Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-12-12
WASHINGTON STATE


The Albion Farmers union members
met recently at Albion and decided to
cooperate in the matter of dairy stock
More than 100 farmers attended the
meeting to organize the Benton Coun-
ty Crop Improvement association Sat
urday
Ellensburg's WOODEN mill has been
working overtime for the last few
weeks to keep abreast of many large
orders.
The body of Louis Sharpstein, son
of +. b. SharpStein of Walla Walla,
who was killed in an automobile acct
dent near Dayton, was taken home for
burial
A bad fire broke out in the principal
business section of Odessa Saturday
and destroyed the entire Wilson block,
a brick building having a frontage of
about so feet
Twenty-four hours after they held
up an old man at Toppensh and took
$40 from him Pullman Haskin and
David Leslie were arrested at Ellens-
burg, Saturday.
An extensive system of government
supervision over wireless telegraphy
become effective Friday. San Fran
cisco and Seattle will be among the
divisional headquarters.
State Senator Peter Jensen, former
secretary of the state pharmacy board,
was acquitted at Tacoma at his pre-
limnary hearing on a charge of EN-
bezzling $11s9 from the board.
The board of commissioners OF
Pend Oreille county have let the con-
tract for new ferry boat at Usk to
cost $500 and have also purchased a
gasoline engine to operate the ferry.
The Jones-Scott company bought
100000 bushels of wheat December Z,
paying about roc for club and 72hc
for bluestem. One lot of 1875, 900 bush
els was a pool of buestem, club and
turkey red. The farmers agency
bought the Kibbler lot of $4,000 bush
els.
Hop prices in the Yakima valley next
year were apparently fixed by con-
tract Saturday between McNeff Broth
ers of Portland and the Yakima Orch
ards Securities company for it's 1913
output at 1919 cents pounds. Last
years contract between the same par
ties was 20 cents pound for the 1912
yield.
About $50 farmers and business men
met in Colfax, Saturday, to discuss
the ACCESSIBILITY and practcabilty OF
constructing railroad from Colfax
down Union and Alkali flats to connect
with the Northern Pacific at Riparia
or with the O.-W R. & N at Hay sta.
ton. Committees were appointed and
plans were discussed.
Governor-elect Ernest Lister has ap.
pointed G. C. Dill of Spokane as his
private secretary. Mr.. Dill is now
deputy prosecutor at Spokane. He was
formerly newspaper writer on Cleve.
land, o., papers. Still he is young
man and single. Mr.. Lister also an.
nounces the coming appointment OF
Frank M. Lamborn, Tacoma, as state
printer. =. :, :.
'The largest and best lot of hogs
even seen together in the Inland EN-
pire," was the verdict of scores OF
prominent hog men who attended Pull
mans first annual hog show last week
The show was a success beyond the
highest hopes of the promoters and
will be made an annual affair. ]. K.
Smawley of Pullman was easily the
champion prize winner.
Statements of the local banks of
North Yakima on call of the comp
troller November rs show an increase
in deposits of $54O,375 since Septem-
Der 4, a decrease of 100000 in loans
and discounts and an increase of $531.-
266 in cash on hand Compared with
a year ago the deposits show an in
crease of $295,93S, and combined re-
sources "a gain of $3S9,774.
An appropriation and resolution
for the expenditure Of $4,000 has been
made by the county commissioners of
Lincoln county, its 1912 share of the
permanent highway fund. 1t calls for
Improvement OF the Davenport-Har-
rington road by macadamizing or 9th
erwise hard surfacing from the city
limits OF Harrington toward Daven-
port as far as the funds will carry the
work. 1t is thought that about half
the distance between the two towns
can be improved