An illustrated history of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas counties; with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington, Part 69

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: [Chicago] Interstate publishing company
Number of Pages: 1146


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The city maintains a well-equipped fire depart-


ment, with headquarters in the city building, on Pine street. The apparatus consists of one third class Silsby steam fire engine, two hand hose carts, 2,250 feet of hose, hook and ladder truck, etc. A volunteer fire company handles this equipment, only two officers being paid, the chief, Peter Garvey, and the engineer, B. A. Maxey, both of whom sleep at the fire station.


The city owns its electric lighting system, hav- ing purchased the private plant of John A. Shoudy in July, 1890. Mr. Shoudy received $34,000 for the property. From time to time improvements have been made, including the building of a $10,000 power canal in 1897, making the plant a very valu- able asset of the municipality. January 28, 1904, the citizens voted to again improve this property by constructing a power plant on the west side of the river, two and a half miles northwest of the city, which will develop 640-horse power. The power not used for running the city lighting plant will be used in the valley and, it is expected, in furnishing motive power for a suburban line between Ellens- burg and Thorp. The canal used in furnishing this power will be three and five-sixths miles in length, carrying fifty second feet of water. The appropria- tion was $22,000. All the contracts have been let, and it is thought that the work will be completed in October.


The old charter, granted in November, 1883, to take effect January 1, 1884, has been amended many times through general and specific acts, but still governs the city. The corps of officers now ad- ministering municipal affairs was elected in De- cember, 1903, and is as follows :


Mayor-M. E. Flynn.


Councilmen-A. M. Wright, Andrew Olsen, C. S. Palmer, William Peed, George Hornbeck, Thomas F. Meagher and R. Lee Purdin.


Treasurer-Charles Stewart.


Clerk-George Sayles.


Attorney-Austin Mires.


Physician-Dr. J. A. Mahan.


Marshals-William Harold, William Freyburger. Engineer-John Scott.


Chief Fire Department-Peter Garvey.


Superintendent of Streets-B. A. Maxey.


Ellensburg is justly proud of its standing as an educational center. Here are situated the State Normal school and one of the finest public school buildings in the state, both of which are in charge of faculties of acknowledged high standing in the teaching profession. The Washington State Nor- mal school was established by the legislature in 1890, was opened to the public in 1891, and entered its present commodious and beautiful home in Sep- tember, 1893, occupying a building which cost $60,000. A detailed history and description of this well known institution, which has added not a little to the city's educational standing, will be found in the chapter dealing with the educational interests of this section.


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The public school building was erected in 1890 at a cost of $40,000 to replace one destroyed by fire. W. H. Ritchie, of Seattle, is its architect, and John Scott, its builder. To build this magnificent brick and stone structure, the district issued $50,000 thirty-year, six per cent. bonds. The city traded what was then known as the City Park block to the district for the latter's property in the First Rail- road addition, and upon the first named land on Fifth street, the school was built. It is almost needless to say that every effort has been made to completely equip this school in the most modern manner, with satisfactory results. The city clock occupies the high tower of the building, thus add -. ing materially to its appearance and universally at- tracting the attention of strangers to it. The corps of teachers in charge of the public school during the year 1903-1904 was : Principal, F. L. Calkins ; teach- ers, George M. Jenkins, Opal Heller, Edna M. Dennis, Florence Wilson, Mrs. E. U. Saunders, Jennie Sprague, Anna Wampler, Agnes Hinman, Franc Charlton, Cora Weaver, Anna Quigley, Lil- lian Carothers and Clara M. Greening. The district is obliged to use temporarily an abandoned church building in addition to the main schoolhouse. The last school report made to the county superintend- ent's office showed that the Ellensburg district, No. 3, had 809 pupils enrolled, of whom 435 were girls. Last year the expenditures of the district were $15,325.97, of which $8,722.50 went for salaries alone. The value of school property was then esti- mated at $57,650; the assessed valuation of the district; $1,028,810.


