Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-12-26
WASHINGTON STATE

port Saturday
The Washington Educational asso-
citation will meet in Everett the last
OF this week
The members of the Federated clubs
OF the Valleys OF the Yakimas met at
Mabton recently.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
has taken over the holdings of the
First National bank at Maiden.
Changes reducing such strict en-
trance requirements at the University
OF Washington for next year were an
nounced recently.
Frank Lamborn, who will be public
printer under Governor Lister, has
closed the deal to purchase the plant
or Public Printer e. L. Boardman
Officers and men at Fort George
Wright, at Spokane, are packing up
IN order to get everything prepared
Tor departure to Hawaii December 30.
Safe crackers blew open the safe
OF the Falkland postoffice few miles
south OF Tacoma Saturday and es-
capped with 1915 in cash and $3.50 in
stamps.
The short mining session annually
held at the college OF mines, Univer-
sity OF Washington, will begin on Jan
uary Z. 1913, and continue for three
months.
Clair Hunt and his alloting crew.
consisting of IL men, have broken
camp near Keller and suspended the
work of making Indian allotments un-
til next spring.
TWO hundred and fifty-three seniors
have applied for degrees at the Uni
versity of Washington, diplomas to be
awarded at commencement time in
June of next year.
Mrs. Savage, wife Of Thomas Savage,
a pioneer farmer OF Whitman county,
and mother of Mrs. Ortis Hamilton
died at the family home two miles
west OF Pullman, Saturday.
To take care of the 10000 gallons of
fruit brandies already manufactured
by the North Yakima Distilling COM
pany the treasury department has es-
tablished liquor bonding warehouse
at North Yakima
A school for farmers and fruit grow
ers Will be conducted at Kennewick
the week of December 80 by agricul-
tural experts from the state college
at Pullman. No charge will be made
for the weeks instruction.
A. II. Reynolds and the Kirkman
Investment company at Walla Walla
have bought 3246 acres of land two
miles from Pleasant View for a con-
sideration close to 100000. The prop
erty was owned by the Slime Paxton
corporation.
Immediately after learning of their
defeat last night by the narrow mar
gin OF 2O3 votes the leaders of the
forces in North Yakima
sWore out an unknown number of
warrants charging perjury in the Sec
ond degree in swearing in votes.
Fifteen hundred sacks of potatoes
weighing 100 pounds each were dis
posed OF at the potato auction conduct
ed by one Of the public markets Sat-
urday, at Seattle, an an experiment in
reducing the cost of living. The prices
ranged from 40 cents to 60 cents a
sack. the average being As cents.
one OF the largest deals recently
in the Moses lake dis
trict in Grant county was that where
by ). M. .O'Sullivan, an attorney of
Ephrata, purchased $40 acres, known
as the Edwards tract, at price of $S5
an acre. or $54,4O for the section.
The land is located half a mile from
Moses lake. 1t is absolutely raw, un-
improved land.
Aggregate receipts by the state
treasurer for last week of $122,305 and
of but $65,99S reduced
the oVerdraft of the state general fund
to $29S.147. The military fund con-
talns S65,540 cash and the two high
way funds have about $S36,00O. Most
OF the rest of the $2,262,476 cash on
nand is in permanent funds awaiting
investment by the state board of
finance.
by the first apportionment of coun-
W school money for the year the ISL
districts will receive total of Sill
ZIG. A recent state apportionment
by Superintendent Neeley
amounted to $4693. By the six appor-
tionments of both state and county
money the schools of Lincoln county
receive nearly quarter of a million
dollars, approximately a half of the