Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-11-13
WASHINGTON ITEM

Washington state was % years old
last Wednesday.
G. o. Bracket, aged n years, died
recently at Newport.
BIuestem wheat sold at Ritzville for
$1.05 and red for 80 cents last Sat
urday.
The state will not be dry until Janu-
airy |, 1916, according to Seattle's cor
poration counsel, in his opinion Sat
urday,
Chandler Earle, 20 years old, was in.
stantly killed at Colfax Sunday when
an auto overturned, burying the lad
beneath.
Martin Harris, aged 20, pleaded
Utility to a charge of horse stealing at
Colfax and got from one to 10 years
in the p~enitentiary at hard labor.
The election of o. R. Holcomb to
the supreme court creates a vacancy
on the bench of the superior court of
Adams, Franklin and Benton counties.
The Davenport students in high
school manual training have received
notice that their exhibit at the Ia
coma state contest carried away the
grand prize offered, as well as four
other prizes on workmanship.
Four thousand rabbits were killed
in a drive at Burbank Sunday, the
largest in hat part of the country in
years. More than 100 men from
Walla Walla, Burbank, Pasco, Kenne
wick and other points took part.
The labor situation at Prosser is be
coming acute. Many men have beer
attracted by the work on the Benton
City road and the reclamation service
work on the extension of the Sunny
side canal. There are 10 men her
for every job.
Chief of Police Austin e. Griffiths
defeated progressive candidate TO
congress Tuesday, Saturday sent hi
resignation to Mayor Hiram @. Gil
of Seattle. He said he felt he was no
properly qualified for the position an
desired to be relieved.
In their desire to make a clea
sweep for the republicans in the r.
cent election, the electors In one prs
: einct at Chehalis elected a dead ma
: to office. w. NJ. Crown, candidat
for constable, was accidentally kille
two weeks before election.
Judge NJ. NJ. Goldman who resigne
the craftsmanship of the state publ
service commission several month
ago because of i'll health, and WI
long has been a leader in the dem
cratic party of this state, died at h
q home in Seattle Monday night.
Charles McMullen, d. w. Roderic
lie. S. LaForge, W. o. Dow, George '
Coburn, John Scott, James Cowan W.
d son, J. S. Richards, j. M. Wade, Harl
oCrowl, P. S. Darlington, o. T. Clawso
C. A. Leedy and George Scheidemant
, have been chosen to represent Il
!, fruit growers of the Wenatchee di
trict at the seventh National App
Show and Fruit Products congress
: be held at Spokane November 16 to 2
Corrected returns on the Washin
ton legislature, which probably W
prove final, give the political compo'
ton of the two houses as follows:
oil neutrality-suspicious. 81, democra
6, progressives s.. One vacancy to
it filled by special election in Pier
county.
n House-Republicans rs, democra
Is, p~rogressives s, nonpartizan 1.
al Progressives gained one senator al
1. two representatives in Snohomi
q county from the republicans gain
= county from the republicans on late
returns, while the republicans gain
" first credited to the democrats.
d Republicans have in the house
votes more than the two-thirds N
jority necessary to pass a bill ov
IL the governors veto.
In the senate they lack n vote
two-thirds, but this will be made up
Pierce county elects a republican, as
anticipated, to fill the vacancy caus
by the death of Senator w. d. Colt,
progressive.
Holdoyer senators are nine repuh
cans, five democrats and six progr'
sives, with one vacancy.