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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16
COWS" KICK HARD
OVER IN OLYMPIA

OLYMPIA, Feb. 13.-(SpeciaD-
An entirely new plan for the con-
gressional apportionment has been
agreed upon by the COW counties
coalition in the house, to be intro
duced tomorrow in bill form by L.
d. McArdle, leader of the small
counties.
This division places Spokane in
the Fifth district with Okanogan,
Ferry, Stevens, Pen d 'Oreille, Lin
coin, Douglas and Chelan, having
total population of 224,577.
King county, with 284 1000 pop
ulation, forms the Second district,
the largest in the state. Other dis
tricts are:
First-Whatcom; Skagit. Sno-
homish, San Jaun, Island, Clallam,
Jefferson, Kitsap, Chehalis, Mason
Thurs:on, population, PSI, 334.
Third - Pierce, Lewis, Pacific,
Wakiakum, Cowlitz, Clarke, popu-
lation, POI .453.
Fourth-Skamania, X Ii k itat,
Yakima, Kittitas, Benton. Walla
Walla, Garfield, Columbia. Asotin
Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Grant
population, 1865 7S.
This bill has the support of 50
house members, and will undoubt-
eddy pass as the apportionment
scheme in preference to the Pierce
county scheme as embodied in the
committee report of the Miller plan.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16
SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT LAX LEv|ES

Real estate taxes for the year
1910 are payable on and after the
first Monday February, 1911, and
delinquent June first following. If
not paid, they bear interest at the
rate of IS per cent per annum and
certificates of delinquency will be
issued to any one applying there
for.
Certificates of delinquency bear
interest at is per cent per annum
and may be forecloscd three years
after the taxes become delinquent.
If paid in full before March IS,
1911, a rebate of 3 per cent will be
allowed on real taxes; or, if one
half be paid on or before May 81,
1911, the remainder may be paid
any time before November 80, 1911
without interest.
LENIES
State. County and School Districts
Year 1910
State general 2.15 mills
State general school 2.23 mills
State military .16 mills
State highway 1903 mills
Total state levy 5.57 mills
County current expense 35 mills
County bond interest 4 mills
General school SIS mills
General road and bridge SIS mills
County indignant .O7 mills
County institute .O3 mills
Total county levy 500 mills
Road district No. 3.5 mills
Road district No. 2 3.5 mills
Road district No. 3 3.5 mills
City of Ellensburg II. mills
City of Roslyn IL. mills
City of Gle Elum 1O.5 mills
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16
CITY
FIRE DEPARTMENT

The City of Ellensburg can be
proud of its Fire Departments it is
classed one of the most efficient Fire
Departments in the state by the
Fire underwriters and they are the
only real authority in such cases.
In letter Fire Chief SCHUYLER re-
ceived great compliments from the
Fire Underwriters for the excellent
showing made by the Department.
For the last three weeks two Fire
men have been very busy making
all kinds of improvements in the
Department. They have vanished
the combination chemical engine
and hose wagon and reprinted the
steamer and also the hook and lad
der truck-the last two mentioned
have not been painted for the last
p years. ANY one seeing the
trucks and steamer would think
that they were new apparatuses.
Also the fuel cart got its coat of
red and black. 1t certainly has
made the Department look 100 per
cent better than it ever did, every
thing looks neat and clean and has
a healthy appearance about the
place. Chief SCHUYLER was author
lied by the Council to add another
man to the Department which has
been done. 1t now has a force of
five men which were greatly needed
for when an alarm came into the
Department, the whole force
would respond and by so doing it
would leave no one at the Depart
ment to answer any further alarms
or to fire up the steamer should it
be needed, or any other thing that
should be gotten from the Depart
ment if necessary by the extra man.
The efficiency of the force has
been greatly raised with + ii.
that insurance rates will be lower.
Chief SCHUYLER has bought a horse
and Chief buggy at his own ex-
pense which he uses for the benefit
of the City and Fire Department
and as he is also Building Inspector
it gives him a chance to answer all
alarms while being out OH Depart
ment business, much quicker than
on foot.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16
President Taft's View

