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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
GLOR|ES Of AN
IDEAL NEWSPAPER

You hear talk of the ideal
newspaper. 1t is, says an eX-
change, like the flower that never
witlers, the bird that never alights
the land where sunlight never fades
it only exists in the magma
ton of the sucker whom we are
told the clements consume. Writ
ing from the standpoint OF coun-
try editor if YOU have ever been in
his shoes, YOU know he is the re
positorv of the secrets of the COM
munitv, none of which he has ever
divulged. He must publish pap
er chuck full of local news, wheth-
or anything happens or not. His
judicial mind must be far superior
to the district Judge, and give him
pointers in in,truCting the jury.
He must discourse with equal
huency upon the silver question
and Farmer Jones Jersey calf china
painting and Poland China pigs,
preserved peaches and the preser-
vance of saints, foreign wars and
local strikes, justification by faith
and justification by type, the doc
trine of election, the election re-
turns, the doings of the last synod
and the details of prize fights. The
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Tbe Guensburg Datum
By THE EDITOR


The following is parody Josh Wink's "The
Little Country Newspaper.
It's Just little paperbut it's strictly up to date
1t hasn't any supplement colored fashion plate,
1t every Thursday unless the forms ped
The out is electric printed, with ready print inside
1t hasn't any cablegranls from far away Bombay,
But it says that Rev. Grim is in midst today,
1t takes much interest about affairs of state,
And it tells that J. r. Smith has painted his front gate
1t never mentions Kruger Senator Chamberlain,
But says Pieroth's barber shop has window pane
And that the Maryland club will g i've festival,
There was temp rance social i'll r. A. Turner's hall.
1t tells about the accident that John c. Bench had,
And says that George Warner has become happy dad.
1t said that turkey shooting would shortly commence
And cites the fact Austin Mires has taken down fence
1t mentions tn legislature i'll few long paragraphs
And says that Burt Pease has bought fine Jersey calf
And everything that happens around our little town.
The man who the paper has plainly jOtted down.
Some people may make fun of it, bn honestly, like
To learn that work is booming up Pine street pike
It's Just little paper-but it has lot to say
And as long as it is printed hope it my way.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Wants to Help Some One.

For thirty years ], +. Boyer, Of
Fertile, Mo-, needed help and
couldn't find it. That's why he
wants to help some one now. Suf-
fering 50 long himself he feels for
all distress from Backache, Ner-
vousness, Loss of Appetite, Lassi-
tude and Kidney disorders. He
shows that Electric Bitters work
wonders for such troubles, Five
bottles, he writes, wholly cured
me and now | am we'll and hearty
It's also positively guaranteed for
Liver Trouble, Dyspepsia, Blood
Disorders, Female Complaints and
Malaria. Try them. SOC at II. S.
Elwood.s
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
A M||SSOUR|AN EULOGY

Here's to Missouri. the state of
our birth, the greatest and grand
est old state on the earth. Where
the bright, golden corn fills the
thousands of bins, where the wealth
OF the world comes from faithful
old hens; where mules big and
round. long-eared, stubborn and
rat, bring three hundred apiece,
and go quickly at that; where sweet
milk and honey, lead, copper and
zinc, would fill a big river full up
to the brink; where hogs root and
grunt and bring ten and a half;
where a COW sells for sixty, and ten
Tor the calf. Her people the best
under Cod $ shining sky; in Mis-
Souri, live, in Missouri I'll die
Swiper.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
STATE VS.. WALKER

