Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-18
WASHINGTON ITEMS

There are 14,744 students attending
school IN Spokane
Mrs. Anna Lawrence, wife of w. P:
Lawrence, wealthy pioneer farmer of
near Garfield, was committed to the
hospital at Medical Lake.
At the 18th annual Wilbur fair, Oc-
tober 6, Z, 8, and 9 $4,000 will be given
in purses for races and in premiums
for exhibits.
Governor Lister has appointed a.
| large delegation to the 21st interna-
tional irrigation congress at Calgary,
Alta, October So
Twenty-one new faculty members
assumed their duties at the Washing
ton state college with the opening of
the school year Tuesday.
In the contest for queen of the
Columbia valley grape carnival, to be
held in Kennewick this week, Miss
Fern Ferrel, of Kennewick won.
George A. Latimer, formerly a men,
Der of the Spokane firm of lawyers
committed suicide at Addy Saturday
by shooting himself through the head
with revolver.
Ellis Morrison, for many years we'll
known in republican politics and in
1895 speaker of the legislature, died at
his home in Seattle Saturday, aged Ga
years.
Harry Rosenhaupt, of Spokane MAIN
tains lead of more than 100 in the
return for the republican nomination.
for congress in the Fifth congressional
district.
w. j. Contonwine, a pioneer, who
crossed the plains in 1863 behind an
OK team with his parents was buried
at Walla Walla Friday. He died Of
dropsy of the heart.
Fire early Saturday morning destroy
ed a two-story bushes, warehouse,
laundry, residence and stable, all
frame buildings situated in the rear
of the principal business section, of
Newport.
An increase of over $15,000,0 0O or
1.8 per cent in the assessed valuation
of all taxable property in the state is
indicated by complete returns from 80
county assessors to the state board of
!. equalization.
Il Teddy Moore, a switchman, aged Al,
is dead and James L. Edmiston, a bar
Der, aged 25, is held for murder in the
Spokane Jail as the result of quarrel
. in the Falls city Sunday. Edmiston
said it was caused by BOOZE
5 The Benton county commissioners
have completed the estimate for expep-
Sc for the ensuing year. A total Of
8 $4,000 is estimated to run the various
a county offices. This is $4,000 less than
s last year. The total current expense
i. levy will be $51,31O, saving of prob
= ably $4,000 over lost year.
a Walter A. Byers, aged 80, night
/ clerk in the Seattle postoffice and a
l. practicing attorney, was arrested re-
e Gently with his pockets full of letters
|. taken from the mails. He made a
n full confession, saying he had been alb
d stracting money from letters since last
S January because he was "hard up"
Loss of fruit, devastation of orchards
! and expense of cutting out the disease
!. means loss of $25000O during the
last season to Yakima valley orchard
I lists on account of fire blight. The in
, spector estimates that $500 trees, re-
I presenting the growth on between 80
J. and So acres have been removed on
:. account of the disease.
i, The 10 counties showing the greatest
= increase in population over 1910 and
their gains are: King county, 1851;
:, Spokane, 11,777; Yakima, 1856; Lewis,
741G: Pacific, 57O2; Snohomish, 5154;
Pierce. 5135; Thurston, 1926; Skagit,
1853; Clarke, 1850. Some of the lar
gest increases are in the northeastern
part of the state, Okanogan, Chelan
and Ferry showing the largest gains.
;, Men in at least one Washington lum-
Der camp are fed substantial food, but
housed in lily ventilated, insanitary
shacks, members of the federal indust-
/ rial relations commission have learned.
After listening for a week to divers
stories regarding conditions in the
camps the commissioners have invaded
one about 80 miles northeast of Seat
0 tie, and talked with employees. The
site was selected by members of an
g employers association. and conditions
9 were declared by them to be repre-
l. sentative of scores of other camps in
the state. Employees said they had
eaten worse food, but complained that
sanitary conditions were much the
same in every camp-unspeakably bad.
q The pure food bureau of the state
NJ IN oh vrrv -
8 stroyed 3ss,159 packages of food ma.
y terial from August /, 1913, to August
:. l, 1914. Canned fish led in amount
l. found to be unhealthful, the bureau
g having condemned 16O,O15 cans.
l. Canned soups were second with 1884,
r 995 cans condemned, while beans were
third with 9,542 cans. The list of con.
demned articles covers meats, vege.
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