Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-25
WASHINGTON ITEMS

The windstorm loss to apples in the
Spokane district will reaoh $4,000.
William Mott, a special agent for
the Great Northern railroad. who shot
at Spokane recently, died on
Sunday.
Fred G. Keeling, a pioneer, aged
about IS, died at Chewelah of acute
of the heart. He went there
in the Cos.
Although Leonard Talbot had been
confirmed postmaster at Toppenish,
the senate has ordered its confirma
tion rescinded temporarily.
The farmers union is preparing to
hold a meeting with a basket dinner
October at Albion. At this time the
boys and girls industrial fair will be
held.
The fourth annual Columbia river
valley carnival was brought to a close
at Kennewick Saturday night, the fin.
al program consisting Of mardi gras
parade in which local people took part
A result of the advance in wheat
has been felt at Ritzville in the ad.
vance in the price of bread. The bak-
cry has heretofore sold three large
loaves for 25 cents; they now sell
them at 10 cents straight.
A roughly dressed man entered the
Bank of California at Seattle Satur.
day, showed the paying teller bottle
which he said contained nitroglycer.
inc, demanded $4,000, which was hand.
ed to him, and got away with $500
of it, losing the remainder through his
haste.
Our governor has chosen j. G. Raj.
ston, former city engineer of Spokane.
and Martin Chase of Seattle as engi-
neers to represent the state in review
ing the McCulloch report of the Uni
ted States reclamation service on the
feasibility of the Palouse irrigation
project
The Yakima Valley Fruit Protective
league has adopted resolutions re-
questing the bureau of plant industry
of the department of agriculture at
Washington for the appointment of a
plant pathologist, preferably w. s.
Ballard of jacksonville, Cal, for the
Yakima valley.
1t is estimated by farmers that the
wind and rain storm which struck the
Palouse district Friday cost the coun.
try half of it's marketable apple crop.
The storm was the worst the Palouse
has seen in several years, the wind
blowing a gale for two hours, a heavy
rain falling at the same time.
Two conventions were held at Walla
Walla this week. The funeral direct
ors of Oregon and Washington in a
three days session, commencing Mon
day, and the grand chapter of Royal
Arch Masons, the grand council of roy
al and select masters and the grand
commandery, Knights Templar for
four days.
Burglars operating in Rockford last
week entered five different stores
taking small sums Of money from each
place.
The annual convention of the Wash
ington Retail Merchants association
will be held at North Yakima on DC.
tober 10, IA and Is.
The Northwest Merchants associa
tion, composed of retail dealers in the
states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, held very successful meeting
in Seattle recently. The Sales Man
ayers association of Seattle had
charge of the entertainment feature
CT the program which was an elabor
ate affair. Howard D. Thomas is
president ofsthe Merchants assoCia
ton and c. l.. Moore, secretary.
According to the figures given out
by the ~ leading Spokane banks last
Saturday. as result Of call Of the
comptroller for statement of their
condition, deposits are shown as $31,
$14 10000, as compared with $32, 100,
9O1 .43, October 81, 1918, decrease Of
81 ,095, 041.23, which is attributed to
Withdrawals for the moving Of crops
and home investments. There has also
been a like decrease in loans and dis.
counts, cash and exchange and surplus
and undivided profits. e.saenaAsss.'
- The Washington state department
of agriculture, this fall at the state
fair at North Yakima, Wash, will be.
gin a series of butter scoring contests.
An expert from the United States de.
partment Of agriculture will score at
North Yakima, and explain to butter
makers the value of such contests
and instruct them how to score cor.
rectly. DR.. H. T. Graves, acting com.
missioner Of the state department, is
planning to have subsequent contest
at the dairymen's association meeting
later in the fall.
l. M. Howell, secretary of state, is
authority for the statement that the
selling Of wrapped meats by gross
weight, in weighing the wrappings
with the meat, is violation of the
net weight law, and that the practice
will not be tolerated and that any
complaint will be prosecuted by the
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