Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-31
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Palouse.
Nearly 800 school teachers are ex.
pected 10 take the examinations at
Spokane August 81, IS and 90.
Joseph Morrow. aged 40. lost his life
in a fire that followed an explosion at
the plant Of a fireworks company at
Spokane.
Amalgamation of Spokane university
and Whitworth college, Spokane's two
new higher educational institutions
is being agitated.
BY careless dumping of fire from an
engine 800 sacks of what on the Max
kleson place near Waitsburg. were
destroyed Sunday.
Sweeping reductions in freight rates
on coal from the Roslyn fields to all
points in the state are proposed in
findings of the state public service
commission.
| State Treasurer Ed Meath has re-
ceived from the federal government
| $4,000 as the appropriation for the
experiment work of the state college
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1914.
c. j. Kemp, aged Sc. president of the
Kemp & Hebert department store, a
resident of Spokane for nearly thirty
years, died at Seaside, Ore, Saturday.
Death was caused by internal hemorr-
hayes following long illness.
While men. women and children Of
Roslyn Wash, recently filled the tent
of Myrtle Wilson, billed in travelling
show as "the strangest women alive"
she was bitten by rattlesnake and
died of the poisoning soon after.
The survey of the Palouse irrigation
project, ordered by the last session Of
the state legislature, is rapidly near
ing completion. The legislature appro-
priated $4,000 toward the survey, the
federal government allowing similar
amount, and the actual work being
done by the United States reclamation
service.
Burning permits issued by the state
|
show that much larger acreage than
last year is being made ready for agri-
cultural use. The total of permits was
1888 for an acreage Of 25,S57 of agri-
cultural land, as compared with 1888
permits for an acreage of 10,524 is
sued in June, 1918.
Fire Saturday destroyed the big
sawmill plant, lumber stock and wharf
of the Mountain Timber company on
the Columbia river front at Kalama.
The loss was estimated at $375,O00, of
which $250,000 was covered by insur,
ance. The plant is owned by Nebras.
ka capitalists 1t Is expected that II
will be rebuilt at once.
For the second time within six
months the postoffice and II. ]. Tip
tons general store at Othello were
robbed Saturday of about $500 in cash
and negotiable paper. About 5000 was
secured from the postoffice, the
thieves also taking many of the office
records, but leaving postage stamps
The store suffered considerably
larger loss.
The dominating feature of Tuesdays
program for the annual meeting of the
Washington Association for the Pre-
vention and Relief of Tuberculosis al
Tacoma, was the laying of the corner
stone for Pierce county's new tuber
culosis sanitarium. This is the first
institution to be erected under the re
cent law and much interest is attached
to the undertaking.
Struck by lightning, laid away and
covered up as dead until the storm enc
so burial could be made, Oscar Rosen
quist, a boy, member of camping
party, near Martha lake, a few mile:
from Edmonds gave the party sec
ond shock by creeping around to theil
tent 20 minutes after the electrical
storm broke 1t is believed the severe
drenching revived him.
The increased number of smut eX
plosions in the harvest fields of tht
Palouse country has given rise to ;
number of plans to prevent furthel
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chimes known to have started worl
during the last week 10 have been de
stroyed by smut explosion and fires.
is an unprecedented average and
number of farmers who have not start
ed their machines are fearing to begil
operations.
Figures compiled from acciden
claims by the industrial insurance com
mission show that the shop safet.
campaign is having marked effect II
cutting down accidents due to the non
safeguarding of machines. From DC
tober 1, 1913, to June !, 1914, accident
from this cause decreased from g.!
per cent of the total reported to 2 pc
. cent. During this period total o
1878 claims were received, Of whicl
6214, or IA per cent, were classed a
"non-mechanical."
FIRES.
In fire at Northport Wednesday II