Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-25
WASHINGTON ITEMS

The windstorm loss to apples in the
Spokane district will reach $4,000.
William Mott, a special agent for
the Great Northern railroad, who shot
himself at Spokane recently, died on
Sunday.
Fred G. Keeling, a pioneer, aged
about rs, died at Chewelah of acute
dilatation of the heart. He went there
in the Cos.
Although Leonard Talbot had been
confirmed postmaster at Toppenish,
the senate has ordered its confirma.
ton rescinded temporarily.
The farmers union is preparing to
hold a meeting with a basket dinner
October 2 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 a mardi gras
parade in which local people took part.
A result of the advance in wheat
has been felt at Ritzville in the adj
vance in the price of bread. The bak-
ery has heretofore sold three large
loaves for 25 cents; they now sell
them at 10 cents straight.
A roughly dressed man entered he
Bank of California at Seattle Satur
day, showed the paying teller a bottle
which he said contained nitroglycer-
inc. demanded $4,000, which vas hand
ed to him, and got away with $500
of it, losing the remainder through his
haste.
Our governor has chosen ]. c. 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
uuesting the bureau of plant industry
of the department of agriculture a
Washington for the appointment of {
plant pathologist, preferably w. S
Ballard of Jacksonville, Cal, for thu
Yakima valley.
1t is estimated by farmers that th'
wind and rain storm which struck tn
Palouse district Friday cost the coun
try half of it's marketable apple crop
The storm was the worst the Palous'
has seen in several years, the l
blowing a gale for two hours, a heav,
rain falling at the same time.
Two conventions we're held at Wall
Walla this week. The funeral direct
ors Of Oregon and Washington n
three days session, commencing Nor
day, and the grand chapter of Roya
Arch Masons, the grand council OF roy
al and select masters and the gran
commandery, knights Templar 70
four days.
Burglars operating in Rockford las
/ week 6HLGI0u AtO IA
taking small sums of money from eac
place.
The annual convention of the Was
ington Retail Merchants ~associatio
will be held at North Yakima on o
tober 10, Ia and Is.
1he Northwest Merchants associi
ton, composed of retail dealers in tn
states of Oregon, Washington an
Idaho, held a very successful meetin
in Seattle recently. The Sales Ma
ayers association of Seattle ma
! charge of the entertainment featul
' Of the program which was an elabo
ate affair. Howard d. Thomas
3 president ofsahe Merchants associ:
ton and G. L. Moore, secretary.
: According to the figures given Of
/ by the IL leading Spokane banks la
e Saturday, as a result of a call of tt
comptroller for a statement OF the
condition, deposits are shown as $3
S~14,860.2O, as compared with $32,10
901.43, October 81, 1913, a decrease
81, O95, 041.23, which is attributed
Withdrawals for the moving OF crol
and home investments. There has ali
been a like decrease in loans and d1
}, counts, cash and exchange and surpl'
and undivided profits. eI~sSs-AfsrSss
The Washington state departme'
of agriculture, this fall at the sta
g fair at North Yakima, Wash, will b
6 gin 4 series of butter scoring contest
e An expert from the United States d
s partment of agriculture will score
h North Yakima, and explain to butt
makers the value of such contes
J. and instruct them how to score CO
rectly. DR.. H. T. Graves, acting col
missioner of the state department,
e planning to have a subsequent conte
n at the dairymen's association meetil
later in the fall.
g 1. M. Howell, secretary of state,
authority for the statement that t
D selling of wrapped meats by gro
. weight, in weighing the wrappin
y with the meat, is a violation of t
!. net weight law, and that the practi
/ will not be tolerated and that a