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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
BIG SPENDERS
ARE NOW IN
ELLENsBURG

The special train of four cars
bearing the most prominent OH
cials of the Reclamation Service,
and the Northern Pacific railway
officials, the Board of Army En-
gineers, will arrive this afternoon
about 1:25 to practically make the
first of series of examinations OF
Kittitas valley.
The Chamber of Commerce has
engaged automobiles to convey a
party of twenty-five men over the
valley that those in charge of the
reclamation service may for the
first time see with their own eyes
what can be produced here by the
addition of water on The arid lands
of the valley. They will be shown
the wonderful productiveness of
the soil now under irrigation as
we'll as the raw land with its prolific
growth Of sage brush.
As the Board of Engineers. now
touring the various irrigated por-
tons of the west and who will be
with us this afternoon, will have
the expenditure of the $40, 900, 900
appropriation, set aside by the last
session of Congress in their hands,
it is necessary that they leave Kit
titas valley with full understand
ing of the amount of money re-
quired to place the various sub-di-
visions of the Yakima valley pro-
ject in running order aud that they
also be made fully acquainted with
the nature and productiveness OF
our rich fertile soil, its lacking
water-which they alone can assist
us in procuring. and without their
aid and assistance we can hope to
accomplish very little.
The following gentlemen, ac-
cording to word received last after
noon, will compose the party:
Gen. Marshal. L. S. A; Maj
Hartz, U. S. A.; Engineer Martin,
U. S. R. S.; Col. Biddie, U. S. A.
G. H. Swigert, L. S. R. S.; Maj.
Kutz, U. S. A; +. H. Newell
Y. S. X. S.. Col. Langhtt, Z. S.
A.; Maj. Burgess, L. S. A.; f.
Mccullough, L. S. X. S.; J. c.
Carpenter, L. S. Dept. of Agricul-
ture. Thomas Cooper, Assistant to
the president of the Northern Paci-
fc, and Senator Wesley l.. Jones
of North Yakima.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
RoSiyn News

RosLYN, Aug. 3l.-Robt. Scob-
lie was operated on Thursday for
an abscess.
c. G.. Estrem, OF Ea,ton. was q
city visitor this week.
w. J. Welsh transacted business
in Ellensburg this week.
Ed Simmons returned Saturday
from a visit to EllenslMrg.
The public schools OF this city
will open Tuesday. Sept. 6.
Mrs. r. P. Lumsden has return
ed from Seattle, after a few week 5
visit.
Simon Justham returned Satur-
day from Huckleberry Greek where
he has been doing assessment work.
J. G. Hubbell, of Ellensburg
candidate for state representative,
transacted business in the city
Thursday.
Frank l.. Hartman Will leave
Sunday for New York City, where
he will meet his sister, who is com
ing from Germany.
Murvy l.. Brigham of Gle
Elum was in the city transacting
business Friday
G.. R. Bradshaw of Ellensburg
candidate for county clerk, was in
the city Tuesday.
DR.. L. w. Simpson is enjoying
visit from his mother and sister,
of Tacoma.
The Kittitas valley has been COW
cred the past three days with a
dense haze of smoke caused by for
est fires on the west side of the
mountains.
Prof. F. c. Wilson arrived in
the city Thursday from Julietta,
Idaho, where he has been spend
ing the summer, and is arranging
affairs for the opening of public
schools on Sept. s.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
Jury List Drawn

The following compose the jury
list for the September term of the
Su perior court. which convenes
Sept. IA:
P. H. Bradshaw. F. A. Home,
w. ]. Bell, ]. H. Crawford. E. J.
Merryman. c. T. ZENITH, Fred
Musser, o. Bryan, E. r. Gassman,
R. S. Chandler. w. A. Stevens,
Mike Schorman. Phil Olmstead
F. c. Westcott, Frank Kobilka
H. A. Cotzian, Mike Ro Finger
William Freyberger. D. w. Graves
E. L. Simmons, Peter Giovanni
Frank Bergman, Albert L. Odds,
George Rollinger, F. A. Clark,
Felix Cross. Martin Frederick,
H. M. Miller, G. w. Tagg, D. w.
S. Ramsay, Jacob Litterer, J. G.
Sterling, F. H. Mackey, L. c.
Kennedy, Ben Pays, Henry Sproul
S. R. Justham, Chris Holm, Martin
Holm, A. L. Wheeler, Phil FEEDER
lex, J. B. Jones, S. E. Osborn.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
WIRELESS MESSAGES
NE|GHBOR|NG PLACES
CleElum News

