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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23

Sherwood. Sims, Sisson. Slayden,
Small, Smith (TexD, Sparkman,
Stanley. Stephens. Taylor (Ala.),
Thomas y. c.. Touvelle, Turnbul,
Underwood, Watkins, Weisse and
Wickliffe. Total, 143.
Grand total for bill, 221.
HOSTILE TO BILL
Against the Republicans,
Bennett On. W, Bradley, Burke,
IS. D.. Burleigh, Campbell, Chap
man, Cole. Cowles, { ,ese-, Currier,
Dalzell, Davidson, D.. Dawson,
Dodds, Dwight, Ellis, Twins, Engle-
bright. Esch, Fairo.i il Fassett,
Focht, Fordney. Foste t., Full
ler,, Gaines, Gardner e> Gard
ner IN. j.) ,Goebel Graham
tPa.i, Grant. { mer,
, - us Ilyes,
sh),
--+-l-~. ->cne.,~.i. 4-ea.--. Uowa)
Kennedy (Ohio). Knapp, Langham,
Lenroot. Lindbergh, Loudenslager,
Lowden, Lundin, McLachlan, Me-
Laughlin, Maltby, Martin IS. D.,
Nondell Moore (Pa.), Morgan
tMo.), Morgan lOkla.). Morse, Mox-
ley. Nelson. Norris, Olcott Pickett,
Plumley, Pratt, Pray, Prince, Reed
er. Scott, Simmons, Smith Gwoa),
snapp. Southwick. Steenerson. Ster-
Ing. Swasey. Thistlewood. Thomas
(Ohio), Volstead, Wanger, Wash
burn. Wheeler. Wooas (Iowa).
Total. 81
Observation-Disclosures Estopinal,
Hammond, Pujo, Webb. Total, 5.
Grand total against. SO.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23
JAMES J. HILL
ON RECIPROCITY

James J. Hill addressed 500
guests of the Minneapolis Publicity
club, Minneapolis. disc ussing the
pending Canadian reciprocity treaty
Some of his telling points were:
Reciprocity is craftsmanship as
distinguished from politics. If the
pending trade treaty with Canada
is defeated the tariff all along the
northern boundry, from the Allan
tic to the Pacific will be heighten-
ed.
Defeat of the treaty will drive
trade which we have enjoyed to
English channels.
If we let this opportunity of
reciprocity with Canada pass it will
never come again.
Canada is now our third best
customer; under treaty would be
our best
The farmers will benefit rather
than suffer by the ado ption of the
treaty.
Under the treaty the price of
wheat and other products would
be equalized.
Natural laws of supply and de-
mand in this respect can not be
overthrown by legislation.
The workmen of the United
States will not suffer as a result of
the treaty, for wage equality can
not exist where both labor and cap
ital are free to move into a contigu-
Gus territory.
The total farming population
OF the United States has decreased
50 per cent since the erection of the
Canadian high tariff wall.
If free trade exists Canadian peo-
pie will consume the surplus now
produced in Our manufacturing
centerS.
The greater part of the dcyel-
opelnent OF the northwest has been
due to the railroads rather than
tariff protection of the farmer.
The increased demand for farm
products and especially wheat in
the United States and the marked
annual decreaseses in exports en-
phasize the need we have OF Cana
dian products.
We pay Canada more by mill
ions in duties each year than Can
ada pays us.
The effect of reciprocity a.
greelnent with Canada would be
materially the same as that now
existing between states.
Adoption of reciprocity agree
ment will mean international friend
illness trade expansion and financial
and industrial gain for both parties
concerned.
The greatest opportunity of GU
time for constructive craftsmanship
should not be sacrificed to petty
self-nterest and demagogy.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23
Sedentarv habits, lack of outdoor

Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor
exercise, insufficient mastication Of
food, constipation, torpid liver
worry and anxiety, are the most
common causes of stomach trouble
Correct your habits and take Cham
berlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
and you will soon be we'll again.
For sale by Owl Drng Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23
Fence Rail Philosophy
By DR.. DOWDY

