Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-12-05
ON PACIFIC COAST

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The senate has confirmed the nom.
nation of l. e. Pinkham Massa-
chusetts to be governor of Hawaii
Aviator Glenn Martin took his father
and mother for an aeroplane trip OF
nearly 100 miles recently from Santa
Ana, Cal.
A blaze at the Bargain Harbor can.
merry on Jervis inlet, British Columbia,
destroyed $4,000 worth of canned
salmon recently. Insurance carried
amounted to $4,000.
A Chinaman, Yee Chung Fook, was
burned to death and property valued
at $4,000 was destroyed Monday at
Portland by fire starting in the
Pioneer paint store on First street.
A half.million dollar ranch deal has
just been closed by Judge John Twohy
and three other Portland men, where
by they become the owners Of the IA
nous Hay Creek ranch in Crook
county, Oregon.
A warrant for the $4,000 reward for
the capture of John and James Nc
Mariana as a result of the Los An.
geles Times explosion, was presented
to the Burns detective agency Sat.
urday at Sacramento.
Millionaires, professional men and
social leaders of Piedmont, an exclu-
sive district of Oakland, Cal, have
combined to combat the high cost OF
living and syndicate has been formed
to conduct cooperative grocery
store.
A sudden drop in the price of eggs
from 70 to rs cents q dozen brought
firth Sunday the fact thai for O mont
1000 women, members of the Los An
geles Parent-Teacher association.
quietly and persistently have been
boycotting that commodity.
That the British government orders.
in-council hitherto restraining Hindus
from entering the province except un-
der very special circumstances are ul-
ira wires. and that Hindus cannot be
excluded from Canada except on the
grounds Of idiocy, disease, crime or
mendicancy, is the effect of a sweep
ing written judgment Saturday.
That the controlling interest in the
Associated Oil company has been held
for eight years by the Southern Pa
cific company, was testified to at San
Francisco in the hearing being con
d.cted there as part of the United
States governments suit in Southern
California to cancel patents to govern
ment land grants in the Elk Hill dis
trict given to the Southern Pacific.
edwin F. Never, formerly chief clerk
in the general storekeeper's office in
the Puget Sound navy yard, and Emar
Goldberg, manager of the Seattle
branch Of the Great Western Smelt-
ing company, were sentenced to Is
months each in Mcneil Island peni-
Tertiary to pay q fine cf $4,000 each
for conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent. The men were recently
convicted Of frauds In connection with
furnishing supplies to the navy yard.
Announcement of the conclusion of
a tentative deal that will result, If a
permanent agreement is signed, in the
investment of $75,000,000 of British
capital in California oil properties, by
virtually taking over the General Pc
troleum company and probably pur.
chasing the Union Oil company, was
made recently in San Francisco by
Captain John Barnesen, who has just
returned from England. Associated
with Barneson in the negotiations was
Eugene de Saba. The English syn
dictate is headed by Andrew Weir.
Judge William Galloway at Salem
Ore, November %, in the circuit
court, permanently enjoined the coun
ty court from declaring Salem dry
after January l, next, as the result
Of the local option election held No
vember last.
The court holds that local option
election can only be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday IL
November, when q general, state OF
city election IL held. The election
called BY the last legislature for the
sole purpose Of voting on referendum
petitions, and Salem, together with {
number Of other cities. filed local op
ton petitions for the election, and tht
city was voted dry as result. The
county court will appeal.