The Ellensburg dawn. [volume], May 14, 1903, Image 1

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ELLENSBURG, KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 14. 1903.
ARE HERE
A Government of, by and for the People.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
A BRIEF HISTORY OF KITTITAS
Circumstanccs Which Led Up to
Organization of Kittitas
County.
FACTS REGARDING EARLY FORMATION
W. H. Peterson, Once County Supt. and Auditor
Gives Interesting and Reliable Data
—Good Reading for All.
When the legislature to which Mr.
Shoudy had been elected, met, there
was scarcely any active opposition to
the division. The only apparent inter
est the mother county took was to see
that her interests were pro perly pro
tected. There was no ground to light
the division on this line,as M r.Shoudy's
bill for division was perfectly fair to
her in all its details. That session of
the legislature is known as the "county
making session." More counties were
created by it than by any other session
in the history of the territory or state.
The act creating the county was a
special act. and among other things
provided for a board of county commis
sioners and vested in them the power
to appoint all the county officers, who
should hold their offices until their suc
cessors were elected at the next general
election. It also provided that C. I'.
Cooke, S. T. I'ackwood and I!. X. Can
ada}' should constitute said board.
Two members of the board being
democratic and one a republican, sub
jected Mr. Shoudy to no little criticism
from some of his fellow republicans.
Many thought that ho should have
at least appointed the one republican
commissioner of the old county who
lived in the new county, and not ''leg
islated him out of office." Jiut the
official acts of the board silenced all
clamor, and on completion of their
terms they stepped down and out with
credit to themselves and the county
they so faithfully served. Three better
men could not have been found in the
county. The board met and organized
and elected county officers on the l s th
of December, !**.'s. There was a long
list of candidates for the county offices,
mostly for sheriff and auditor. The
board held an informal meeting in the
forenoon behind closed doors and in a
short time agreed on a full list of
county officers. I lunched that day at
the Valley hotel, which stood diagon
ally across the street, from Shoudy's
store. After lunch C. I'. Cooke took
me aside and told me to remain at the
hotel so that I could be found as the
board would meet shortly after noon,
formally organize and elect me as
county auditor. It met as agreed in
tiie afternoon and very courteously
elected B. N. Canaday, the republican
member as its chairman. 1 was then
elected auditor and notified to come be
fore the board for instructions. After
agreeing upon the amount of my bond
they took a recess to give me time to
prepare it. 1 went to the office of Dan
iel Gaby and asked him to prepare my
bond and oath of office while I was
hunting my bondsmen. Be soon had
the papers prepared in his character
istic stylo of hieroglyphics. 1 then
went before the board which promptly
approved the bond and at once pro
ceeded to elect the other county officers.
The following is a list of the appoint
ees in full:
Probate Judge W. A. Hull.
Sheriff —.1. C. Goodwin.
Auditor —W. 11. l'eterson.
Treasurer —Thomas Johnson.
Surveyor—John It. Wallace.
Supt. of Schools—lrene Cumberlain.
Coroner —M. V. Amen.
Sheep Cora. —K. W. Lyen.
After all the appointments had been
made, one of the members of the board
said,"How are they divided politically"
When the ci unt was made it was found
that only three of them were demo
crats while all the rest were republi
cans.
This organization meeting of the
board was held in the office of tin- Se
attle and Walla Walla Trail and Wag
,on road company, over the store of
' Walter A. Bull, on the corner south of
where C. L. Collins' clothing store re
cently stood. Howard C. Walters the
| secretary of the company told the
i board that the newly appointed officers
I could jointly use his office until more
' suitable ones could be secured. Shortly
i afterwards the board tented a small
jone story, frame building where
the Geiger block now stands or near it.
After occupying that building for a
short timo, Mr. Kngles, cashier of the
First National iiank of Ellensbtirg,
ottered the county for reasonable rent,
a long room on tiie west side of the
bank. The bank was in what was then
known as the Klliott building on Third
street back of the building recently
occupied by (J. L. Collins. The board
rented the room and our ntlices were
removed to tho new quarters. Mr.
Kngles had an opening made in the
partition between tho otlice and tho
bank. At the close of our day's work
we handed our records through and he
put them in the vault and in tho mom
my he handed them back to us. This
arrangement secured the records from
tiro but was not very convenient for
the ollieers.
Not long after this arrangement had
been made, tho First National Bink of
Yakima and the First National Bank
of Kllensburg, which were controlled
by the same parties, wore consolidated
and removed to Yakima. The county
then rented the rooms occupied by tho
bank. These rooms were much more
suitable than any we had before and
we had a secure place to kuep the rec
ords. The county also rented the hall
over head for court purposes. In this
hall was held the Ihst term of district
court ever held in Kittitas county.