John D. Walker of Easton, is to
be made defendant in suit which
the state is preparing to institute
to recover lands in Kittitas county
held by him, pursuant to award
from the federal government. The
suit is based on the fact that the
lands in question lie within the sec
tons set aside to the state for school
purposes by the enabling act pass
ed by Congress when Washington
became a state. Heretofore the
state has been content to file pro-
tests against the issuance of patents
to settlers under similar circum-
stances, but the protests of the
state has always been ignored by
the United States general land Of
fee. A similar test case will be
instituted in Skagit county against
the Skagit Lime & Cement Com
pany.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

receipts of church soCials and the
squabblc in the town council must
be equally familiar to the versatile
mind.
With all this he must wait on
the delinquent subscribers, dis
count the bill of the patent medi-
cine fakes stand off his wash bill
always go we'll dressed, pay his
printer on Saturday night whether
a cent has come in or not; write
free puffs, teach the city adminis-
tration how to run the city, and be
content with $50 year for print
ing the proceedings when it is
worth $3.50; never ask for any hon
orS but help others to get them
boom the local statesman who owes
him three years subscription III
short, be all things to all men, make
no mistake in dates, take the Cuss-
ings of the community and never
Gus, back. This is the ideal editor
and his paper is a daisy. We
never saw one.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
PROSPEROUS OUT
LOOK FOR WEST

President Elliott, Of the North
arm Pacific railway is optimistic
in regard to business conditions
particularly in the West. As he
,rt # he is "a strong bull" on
this Western country, and after
January he expects to see bust
ness conditions throughout the
country take all upward tendency.
As matter of fact, if business
conditions elsewhere are good as
they are in the Pacific Northwest
the whole country must certainly
be on the upward waye of prosper
itv. President Elliott is justified
in taking a roseate view of condi-
tons out here, although incident
ally his optimism is confined to
business conditions generally, not
TO railroads. His views on the
railroad outlook are tinged with a
slightly different hue, not on &C
count of business conditions but on
account of too much legislation,
already had or in contemplation.
But the railroads have little rea-
son to complain of the business
outlook, so far as this part of the
territory which they serve is con-
cerned. The chief counsel for the
Milwaukee, the other day, in testi-
flying before the interstate COM
merce commission gave to the Paci-
6c coast extension of that road the
entire credit for all the enlarged
net earnings of the system for the
preceding year.
In the general prosperity of the
Pacific Northwest Seattle has had
at least fair share. In every de-
partment of business, so far as sta
tistics afford any guide, conditions
have never been better. All bank
ing figures show large increases;
the building movement, which has
been at phenomenal proportions
for many years past, shows no sign
Of abatement; and the gain of new
population is steady and progress
sive. New industrial enterprises
are being started all the time, and
outside capital is looking here in
greater amounts than ever before
for permanent investment. Presi-
dent Elliott is, as he says, bull
on Western conditions. A great
number Of heavy Eastern capital
lists are sharing this view.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
Are Democrats Devils?

Golfers Weekly: Senator Cum
MINIS, speaking in Chicago shortly
before the election, advised his
bearers to vote for any republican,
however reactionary, against any
democrat, however enlightened
has Robert NJ. LaFollette, in all
" MS career, ever said ANYTHING
mat could be put in a class with
ms Senator LaFollette knows
us principles and abides by them,
una they are principles which are
SOUND. Such thoroughgoing part
'4onsnlp as the Iowan expressed
aoes not fit the conditions of the
present.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
THE MORALS OF
OUR YOUNG MEN

Here is an article clipped from a
city daily newspaper which 1t
would be we'll for our mother and
sisters to read-and think about:
If society looked upon the es-
capades of young men as it does
upon the same escapades of young
women, there would be fewer such
scandels in the woald. have seen
young men who went all the PAGES
of immortality, and when finally
caught, society would hold up its
hands in holy horror, then begin to
pat him on the back and call him
good fellow, but little wild.
But the woman i'll the case was
kicked lower and lower, Now
who is it that pats the young scape-
goat on the back and condones his
crime while it kicks the women
lower and lower Is it not the
women They are so forgiving.
And they seem to consider that he
is not to blame, so very much
the woman in the case led him off.
The men don't pass that kind of
Judgment on them, it is the wom-
en-the mothers and sisters of 9TH
er women. In referring to Eve,
must say, that, if Eve had been
capable of looking beneath the SUR
face, she would have known that
satan was a gay deceiver. But if
Eve was like the majority of her
daughters she liked him all the
better for that.
What do YOU say, mothers? Do
you require a good moral character
of the man who visits your daugh
ter? Do you ask for a clean bill
or moral health in the man to
whom you give your child? Is in
quiry ever made as to his record in
this line or his reputation for pur-
ity of character in the daily asso-
Citations of life? Do you wonder
at the frequency of divorce, Or the
necessity for it? Doyou think the
divorce question is the one of
greatest Importance? Do you not
think olr ministers might do bet
ter to turn their attention to the
purity of the lives and characters
of our young men than to spend SO
much time warning on divorce?
These are grave matters for thought
and in the beginning is a good
place to begin the thou shalt not
proceedings.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