Gle ELUM, Aug. 81. Mrs. w.
l.. Virden left Thursday for short
visit on the Sound.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T.. Dickson
Of Ellensburg, were in Gle Elum
Sunday.
The Hotel Reed has changed
hands and is now under the man
agement of c. NJ. Pratt.
John A. Shoudy of Ellensburg,
was doing little campaign work
the first few days of the week.
Col. Wager camp on the Team
away, was disbanded last Saturday
and the campers have returned to
their homes.
Last Tuesday night the infant
child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michel
letta, died very suddenly from an
attack of infantie paralysis.
DR.. II. keenan, returned a week
ago from Minneapolis, where he
was called by the death Of his wife
He has resumed his practice in
Roslyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Rand were
guests of MIR. and Mrs, Frank Mar
tin a week. They left last Mon
day for their future home in North
Yakima.
On Saturday evening. August 20
1910, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Ashman, Miss May Davis,
Of South Gle Elum and Mr. Theo-
dore Steiner were united in mar
riage by Judge r. B. Webb.
Last Wednesday Peter Slime, a
logger we'll known at Gle Elum
was killed by falling tree at W
II. Taylor 5 camp, on the Team
away. The body was brought to
Gle Elum and prepared for ship
ment to relatives in Michigan
Judge Carroll B. Graves, who
spent month at Camp Wager. re-
turned to Seattle Saturday evening
and confidently reports himself
very much improved in health He
will take an additional outing at
Lake Occur d Alene
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01

The North Western Mutual Fire
Association has already kept 81, 900
600, 900 of insurance premiums in
the Northwest that would other
wise have been sent out of the ter
ritory. Have you any part in
this? II not, why not? 1t has al
10 made its policyholders profit
of over $500. 600 on their insurance
premiums. Have you received
any part of these profits? If not,
why not! It is returning its policy
holders a cash dividend of SIS per
cent. on their annual payment
dwelling and farm policies. You
should have . part of these divi-
dends.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
ELLRNsBuRc. K1rr1rAs COUNTY, WASH, SEPT. I, 1870

THIS eSIlmote IS Out pIcIlINluaI)
estimate and by no means com
plete.
We are unable to see why thi.
project in Kittitas Valley should
cost so much in view of the fact
that engineers for private capita
have, after extensive surveys, pu,
the cost at less than 81 900, OOC
covering the same acreage. We
make allowances for the fact tina,
what private capital has attempt
ed was not wholly identical will
the Government project, the cost
of conserving the water and the
maintenances for ten years consti-
tuting the chief differences.
7th. The lands of Kittitas Val
ley are on the average as good as
any land in the United States
Our best lands is as good as the
best in any state; our average crops
are equal to the average in any 10
cality where similar crops are
grown. Our best crops on lands
we'll watered and we'll farmed are
phenomenal. All garden products
Excepting in q degree tomatoes
and melons, grow to perfection
Careful experiments in growing
and testing. costing thousands OF
dollars, has proved our Valley es-
pecially adapted to the growth OF
sugar beets. Our fruits small and
large are abundant in bea ring and
unsurpassed in any locality for APP
pearance and quality. We are es-
pecially favored for the growth Of
high grade winter apples. We are
entirely free from fruit pests. In
the production Of grain and grass
es we are without any question no.
where surpassed.
Much Of Our very best land is
now in the arid condition.
9Th. Our climate is salubrious.
Our prevailing winds come to us
fresh from the snow capped hills
and forests of FIR and pine. We
have an altitude 1900 feet with no
extremes of temperature; our wa
ter is the unpolluted mountain
stream. We have no malaria or
fevers except in rare and isloated
cases. In all particulars we are
extremely fortunate.
9th. Finally we have legitimate
pride in the fact that the people of
our county and notedly our repre-
sentatives at Olympia have been
on the right side of all questions
in any way affecting the action OF
Government in the reclamation Of
arid lands in our state.
We are exercising the rights OF
American citizens for asking for q
full investigation Of our situation
and fully believing that we shall
have (again quoting that happy
phrase Of our esteemed President)
"a square deal"
Most respectfully and sincerely
CHAs. H. FLUMMxRFRLT
President of the Commercial Club
for the people of Kittitas
County, Washington
December 80. 1905.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01

Henry Weinberg recently sold
735 acres of land OH Reecer Greek
to Tacoma syndicate. The con-
sideration is quoted at S+2 900.
The tract comprises the Ben Han
sen and c. S. Finn farms. The
property will now be subdivided
into 20, 40 and 80 acre tracts and
put on the market again.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mcdonald
went over to Tacoma yesterday on
business and pleasure. Mrs. Nc
Donald will spend a month over
there, but Mr.. Mcdonald will re-
turn in a couple of weeks.
Rev. William DeWeese of Col
dendale. formerly pastor of the
NJ. +. church here three years,
spent several days here the past
week visiting with his daughter,
Mrs. Howard Bledsoe and husband
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01

