Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
WASHINGTON ITEMS

region LnlS summer.
The state bridge at Wenatchee is
to be repaired Immediately.
An appeal for help to harvest the
big crops of Okanogan county has been
made.
The dates for the Washington State
fair are September 30 to October 4 at
North Yakima.
Clarkston's fire Saturday did dam
age tot the extent of $4,000. 1t was the
| w. S. Masterson grocery.
A new irrigation project of 5000
acres, 25 miles up the river from We
natchee, is now under development.
Premiums valued at $4,000 are Of
fered for exhibits at the Rosalia fair
and live stock show to be held Octo-
Der l, 2 and 3.
Farmers around Ritzville are max
ing good Roadway with the harvest,
some who cut with headers having fin
ished winter grain.
The postponed big Masonic barbecue
has been definitely arranged to taxi
place at Natatorium park, Spokane, on
Wednesday, August Is.
Caroline Bartlett Crane, social and
sanitary expert from Kalamazoo, Mich,
is touring the state under the auspices
of the state board of health.
The big prune drier which was to-
tally destroyed by fire on the night of
July 9 at Elberton will be rebuilt, &C
cording to plans of the manager.
Thomas Smith of Mt. Vernon has
been appointed by Governor Lister a
member of the board of regents of the
state normal school at Bellingham.
William Cass of Vancouver has been
appointed superintendent of the north
ern hospital for insane at Sedro-
Woolley, succeeding DR.. A. H. McLeish.
Governor Lister has issued an order
affecting all the departments under
his control, fixing the hours of daily
, duty at from 8 o'clock in the morning
to 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
In a spectacular fire watched by
j., thousands the Northwestern Wooden
ware plant, Tacoma, was damaged tt
the extent of SIZE, 900 last week. Thu
D origin of the fire is not known.
Chief United States F~orecaste
v Henry S. Graves was in Tacoma re
I Gently to hold a brief conference witt
u Governor Lister regarding the open
ing of the Olympic monument reserve
o An extra force of men has been pu
to work on the new 80, 000-bushel ele
vator being built at Lacrosse by tn
"a farmers union, and it is expected t
% have the structure completed insid
: of two weeks.
Judge John E. HUMPHREYS of Seattl
has issued an injunction restrainin
socialist and Industrial Workers
the World orators from holding stree
= meetings at Fourth avenue and Wei
Lake boulevard.
Holding that to set aside the will {
the people of this state because OF a
M oversight by the legislative branch
the government would be trifling wit
the majesty of popular government
rs Judge Albertson of Seattle has uphel
lg the state recall law passed by the la
ok legislature in conformity with a co
70 stitutional amendment adopted at tt
II election in November.
Without the written consent of
superior court judge no boy under tt
age of IA years nor girl under the as
y, of 16 years shall be allowed to VOL
ia within or in connection with any stor
es shop, factory, mine or at inside Ell
to ployment of any kind in the state
Washington, and during the scho
period of each year no child under tt
age of Is years may be hired witho'
the written consent of the coun'
m school superintendent.
ho The federal court has knocked o.
an the trading stamp Jaw passed by Il
M last state legislature, requiring nero
ra- ants who use stamps, coupons, tic
en- cts, certificates, cards or other sin
Mt. lar devices in connection with the sa
an of merchandise to pay a $4,000 liceni
in to the county treasurer and imposil
0H uGdNy RCAdAL1C6 AO1 NAOAoSASh Va "
IN act.
in Professor M. A. Yothers, entomo
err gist of the state experiment static
he recently visited Starbuck, where
Ich was called to investigate an army
grasshoppers which were devastati
the crops in that section. He repol
millions of the pests in evidence
the Starbuck country. Mr.. Yothe
me says the grasshoppers are doing gre
damage to young alfalfa, potatoes a
fruit trees, eating the alfalfa to t
ground. stripping the potato vines
Se0 their leaves and barring the fruit tire
M Many young trees from one to TIL
years old are almost naked.
ex. Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mi
hos headquarters in Seattle, have boui
the world-famous cargo mill of
Bellingham Bay Lumber Co. at B
ingham. This deal marks the adv
u. % o1-c0fo,n1olu cfron0 nnW q