween an incorporeal ,Se heridltament m, what this amounts to we leave the gentle reader to figure out at leisure. However. inasmuch as some of our citizens have been charged with the use of this new and somewhat start ling commodity. it might be just as well to appoint a commission to in- vestigate and discover what 1t is Un- til that Is done purveyors or hucksters of f1apdoodle, are alleged to be abroad in the land, and it remains for the in- noeent and unwary to Keep out or the walking or flying around in the near future. We will feel 1t our duty to in form the police. We have a suspicion that it is sort of first cousin to the pifflous souffle, made famous by Rud- yard Kipllng.
 We are not informed as to how much hapdoodle an editor must dis pense in order to merit The Suns deh- milton, but we suspect that even that metropolitan paper sometimes comes perilously near the limit. It not infre- quently sends out some very thin stuff, but perhaps that is only meant as a horrid example for the benefit of oth- CTS. We suppose it could not fairly be designated a huckster of the arr ticle, but we know some newspapers that i'll the bill to a nicety, though we are not telling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15

states. These States are Pennsylvania. New York. Indiana, Kansan. wiseon- sin. Virginia, through her corporation commission; Maryland and West vir- ginia. through a board of public works: Alabama, Washington. Oklahoma, New Mexico, North and South caro1ina and Nebraska, through a State Board of Equalization. New Jersey has an ef- fectfve system of county boards work ing together and tax commissions have been appointed by the Legislature or by the Governor to codify and revise and improve the tax jaws in Maine. Missouri. Vermont. Ohio and New Hampshire. In nearly every State dur ing the past five years there has been a serious attempt in the Legislature redeeming the pledge of a dominant party to do something to improve the tax system. The people have grown intolerant of its injustices. They are willing wherever a full rendition law Is enacted to give in their property at its full value. and where the taxes in- creases there Is not as much complaint as there would have been twenty years ago. The people earnestly desire to reform themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
This Date in History
 March Tx.

1665-Governor John Endicott died in Boston. Born in England in 1858
 176T-Andrew Jackson, seventh Pres- ident of the United States, horn on the border of North and South Carolina Died at the Hermitage. Tenn. June 8, 1S46.
 17S1-British under Cornwallis de feated the Americans under Green at Guilford Court House. N. C.
 lS20-Maine admitted to the Union.
 1ss0-Yucatan declared herself inde- pendent.
 1sse-Ten thousand volunteers were called out in Canada to repel the threatened invasion of the Fenians.
 1S77-Alexander Graham Bell gave a public exhibition of the workings oF his newly inVrnte't telephone.
 1ss3-General Henry c. Wayne died in Savannah. Ga. Bern thee. Septem- Der 8. 1915.
 1S86-Wnliam Irwin. thirteenth Gov ernor of California. died in San Fran. cisco. Born in Ohio in 1927
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
The Last Medicine Man.

InuldnB fTtenu.
 Hut-cho-nu- -pha. last of the medicine men, died last month in the Snake Hills of the Creek Nation. He was 95 years old. For half century he had been one of the most turbulent spirits in Oklah oma.
 Hut -ch o-nu-pah led the last rebel lion Of the Creeks in 1890. His faction before the United States troops got there. In battle Hutch o-nupah s band was annihilated and he was con- demned to death.
 But so great was the awe in which the old medicine man was held that no one could be found to be his execution CT With his adherents dead and him self imprisoned. his influence was so of friend as chief and was pardoned
 The medicine man fought for the Northern forces during the civil war He always asserted that he was under n" Tpecial protection of the Supreme Being.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15
This 4 My 65th Birthday
George C. Chase.

George Colby Chase. president of Bates College. was born at Unity, Me. March Is, 1S44. After graduating from Bates College In 1888, he attended the Cobb Divinity School and later spent year as a. student at Harvard. He was q teacher of Greek and Latin in the New Hampton Literary Institution from 1888 to 1870. and was professor of rhetoric and English literature from 1872 to 1894, and since 1894 has been president and professor of psychology and logic of Bates College, Dr Chase learned and scientific societies of America and has been given honorary degrees by Colorado University. the University vof New Brunswick, Bowdoin College. Colby College and several other institutions of learning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15

Prof. Alexander Graham Bell is up in Nova Scotia testing an air ma chine of his own designing. and like all who get flying into their heads he has great hopes of success. Professor Bell is one of the great scientists of the age, and if anybody can accomplish successful flight perhaps he can do 1t. One feature of his experimentation is that he starts his machine up from the frozen surface of lake or river, so as to get clear start for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-15

Our neighboring State of Mississippi had a rather queer gubernatorial sit- uation last week, and it may yet exist. for anything we know. The Governor was in Washington and the lieutenant Governor was lecturine' in the East. Ire President of >tne Senate. who was next in the lins e succession. was In Chicago. so that the Speaker Of the
 House became the temps" ary executive. Thus the fourth in line of succession became Governor. although all the oth- CTS were living and not in any way disqualified except by absence from the State for the time being.