Judge Turner who has now just closed
a term in tho United States senate with
honor to himself and our state, pre
sided, conyress having passed a bill
giving the territory an additional
judge, the president had appointed him
to till the place, and ho was assigned
to the third judicial district,our county
being one of the counties in that judi
cial district.
[(.'(INTINL'KI) NEXT VVKI'.K.]
Stockholders Meeting.
Several of the stockholders of the
Western Coal and Iron Co. met at the
office the Case Investment Co., Tucoma
Wash..Saturday May 2nd and elected a
hoard of trustees. The board of trust
ees consists of the same members with
exception of Mr. Warner from Colfax,
Wash, who takes the place of Mr. Wm
I'. Reynolds. There was no futher
business transacted at that meeting but
another meeting will be held during
the month of May for the purpose of
electing officers, and to determine the
line of work to pursue in regard to the
mine. At present a drill has been ship
ped to the property which will be oper
ated for the purpose of ascertaining the
quantity of coal underlying the surface
of our property. While this work is
going on the company will continue to
sell stock at the rate of from l">c and
up making advance in price as the pro
perty develops.
In the judgment of Mr Bennett the
president and Mr. Case the secretary,
the stock should be advanced to 2."; c
1 per share which w ill undoubtedly be
done at their meeting or the stock
taken off the market, the latter may
j possibly be done. In regard to the
I tail road being constructed in tin
neighborhood of our property Mr. Ben
nett said this; open up your mine, and
you will get a road in there when you
are ready for it. The fact that the
Standard Oil Co..is boring for oil direct
ly south of our property is another feat
i ure that will tend to hasten develop
ments both in regard to our mine and
i the constructing of a road. Mr. Case
will go ou to the property shortly alter
May l.'ith and direct the developments
there, lie has promised to send reports
to me regarding the condition of the
property as he linds it, so we will be
j kept posted from time to time. These
reports will be published as they are
received. Hold ou to your stock and
buy more, you will be spending your
money for the right thing.
S. C. Boedcher Agt.
m .• - »
In the. Supreme Court.
Kittitas countv has two cases to be
heard in the Suprema court at the June
session.
llothschilds Uros. appellant, vs. Nich
olas Bollinger, et al., respondent. L.
A. Vincent, Graves & lOnglehart, June
4th.
State of Washington, appellant, vs.
.1, C. Petit respondent C. V. Warner.
C. 15. Graves A. Mires, l'ruyu Slem
mens. June 4th.
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NO. 20.
IRRIGATION NOTES
AS FURNISHED BV THOSE IN
Charge of the. Subscription of
A. Blaek's High Line
Canal Proposition.
THE TIME IS GKOWINC SHORT AND WE
Must Get In and Hustle While Opportuni!y
Offers. About 18,000 Acres have Been
Signed U|> for to Date.
There is little doubt that the people
of this valley look with u great ileal of
favor upon the irrigation proposition
made by Mr. i!lack. The subscriptions
to the terms for water contracts are
coming in rapidly and the committee is
feeling very much encouraged.
If the people of this valley realized
the grave situation in the matter, they
would not wait to be interviewed by
the committee, but each landowner
would act in his own behalf. The full
er investigation of the proposition lias
removed nearly all the misunderstand
ings of the earlier term of the subscrip
tion period, l'ublic sentiment isarous
ed and the farmers consider themselves
fortunate that a proposition as liberal
a» this lias been secured. The commit
tee is receiving valuable assistance
from many of the landowners in taking
the matter up with the landowners who
have not yet had the proposition fully
•xplained.
It is hoped that by the end of anoth
er week the necessary subscriptions
may have been obtained and that the
ioug hoped for irrigation canal may
he within the reach of the people of
this valley Such a consummation is of
such vast signiiieance to the people of
lvittitas county that no one can afford
to be Indifferent about it. The most
serious rellection in the matter is that
this is without doubt an opportunity
ihat may prove to be the last if allowed
to pass by without action.
The committee on irrigation has de
cided to hold one regular meeting each
week and as many more special meet
ings as the exegencies of the case may
require. The committee still desire
that each person consider himself a
committee of one to assist in the can
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quarters in the office of i'. A. (Jet/, in
the Davidson block, any lands that are
not yet included in the subscription list
and see that those who will want to
avail themselves of the opportunity
may come to tlie ollloe at the earliest
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