Yakima River has long since been
wholly appropriated. Of this wa
ter Kittitas Valley has appropriate
ed less than IS per cent. spproxi-
mately $4,000 acres still in the
arid condition.
End. The watershed which
feeds the Yakima River during the
irrigation season and contains the
proposed reservoir sites, to-wit:
Lake Kachess. Kitcheles and Gle
Elum, lies in Kittitas County and
this with Kittitas valley forms a
political and typographical unit.
3rd. The storage Of water in
the lakes above mentioned is the
last and only hope for watering
the arid lands Of this County.
4th. The arid lands OF Kittitas
County lie next to the head waters
of the Yakima River and the reser-
voir sites. a highly important fact.
the distance from the reservoir to
Kittitas Valley is less one fourth
the distance to the nearest lands to
be irrigated south and below this
Valley. The matter of waste in
carrying is thus greatly to our ad.
vantage.
This proximity to the reservoir
sites is of extreme importance be-
cause
5th. Kittitas Valley when fully
irrigated will be in itself reser-
voir, storing water for return to
the Yakima River at the time of
its least natural flow, and at Z time
most needed by irrigated lands
south and below US.
Large areas of underlying CO.
ment, clay and hard pan present
in this valley are highly condu-
Give to this end. It is the opinion
of many observers that a portion of
water used on the highest lands of
Kittitas Valley will be used from
three to Eve times before entering
the Columbia River.
The portion of water reaching
the Yakima River after use in this
Valley is conservatively placed at
80 per cent. 1t follows that land
watered in Kittitas County will be
a cheaper project at SIS per acre
than land below us so miles or far
ther watered at SIS per acre.
Our information is in part
to the effect that the portion of
the waters stored above us will be
used to irrigate lands the seepage
from which passes at once to the
Columbia River. If this be done
and if lower lands be watered be-
fore higher lands, we'll established
principals regarding seepage water
will be violated. No man will be-
gin irrigating his farm from the
lowest parts. Seepage water from
the farm above and seepage waters
from large areas above cannot be
ignored by the farmer, no NOR e
can it be ignored by the State. In
this matter there are great problems
and millions of money.
9th. The Reclamation Service
engineers estimates the cost of the
Kittitas project to be SOS per acre.
watering approximately $4,000
acres, a total cost of 5000. 900.
We have semi officially been told
that this cost. comparatively 50
large, was the chief reason for pass
ing Kittitas Valley and taking
up the Sunnyside and Teton pro-
jects. 1t appears accordi ng to the
information at our command that
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
MEMORIAL TO
CONGRESS
BY K|TTATAS

The following memorial was sem
to Secretary Hitchcock Dec. 80
1905, relative to the building of
canal to irrigate Kittitas valley b,
the Chamber of Commerce of thi:
city and its arguments are as eff
fective today as then:
With minds void of the spirit OF
criticism and fault6nding, the peo-
Die of Kittitas County wish. at this
time. briefly to exppess their sore
disappointment in the trend of af-
fairs respecting the irrigation OF
arid lands in the several valleys OF
the Yakima River, and to express
with brief argument the feeling that
the claims of Kittitas Valley have
not been 40 carefully and fully in
vestigated and presented as the
situation warranted.
This appeal to yourself, your as
sociates, and assistants, does not
come from a wealthy corporation
or syndicate asking enormous re-
turns from chance investments, but
from the people of an extremely
fertile valley, prosperous beyond
the average in proportions now well
watered, and up to the present
time encouraged and sustained by
the legitimate hope and expectancy
that the thousands of yet richer
acres in the same tract shall be
made fruitful by waters easily con-
served at its borders.
The history of Kittitas County
has been shaped and controlled by
the thought that the SHOWS falling
70 abundantly in the hills of Kitti-
tas County should at some time be
used to water the arid lands of Kit
titas County lying Immediately ad-
jacent. The thought that this
water when conserved will be tax
en- by our doors to leave our valley
largely . desert, though fertile
land, without hope of betterment,
is little less than paralyzing the
mind as we'll as to vested and pros
pective rights.
Based upon careful investigation
costing many thousands of dollars
We have for many years looked to
the ultimate reclamation of this en-
tire valley and do now hold the be-
lief that the claims of Kittitas Val.
ley for Government aid in irriga.
ton are equal to those of any 9th
Ct locality in the Yakima basin and
in many particulars paramount.
The people Of Kittitas County
believe that the Honorable Secre.
tary Of the Interior is in hearty &C.
cord with the policy of Ex-Presi'
dent Roosevelt "a square deal' fol
the people of every section of the
country.
We. Of this valley ask for moth
ing more and with anything less
can not be satisfied.
To this end we most respectfully
ask your consideration of the fol-
lowing brief summary Of the most
important facts sustaining oul
claim
lst. The Natural flow of the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
THE INTERESTS
TRYING TO SAVE
THEIR BACON
CHAPTER /.

