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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
PARCELS POST TO
Be |NAUGURATED

Before another issue Of The Dawn
is out the parcels post law will have
gone into effect, January /, 1913, a
complete revolution in the methods
of doing business will then have
been inaugurated and under this law
the home merchant has the best of il
in rates, but it will be necessary for
him to fight TO maintain more trade
or even hold his regular customers.
The big mail order houses ar pre-
pairing to invade our territory. One
OF the biggest concerns in Chicago
is now erecting in Seattle a great
building to be usel solely for the
purpose of beating the local mer-
chants out of their just dues. 1t
aims to get close to the people Of
this section, for it is an este hiished
fact that this concern has been and
Is Still doing good business with
the people of this city and valley
and the Seattle branch will enable it
to enjoy "a cheaper postage than it
could otherwise obtain.
The home merchant has all the
best of it. in that he can, if he will,
reach the consumer in this valley
with his advertising matter He can
tell his customers each week through
the papers what bargains he has TO
offer them ana can bid for their trade
reaching farmers even in remote sec
tons Of the county, who can mail in
orders will receive goods the
following day.
The big mail order concern cannot
do this. They must depend on send
ing out catalogues that cost vast
sums-and do this once or twice o
year, too. That farmers look them
over, you cannot DOUBT, but bye and
bye the catalogue becomes Old, and
the wide-awake merchant with his
progressive ideas and real bargains
is going to snap up lot of business.
Dut ne Will nave W open HIS tI'S anu
advertise.
The home merchant can reach his
customers with a fresh inviting and
tented advertisement every week.
He must quote prices and be prompt
in filing his orders. He must keep
in constant touch with people TO
whom he sells his goods.
The home merchant has decidedly
the best Of the new deal if he but
takes advantage of it, but the new
order will be a bad one for the mcr-
chant who argues that it does not
pay to advertise" The parcels pc st
offers "a premium on enterprise and
business sagacity and the merchant
who possesses both will surely ST
coed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
PAPSUCKERS MAY
Be PANIC STRICKEN

The only panic that Will come Is d
result Of Wilson's and Lister ele,-
tons Will be the one created ,y 10.
Of the political teaches and political
papsuekers when forced by expire
ton OF commissions 10 Jar loose. Al
for some OF the apprentices Of both
men If thrown upon their own re-
surces could not more than make
their soup they've had hold of the
public teal too Ions and all they are
now capable OF doing is suok!l- and
smacking their mouths
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

John II. Filler and wife recently
returned from trip down through
Oregon. and W are informed that
they are somewhat infatuated with
rertain sections of that state. We
will agree TO furnish them with meat
for a year if they will remain here,
provided they will live on rabbits,
and John will kill them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

When 80. pulled in TO the y. 7.
Yards here Sunday night, it collided
with the switch engine. which was
standing on the main track, and both
engines were demolished Fireman
Forsey of 10. I leaped from his cap
as the engines collided, and he was
seriously injured.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
paid ADVERTISEMENT

You will find that druggists every
where speak well OF Chambcrlaln's
Cough Remedy. They know from long
experience in the sale OF it that in
cases of coughs and colds it can al
ways be depended upon, and that it
is pleasant and safe to take For
sale by Model Pharmacy, o. w. Ball,
urODrietOr.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
paid ADVERT SEMENT)
ENDS IlINu EOR RICH GI L.

Often he hunt for rich life ends
when the man meets a wOrnanthat uses
Electric Bittcrs. Her strong nerves
tell in a bright brain and even tenn
per. Her peach bloom complexion
and ruby lips result from her pure
blood; her bright eyes from rcstful
sleep, her elastic step from firm free
muscles, all telling of The health and
strength Electric Bittcrs gives a
woman, and the freedom from ndi-
gestion, backachc, headache, fainting
and dizzy spells they promote, Ev-
erywhere they are woman's favoritc
remedy. If weak or ailng, try them
Soc at Model Pharmacy, o. w. BAH,
proprietor.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
a Printers Romance