The city possesses, among other public build- ings, a fine opera house, said to be one of the best of its kind in the interior of the state. The build- ing is a two-story brick block, the old Lloyd block, corner of Third and Pine streets. In it Ellens- turg's first opera house was established by the Lloyds in 1890, but after their failure, several dif- ferent buildings were used for opera purposes un- til 1900, when the city's business men organized the Ellensburg Theatre Company and purchased the old opera house for about $8,000. In all about $19,000 has been spent in remodeling the building and fitting it up as a first-class small theatre. As one of the theatres attached to the Northwestern cir- cuit, the Ellensburg Theatre is favored by many high grade entertainment companies and financially as well as socially, is a success. Julius C. Hubbell is president of the company, James Ramsay is vice president, T. W. Farrell, secretary, and Harry S. Elwood, manager.


Two banks, one national and one private, handle the general banking business of the city and Kit- titas valley, there being only one other in the county. The older of these institutions is the Bank of Ellensburg, capital $25,000, owned by E. H. Snowden and P. H. W. Ross. This bank was established in 1897 by two Spokane men, H. C. Barrol and W. E. Bell, and at the time of its or-


ganization was the only institution of the kind in the city, the Kittitas Valley National and Ben E. Snipes & Company having failed during the hard times and having never been re-established. The former paid its creditors 43.7 per cent., under the receivership of J. C. Hubbell; the creditors of the latter received only 9.55 per cent. of their claims. The city's other financial institution is the Washing- ton State Bank; its capital is $25,000, and officers, J. H. Smithson, president; C. H. Stewart, vice president; C. W. Johnsone, cashier.


Three weekly newspapers are published in Ellensburg: The Dawn, edited and published by Robert A. Turner; the Localizer, published by the Cascade Printing and Publishing Company, Ran- dall Bros., proprietors; and the Ellensburg Capital, edited and published by A. H. Stulfauth. Fuller mention of these journals will be found in the press chapter. While there are a number of boarding houses and small hotels, the two leading hotels in the city are the Grand Pacific, William B. Price, proprietor, and the Hotel Vanderbilt, Aldrich & Jackson, proprietors, both of which are modern in equipment and well managed. Aside from the large retail and wholesale mercantile and commis- sion business houses in the city, there are a few other enterprises that deserve special mention : the North- ern Pacific division shops and yards ; the Ellensburg Lumber Company's sawmill; three creameries, the Ellensburg, B. F. Reed, manager; the Kittitas, S. P. Wippel, manager, and the Alberta, A. E. Shaw, manager ; two flour mills, the City Milling & Realty Company's and R. P. Tjossem & Son's, both having a capacity of 100 barrels a day and operating nearly the whole year; Coble & Sackett's brickyard. The mining, stockraising and farming industries of the county find in Ellensburg their most convenient trade center and few if any lines of legitimate business are unrepresented. The local field for pro- fessional men is also fully occupied.


As might be expected the business men maintain a live commercial club, known as the Ellensburg Club, which for many years has taken an active part in upbuilding the city. This organization is at present managed by the following officers : President, M. E. Flynn; vice president, Martin Cameron; secretary, S. C. Boedcher ; treasurer, E. H. Snowden. Well furnished club rooms are main- tained on Fourth street over the Warwick saloon.


In July, 1903, the young men of Ellensburg and the surrounding country organized Company C, W. N. G., to take the place of the old company which served in the Spanish-American war. The muster rolls are nearly filled and in every way the organization bids fair to be a worthy successor to Company H. A. C. Steinman is captain of Com- pany C, as he was of Company H; G. M. Burling- ham is first lieutenant ; Robert Murray, second lieu- tenant ; William O. McDowell, orderly sergeant; and Allen R. Dennis, quartermaster sergeant.


The Friday Club of Ellensburg is the city's


SAM-IN-THE-SACK CREEK.


ROSLYN SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


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oldest women's literary association. This club was organized in the fall of 1895, when ten ladies met and took up the study of Spanish history together with Washington Irving's books bearing on that subject. A formal organization was not effected however, until 1897, then the club was admitted to the state federation. A literary program is car- ried out each year, and the social features of club life are not neglected. Mrs. A. H. Stulfauth is the present president of the Friday Club.


