Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-08-07
WASHINGTON ITEMS

A heavy smoke hung over the Kitti-
tas valley Sunday, indicating forest
fires.
The third alfalfa crop around Nab
ton is being harvested, and promises
to surpass the first two yields.
Prominent lawyers Of the state have
places on the program which will be
given at the Washington State Bar As
sociation meet at Wenatchee this
week.
DR.. T. F. Kane, former president of
the University of Washington, has va
Gated the official residence on the cam
pus, and Henry Landes, dean Of the
college of science and acting resident
phas moved in.
The new cottage ward buildings of
the northern hospital for the insane
at Sedro-Woolley, which will be COM
pleted within week, will give the
state the finest institution for the care
of the insane in the United States.
Mrs. Thomas Precious, wife of the
and four injured, when an automobile
with party from Everett to Gold Bar
struck stump near Monroe recently.
Forest fire smoke obscured the road
Labor Commissioner e. w. Olson
has sent out to all county attorneys
copies of the obligatory orders issued
by the commission fixing the minimum
wages for women and girls. This &C.
ton is to prepare the attorneys. for
prosecution in case the orders are vio-
lated.
A forest fire was reported Sunday
from Ford, 10 miles south of Spring
dale where the flames swept large
area of logged-off lands and grain
fields. A number Of small blazes are
reported from the Colville reservation
region.
An unprecedented demand for teach
ers who are graduates Of the Wash
ington state college has resulted in "a
Of the members of the June graduating
class having already accepted posi-
lions as instructors in high schools in
all parts of the state.
The work of matchmaking the
streets at Dayton this summer, under
taken through cooperation of the Co
lumbia county commissioners and the
Dayton city council, is finished, and Is
regarded as one of the best public i'm
provements ever undertaken In that
county.
| Frank Alexander's threshing ma
chine, running on the j. M. Baker farm
between Colfax and Thornton, was de-
stroyed Saturday following an explo
sion in the separator. Elmer Hunley
who was running the farm, lost be
tween 500 and 600 sacks of threshed
wheat in the fire, but the grain was In
sured No insurance.
The petitions for initiative measure
No. 3 the employment agency bill. ant
No. 8, the First aid" bill, were counted
by Secretary of State Howell Satur
day, and both were found to have sui
ficient names to entitle them to 60 be
fore the voters. The so-called init
pork barrel road bill, initiative meas
ure No. 10 of the seven sisters" hat
81, O15 valid signatures, S21 too few t.
give it a place on the November bal
lot.
The threshing machine owned ant
operated by Chris Paulson five miles
southwest of Tekoa exploded Satur
day, being destroyed with 400 sacks
of wheat The separator tender, Geo
Strange, was burned before he coult
get off the machine. Laws & Greegs
machine, operating east Of Tekoa OF
the reservation, exploded also, entail
ing total loss. The continuation o
the machines burning have causes
many farmers to postpone threshinI
until rain falls.
For the second annual convention
of the Northwest Merchants associs
ton to be held at Seattle, August II
%, the Seattle Sales Managers ASST
citation will provide the best possibl
program. Among the entertainment
features decided upon are the "Mys
tic Night; automobile. rides over tn
city for the merchants and their fan
lilies; three luncheons for the visitin
merchants, and an excursion to tn
Puget Sound navy yard at Bremertor