Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-01-16
WASHINGTON ITEMS

held February s. 6 and Z.
The Washington State Federation of
Labor convenes next Monday at Ray
mond.
The new Endicott water system has
been accepted. The contract price is
$1O,998.
Walla Walla wheat dealers estimate
that 80 per cent of the wheat crop has
been Sold
The mineral output is valued at
1872, 807,575, an increase Of $778,247 over
the 1912 output.
The fourteenth annual pountry show
Of the Walla Walla valley association
is on this week.
Whitman county provides $50 stu
dents, nearly one-fourth, at the State
college at Pullman.
The $1,000 bonds for the purpose of
erecting municipal building at Nal
den have been sold.
The funeral of Edwin d. Sanders
pioneer mining man and merchant OF
Spokane, was held Sunday.
Members of the building trades
unions Of Everett are trying the Sat
urday half holiday each week.
A general clean out of all saloons
and poolhalls at Maiden was made by
the city council there recently.
H. Kirshner recently resigned the
principalship Of the Toppenish school.
B. Zuchswarth of Indiana has taken
his place.
Ninety-nine women are drawing
pensions aggregating $2O12 a month
from King county under the mothers
pension law.
The resignation Of Everett G. Ellis
Of Seattle as assistant district attor-
ney after one month in that position
is announced.
The three United States land offices
on the west side: Seattle, Olympia
and Vancouver-will remain separate
contrary to former reports.
J. M Boyle an attorney of Tacoma
has been appointed United States mar.
shall for the western district of Wash
ington to succeed ]. R. H. Jacoby.
Fred H. Hall of North Yakima has
received notification that he and .
sister in Kansas will share nearly 9
million dollars by the death Of Their
grandmother in Boston.
The first state convict to break his
word Of honor, given to the governor
when honor camp No. 1 was founded
four months ago was John Graham O.
Adams county, who fled from thu
camp. 81
4 Whitman college trustees have es
tablished Blalock professorship o
American history in recognition of tn,
service which the late DR.. N. G. Bla
lock rendered to Whitman college dur
ing the 30 years of his trusteeship.
Employers of female labor in tn,
state in estimates submitted to thu
Industrial welfare commission as par
Of that body's investigation into tn,
cost of living, believe it costs approx
imately $40 week to support work
ing girl or woman.
| Patent for the first land patented IL
Yakima county, issued at Walla Walis
Al years ago and signed by Ulysses
Simpson Grant as president of tht
United States, was filed in the Yak
lima land office recently to settle the
estate of T. ]. Chambers.
There are in the state of Washing
ton sos publications of all sorts. They
are classified as follows: Daily, Al;
semi-weekly. 10; weekly, 347; semi
monthly, IL; monthly, 81; bi-monthly
3; quarterly, II; other periods, 4. The
total number of copies mailed by these
publications during the year was s..
7O5,651.
The report of last years operation
of the jute mill In the penitentiary
shows that slight loss was incurred
in selling sacks at s cents, SO slight
ly higher rate is anticipated, probably
in the vicinity of 81a cents. The out.
put of the mill this year is expected
to be about 100000 sacks. somewhat
less than last year.
Gold receipts during 1913 at the
United States assay office at Seattle
showed large increase over the pre-
vious year. During 1913 the total re-
ceipts at the office were $8,205, 500,
as against s4,490,9OO in 1912. With
the close Of business January 1, 1914,
the Seattle office had handled total
Of ABS tons of gold, valued at $21S,-
612,60O since it's establishment in July,
1898.
OF domestic trees, or trees grown
during 1918, within the state, 900,310
were sold; Of those grown outside of
the state and shipped in 637,7S2 trees
were sold, making a total of 1852, 642.
If planted at the usual distance apart.
it would mean that the total acreage
in the state would be 246.653 acres of
apples, 35,703 acres of stone fruits,