After having n''n Thought io7i t".
perhaps dead LOT number "l H''i
william HadIrf' chlci printer. press
man ana machine operator i"r 90"
weekly Dawn was located last week.
by ms sister IN Toronto 'dhadi. ana
I'lt saturday hlEht ioI Ills ola nome
to spend the holidays tle VIII ar
rive in the Canadian city on Christi
mas afternoon ana VIII .c' ms sis-
ters ana brothers for tn first lime
IN many Years.
ne discovery OF SUIi"f rc'-'~
Ike a page from novel YOUNG
9adier ran away from hi- hom" o.
canada. 10 follow the printing trace.
ana drlited onward ana N"~t"ar.
hhally landing In Ell"nshur- In the
meanwhile MS parent, had died. and
ms brother ana sisters scattered.
one OF his sisters last year decided to
mona family reunion. provided that
All were. found nm, ,ho r,i..iu.. ,,.n
ra,, do.nita ,l,, ,rori. ia. n..;..
al secretary of the nrtnt.rs. ,,rio,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
paid ADVERTIS SEM ENV)
MOVE ON NOW

says a policeman to "A street crowd
and whacks heads if it don't. Move
on now" says the big harsh mineral
pills to bowel congestion and suffer
ing follows. DR.. Kings New Life
Pills don't bulldosc he bowels They
gently persuade them to right action
and health follows. 25c at Model
Pharmacy, o. w. Ball, proprietor.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

cody Miller of Denmark was in
the city Tuealay on business. He Il
one of the wide-a-wake ranchers of
the valley and turns everything he
touches into money by his practical
knowledge and experience.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

Judge Kaufman gave \. b. Miller
convicted OF manslaughtor IN the
case OF \ G. Rosenbarger. whom he
stabbed ana killed some months ago.
a sentence OF six months in the couh-
" Jail.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

". j. Manners formerly of this
city but row of spokane is spending
the holiday in the city with rela-
tives. He Jeff here % years ago
and has not returned since until this
week.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

Miss Fern Burns OF the Roza
school is spending her vacation at
the home of her parents. Mr. ana
Mrs. Isaac Burns, near Thorp.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

II you have old paper or maya
zines 10 give away bring them TO
The Dawn Office TO be- sent 10
the poor farm
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

Ne,dame- John \ Yearwooi : J.
Kendall J G. Goodwin and r VI o--
born. all Of Thorp. We're in the lily
Saturday.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
Washington Democrat Papers

Following is d list oil the demo
cratic papers published in Washing
ton
Press, Waterville
Courier. Dayton.
Examiner, Colville
Democrat, Tacoma
Commoner. Colfax
Times, Sedro- Wooley.
The Dawn, Ellensburg
Standard, Olympia
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
RanCherS

Before ordering nursery stock see
Damon, who sells stock guaranteed
true to name. Office with Elem
mcrfelt & Price, Ellensburg
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

sheriff German retUra y'-te9
day from q trip 70 Wisconsin Ills
prisoner Eugene Akey. aceompan-
iei him
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
1893 Model of the Indian

Following the IA Important In
provcmcnts" OF 1912, the Hendee Mfg.
Company announce no less than q
dozen additionalncw features in their
1912 model OF the Indian Motorcycle.
by far the most significant feature
OF the new machine is the Cradle
Sprign Frame. 1t is something en-
tircly new, a radical departure from
the conventional bicycle and recent
motorcycle systems OF sprlnging,"
Briefly, thencw device consists of the
application to the rear wheel of the
Indian Cradle Spring device as used
on the front fork for the past three
years.
Extending back horizontally from
the frame Joint cluster under the
saddle, thanking the rear mud guard
are two 7-leaf Chrome Vanadium steel
springs The &C" shaped curls at
the rear end of these springs are
connected by stays to bcll-cranks on
which the rear axle i hung. The
forward cndof the rear fork has a
hinge Joint which enables the rear
wheel to yield to imperfcctons of
road surface All shocks are COM
pletely absorbed by the leaf springs.
The rear wheel can 20 through al
most any vertical motion without af-
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

Prof d. h NorGan and wife are
guests ct Mr. and Mrs + j. Saun'
iers in Seattle
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

$4,000 equity in IA 40-acrc tract Of
land on Vashon Island, also equity
260 feet on waterfront on Chautau-
qua ground (now known AS Ellis
port.
j. NJ. DUNBAR
800 North Water St. EIlcnHburg.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26