Many a man is kept busy acquir-
ing the things he doesn want.
People write lot Of things in
letter they would mt say to your
face.
Nothing amuseS the average man
more than to have some woman be-
lieve she is bossing him.
Life is full of ups and downs
but unfortunately most of Us are
down more of the time than up.
And it sometimes happens that a
man likes to have his wife get SO
mad she won't speak to him-then
she will not ask him for money.
According to spinster. the
dark ages are anywhere between
20 and 40.
A woman doesn't mind walking
on a crowded street if she has
good carriage.
About the most expensive thing
a man can do is to associate with
cheap people.
A man with a family can live in
the city on less than he can in the
country-if he has to.
Perhaps the straight and narrow
path might be more popular if
made wide enough for gasoline JOY
buggies.
The man who has no port always
has many contrary winds.
No man can walk straight to
glory while he is looking askance
at his fellows.
Some folks never praise others
except where the echo is working
good.
Too many who are sure God is
on their side show no anxiety to
be on his.
y dirty dollar never brings any
permanent good to the man who
soils his soul by taking it.
II all the wind that l., expended
in blowing about our virtues was
used Tor pumping water for the
cattle there would nos be thirsty
creature i'll the land
Some men assist upon running
everything about the house except
the washing machine and the
churn.
The most disagreeaole farmer we
know is one who when we meet in
town, talks so much about himself
that we have no time to exploit our
OWL virtues.
Wasted energy affects both the
mental and physical vitality with
out accomplishing results.
Never acknowledge failure so
long as there is way open for
a chance of base.
Thought may be the mirror of
the soul, but sometimes it gives
back a soulless reflection.
Reputation is a cardinal virtue
which may te blasted beyond re-
pair by single breath.
To speak we'll of others often
means only a desire to have the
compliment returned with interest.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23

How to cure cold is a question
in which manv are interested lust
now. Chamberlain $ Cough Rem
edy has won its great reputation
and immense sale by its remarkable
cure for colds. 1t can always be
depended upon. For sale by Owl
Drug Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23
INF FARMERS VIEW
WATER QUESTION

rlleusburg, February, 20, 1911.
Editor Dawn Walking over nv
Geld sometime ago, | noticed set
# stakes which l understood were
olauted by the Ellensburg Water
romnanv.. What right has the
company to trespass on other peo-
,le's land and what right has 1t to
appropriate from natural stream
~ necessary gain water that was
owned by others and used for the
necessary purpose of irrigation
.v.,ve wears before the company
ms formed, I intend to examine III
his letter: Sometime in tie SOS
gentleman who since has become
soecial favorite of the law, pre-
,euted himself before the city coun-
I'll Of Ellensburg asking for char
Ter from that body to lay water
mines in the streets. Being closely
uuestioned as to his source OF sup
nlv-the council would never per-
NIT him to confiscate water from
.uy living stream, knowing it was
al needed for irrigation-the gen
tleman stated that he would fur
pish abundant and pure water from
spring located on his place. No
one knew of the existence of such
spring. The so-called spring
was simply a seepage from a pond
that he had excavated near his
house and had no existence before.
Both pond and spring were fed
from the waters of Wilson creek.
For sometime he conveyed water
to town BY the means of small
Z ditch running on the edge of the
bluff on the right hand of the road
as YOU face south. Later he aban-
doned that ditch, constructed "a
mother on the opposite side of the
road, ard without any ado or any
process Of law took his water di-
rectly from Wilson creek. twill be
an income by selling other peoples
seen that the water company was
initiated by fraud and misrepre-
*ntation.) Ithas never supplied
the town with sufficient amount of
pure, wholesome water. 1t has
sent its agents up the creek, who,
With brutal insolence commanded
men who were here when Ellens
burg consisted of flag pole, log
store and a blacksmith shop, to
move their buildings under threats
ofheavy penalties. 1t looked for
: time that the feudalage had re-
turned; the farmers were looked
upon as mere vassals. A good
ouzen in my neighborhood was
arrested and prosecuted on the
most frivolous grounds and was
"mpelled to 60 to Yakima for legal
uoand protection and threaten to
'u'ke back before he could have
Race. 1t must be remembered
~at at the time the water was tax
a nom Wilson creek there had
~en no adjudication of waterrights.
Inc place upon which I reside
.a been occupied by me during the
~ - years, and by my predeces-
- since 1871. We have honest
y and legally secured from the
ueek Of which I am riparian own
= 1.-THE water that W needed,
SURFING to the creek ...len we
longer needed it, \, .r sor-
~ thought Of selling at water
ssportion Of it by depr' my
esaOors entered my n; 4r
oenbor's. Little d; in
y. Al, iign.. ~ 49,, 8. Ian
40 Claimed 400 inches of water to
mill that had gone up in
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23
HOUSE PASSES THE
REC|PROS|TY BILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. II .-Presi-
dent Taft's reciprocity agreement
with Canada was Endorsed in the
house of representative tonight
through the support of an almost
solid democratic vote. The Nc
Call bill CARRYING the agreement
into effect was passed. 221 to %.
The majority of the republicans
present voted against the bill, the
divisions being 70 ayes and 81 noes.
The democratic vote was l45 ayes
and only noes.
A majority of the republican in
surgents present voted for the bill.
The Mccall bill now goes to the
senate What its fate will be in
that body is predetermined. Presi-
dent Taft believes if filibuster can
be avoided and a vote taken the
bill will pass. He is insistent that
the senate shall act one way or the
other, and has indicated that he
would call an extra session of con-
gress if it docs not do so.
The passage of the bill in the
house came at the end of a long de-
bate which at times was as bitter as
has been heard on the floor of that
chamber in years. The fight was
confined wholly to the republican
side. Democratic members joined
in from time to time and tainted
the majority members for their
lack of unity.
The democratic leaders also put
in the claim that the reciprocity a.
greement was good democratic doc
trine and declared they were glad
to welcome President Taft and
many of the house members into
| the democratic fold.
The final vote was reached to-
night through the application of a
cloture rule which shut off all a
mcndmcnts and even dispensed
with the reading of the bill. This
procedure was decided upon only
after Mr.. Mccall, in charge of the
bill, had failed to get unanimous
consent to do away with the calen-
| interviewer and his claim was APP
proved without question. The
/ company now proposes to extend
its pipes through our lands into the
Nahum above the Fetter's place
enabling it to control and confs
cate all the water in the creek
when it is most needed by the farm
ers, leaving them without defense,
as they could not go above the in
take to secure their supply. The
company proposes to sell out to
Ellensburg, promising to furnish
pure filtered water through its lew
pipe line. Those who often fire.
quent the mountains in the vicinity
of the Nahum and have more than
once seen green putrid scum
floating in that stream for long
distance caused by a bunch of
dead sheep in its bed, poisoning
the atmosphere for hundreds of
yards, know that no amount OF
fltering will make that water fit
for use. 1t may clarity it. but
clear water may be, and often is.
dangerous to man and beast, OF
which fact l have abundant and
positive evidence. Now. Mr.. Ed
itor. to conclude: l positively for
bid the company or its agent or
agents to srespass on my premises
as I am determined to defend and
protect with all my power the few
remaining rights that it and the
law have permitted me to keep.
J. B. JONES.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23
Vol. XVIII

