Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-10
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Crop prospects were never better IN
Walla Walla county.
The eighth annual horse show will
be held at Colfax Saturday. April Is.
Governor Lister expects to spend his
vacation, May s to %, on his first trip
to Alaska
A boys and girls corn and hog club
was organized in the schools at Pros
ser recently.
Contracts have been let for the cree
ton Of the new state school for girls
at Grand Mound.
Mrs. Dora l.. Burgunder died recent
ly in Colfax. She was born in Eugene
Ore, on August % 1864.
For the third consecutive year Will
lam Lippitt was reelected to head the
Colfax Commercial club.
The new 64-foot ferryboat to ply be-
tween Hood River and White Salmon
was launched this week.
County Commissioner H. c. Martin
who was bitten about three weeks ago
by his pet dog that went mad, died
in Tacoma.
Collections of inheritance taxes, es-
cheats and liquor licenses made in the
past II months by the tax commission
amounted to $241,86213.
An artesian we'll flowing ITO gal
Ions a minute has been struck by the
| city of Colfax on property at Glenwood
held by the city under 99-year lease
The noted Miss Helen Keller will
lecture over the state this month on
"The Heart and Hand" Miss Keller
became deaf and blind when 10 months
old.
The public service commission ha
assigned Assistant Engineer c. ]. Col
gan to work throughout the state in
connection with the elimination Of dan.
gerous grade crossings Of railroads.
Adam Schwartz, a prominent farm.
er living near Odessa, fell dead in
Ritzville recently without uttering a
word. Indications are that death was
due to the drinking of poisoned liquor
Mrs. Henry McCleary was again
chosen regent for the Washington
state assembly, Daughters of the
American Revolution, at its 18th an
nual convention at Spokane last week
The Spokane board of county com
missioners has formally accepted ar
offer from the social service bureau
accept title to the farm east of Spo
kane which the bureau purchased as {
site for a tubercular sanatorium.
| According to report from Olympic
the state and 80 counties won rount
in the railroad tax suits, involving
more than 100000, when at the ar
gument on the demurrer at Olympus
railroad representatives admitted tina
their original complaints were faulty.
Lester T. Blame, who in the fall o
1910 was convicted in the superio
court of the murder of James Sylve.
at Palouse City on Sunday, July
1910, and sentenced to the penitentiar
but released on parole three years aft
er, committed suicide recently at Co
> fax He left wife and four children
The members of the Vineland II
dustrial club have voted to join tn
Northwest Fruit Distributors and
committee of six, headed by Georg
Dagnall, was appointed to see ever
fruit grower in the community regart
y ing the move. The new organizatio
8 will bear the name of the Clarksto
t Producers association.
9 Approximately one-half the wome
Il workers in mercantile establishment
d in the state are now receiving les
than the minimum wage Of $40 pr
e week recommended by the minimum
70 wage conference, according to tt
n state survey made by the industri
4 welfare commission, which will
called upon to put the new minimum
K into effect.
= spokane's Fatal Auto Wreck.
ID Spokane-A girl was killed and tv
T. women and two men injured in Il
1t collision OF an automobile and sire
car here Saturday.
THE DEAD:
Miss Jennie Davis, aged II, Il
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Day
Of Valley, Wash.
IL The injured Levi Prick, Mrs. Ell
u Frick, Willis Prick and Mrs. VIII
~ Prick.
ID
y,
ID Army officer Disappears.
10. Seattle, Wash.--The Seattle poll
az are asked to find Captain ]. H. CT