1Ts stIg, The bMI
device. N E,
greatly iner..,.l
The engine.ts
hendee Mig. a.
Of exhaustiv. NJ
Spring Fran. kIs
on its adoption n
1913 Indian.
In addition u n
frame, the I'D N
other important d,
will be appreciate,
ers in genera h
same as last ys,,.
New style, sissLs,
tires. wider mud !
rear with larger /,
upper stretch Il ,
and curveof sprs.Is
carrier in rear, fit,
foot rests,as VII 4
! regular 4h.p. ,rd !
brake lever fit!,a
operates hand hnj
pedal a action l,rs,,
clutch nowfitted b
improved Indian h
| All 1918 indians
en- and finished ia
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-12-26
THE ELLENSBURG DAWN
Robert A. Turner, Editor.
Adurrtisinu 3iatrs

AL cards Of thanks. not .ces OF entertainments
fairs. socialS. etc the objects u which are
financial gain. VII o~ charged Tor AZ regular
rates
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
STANDARD FILES DEMURRER
ANSWER MADE TO ROSS COLLINS,
ANTITRUST SUIT.
Law Declared to Be Unconstitutional.
General Denial Made of AIlega.
tons That Company Operated
IN Restraint of Trade,

Meridian.-Demurrer has been made
by the Standard Oil Company to the
III filed about three months ago in
Lauderdala county by Attorney General
Ross A. Collins, alleging a violation of
the state antitrust law and asking for
a penalty amounting to $500
Inc demurrer was prepared by Mayes
q Mayes OF Jackson, representing the
defendant company, and a general de-.
MAJ Is made to all allegations that the
eompay has acted in restraint of trade.
Ihe defendant demurs to that portion
OF the bill alleging that the defendant
has exposed on the same day, in various
cities, towns and villages, its products
at ditfeflrent prices, and cites chapter
119 OF the laws of 1905, as not under
taking to make such sale a restraint
n trade, and even ii sal chapter did
so do, it would then and thereby BE-
unconstitutional under the provisions OF
the fourteenth amendment to the con-
stituti0n.
Denial is made OF monopoly, denial
Of attempt to destroy competition, or
that there is any cause for action. In
substance the defendant demurs to all
Of the allegations made under the pro-
visions of chapter 1l9 Of the laws OF
1908, and alleges that certain provis,
ions are in conflict with the constitu-
ton OF the United States as being a
deprivement of property without due
course of law.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
PRAY AN INJUNCTION
TWO SUITS FILED IN cHANcERY
COURT At JACKSON.
Defendants Are State Auditor and State
Treasurer, and Petitioners Claim 90
Cents a nAcre Tax Is in yio-
tion of Constitution.

Jackson.--The Pine Lumber Company
and the M~ajor-Sowers Saw Mill Company
Of Coyiagton county fled suits in the
ohancery court against Duncan Thomp-
soa, state auditor, and P. s. Stovall,
state treasurer, praying for all i%njune.
ton to restrain them from enforcing the
collection from the plaintiffs of q tax Of
twenty eents az acre on timber lands
they own, a tax provided for in an act
passed by the last legislature.
The petitioners refer to the action of
the state Legislature in enacting a law
levyiag an annual privilege tax, or oo-
cupation fee, OF 20 eents an acre upon
each person, association, business firm
or corporation owning or holding more
than 1000 acres of timber lands. The
petitioners maintain that the defendants
maintain that they are liable for the
tax, and they ask that they be enjoined
from proceeding against them. They
claim that the act is in violation of both
the Mississippi and the United States
constitutions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15

Jackson.-State Treasurer Stovall in
his report calls attention to the fact that
there only remains in the state treasury
the sum of $~1,7S1.54. The sums to be re.
cciyed between now and January are
very small in comparison with the
amounts to be paid out, 50 that the
holders of state paper, the treasurer
says, will have to be patient until the
January and February settlements are
made, At that time there will be plenty
Of money with which to meet all obIiga-
tons. The greatest hardship will fall
upon the Confederate veterans, the pen
sion distribution of 100000 being
about due.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
Mrs. Mcdowell Clark Tanner
Takes Infant by Force.
Dramatic Scene Enacted as Woman,
Accompanied by Attorneys and
Deputy 5herIffa, inVadcs Rail
Magnate'e Home.

