Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-06
WASHINGTON ITEMS

of Waitsburg is now completed.
The funeral of Grandma" Kant OF
Elberton was held Saturday at Step
toe.
Business men of Newport and farm
ers of that district are preparing to
unite for cooperative selling of farm
products.
Several members of the Masonic Or
der have signed a petition to the grand
lodge for dispensation to organize
lodge at AsOtin.
John S. Corners of Walla Walla has
closed deal for the purchase of 480
acres of land near Lamar from Mrs.
Lizzie Goodman for $4,000.
Henry Howks, aged 40, owner of
the Savoy barber shop of Walla Wal
la, was instantly killed near Waits
burg Sunday morning when his auto
turned turtle.
Dr. ]. w. Doughty recently appoint
ed acting superintendent of the north
ern hospital for the insane, at Sedro-
Woolley, has been made permanent
superintendent.
More than 700 persons from Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon attended the
Holstein stock sale and show held in
Grandview Saturday, at which 40 head
of high-grade Holstein heifers brought
$4,000
Melvin Kelso, 8-year-old son Of Ed
ward Kelso, who lives seven miles
northwest of Deer Park, while playing
with shotgun, was accidentally shot
recently in the left eye and died in
stantly.
Mrs. Kate Weinberg, wife of E. w.
Weinberg, former mayor of Colfax,
died Sunday, after a lingering illness
of cancer. Mrs Weinberg was SO years
old and had lived in and near Colfax
since 1877.
The lower route paralleling the Co
lumbia river was selected by the Lin
county commissioners for the road ap
preaching Seaton's ferry. Right-of-way
by previous agreement of the patrons
of the road will be waived and con
struction will begin in the spring.
Maps shown, for the first time, II
one of the Tacoma railroad offices this
week, revealed that surveys for three
railroads, starting at Grays Harbol
and extending north into the hitherto
almost untapped Olympic peninsula
have been completed.
i Considerable interest is being dis
played by farmers and farmers wive
and daughters in all parts of the stat
in the farm week" which will be he'll
in connection with the closing week o
the winter school at the Washingto
State college, February 9 to IA, ir
elusive.
For a consideration of $45,000 ]. K
Smith has disposed of his interests i
the Washington Grain and Milling Co
which includes the -four mills at Real
dan and Creston and warehouse
along the Central Washington raj
road, to Mauritz Thomson of Seattle
president of the Centennial Mill Co.
, The Inland Paper Co. at Millwoo
, has installed one of the largest paper
making machines in the United States
It will be used in making new prin
and wrapping paper and when run t
its full capacity will turn out so ton
per day. The plant has an investmen
of 100000, employs IT'S men and ha
a monthly payroll of $4,000.
The brick plant at Chewelah, Wash
has turned out two and half million
brick the past season, nearly all o
which will be used by the Washington
Water Power Co. In the construction
of its power house and buildings q
Long Lake. An up to date tile ma
chine has been purchased and will b.
added to the plant In the spring.
Under a decision of the attorne
general the second draft of the state
wide eight-hour bill recently filed b,
the socialist party is invalid becaus
the enacting clause has been left on
and the filing of third measure will
be necessary. The first measure wa
spoiled by gross typographical errors
The new buildings at the state inst
tuition for the feeble minded at Med
ical Lake will be three cottages, on
custodian building and one storag
building and employees dormitory
They will accommodate $50 persons
The boys will be housed in the ne,
buildings, a mile and quarter fror
the present structure, which will b
kept for the girls.
A large numerical and proportions
increase in the number of all accident
reported to the state industrial In
surance commission for the year ent
ed September 20, 1913, as compare
with the previous IL months, Is tn
Z feature of the recently published Sc
ond annual report of the commission
The figures show 1891 firms liste'
with 162,97O employees, an increase
about $4,000 over 1912. The tot
, accident claims filed increased frol
1886 to 1886, nearly Az per cen
, while the fatal accidents climbed fro
n 279 in the first year of the comml
A sion to 81 in the second year, an 1