The Gallina Club, composed of twenty-one ment- bers, whose object is social and intellectual develop- ment, was organized in March, 1900, and federated the following May. Mrs. S. B. Weed was its first president, Mrs. J. A. Mahan its second, Mrs. A. C. Steinman its third. The present officers are: Pres- ident, Mrs. C. E. Wheeler ; vice president, Mrs. C. S. Bullard; recording secretary, Mrs. F. A. Home; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. H. Morgan ; treas- urer, Mrs. G. E. Campbell; critic, Mrs. A. C. Spaulding.


The Ellensburg Art Club was organized by six ladies of the city four years ago and, although small, is very well known for its exhaustive and success- ful work along art lines. Membership is limited to six, the members at present being : Mrs. J. B. Dav- idson, president; Mrs. C. V. Warner, secretary ; Mrs. P. P. Gray, Mrs. James Ramsey, and Mrs. H. L. Stowell. A Ladies' Municipal Society, whose purpose is to improve municipal affairs, is also among the active associations of Ellensburg.


The Methodists are among the earliest pioneers in Ellensburg church work. Rev. J. S. Smith, pas- tor of the Ellensburg church in 1899, prepared at the request of the district conference, a history of his church, in which he used the following lan- guage :


"The first Methodist sermon was preached in El- lensburg in the schoolhouse by Rev. Robert Hat- field, some time in the spring of 1880. He contin- ued to preach occasionally, until the fall conference. The first class was organized by Rev. D. L. Spauld- ing in September, 1880, Dr. Newton Henton being the first class leader. The first church building was erected under the pastorate of Rev. S. W. Richards, completed under Rev. Ira Wakefield and enlarged under Rev. J. W. Maxwell. This structure was destroyed by fire July 4, 1889. The present church building was erected in the summer and fall of 1889 under the pastorate of Mr. Maxwell and has been improved and completed by succeeding pastors. The great fire also destroyed the parsonage built by Rev. D. L. Spaulding. The trustees of the church at the time the church and parsonage were rebuilt were S. Thompson, S. W. Maxey, H. C. Walters, L. A. Vin- cent, J. E. McDowell, Dr. J. W. Bean and C. I. Helm. Mr. Spaulding organized the pioneer Sun- day school in 1880, becoming its first superintendent. Several of our pastors have been members of the general conference and several have become presid- ing elders."


The charter members of the church were: Sarah E. Butler, J. L. Mills, M. L. Mills, John McDowell, Thomas G. McDowell, Sarah Meade, Mary A. Mc- Dowell, Rachael Page, L. M. Rhodes, D. L. Spauld- ing and wife, David Wood and Juda Wood. Those who have served the church as pastors are: Revs. D. L. Spaulding, S. W. Richards, January 1, 1884, to September, 1884; Ira Wakefield, September 25, 1884, to July, 1885; Henry Brown, one year ; Henry Mays, one year ; C. C. Culmer, one year ; John W. Maxwell, September, 1888, to September, 1890; R. H. Minner, one year; M. R. Brown, one year; M. S. Anderson, one year; N. Evans, January 21, 1893, to September, 1895 ; Robert Warner, one year ; M. H. Marvin, two years; J. S. Smith, two years; John Hanks, two years. The present pastor, Rev. William Park, came to the church in March, 1902. The membership of the society is now 135. Fully 1,500 members have been received into this church since its organization. The church property, which stands at the corner of Third and Ruby streets, is worth about $8,000.


The Presbyterian church was organized July 20, 1879, with six members. Rev. John R. Thompson was pastor. In the year 1884 the church purchased the public school building and ten lots at a cost of $1,300, having incorporated with J. Salladay, E. R. Leaming, I. N. Power, David Ford and S. C. David- son as trustees. The building purchased served as church and academy for a number of years after which the present commodious house of worship was erected on the property at the corner of Fifth and Sprague streets, the building costing about $6,500. Since organization fully 400 members have been re- ceived into the church, the membership at present numbering about 160. The following pastors have served the church: J. R. Thompson, 1879-1881 ; James A. Laurie, 1884-1889; K. J. Dunkan,. 1890- 1892; F. D. V. Garetson, 1892-1893; Albert M. Crawford, 1893-1895; J. F. B. Stevenson, 1895- 1897; J. V. Milligan, 1898-1901. The present pas- tor, Rev. A. F. McLean, began his pastorate in May, I90I.