|
Mr. Standpat Congressman is
engaged in patching up his fences.
He is meeting with serious embar-
rassments His constituents are
not as tractablc as of old. They
poster him with questions They
want to know. for INST nc WHY
he vo'ed FOR the Sy 1T H.. Zig
ules. And hen tIcy n4t
knowing hls reason for voting t'r
Cannon, for Speake Most an
full of all, they demand stra gut
forward answer to the questip.
If elected will you vote again fox
Cannon for Speaker"
CHAPTER II.
The constituents of Mr.. Stand
pat Congressman grow more in
sisieut They seem obsesscd with
Cannonites. Thev oDstina,eiy re
fuse to accept - reason tor
abandon the against apron-
for Speaker pl, dye he w |
known tact whlch eve ybody X vs.
that Mr. Cannon Is goln. TO I p
down voluntarily any how and az
way. ~ The populacc persists II
thinking that there is some doubt
about Cannon 5 retiring from the
speakership. SO Mr. Standpat
Congressman. with the friendly
assistance OF the corporation press,
set about to make the citizens be-
lieve that Cannon is +2nd degree
member of the Down and Out Club.
He appears TO be making progress.
CHAPTER III.
Speaker Cannon sets off a charge
of political dynamite in Kansas.
He says he'll be dummed if he
quits the Speakership. AS for be-
ing a member of the Down and
Out Club hucks. He's the spry-
est Teller of his age on the field and
he's not going to the bench yet
not by a joyful. And notice is
hereby and herewith served that he
is still in the race for speaker of
the House OF Representatives If
majority in the republican caucus
want him to be the next speaker
they can have him, by HEX
CHAPTER ~.
III. ; CONSERVATION i'll the camp
or the standpatters. The bomb
/ set of BY Cannon in Kansas rever-
! ber2ted throughout the nation.
Reports from the front indicate
heavy losses to the reelection hopes
Of reactionary congressman. Polit-
ical generals hurriedly gather at
the summer capital. They sweat
over the problem, How to keep the
Speaker in Cold Storage until after
elections
CHAPTER Y.
Kansas goes insurgent Iowa
goes insurgent. California goes
insurgent. Mr.. Standpat Congress
man sends frantic {. .. ID. call
10 headquarters.
CHAPTER VI.
Political generals abandon the
Cold Storage plan of suppressing
the Speaker. The situation de-
mands more drastic action. They
decide on a Bumpthe Bumps
method Mr.. Well Known Stand
patter is selected to do the deed.
He energies from the conference
of political generals to give the
country a declaration. He says
on his own authority-that he likes
Uncle Joe immensely, but as for
voting for him for speaker, never
again. The jig is up. Cannon is
given the shove
CHAPTER VII.
Mr.. Standpat Congressman re-
news his fence building He is
on He takes his waiting CON
stituents into his confidence. Vote
for Cannon for speaker No, sir ee
Such a BETRAYAL of the trust reposed
in a congressman by the people
would amount to treason Afro
cious. Who ever had the idea,
anyway. that Cannon ought TO sit
in the speakers chair' Absurd
Cannon is dead one. Now as
to the price of wool.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01
ROOSEvELT|SMS
FROM Stirring
DENVER ADDRESS

The man who can only see the
corruption of a rich man is pretty
poor citizen.
l do not like thief, but like a
liar just as little.
Although l despise a crooked
public servant, my sCorn and con-
tempt for him are no greater than
for the man who, by mendacitv
and through SANDER, attacks the
character of dishonest man. Such
one, if unchecked, would pull
down the temple and bury us all
in the ruins.
The only man who think is a
little more contemplate than the
dishonest public official is the un-
truthful and dishonest man of the
public press.
The worst enemy of true prog
ress is the demagogue or the Wis
ionary who, in the name of pros
ress, leads the people to make
some blunder which will result in
reaction.
l am a most earnest and con-
WINGED believer in exercising the
power of the nation where that
power alone can be really effective,
yet am no less convinced be-
lever in seeing that the power Of
the state be made effective where
it affords the best means of affirm.
ing popular rights.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-09-01

Agnes Poeh, who died of con-
sumption on the Columbia river
Saturday, was buried from St.
Andrews church Monday forenoon.
Mrs. R. c. Kurby. after spend
ing a day in our city with her
mother, Mrs. R. Waters, returned
to her home in Gle Elum Saturday
w. H. Graham returned from a
two months stay in St Paul Satur-
day forenoon, where he went tc
meet the N. P. officials in confer.
ence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-25
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of ne Town and Village Told Bdelb
for Busy Readers.

