Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-11-13
WASHINGTON ITEM :

Washington state was % years old
last Wednesday.
G. o. Bracket, aged n years, died
recently at Newport.
Bluestem wheat sold at Ritzville for
$1.05 and red for 80 cents last Sat
urday.
, The state will not be dry until Janu-
airy I, 1916, according to Seattle's cor
poration counsel, in his opinion Sat
urday.
Chandler Earle, 20 years old, was In.
stantly killed at Colfax Sunday when
an auto overturned, burying the lad
beneath
Martin Harris, aged %, pleaded
Utility to charge of horse stealing at
COlfax and got from one to 10 years
in the penitentiary at hard labor.
The election of 0. r. Holcomb to
the supreme court creates vacancy
on the bench Of the superior court OF
Adams, Franklin and Benton counties
The Davenport students in high
school manual training have received
notice that their exhibit at the Ia
coma state contest carried away the
grand prize offered, as we'll as four
other prizes on workmanship.
Four thousand rabbits were killed
in drive at Burbank Sunday, the
largest in that part of the country ir
years. More than 100 men from
Walla Walla, Burbank. Pasco, Kenne
wick and other points took part.
The labor situation at Prosser is be
coming acute. Many men have beer
attracted by the work on the Bentor
City road and the reclamation service
work on the extension of the Sunny
side canal There are 10 men herr
for every job.
Il Chief of Police Austin e. Griffiths
defeated progressive candidate TO
congress Tuesday, Saturday sent hi
resignation to Mayor Hiram G. Gil
of Seattle. He said he felt he was no
!; properly qualified for the position ant
desired to be relieved.
In their desire to make cleal
sweep for the republicans in the re
cent election, the electors in one pre-
cinct at Chehalis elected a dead mai
to office. W. M. Crown, candidat
for constable, was accidentally kille,
two weeks before election.
Judge NJ NJ Goldman who resigne
the Craftsmanship of the state publ
service commission several month
ago because of i'll health, and VIII
long has been leader in the demo
cratic party of this state, died at hi
home in Seattle Monday night.
Charles McMullen, D. w. Rodericl
c. s. LaForge, w. o. Dow, George W
Coburn, John Scott, James Cowan Wi
| son, j. s. Richards, ]. M. Wade, Harr
Crowl, P. s. Darlington, o. T. Clawsor
c. A. Leedy and George Scheidemante
have been chosen to represent tn
fruit growers of the Wenatchee dis
trict at the seventh National Appl
Show and Fruit Products congress t
be held at Spokane November Is to 2(
Corrected returns on the Washing
ton legislature, which probably vii
prove final, give the political compos
ton of the two houses as follows:
/ Senate-Republican 81, democrat
6, progressives 8. One vacancy to b
!: filled by special election in Pierc
county.
1 House-Republicans Is, democrat
Is, progressives 6, nonpartizan l.
Progressives gained one senator an
two representatives in Snohomis
county from the republicans game
county from the republicans on lates
returns, while the republicans game
, first credited to the democrats.
Republicans have In the house 1
votes more than the two-thirds ms
jority necessary to pass a bill owe
|, the governors veto.
In the senate they lack one vote Q
two-thirds, but this will be made up
Pierce county elects a republican, as
anticipated, to fill the vacancy causes
by the death Of Senator w. D. Cottel
progressive.
HOldover senators are nine republ
cans, five democrats and six progress
sives, with one vacancy.