The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-25
STATE NEWS

Mrs, Harry Ripley, a olfaN pioneer,
was painfully >calded recently.
Preliminary survey o the PaloUSe
irrigation project will L gin January
LIST
Henry Davis, aged -, resident
of Whitman county for years, died
recently.
John Mordhorst and Steve ncBal-
las were aecidently killed recently
while hauling wood near Danvillc.
John T. Martin has purchased from
D. ". Miller a section OF wheat land
near walla Wslls for $4,000
The golden wedding anniversary OF
Mr. and Mrs. d. 7. Tro >cott was cell
ehratcd recently at Clar ston.
Mrs. Joel Dixon. aged = years, died
from old age near Fan nington. Sat
urday. She was born IN Germany.
The Interior department has issued
an order for extension oil time TO set
tiers under Quincy beet to Jan
uary l, 1915.
Chelan County comm >sionerS have
made a $1,000 appropria ION for free
ferry on Lake Chelan z-etween First
Creek AMI Manson
The handsome reside ace of r. d.
Sayres of Dayton has b. n leased by
Catholics for an indefinite period as
a sisters hospital.
hn h.
their ranches are taking advantage
of the fine weather and the good
roads and are hauling 10 the ware
house
AT Everett recently Leo Bolger and
John Ryan. each 10 years, were found
dead in an anteroom of he state ar
mory. having been overcome by gas.
Mrs. Grace Hogevall was shot fat;
" by j. Orville Blakeslee, a reject
sutton. at Seattle recently, Blakeslt
a gardener, aged 40, then committed
suicide.
A retailer is bound to factory
price, according to recent decision oil
state supreme court and man who
cuts selling figure manu- acturer sets
is liable for damages.
Highway Commissioner William h.
Roy and Chief Engineer James Allen
will spend most of this week on their
first official tour of inspection in
eastern Washington.
Governor Lister disapproves of the
4 Of h..
University of Washington when they
removed Dr. Thomas f. kanes as
president of the state university.
The Yakima Pioneers association
has decided that Indian blood should
be no bar to membership provided
the applicant was citizen on Nov.
9. 1899, when Washington was admit
ted as a state.
NJ l.. Waite, near Sunnysde, had
out II acres of tomatoes this season
which produced an average OF 10 tons
to the acre He hauled eight tons
per day to the cannery, receiving ST.
per ton.
Mrs. L. II. Morrison of Fairfield,
oneof the most widely known pioneer
women of the northwest, died recent
ly at Rochester, Mimi, where she
was taken December / for surgical
trt atment.
Donald b. Olson of Seattle has been
appointed superinte ndent of the state
reformatory to succeed Clcon b. Rice
January l, Mr.. Olson is \ fuel dealer
prominent in Masonic circles and is a
democrat.
campaign for better apples and
more of them is being vigorously
waged by the fruitgrowers near Kies.
ling, Dynamite is being Used. Hun
dreds of apple trees from to q
years of age are doomed in the diff.
ferent orchards for varieties best
adapted to locality.
The anticipated refusa of the five
great railroad lines to pa, their 19l:
taxes Will reduce the total tax cOllec
tons throughout the state between
$4,000,000 and 81 ,250, 600, and may re
suit in the stamping of interest-bear
ing warrants to practically thi:
amount by the state and the counte
and school districts tragersed by tn,
railroad lined.
There are more than 30 cases o
typhoid fever in Centralia. The stat
board of health has taken the matte
in hand and is rendering valuabl
service to the citizens OF the town.
Three inches of snow fell in Pasco
Sunday night.
Frank A. Garrecht of Walla Walla
according to reports from Washington
DC, is slated for United States At
torney for the Eastern district of tn
state.
Gov. Lister has conditionally par
doned Wappenstein who was sent t
the penitentiary some two years age
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