Father Aloysius Parrodi, now of North Yakima, says that he held the first Roman Catholic church services in Kittitas county, the date being 1880. In that year he built a small frame church two miles south of Ellensburg. This church was attended alike by whites and Indians. Father Parrodi held mission services in the county until 1885 when he built the present commodious church building in the city at a cost of about $1,200. Since then the build- ing has been much improved and enlarged. In 1887 Father Custer succeeded Father Parrodi, remaining in charge of the church interests in this county until 1895 when the present priest, Father J. Sweens took charge. The church is in a thriving condition.


The next church society to occupy the local field was undoubtedly the Christian. This society, known as the First Christian church of Ellensburg, was or- ganized April 12, 1886, by Rev. J. P. McCorkle with


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the following charter members: A. C. Dawes, Mrs. Mary M. Tripe, Ella Tucker, W. M. Trisson, J. R. Tucker, W. A. Rader, Ellen Rader, N. Stone, J. M. Grissom, Mrs. E. Grissom, Mrs. P. C. Grissom, Mrs. N. Davidson, Mrs. M. Gibbs, Mrs. A. M. Church, Mrs. C. E. Pool, Mrs. A. Stone, Mrs. M. E. Stone, Mrs. F. F. Packwood. By the end of the month fully fifty persons were numbered among the mem- bers. The congregation at once secured lots and built the present sightly church at the corner of Ruby and Fourth streets, at a cost of about $1,500. In 1887 Rev. J. E. Denton, of Iowa, became the church's pastor and since that time the following have served : Revs. Finch, Sanderson, Norris, Wal- den, Hoyt, Kinney, Thomquist and McCallum. Rev. C. H. Hilton assumed charge March 27, 1904, com- ing from Blackwell, Oklahoma. The society has ap- proximately 100 active members.


In 1887 a clergyman named Reese organized the First Baptist church of Ellensburg. The following year under the supervision of Rev. A. M. Allyn, the present church building was erected on Sprague street, at a cost of about $3,000. Succeeding Rev. A. M. Allyn came J. T. Hoyt, F. L. Sullivan, Charles Davis, Thomas B. Hughes, Bernard H. Moore, U. R. King, Frederick A. Agar, W. A. Mc- Call, and, in January, 1901, the present pastor, Rev. Willis E. Pettibone, a graduate of Rochester Sem- inary, New York. The church now has sixty-three members. Its officers are : Trustees, William Woodham, H. L. Stowell, W. J. Payne, Dr. H. J. Felch, William McEwen ; deacons, D. W. Morgan, L. Charlton; treasurer, H. L. Stowell; clerk, Lydia Charlton ; superintendent Sunday school, W. J. Payne, the above named also constituting the advis- ory board of the church.


Grace Episcopal church, of which Rev. Alfred Lockwood is the present rector, was established about 1894 by Bishop Wells. Rev. Andreas Bard took charge of the society in the fall of 1896 and remained until the following May, when Mr. Lock- wood came from one of the New England states. The pretty, substantial, little church building was erected in 1897 at a cost of about $2,500, and stands on the corner of Fourth and Sprague streets. Sev- enty-five members constitute the church body, be- sides which there is a guild of fifteen members.


The Central Christian church of Ellensburg was organized March 18, 1900, as a result of long and continued dissensions in the First church, which cul- minated on that day by the following members, forming eighty per cent. of the parent church, tak- ing fellowship with the new society : Robert A. Tur- ner, Thomas F. Barton, William T. Francis, Charles Van Buskirk, Mrs. Louis Sharp, A. J. Hodges, Mrs. A. J. Hodges, Mary E. Drew, Elizabeth Elliott, Cor- nelia Sharp, Emma Sharp, Mrs. W. M. Kingore, Maude Bunker, Emma Clymer, Mollie Van Alstine, Elizabeth Grissom, Mary M. Tripp, Mrs. S. U. Cannon, Mrs. W. H. Wilgus, Mrs. Minerva C. Tur- ner, Mrs. Lottie Voice, Mrs. Tillie Post, Mrs. M.