COLUMBUS, Oh 10, Feb. 1O.-'Re-
with Canada will benefit
the entire United States-farmer,
manufacturer, railroad company
middleman, warehousemar.' This
was the declaration of President
Taft in an address here today at
the National Corn exposition.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16

ey is sent for to come down and do
the business, and he does it up to
the brown too. Last week he went
down there and SHIPPED a couple of
dozen of Young offenders. He says
when he left there, the county Jail
furnished refuge for 90 prisoners.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16
Al UNFAIR MEASURE
TO PRINTING SHOPS

Owners Of newspaper plants and
printing shops in the state of Wash
ington have just awakened to the
fact that their business is extra
hazardous and that they are brought
within the workings of the propos-
Memployes compen sation bill now
before the state legislature. Edi-
tcn. reporters and printers are not
often killed or mangled while at
their work. Perhaps some folks
think not often enough. Yet the
bill proposed provides that they
must all contribute heavily to the
state fund.
To the fund for the first aid of
injured persons every proprietor
Of IA printing establishment must
pay 2 cents day for each employee.
and each Of these employees must
also pay 2 cents a day, making a
total OF 4 cents daily. In addition
to this, every employing printer
must pay l IL per cent of the total
amount Of his payroll into the states
accident fund" There is no dis
nnction as to the character of the
work done by employees. The news
and business Office men are Jumped
IN with the machine and press men.
And the burdens imposed by the
proposed bill fall as lightly on the
printing business as any. The four
cents a day to the first aid is to be
a'awn from every kind of business
IN which labor is employed. The
percentage Of the total payrolls runs
''V'a IL per cent to 10 per cent.
y mas been estimated the first aid
.und alone will yearly amount to
U,WO.0Q0, while the accident fund
WI average IS, ooO,o 900 to Sc, oo0,-
200 a year.
IN other words, practically every
productive industry in the state will
ESQ taxed that 81. 00O,o 900 to S.
V'ooo will be taken every year
WI OF industrial activity and plac-
= In the hands of a commission
sppclnted through political inau-
eoce and holding Office at the pleas
we Of apolitical machine.
hundreds of manufactures in all
pms Of the state have never had
= accident in their plants; have
seF been called upon to pay any
~ Of damages for injury to en-
0ses. Careful investigation a
.ons all the manufacturers and
"neFs whose employees are liable to
asonai risk shows less than 500,
!" y now paid as premiums to the
-.o'aty companies, aud this covers
- injuries and expenses of repairs
~1nofeds of concerns find it un-
~ssSsry to carry even this kind of
r''ect'on, as their operation !nvol-
- 10 risk of any kind. Yet all
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16
II Takes a KiHitas Man

When North Yakima wants to
make a genuine cleanup of its bad
or disorderly element, Thos. Max
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-16

Judge Kaufman returned from
North Yakima Friday, where he
held court for many days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04
HUMAN INFIRMiTIEs IN RAIL
ROADtNG.

The frightful accident recently ~
Bridgeport. Conn. by which a famous
Washington Boston train was fright
fully wrecked. again brings the Amcri.
a public up against tho irreducible
human element in the matter o. rail
road accidents.
II IS often said that our fr.rhtful
national record for railroad slaughter
Is due 20 the poor equipments o.
granger roads. But in this cas-. % hor.
rlbie wreck takes place on one o.
our fines, developed lines. and on "a
train o. which President TAFT fre.
auen'ly travels.
The expenditure ~ millions for
safety appliance proved helpless 20
avert "a tragedy caused by taking "a
cross ovor CO., c1 miles au hour when
j. miles was 'fc Limit ~ safety.
10 every profession and trade &C..
casional human lapscr occur. but ,.se.
where they do not occasion much
trouble Every cn.plp.r man. for
Instance. often write. Smith wtcr DO
means Jones. and usually rho proof
reader corror's 81. 10 Tho mistake
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