Los Angeles.-~Mrg, Virginia mellow,
ell Clark-Tanner took fOrcible posses,
sion OF her infant son, ], Ross Clark II,
whose legal custody had been grant.
cd her by Judge Robert Clark. but
whose actual custody vas denied by
the grandfather, J. Ross Clark, vice.
president of the Salt Lake railroad.
A dramatic scene was enacted ct
the Clark home when the young moth.
err appeared accompanied by two at
torneys and two deputy sheriffs and
armed with n hastily drafted order by
Judge FinlayB0n giving her immediate
possession Of the child.
Several times during the day Mrs.
Tanner had gone TO the Clark home
and demanded the child, In accordance
with the court order. and each time
was refused.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark and their attor.
neys coatended that the court order
had given technical custody Of the
child to Miss Margaret Hebron. the
nurse, ard that as Miss Hebron had
become suddenly Ill and could not be
moved without ~endangering her life,
the child would have to remain there.
Mrs. Tanner and her attorneys then
searched the city for Judge Clark.
That jurist had returned to Ventura,
and Judge Finlayson was appealed to
He Immediately gave an order to Sher.
III Hammell to secure the boy and de.
liver him to Mrs. Tanner.
Admittance to the Clark home was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
CANNOT AGREE
ON FREIGHT RATES
RAILROAD OFFICIALS AND COMMIs.
SIoNERS MEET.
SAND AND GRAVEL SCHEDULE
Injunction Suits Now Pending in Federal
court Restraining State Commission
From Enforcing Rates

Jaeksoa.-It seems as il the contest.
ed rates fixed by the Mississippi railroad
commission upon sand and gravel will
have to be fought out in the courts
There was u conference held between
the commission and representatives from
practically every railroad affected in the
state. After the conference DR.. +. NJ.
Sheppard, president Of the commission,
wa aked a to the outcome and wheth.
er or not the commission and officials
had been able to reach a settlement.
DR.. Sheppard replying said: "Abou.
all | feel at liberty to say in this re,
gard is that the proposition made to us
by the railroad officials was not salts
factory and was declined" He refused
to say what the proposition referred to
was.
viii the members Of the commission
recele from their position? was asked
the doctor, but he failed to give IN
direct reply.
There are 0 injunction suits pending
in the federal court in which the diff,
fcrent roads seek to restrain the COM
mission from making effective the rate
recently fixed by them on sand and
gravel, The contention Of the carriers
is that the rate is such as to render the
hauling Of this commodity Improbable
to them.
At the time the commission passed
the rate q statement was given out from
one member in which it was set forth
that a rate had never been in force on
sand and gravel; that in view of the
activity in road building such a rate was
essential and that the commission had
fixed n that was equitable to both the
carriers and to the public.
The injunction suit will not be argued
until some time in the vacation of the
federal court and it may be that the
members Of the commission aud the rail
roads will be able to reach a compromises
before the time set for hearing them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
THIS A COSTLY MISTAKE.
Shipment Kinds Cattle Improperly
Carded En- Route.

Jackson.-A minds county cattle firm
lost about $3.50 recently because some
n made the mistake of carding the
ears in which the cattle were shipped
with tags bearing the words Southern
cattle"
Commissioner Of Agriculture Blakcs-
lee is in receipt of a letter from the in
spector in charge of tDe national stock
yards, in Illinois, explaining the mis-
take.
Kinds county cattle are exempt, I'm.
der dipping conditions, from the rule
applying to Southern cattle"
After the mistake Of carling the cars
was made the dipping cattle We're Fut
with shipments that had not been
dipped. Hence the owners were forced
to sell them at u lower price than they
should have received. 1t is estimated
the mistake cost the shippers fully $3.50.
The inspector wrote the explanatory
letter to show that no blame could be
attached to the stock yards officials,
as the cars, when they arrived there
were carded Southern CATTLE
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
SEEKS LOST TITLE
SINGER BUILDING IS TARGET
Charged That New York Skyscraper
Projects Fifteen Inches over
Building Limo.

New York+-The department OF pub
lie works Of New York city has com
pleted a series Of surveys which Il de-
clares show that the Liberty street
side OF the big Singer building pro
lects fifteen inches beyond the build
ing limo. In a few days formal legal
notice viii be served upon the owners
that they must pare down the building
or the city will do It for them.
The owners declare that no altera'
tons Will be made until after active
litigation. Their answer to the formal
notice will DO an injunction suit in
when street locations, Sidewalks
locations. official surveys. ordinances
ana laws beginning around 1857 and
running down to dato win be Chal'
lengod.
Action to bo taken against the
Singer building will DO tho most ex
tenslyo yet undertaken in the cam
paign Of the city to recover It's side
walks. II the city should win and
compel the company to move its build
Ing back a sheer foot and three inches,
the cost Of the Job would run into
the hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
IN OFFICE 1903 YEARS AT o.
BeIlefontaIne Man Establishes Rer
ord for Job HoidIns~~ssrved So
Years aa Fireman.