B. Linder, Mrs. Nancy C. Barton, A. S. Randall, Mrs. A. S. Randall, Mrs. Charles Robinson, Eva Stewart, J. T. Brownfield, Mrs. Celia J. Brownfield, Hester Thomas, Mrs. Bernice Millikin, Mildred Van Buskirk, Thomas K. Hodges, T. J. Randall, Mrs. Etta Francis, Mrs. T. J. Randall, Atwell Martin, Mrs. R. A. Hodges, Mrs. Lillian Kenney, Mrs. A. C. Miller, J. M. Brockman, Mrs. Martha E. Brock- man, Mrs. Lucy Hicks, Pearl R. Gage, Hazel Swa- sey, Mrs. John I. Packwood, M. E. Reigel, Mrs. Nancy J. Sharp, Mrs. M. E. Randall, Mrs. James H. Thompson, Mrs. Dot Kahler, Mrs. M. E. Darby, and Alexander Gage. Officers were elected as fol- lows : Elders, T. J. Randall, Atwell Martin, Rob- ert A. Turner and William T. Francis; deacons, Thomas F. Barton, J. T. Brownfield, Thomas K. Hodges ; deaconesses, Mrs. Jessie Cannon, Mrs. Lot- tie Voice, Mrs. M. B. Linder; clerk, Charles Van Buskirk, assistant, J. T. Brownfield; treasurer, Thomas F. Barton; trustees, Robert A. Turner, William T. Francis and Mrs. W. M. Kilgore; all of whom are still serving except the last, whom W. H. Randolph succeeded. April 14, 1900, Rev. William M. Kenney was called to the pastorate of the church, the society having been duly incorpo- rated by a committee consisting of Robert A. Turner and W. T. Francis. The congregation met suc- cessively in the old Congregational church, the Masonic temple and the G. A. R. hall, but in September, 1903, purchased the Mennonite church building on Ruby street, which is the church's present home. Rev. Joseph Deathridge succeeded Rev. W. M. Kenney as pastor in 1902, but was forced to resign last fall on account of sick- ness in his family. At present the congregation has no pastor, though arrangements have been made for calling one.


Besides the above mentioned church organiza- tions, the Free Methodists and Mennonites are rep- resented by small societies, which have held joint services for some time past.


The Ellensburg W. C. T. U. was organized in 1887, Mrs. Emily Hornbeck becoming its first pres- ident. At present there are forty members, whose officers are: President, Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming ; vice presidents, Mrs. William Park, Mrs. W. E. Pettibone and Mrs. N. M. Helves ; secretaries, Mrs. Edith A. Taylor and Miss Susan D. Howard ; treas- urer, Mrs. A. J. Bonney. Several years ago the union established a reading room in the Geddis block but the necessary support was lacking and the enterprise had to be abandoned. Recently through the efforts of the union and by the aid of city and county, a handsome drinking fountain, costing be- tween $200 and $250, has been erected in the center of the road, corner Pearl and Fifth streets.


The Masonic fraternity in Ellensburg is repre- sented by three lodges, Ellensburg Lodge No. 39, A. F. & A. M .; Ellensburg Chapter No. II, R. A. M., and Temple Commandery, No. 5, K. T. Of the A. F. & A. M. lodge, J. H. Scott is Worshipful


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Master ; W. A. Fishman is High Priest of the R. A. M., and Oliver Hinman is Eminent Commander of the Commandery, W. N. Westfall being secre- tary of all three branches. As is generally the case, the Masons were the first to organize a fraternal so- ciety in the Kittitas valley, the date being about 1879. An effort was made to obtain data concerning the early history of this lodge from at least two of its charter members and from others, but without suc- cess. In 1886, the date of the establishment of the chapter and the commandery, the lodges occupied rented quarters in a wooden building on the site of the Hotel Vanderbilt, but two years later a fine, two-story brick temple was erected on the corner of Pine and Fourth streets at a cost of several thous- and dollars. This the great fire of 1889 completely destroyed, only a few current records being saved by H. M. Baldwin, who was then secretary. The Masons sold the land in 1889 and the following year built a new temple at a cost of $10,000, on Sixth street, between Main and Pearl, furnishing it sump- tuously. But again adversity overtook the frater- nity, the property being lost on a mortgage during the hard times. At present Masonic headquarters -


are established temporarily in the Club building.