say 10 use milk tickets and bakers tickets fol- small change. / received a
zee OF un dollars in postage stamps and the onecent postage stamn was fs
universal substitute for a cent
Vel, o. II occurred Ito Mr. Parker the original pronre,or n, ,hs IN
@r IN one OF the great American landlords, that he might issue scrip in va.
nos mlnau So h e got a printer to work ot a design for him
10 same design to a line that o see o that framed scip hanetne therao o.,
me val an 500 his scrip ready for use. Right from n starr prker
scrip passed readily into circulation: II became a most ccentabIe ann.
minor expenses. anu ni "st Oh MS
shoud say II val about a yea after the close of The war, hat ia,
bter whose Boston office va in Pemberon Square or m mn ne,rn,
ito IN hotel either OF business or for luncheon In come uy ~,
iH o scrp-which. II course. by that time had all been redeorec
AFTER me naiona banks were established M the ovarnrer n, 80
issued mail currency notes in denominations IF om nuv cents dvr 20
.HPe cents. there va n long II necessity Tor the ue Of W. 70
zen futers notice. He IA greatly Interested in II lie askad NAV 80
uohs Dot It h wanted tok know IL the people yer willing tn tdc - -,
produce or meats or other supplies lie wanted to II bavtrg 80, -
.heY had any difficulty in passing II along lie asked low M s, - ~
deemed. and as told chiefly through the Offering O II ar ta casnPt,r -
IN tie hotel in payment of board and lodging
why that is all there is to a clrculating radtv,. D.. IT,,
All that needed is something that will serve as a r.dtr,, 50
goods II Harvey Parker. the proprietor Of this otot couid a., ,n HW
mere Is n % reason why the government of the United S,,,as cmn,nn.', ~
We donf need any other kind Of money: am in favor ,baro,o-a ~, -"
To time '" yS'"! from time
And from hat time" concluded Mr. Woodbury. Hon t,,-, ---
promhn'Lt a. al rredeemab paper money la ad atarv,rd@ a. @
est defender OF he greenback- thereby increasing considrrahy b, ra,M,
noforieyt IN the later years OF his life" MS Hd""hal
'Nopyrisht 1911. by = J Edwards All rights reserved
Tomorro" Mr.. Edwards will tell How Jenny Lind HIped -, ,,, AM
lea a Great Conuraro Singer" "" ""u o owe AMER
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04
THE FARMERS FREE LIST.

by a combination of Democrats and
insurgent Republicans, a so-called
Farmers free list bill has been
passed by Congress. II is evident to
every reasoning individual that he
purpose OF this bill is not TO secure
equitable tarin legislation but is
simply a political plot TO create an
artificial issue on which the oppon-
ents of President Taft may appeal TO
the people. If vetoed. which there is
every reason to believe II will be.
every friend Of American industry
must heartily commend President
Taft for his action.
This enormously named Free list"
is simply and solely a bid for the
votes OF a certain class of people. On
the list OF articles to be admitted 10
our shores without duty are many
manufactured articles used in enorm-
Gus quantities by farmers. while the
raw materials from which such
articles are made continue to pay a
heavy tariff. Certain iron and steel
goods are made free simply because
they are used by farmers. The self
evident proof of this is the fact that
similar articles not used by farmers
remain on the dutiable list.
Against such unjust and Illogical
legislation every fair minded and
honest nan must protest. Scientific
tariff legislation means the revision
OF a complete schedule. beginning
with the raw materials and including
the finished product. The haphazarI.
crazy quilt proposition advanced By
the combination OF Democrats and in.
surgents Is not based on either
scientific principles or common sense.
II Is totally without reason and its
promoters can not and do not expect
It to become a law.
II is indeed fortunate FOR the
country that such d strong. able and
conscientious chief executive stands
between the people and the men who
are subordinating the tarin and great
business interests TO the petty de
mands OF partisan politics.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher

When was young loved a maid Who left an others in the shade
fcr eyes were ~ an azure trt. her charms too numerous % print ]
ho7ci 90 make fhat girl my bride. but fate 90 me that
IHE DREAM boon denied ] left my native town 20 stray in towns
m"IDIN ani cities Tar away. The years rasscd on. and youth
vas t-i and silver hairs grew ON my head. and horc
necamc an a-hinE f'l. and wore teeth Of ccIuloi And al the time
ana everywhere dreamed about that maiden fair. An me, loved her
from a'ar ae one may 'o.c q .mnng star Last month I iolnrneyed
nome once more. 20 .sn fe friends I loved Of yorc. 70 sec the shack
Vhcrc vas born arI to4 my fathers dinner horn Tho. "a, -
'uiraget'c parade ani 90 the head Of t the maid Of whom 10 dreamed
80 many years. j saw her through a mist Of tears All she had ubis
Ec' OF htf ehn and bore tc sign. We Women Win" Her nose
va fci her fcrs'n fa' shc wore uc most outragcou. hat, ,bcd
ABOUT a million ~ccps and uttered some departing cheers and eopob,
. o'uf store there 20 drink a gallon Of refreshing ink
WILLIAMSON
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04
THE ANNUAL WORRY OVER The
CROPS

Wall street has had its eve very
closely on the ticker and i-- car
tightly glued 10 the telephone The
past week. at this critical period for
the great cotton and cereal crops
The record breaking heat and cloud.
less skies led Western and Southern
bankers 10 look more closely 10 note
collections. and the merchant 10
cancel orders.
There is "a disposition 10 lake too
seriously the crop reports issued by
the government and private agencies.
The investigation a few Years ago "
the methods OF collecting tho cotton
reports showed that $4,000 individual
estimates have 10 be complied and
digesfed.
Keen judges have always expressed
the feeling that "a large section ~
these reporters We're giving .he gov
eminent nothing worth having. What
is needed is more paid agents with
special gifts and facilities for making
such estimates.
While individual errors Of Judge
mcut are eliminated from such wide
spread sources. errors due 20 general
tendencies OF temperament will be
found. The ISOLATION OF tho farmer.
HIS struggle against the immutable
power OF weather conditions. pro
dIces in him "a certain pessimism.
lie perhaps has "a Doe 20 pessimi-t in
order 10 protect his own peace o.
mind II he were constantly taking
rosy views. he continually would be
overwhelmed with despair 40 The
failure o. his hopes. r. boz takes 'he
philosophical View that crops are
always likely 20 be poor. he is no
worse on N bis predictions are re-.
yersed. and he does NOT suffer the
panrs Of disappointment when fail.
urc comes.
Undoubtedly th.. femperamontaI
pessim.sm Of Tho farmer .s tho cause
% rho crop srares over which Wall
street gets 500 % blue funk regularly
at This time Of car. y ~philosopnIc
pes-imi-m may BE- the most comfort
able point 90 view 20 axe regarding
power ~ nature that are beyond
control. but t If not an accurate basis
for scientific Information
Tie crops NJ our country arc 90
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

gets by. it is very annoying. but usu-
ally harmless.
The problem in railroading is how
to prevent these occasional lapses
that are a part OF our wobbly human
nature.
In American railroad life. safety
has been looked upon as secondary.
a luxury beyond our reach. Stats
tics show from four 10 five times as
many accidents per milo of train runs
as in Europe. II is not a question of
speed altogether. The single German
state CT Prussia has 43 trains making
an average OF IS miles per hour. while
the great trunk lines connecting New
York. Buffalo, P%ittsburg. ST. Louis.
and Chicago had but % Of these trains
at the time OF this computation.
Disciplining men concerned in &C.
cidents does not always remedy the
trouble. Frequently that merely sub
stitutes an inexperienced man for one
who is trained to the business.
There is too much taking of chances
in u American temperament. Some
Of us are still willing 20 keep up the
gamble eyen when human life is the
stake.
While railroading attracts some of
the finest types OF men 10 be found
among our laboring people. its novelty
and change also draw many reckless
characters. To get the rough rider"
type weeded out before they got into
responsible places Is ono Of the most
serious tasks OF the management.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