tue city or EllenSburg an impure
supply of that element which is
the prime neCessitv of life. And
here let me remark that in all the
various suits initiated by the water
company, its agents and promoters
such imprudent claims have been
readily and Cheerfullv granted, and
never contested or objected to by
the defendant counsel. Little
did | think that the originator of
that iniquity known as Ellensburg
Water Company would claim su-
perior rights to irrigate land secur-
ed III 1896 to that occupied and
cultivated since 1871, and that
such arrogant claims could be adj
mitted by the court.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | have travel
ed extensively on this coast. most
ly in arid and irrigated sections,
and | observed that when common
justice as we'll as common sense ell
ter as factors in adjudication of
water rights agriculture takes pre-
cedenCe over mining and manufac
turing, water is held to be an APP
purtenanCe of the land and insep-
arabic from it. 4 natural stream
IS the common property Of all men
to be distributed equally according
to priority: any surplus to be turn
ed back into the stream for the
next man in order of priority. |
am informed that the laws of our
state permit that iniquity. If such
a law detiles our statutes and all
succeeding legislatures have ne
elected or refused to remove that
barnacle they deserve the general
contempt in which they have been
held.
Years ago a suit was instituted
against myself and many old set
tiers by the owner of the water
works for the possession of the en-
tire stream. AS usual he was a
warded all he claimed and the farm
ers got-a lemon. The evidence
was so conflicting. and some SAVIOR
ina strongly OF perjury that the
presiding judge, not wishing to
risk his judicial reputation by
rendering a decision turned the
ugly job over to an attorney who
had a stomach for such business.
The difficulty was about the size
of the creek. According to certain
testimony the creek contained wa
ter enough to render it navlgable.
In other places the judge would
adjourn court and appoint an ex-
pert to measure the stream SO as
to have a basis for his decision.
But it suited the plaintiff to exa-
gerate the size of the stream,
knowing he would have the first
award, and it was so ordered. In
due time the illustrious counsel
came out with the decision-which
have in my possession--grantlng
the plaintiff at least 700 inches
more than the stream holds in med
ium stages of the water generously
distributing the rest among the de-
PENDANTS. And that deformitv has
hung like milestone on our neck
ever since.
In a later case, in which l was
not party, the same plaintiff, orr
ginator of the water works, in his
complaint claimed possession OF the
creek from his place, or its mouth.
l am not sure, to the base OF
Mount Stewart, more than sixty
miles away. which would take in
the Nahum and all its branches,
including all the SHOWS, logs and
aims that feed ia ,fream. Ho
l~r- n tie AIN ,phcrt his claim,
extended the legal star of first mag
nitude who read that buffoonery did
not state. Some irreverent perso ms
o;ven TO levitv and but little i'm
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-23