Ellensburg Lodge No. 20, I. O. O. F., was in- stituted by G. T. McConnell, Grand Master of Washington, April 9, 1881, with the following char- ter members: Peter McCleary, W. J. Robbins, Joseph M. Stout, John Goodwin, S. L. Bates, Ma- thias Becker and Benjamin Ellenwood. The first home of this lodge was a two-story frame building situated on the northwest corner of Pearl and Third streets, occupying the site of the old stockade fort. Hon. John A. Shoudy and his wife donated the Odd Fellows a parcel of land 120 feet square in consid- eration of their erecting a building thereon, which they did in 1885. The fire of 1889 destroyed the building, and when the mortgage was paid off and other debts had been canceled, the Odd Fellows found themselves with just $500 in the treasury. Then came the general business depression, but the lodge was nevertheless able in 1901 to purchase the Maxey block, situated on Pine street in the busi- ness portion of the town. Since then it has ac- quired title to an additional lot adjoining the hall on the south, giving the lodge a tract 60x120 feet in size; this property is now worth about $10,000. In 1884 the lodge bought of C. A. Sanders the beat- tiful cemetery site on Craig's hill, the only cemetery in or near the city except that belonging to the Catholics. Ellensburg Encampment No. 16, was in- stituted March 31, 1890, by J. M. Swan, Grand Pa- triarch, with the following charter members: Wal- ter J. Robbins, John J. Suver, A. C. Billings, Wil- liam A. Stevens and Claude M. Morris. The next day Miriam Rebekah Lodge No. 25 was instituted, its charter membership being composed of W. A. Stevens. J. J. Suver, W. J. Robbins, Amos Smith, R. G. McKay, G. W. Carver, Rosa Carver, J. G. Olding, Mary J. Jackson, Kate B. Rego, L. A. Vin-


cent, S. C. Billings, Emma R. Stevens, Asenath P. Smith, John B. Rego, O. P. Jackson, Elizabeth Old- ing, L. C. Wynegar, Carrie A. Galliac and E. P. Galliac. At present the principal officers of these lodges are: Ellensburg No. 20, with eighty-five members, Noble Grand, F. H. Butcher ; Vice Grand, G. W. Tagg; recording and financial secretary. W. P. Hiddleson ; treasurer, C. H. Stewart ; Ellens- burg Encampment, with fifty-two members, C. P., B. E. Romane ; H. P., P. W. Stenger ; S. W., Peter Garner; J. W., George Manners; Scribe, W. J. Robbins ; treasurer, R. B. Wilson; Miriam Rebekah, with sixty-five members, N. G., Miss Cecil Mack; V. G., Miss Amy Schindler; recording secretary, Miss Maud Gilmour ; financial secretary, G. W. Tagg; treasurer, Mrs. Atha Becker.


Ellensburg Camp, No. 5,714, Modern Woodmen of America, was established September 24, 1898, with the following charter members: C. H. Chris- tensen, W. P. Dewees, John Hoffman, William A. Hale, C. W. Ihrig, T. E. Jones, C. T. Kineth, Henry Kleinberg, W. B. Laswell, W. H. Offield, O. W. Pautzke, J. A. Richards, H. F. Ruthven and Arthur Wells. Now the camp has 115 members. Its officers are : Venerable Consul, O. W. Pautzke; Worthy Advisor, Edward C. Fleck; clerk, S. C. Boedcher; banker, H. C. Ackley; escort, J. W. Maler; chief forester, E. E. Baxter; sentry, H. C. Frost; watchman, W. H. Lewis, and physician, J. A. Mahan. Harmony Lodge No. 3,001, Royal Neighbors, was instituted March 24, 1902, with twenty-two members.




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