promptly and Independently without
the pressure OF a public demand
Nevertheless. the investigation OF
the board has been thorough and the
residents Of Wheeling may res, as.
sured that the system is not an expert
ment through which money will be
spent with uncertain returns. but il
an established method whose value
has been demonstrated by years Of
practical use. In Kansas city il is
being used exclusively. in Philadcl.
phia IT Is fast supplanting all other
methods OF paving: IN London and
other European cities II has been in
approved use for several years.
. The saving 20 the city and 10 indi.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

viduai citizens will he enormous. In
paving old streets. the necessity Of
removing the present paving IS
obviatcd and the worn ont bric.s be
come a valuable asset as q sGos.ant-
iai bed for The asphalt. Even on new
work. the saving is estimated ~ n
half. The property owner who is look
ing forward 10 paying one third Of the
cost OF paving in front OF his property
on the assessment plan viii be quick
to Sc" and appreciate this sar.ng and
20 bestow his gratitude % -Ac proper
place.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04
A cOmmENDAsLE ACTION

Had any additional action been
necessary 20 demonstrate 10 the
people of Wheeling the capability and
progressiyeness OF the Board OF Con
troll. g would be found i'm the provis-
Ion by that body for the new method
OF asphalt paving. The accomplish
ment is mad" all the more commend
able by the fac, that it was done
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

varied that no total failure is possible.
The weather conditions that hurt one
locality and n crop help others. Let
no one get scarce merely because
spectators are trying to AXE money
by depressing stocks.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

President Simon of Hlyti says his
sword Viii BE- taken only from hls
dead body. OthorV I've 90 will be- hand
od over instead 81 taken. wo pre-
sumo
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

gIeehuacker' said a voice In my ear one evening in 1904,
when i was a guest at the hotel.
turned and greeted the late Charles Levi woodbury..
one OF the leaders OF the Boston bar, son OF Levi Mood.
Dury' who vas Secretary OF the Navy In Jackson's cabi
net. and Secretary OF the Treasury in Van Buren's. Mr.
woodbury. had for many years made his home at the no.
TEL Q Was one OF the most delightful of story tellers.
and his recolections went back to the time when his
father was one OF the most prominent OF American Demo
Gratis.
Just after the beginning OF the Civil War all OF the
banks suspended specie payment" continued Mr.. Wood.
bury. The suspension was so complete that even pennies
pissed out OF Circulation. WHY ar that time o. a. 80.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

The fact that Thomas s.. Edison il
just taking his first vacation in p
years is not exactly an argument
against vacations but certainly speaks
volumes Of the success TO be- attained
By constant |endeavor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

Colonel John Jacob Astor Is 10 be
married again. Tho colonel started
bis matrimonial career rather late
but with good luck he may equal Sat
Goodwin yet
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

Ur g. Stanley Hall wants school
teachers 10 be more graceful Good
practice Tor hat would DO 10 waltz
the small boys around tho room by
the ear moro frequently.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

Tho Humane Society wants blind
ers taken ~ horses Let pobbiu en-.
JOY the scenery like the poet he is.
and puf the bIiukers ON the joy rider
who is merely interested IN the next
mud puddle.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

Tho brokers are trying 10 sell
Chinese railroad bonds 300 this
country. but viii the Chiuks ride OH
railways. which would probably take
them out Of SIGHT az the rra,cs Of
their ancestors
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04
New News of Yesterday
The Frame Full of Scrip That Made Ben Butler
a Greenback Champion
(By e. J. E~dwarda)

y ne ioboY Of HI Parker House a group OF what tin the early ay OF the
i a ~ rou VIA we're IRE called shin plssters" has hung for many year, in
- d romh place. These money tokens consist OF slips OF paper a little
male ma Ter han a ordinary bank check Denominations II nifty cent
uo"h 10 nNe cents are represented. Each n OF these slips states m the
rae S I'M n Parker House will redeem it on presentation. They were once
tou lot BOARD and lodging n were presumably to be goo for hard cash.
II ny OF IL coud be obtained.
are looking at what / always have believed raae Han, urnar :,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

4 man who spends his mornings
and nights digging In his vegetable
carden rarely ever votes me Socialist
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-04

Tho chief use Of European war
MINORS seems to DO to cause huctu
ati0us FOR stock market spectators.