:, = piece OF flannel dampened with
s4smoerlain's Liniment and bound
the affected parts is superior
guy plaster. When troubled
:, - 'ame back or pain in side or
-. give 1t trial and you are
~ 'a 10 be more than pleased
a., 'ne prompt relief which it af.
'' Sold by Owl Drug Store
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
Candy Bouquets.

This year the inventive confcctioncr
has surpassed his former efforts in the
invention of dainty novelty. for which
the hostess, when she knows of il, will
find manifold uses.
1t is candy bouquet of the pyramidal
shape, which our fOremOtherS used at
their cOmng-O out balls and annual occa-
sions, and is highly decorative with paper
frilI and stalk enCased in tinfOil.
The flowers used in the bouquet are
mainly dasylike blooms made OF sugar
almonds in white and various pale shades
used as petals, grouped around a circu-
lar sweetmeat. which forms the head OF
the flower. The flowers so composed are
mounted in and upon a bed of green,
mainly edible.
Four such bouquets replacing the or
binary side dishes of bOnbOns would be
original and decorative. Or the girl who
Is giving a smart luncheon may elect to
lay one at each cover as a souvenir.
Again, they would make good prizes for
a little girls party or delightful feminine
faVOrs for a cotilliOn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31

Of mistakes. but Miss Shsarer's solution
Of the puzzle came to my desk first. so
you see that the time of sending in your
lists sometimes matters even when no
one comes near correct list of answers
The time of the receipt of solutions to
all puzzles Is strictly guarded and con-
sidered. Sometimes 1t doesn't matter a
great deal, because there have been con-
tests In which a Friday solution has won
prize because of its greater correctness,
but In case like last week. where no
solutions were even nearly correct the
time Of their coming had to decide tina
prizes. L0A
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

The first thing to do in making
New Year resolutions, my dear girls,
is to tell no one that you are making
them.
A promise that is paraded weakens the
reputation of the one who made it, when
il fails.
If you want to do better. to be better.
say it to yourself and say it often; let
ii find expression in deeds, not i'm words.
The old year may end in despair, but
new year always begins in hope; it
rests with you to cling to that hope, to
that promise of better things, when the
new year begins to show a depressing
similarity to the old.
If any of these resolutions appeal to
you, cut them out. They are written in
sympathy for your sorrows, an under
standing of your temptations, and con-
doning pity and love for those who fail
RESOLUTION i.
will endeaVOr to he SWeetly old
fashioned and honor my father and my
mother, putting no false friends or Al
Turing love above them.
RESOLUTION II.
| will think more of one good fdea
in my head than ten false curIs upon
IL. CIf you cut this out, paste IL on
your mirrOr.D
RESOLUTION Ill.
will never sacrifice ncatneSs for
finery, always knowing that cheap
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
PRIZE WINNERS IN THE
CANDY PUZZLE CONTEST