Bellefontaine, OF. A. Hardy,
ninety-four years old, has held public
office 100 years. He lives In Miami
county. He has given up the office
OF justice Of the peace and now the
only Offices he holds are those OF
member of the soldiers relief COM
mission and notary public. Hardy &C
compllshed his record by holding
more than one office at a time and
once he held four at the same time.
Here Ia bis record: justice Of the
peace, twenty-five years; township
clerk, five years; city clerk, ten years;
waterworks clerk, seven years; board
OF education clerk, twenty yearE:
ward assessor, fourteen years; board
Of equalization, twenty-four years;
member tax equalization board, two
years; appraiser Of real estate, two
years. A total II 100 years. lie also
served ffty-sIx years as a volunteer
fireman and served In the Mexican
and Civil wars.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
INCREASE ALFALFA ACREAGE
On DRAINED AND PRAIRIE LANDS
PROVES A VALUABLE CROP.
As Acreage Increases Values Go Up
When Rotation Is More Widely
Understood, Experts Declare,
Greater Good VIII
Result.

Agricultural Collcge.-Therv are twd
sections in Mississippi where alfalfa
grows successfully: On the well drain,
ed buekshot lands In the Yaaoo- Missis.
sippi delta and on the black prairie
lands in Northeast Mississippi including
the counties Of Lee, Chickasaw, Clay,
Monroe, Lowndes, Oktibbehs and NoxU-
bee. Thers are also other counties with
small areas Of prairie soil adapted to
tho growth of alfalfa. There are at
present 10000 acres in alfalfa in the
northeast prairie section. The alfalfa
area is being gradually increased year
by year. There are other large areas
in the state where alfalfa could be sue
oessfuIly grown ii it were not for crab
grass.
This grass grows very vigorously in
all of our soils except the heavy lime
lands. and will choke or smother out
alfalfa in one or two years, generally
the first year from seeding. 1t is only
within the last ten years that alfalfa
has become Il regular field farm crop
in the prairie section.
Twelve to fifteen years ago land IN
this section was selling at from ~ to
SIS per acre; it ia now selling at from
$40 to $75 per acre. So far there has
been very little effort TO Use alfalfa in
a systematic rotation. The little data
which we have peen able to collect in.
dictate that after the land has been in
alfalfa for several years that other
crops following the alfalfa will be in.
from rs per cent to 50 per cent
in yield.
The cost Of preparing land, seeding
and bringing the crop to the first cut
ting will be from S. to $40 per acre.
The hay sold this season for from $l4
to 500 per ton, +. o. b. the producers
station. 1t rarely sells for less than
$14 per ton and this season the bulk
of the crop was sold for SIG.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
WIFE FIGHTS 70 SAVE SUICIDE
Found Exhausted Beside His Body
After Struggle to Prevent t4ls
Act Falls.

Chicago--A wife's desperate efforts
to restrain her husband from commit
ting suicide, proved futile when Jo-
seph Mcmahon. Sc, OF AZ East Oak
Etret, swallowed carbolic acid and
cut this throat In a TT Of dependency.
Neighbors, who heard the wife'E erica
as she struggled with her husband.
found tho body on the kitchen floor
with the exhausted wife beside It.
Mcmahon had been Ill for several
weeks. His wife was aware he had
become Respondent. When he arose
from bed she followed him, and saw
him toke a bottle of carbolic acid.
Mrs. Mcmahon knocked the bottle
from her husbands hand, but he had
already swallowed some Of the acid.
In the struggle come OF the drug half
blinded him.
In spite Of his wife's desseratS
struggles Mcmahon reached the kitch-
on, where he seized a carving knife
and cut his throat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15
Superintendent Remlss.

Jackson.--The state department 0.
education, in a circular letter to county
supcrintendents sent out by Superin
tendent Powers calls attention to the
fact that several Of the counties have moi
yet filed their rolls of educable children
and urged that this duty be attended t.
forthwith. Superintendent Power
states that an approximate estimate o,
the per capita based on the rolls re
ceived, indicates that the pro rata will
be between $3.50 per head and $l95
This is figured on the basis of the Las
census figures.