The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-26
State News


Rockford went dry last week by a
vote of II to 81
\ ten acre orchard tract near Wen
atchee sold recently for $4,000.
An Elk lodge will be organized in
Wenatchee this month.
Walla Walla county has been raised
from the eleventh to the seventh class.
Wenatchee has n population accord
ing to a recent census. of >. %.
Ground has been broken for $4,000
Christian church AT Garfield.
Two mad dogs were recently killed
in Aberdeen.
The search for the lost mine near
Husum was Il failure.
Harry Messingham was found dead
in his bed at Sedro Woolley recently.
A caye-in of many tons of sand and
gravel near Auacortes caught man
named Jones.
\ blaze started from a threshing en-
CINE near Walla Walla destroyed ), 200
bushels of wheat
The drenching rains has materially
quencned the flames raging in the
timber near Sedro- Wooley.
Sixty ordinances of the city OF North
Yak ina are faulty for two reasons-no
penalty and not signed by the clerk
An accidental explosion of gun in
stantly killed Duncan McDougall, G.
n engineer. near Everett Friday last.
Seismic shocks were felt at Kalama
recently. They were attributed to an
earthquake originating at Mt. St.
Helens.
Pacific county has let the contract
for the building of court house The
sum being So, $50 ana c. G.. Rude be-
ing the successful bidder.
Okanogan county will hold its fair
Sept. 30 80. and Oct |, at Riverside.
Great forest fires are raging in Spo-
kane county.
Albert Case of Seattle, dropped dead
while visiting his son in the General
hospital. Case was pioneer grocery
mar of Seattle.
The burning of a box car at Water
loo, station on the N. p. We miles
west of Walla Walla, ignited the ware
house of the Puget Sound company and
together with its contents 3,242 sacks
of wheat, We're totally destroyed, caus-
ing loss OF $4,000.
Whitman, Okanogan and Snohomish
counties are in danger of losing school
money because of neglect Of school
superintendent failing to file annual
reports with state officials.
The last monthly report of state
treasurer Lewis shows the state to
have in the treasury 81, 525, 23s
The Mukilteo single dry kiln burn
ed Sunday morning, causing loss of
$500.
Thousands of bushels of wheat have
been burned in the fields near Colfax
this week.
Curtis Whitehall. aged years and
Bee Jordan, aged years. were drown
ed in pond near Watervile last week
Chas. Rancier was drowned in Lewis
river near LaCenter, Monday, while in
swimming.
1t is estimated that the city govern
ment of Bellingham for 1910 will cost
the city $4,000.
II. b. Dewey state superintendent of
schools is making plans to bring to-
gether in Seattle, Sept. 27, % and %,
the 5000 school directors of the state.
The Washington Direct Legislation
League will meet in Seattle, Tuesday,
Aug. 81, 1909, at p. m.
The 'drys' win in Wenatchee by
JOG majority.
The city of Everett has condemned
forty old shacks and will burn them.
There is an ant-rat fight on at the
Puget Sound Navy yard.
Whitworth college has dropped Prof.
Kroeze
Colville will vote on local option
Sept eth.
If your liver is sluggish and out of
tone, and you feel dull, bilious, consti
pated, take dose of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets tonight be-
in the morning. Sold by owl Drug
Store.