When YOU have cold get bot
tie of Chamberlain 5 Cough Rem
edy. It will soon fix you up all
right and will warl off any tend
encv toward pneumonia, This
remedy contains no opium or other
narcotic and may be given as con
fidentlv to a baby as to an adult,
Sold by Owl Drug Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
ANOTHER CHANCE
FOR BEvER|DGE

A professor in one of Iowa col
leges has suggested that, since In
dians, by electing a democratic
legislature has rejected Senator
Beveridge that brilliant young
statesman should be elected by the
Iowa Legislature to the seat render
ed vacant by the death OF Senator
Dolliver. Iowa is progressive, and
so is Beveridge: the states are
neighbors. and public sentiment is
about the same in one as the other.
While it is hardly likely that the
suggestion will be taken seriously,
it is worth while to recall that there
is no constitutional nor legal i'm
pediment in the way of this being
done, provided only that Senator
Beveridge should move over into
Iowa before the legislature acts.
The founders of our system of gov
eminent were familiar with the
British parliamentary practice of
selecting each member from a con-
stituency in which he was not an
elector, and they practically con-
tinued the system mere.
All that is required of a senator
is that he should be of full age and
an inhabitant' of the state which
elects him. There is a historic
precedent for the election by one
state of a United States senator
who was not a citizen of that state
nor a qualified elector in it. After
Col. +. D. Baker was defeated for
congress in California a coalition
was formed between the war demo-
Gratis and the republicans in the
Oregon legislature, and in 1860
Baker was invited to come to Ore
gon to be elected United States
senator, which invitation he accept
ed. He was promptly elected, ac
cording to the terms of the Coali-
ton, to a seat in the senate, which
he left to take service in the field.
He was killed in battle the follow
ing year.
If Iowa wants to elect Beveridge
to the senate no impeachment stands
in the way, providing of course,
that the senator could be persuad-
ed to forsake Indiana even for a
mother term in the senate. Post
Intelligencer.
True the precedent has been es-
tablished, but no one dare claim
that it should be followed, and if
it is, who can tell where it will end.
The will of the majority of voters
should be respected. The politi-
clans have too long run matters
their own way and the temper of
the American people will not srand
tampering with too much. For
bearance has about ceased to be
virture" and soon they may be eX-
pected to proclaim: Thus far and
no farther
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
THE WEEK IN BUSINESS