Orrin Bowen was in Hoosiek Falls
Sunday
William Andrews was in Hoosick
Falls Sunday.
Mrs. ". f. HOLSTER Of School St,
is in Troy today.
Mrs. Margaret Henchy is passing
the day in Troy.
Louis G. Evans who is critically i'll
does not improve.
William Healy was visitor in
Hoosick Falls Sunday.
Miss Anna Nolan of Elm street is
passing the day in Troy,
Edward Thomas of Gage street was
in Hoosick Falls Sunday
Miss Mary Cutting of Union street
is in Troy today on business.
Miss Agnes Healy of Albany visit
ed her parents on Gage street Sun
day.
Miss Matte Bentley of Valentine
street is visiting her brother in Sun
derland.
Miss Grace Danfcvth of South ST.,
passed Sunday at her home in Will
Jamestown.
arthur Barney who has been visit
ing his parents here, returned this
morning to the Albany Business col
lege.
The four branches of the order will
celebrate the 9lst anniversary of Odd
Fellowship in this county tomorrow
evening.
Grand Trustee f. II. Ferguson and
f. +. Vail Mr. and Mrs. H. +. Mars
den, Mrs. H. l.. Fillmore and Mrs.
William Green are attending the an.
nual session of the Grand N. E. o. P.
lodge today in Burlington.
An interesting game of baseball
was played on the Thatcher diamond
Saturday afternoon between the Mad
igan Stars and the Bennington Jun
Tors, the latter team winning by
score Of l6 to 10. The battery for
the Juniors was Miller and Andrews
and for the Stars Levin and NAL
lory
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-25

Who is so sweet as my Kathleen
Mayourneen

Who is so sweet as my Kathleen
Mayourneen
Face O. the rose and eyes o the
mist?
Bright o'the sun at the top O the
mornin',
Sweet sixteen and never been kiss
ed.
Cheeks that are stained with the red
o. the berry,
Hands that are dimpled from finger
to wrist,
Lips like the dew on the blood o the
cherry,
Sweet sixteen and never been kiss.
ed
Who is so sweet as my Kathleen
Mayourneen,
Face o the rose and eyes o the
mist?
Bright o the sun at the top o the
morninl
Sweet sixteen and never been kiss
ed
Slender and 1.-THE as the fawn o the
forest,
Play on our heart strings whenever
you list.
Music the sweetest that merory spar
est,
Sweet sixteen and never been kiss
ed.
Who is so sweet as my Kathleen
Mavourneen,
Face O. the rose and eyes O. the
mist?
Bright o. the sun at the top o the
mornin'.
Sweet sixteen and never been kiss.
ed
Edward ]. Hail
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-25
BASEBALL BuNTs

Vermont received another defeat
Saturday, this time at the hands OF
Yale. Yale hasn't much of team
this year but against Vermont 1t
PLAYED better ball than In many OF
the previous contests. Yale hit
Haynes for seven hits. one of them
a homer by Ted Coy, the football
star, being the longest drive made on
the Yale field this year. burlington
was thrown out at third by the Yale
center-felder on hit that looked
good for four bases. Mcdonald who
played with Pittsheld last year made
two OF Vermont's safe hits and
Haynes also had safe one 10 his
credit.
Holy Cross beat Fordham Saturday
by score of to 2 at Worcester.
Foley pitched for Holy Cross and
Chris" Mahoney, the former Pitts
field player. was on the mound for
Fordham. Foley had the better of
the pitching argument as he allowed
the Worcester boys but three hits.
Fordham secured six singles off Ma
honey.
Williams College beat Trinity at
williamstown Saturday by a score Of
to 0. Joe Carroll Of Pittsfield who
played with Bennington last season,
covered second base for Trinity. He
made one OF the four hits secured by
Trinity and had four assists and no
errors. Brown, who played on the
infeld in several games here last
year was at short for Williams. He
failed to get hit and had but one
fielding chance which he accepted.
BILLY" King who has been trying
out with the Lynn team OF the New
England League has returned to
North Adams and will probably hitch
up with Manager Flaghertys team as
utility man.