To nv utter amazement, no one solved
he Christmas Candy Puzzle. Asked my
opinion. did not hesitate to say that I
bought II lust about the easiest enigma
we have ever had.
The Puzzle Circle evidently found many
difficulties in the path of its solutions,
however, for the most nearly correct list
Contained nine errors.
This list was submitted by Miss J. G.
Shearer, 037 New York avenue, wash
InGton. and entities her to the first
prize of 81.
The winner of the second prize of
81, Mrs. l.. =. McIntIre, IFS G. street
northeast, Washington, also had nine
errors In her list. Had she not given
two separate answers to No. 1e- she
would have won the first prize, for one
of the solutions given OF this number
by Mrs. McIntire was correct. 1t has
always been an an iron-bound rule, and
one which have never broken. to count
any number incorrect which had more
than one solution given to it.
Mrs. McIntire won a prize last Sunday.
and is to be congratulated on her two
fold success. s.-.'..
& An out-of-town puzzler won the third
prize Of 81.
The list which came third In the race
for a solution was submitted by Miss
Mamie olivia Nevett, 2o4 North Column
bus street, Alexandria, VR. Her sOIu-
tI0n contained ten errors.
There were good many members of
the Puzzle Circle who found Just ten
impossible places in the enigma, but their
lists were received later than that of
Miss Nevett.
In the two first prizes Miss Shearer and
Mrs. McIntire made the same number
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
GIRL SCOUT MOVEMENT
GUARDS AND INSTRUCTS

, AMI delicately given act as safeguard
against evil Little girls of lamblike
innocence are sent into the VOLTS den
of the public school to learn every sacred
and beautiful fact of life in a vile and
vulger manner
And there is no one to protect and
guard them from such experiences be-
cause parents have not made them feel
that they can come 10 them in search of
knowledge on these subjects, and so the
white mind becomes sOiIde and dangers
thicken about the child as she grows
into young womanhoOd and Is given lei
sure and liberty to enjoy herself as she
will. The girl scout movement offers
guardianship, it offers direction and wise
instruction.
All success to il.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
USEFUL RECEPTACLE
MADE OF HAT BOX

The huge hat box of Dashboard. which
is a nuisance 10 have about, unless the
best hat is kept in it, may b. transformed
into an article of real usefulness. First
of all, the entire interior must be re-
enforced with a lining of coarse crash,
and tn bottom of the box must be stitch
ed-with the aid of a long needle and
coarse thread-tO as heavy a piece of
cardboard as can be obtained. Four fiat
and smoothly planned sticks. eighteen
inches long are then purchased at some
small carpenter shop, and when these
have been tackled against the sides of
the box corners. if il is of square shape.
or at equal distances If the box is a
round one, you will have fairly sub
stantlal four-legged low table, which
must then BE- entirely covered with fur
niture tapestry denim. raw silk, or
printed crash. The box is not intended
to hold any of the hOmely articles to be
mended. like childrrn's stockings and I'M
hemmed kitchen towels. but it is
charming receptacle for the piece of silk
embroidery. the strip of handmade lace.
or any other hit OF ornamental Catch-up
work. and is a prettier object in draw
ing-rOom than the ordinary work box or
work bag.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
Shabby Leather Chairs.

My dining-rOOm chairs. covered with
green leather, looked so shabby after the
spring cleaning this year, that I was al
most in despair.
Then an idea suddenly occurred to me.
i bought a small hottie of green dye,
dissolved it in one pint of boiling water,
and after wiping the leather well over
with cloth wrong out of vinegar and
water. to remove the dirt, ! brushed
each chair over with the dye. and left it
1" dry in.
Next day I polished the leather with
a little good furniture cream and clean.
soft busters.
The effect was magical / couldn't have
believed such a simple treatment would
have improved them 50. In buying the
dye, one should try to get a shade as
near as possible to the original shade OF
the leather.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
A Chinchilla Coat.

From Paris came an extremely elabo-
rate coat Of ChinchiIIa. The lines were
straight and graceful with the fur-form-
ed bands running around the coat.
Sleeves of the kimOnO type were used.
The lining was of brocaded satin of a
vivid sapphire blue Huge fiat buttons
of the fur and loops of heavy gray silk
cord fastened the coat \ huge pillow
muff, lined with the plated brOcade, was
made to correspond with the coat.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-31
TITLES OF RECENT BOOKS.

l. What some of us are the day
after Christmas.
.. What the lawyer must know.
3. What every physician wishes
to be.
!. What the weaver uses
;. What the nun carries.
6. What the small boy tells
when he is caught in mis-
chief.
Z. What the automobiles likes.
S. What the suburbanite feels
in the spring.
.. What we do not wish our son
TO be.
10. What no one likes to pay.
II. What every home needs.
IL. What a man likes TO carry.
IS. What the Socialist hates.
II. What most men are ashamed
of.
l.. What the farmer uses.
l6. What we like to hear in the
spring. t-~
II. What the vineyardist likes.
Is. What children ask.
10. What the bridge player
sometimes becomes.
20. What children like to play
with. ..... .....
Fl. What the desert is sometimes
called.
%. What sailors like to see.