The week 5 Developments in
the industrial and financial field i,
I while not such as to arouse enthus-
iasm, tended toward greater opti-
mism. The Thanksgiving holiday
disturbed all operations, financial
and industrial, so that the net re-
suits for the week cannot reason
ably be used as basis of actual con-
ditions Financial operations prac-
ticallv came to an end Wednesday
night, for only feeble attempts were
made to engineer any large deals
after the holiday. The effect of
this policy was reflected in the di
mnished bank Clearings for the
week, as compared with those of
the previous week. 1t was graft
fving to note, however, that the
Clcarings for the week were nearly
identical with those of the Corre-
spending period last year.
The growing plethora of idle
funds at all large financial Centers,
notably New York, was one of the
significant dcvclopements of the
week, indicating as it does the flow
of funds from the interior and the
lcsscning demand for money for
investment purposes. The increase
in money, with the accompanying
decline in call loan rates, has not
been accompanied by any spec
tacular stock speculation, although
the view is quite generally held
that cheap money means active
trading in securities. The truth
of the matter is, the outside or nom
professional demand for shares of
any sort is at an extremely low
cbb.
Small investors all over the cOun
try have for some months been
seeking investments that yield
larger returns than the ordinary
stocks and bonds offered on the
stock exchanges. Thus it ha, hap
pened that railroads and other in
dustrial corporations have been
compelled to offer higher interest
rates on new bond issues in order
to place their securities. Moreover
or less disguised with Wall street
manipulatiOns, and, not withstand
ing many prominent industrial but
more especially railroad shares can
be obtained cheaper today than III
years. the low prices have not been
the lure they once were. That in
vestors are withholding funds or
dinarily put to other purposes, Is
indicated by the large increases in
bank deposits all over the United
States.
Under such conditions it was to
be expected that the stock market
should remain largely in profession
al hands and that prices should be
maintained.
AS the time approaches for con-
gress to meet, much is heard OF
what effect new legislation is like
" to have on business. As mat
ter of fact, business should not be
affected in the slightest, but, sway
ed as it is. largely by sentiment,
conservatism is plainly apparent.
Trade III nearly all lines is at the
moment of large volume The
holiday season approaches with la
Dor we'll employed, and the pur-
chasing power of the people as
large or larger than at any time i'll
three years. This fact considered
Wants to Help Some One.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
PROCLAMATION ON SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT ISSUED NOV. 29

OLYMPIA Wash, Nov 29-1he from King County cleo
the last
found have carried by of 52299 to
therewth
Washington executive department. Olympia proclaim
by the Governors
1909 of the PROPOSE
of the of said
November. 1910
ballots voted said election that
O amendment voted
NJ f. Hay Governor OF the of Washing
hereby proclaim said amendment
of the constitution
the Washington In witness heeuno have set hand
and the O O
November 1910
+ HAY.
by he Cover |. Howell Secretary o
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01

Born: Sunday, Nov. 20, to Mr..
and Mrs. George Warner, Of West
Ellensburg, son.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-01
OUR STATE TAX LEVY

The total tax levy for all pur-
poses state, county and municipal,
in kittitas county, for the year
1909, was $500, $40, according to
statistics of the state tax commits
sion, while the levy for the entire
state aggregated S24 1872 $40. The
figures for Kittitas county are made
up as follows Taxes on railroad
track and right of way, S73, $50; on
railway rolling stock S12,159; on
telegraph lines and property $2S5;
on telephone property S+39; on all
other real property $174,199, and
on all other personal property S45,
971.
i'll connection with the moderate de-
clines already recorded in the cost
of living brings to the front an is
SllC Gull 'etl dtlNSly llSW dllO Creates
an economic condition bound to
have great weight in shaping the
business and financial develope-
ments of the coming year.
In the local field conditions i'm
prove The outlook in the lumber
trade is much brighter than it was
sixty days ago; the building trades
promises to be we'll employed dur
ing the winter and coming summer
agricultural Developments will be
more extensive than heretofore,
and fresh gold discoveries in Alaska
practically assure an active year in
Northern trade. Post Intelligence
er.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-12
Asking Too Much.
though.

The mother of little six-year-old
Mary had told her a number of times
not to hitch her sled to passing
sleighs, feeling that it was a danger
Gus practice. 1t was such a fascinat-
ing sport. however, that Mary could
not resist it and one day her mother
saw her go skimming past the house
behind a farmers "bobs.'
When she came in from play she
was taken to task, her mother saying
severely: Mary, haven't 1 told you
that you must not hitch onto hobs
Besides, you know, it is against the
law"
Mary tossed her head. "Oh," she
said. don't talk to me about the law.
It's all can do to keep the ten com
ents!"-Woman's Home Com
paniOn
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-12
RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS

"I had eczema on my hands for ten
years. 1 had three good doctors but
none of them did any good. 1 then
used one box of Cuticura Ointment
and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
and was completely cured. My hands
were raw all over, inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading all over my
body and limbs. Before I had used one
bottle, together with the Cuticura
Ointment, my sores were nearly
healed over, and by the time I had
used the third bottle, I was entirely
well. To any one who has any skin
or blood disease I would honestly adj
wise them to fool with nothing else,
but to get Cuticura and get well. My
hands have never given me the least
bit of trouble up to now.
my daughters hands this summer
became perfectly raw with eczema.
She could get nothing that would do
them any good until she tried Cuti-
cura. She used Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Ointment and in two
weeks they were entirely cured.
have used Cuticura for other members
of my family and it always proved sue.
cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers
Ferry, Va, Oct. 10, 1909"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-12
Practical Christianity.

"On behalf of the sewing circle Of
this church." said the pastor at the
conclusion of the morning service, 81
desire to thank the congregation for
81 buttons placed in the contribution
box during the past month. If now
the philanthropically inclined donors
of these objects will put half-dozen
undershirts and three pairs of other
strictly secular garments on the plate
next Sunday morning, so that we may
have something to sew those buttons
on, we shall be additionally grateful %
-Harper's Weekly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-12
To Test Old Soldier Law.

Attorney General Fred S. Jackson
filed an application for a writ OF
custer in the supreme court against
D. S. Mcneil, county assessor OF
Greenwood county. Greenwood coun-
ty is Mr.. Jackson's home county. This
action is brought for the purpose of
testing the old soldier preference law
The county commissioners appoint
ed Mcneil as county assessor in spite
of the fact that there were two old
soldier applicants for the place. ]. F.
Hoffman and w. H. Phillips, both of
whom are old soldiers, were can IL
dates for the appointment. The COM
missioners disregarded their candida
cies and appointed Mcneil. The law
provides that if an old soldier appIl-
cant for place has the necessary
qualifications he shall be given the
preference. 1t is maintained by the
attorney general in this case that the
old soldier applicants were qualified in
every way and that the act OF the
county commissioners was clearly in
violation of the old soldiers prefer
ence law.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-12
BETTER LATE THAN EARLY
Here Is Case Where the Sage Old
Proverb Might with Profit Have
Been Reversed.

There is a certain young Broad
street broker whose recent sad expert
ence in endeavoring to pull the wool
over his wifes eyes has led him to de-
clare never again"
Now, 1t is the brokers' custom to
take a $3.50 suburban train, thus en-
ablipg him to reach his home in West
chester in ample time for the early
dinner that both he and his wife like.
The other day he fell. Meeting an
old college mate he yielded to the lat
ter's entreaties for an evening in town.
The next step was, of course, to tele-
graph the wife, which he did in these
terms: "Unavoidably detained. Missed
the $50. Home later"
When hubby finally did show up. he
observed an expression on the coun-
tenance of his spouse that argued fail
ure of his little fib.
whats the trouble, dear?" he
asked. with an affected nonchalance.
Without a word the wife handed him
the telegraph slip. indicating with her
forefinger the words:
Received at 4:45."-Lippincott'
Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-12
ANGRY PROTEST OF BoYHooD
valentine Night-Gown" Offended Seq
sibiIities of Small Masculine
Humanity.

William, little country boy Of six.
was snowbound with his mother at
the house of an aunt, 20 miles from
his own home. The two, who had driv-
en- over in a sleigh just to spend the
day, were forced to remain three
nights, and were supplied by the host
ess with garments to sleep in. There
being no small boys in his aunt's fam
lily, William was put to bed in one OF
his little cousin Deborah's nightgowns,
very indignant at having to wear any
thing with so many frills and lace
trimmings around the neck and on the
sleeves.
81 won't stand it, hummer" he loud.
~ protested on the second night, 81
won't wear anything so girly! I'll run
away, you see if 1 don't, and perrush
in a snow drift before I'll put that
thing on again. Why, rather than wear
that-that valentine night-gown-I'll
sleep rawi"