Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-23
WASHINGTON ITEMS


new $4,000 county tuberculosis sani-
tarium at Spokane.
The funeral of the late Colonel e.
H. Morrison. who died recently was
held at Spokane Monday.
The Canadian military authorities
are seeking to secure 5000 Inland EN-
pire horses for use in the British cav.
airy service.
Last week five carloads of apples
were shipped from Cashmere to Eu-
rope, one carload going to Scotland
and four to Norway.
The business men of North Yakima
In conjunction with the commercial
club OF that place is formulating
plan of reorganization under the bu-
reau and budget system.
Melvin Wilson, 10-year-old boy,
was fatally shot in the abdomen dur
ing the fighting. The other two citi-
zens injured were not dangerously
hurt.
| The postoffice. the J d. Eastman
drug store and r. j. Ralph's general
store at Wilson Creek were complete
ly destroyed in an early morning blaze
Tuesday.
At the recent industrial fair for
schools at Chewelah, exhibits of draw
ing, art, domestic science, cooking,
sewing, manual arts and agricultural
products were shown.
Miss Mary A. Storrs, a direct de-
scendant of Patrick Henry, the noted
Saturday. Bliss Storrs, recently cele-
brated her SOth birthday.
The funeral of Mrs. Sophia Jane
Dawson the Oldest woman in Sprague,
was held Saturday. Mrs. Dawson was
born in Kentucky November s, 1916,
being SO years IL months and 6 days
old. Mrs. Dawson was the mother of
IL children.
Six masked men entered the First
National bank of Sedro-Woolley at
$3.50 Saturday night and after shoot
ing out all of the window lights and
wounding three citizens escaped with
every penny in the tills, aggregatins
; over $4,000.
Brakeman Joseph Trembley of the
Northern Pacific after losing both
legs and an arm in an accident al
Prosser, and knowing that he could
live only short time, talked with
his wife in Pasco over the phone and
babe her goodby.
One hundred and fifty students, who
otherwise could not have remained
in college, were given work through
| the Y. M. G. A. employment bureau al
the University OF Washington last
year Their net earnings amounted
to about $4,000.
II 1niative measure No. 6, the blu
sky law" is enacted by the voters al
the coming election it will add 500,
900 to the expenses of the pubic
service commission, the commission
estimated in making up it's budget for
the forthcoming biennium
Despite the predictions of cascara
dealers for the past quarter of a cen.
fury that the supply of cascara bark
would soon be exhausted, each year
the yield is sufficient to meet the lie.
mand, and the state of Washington
continues to do it's share in the pro-
duction. We sent $150,OOO worth to Eu.
rope in 1913.
F. w. Easley, who has charge of
Chelan county's portion of the Scenic
highway construction work, has closed
his camp for the year, after building
four and half miles of switchback
road and one mile of new road. About
10 miles of new road are to be built
next spring, costing in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 per mile.
During the month of September the
state of Washington was credited
with 24S,42 acres of nonirrigable land
subject to the terms of the enlarged
homestead act by the department of
the interior. The areas are in central
Washington, in Franklin, Adams. Doug
las and other counties. Settlers are
allowed to locate 800 acres under the
enlarged homestead act, instead of 100.
President E. F. Benson of the Wash
ington Irrigation institute, announces
the program for the three days SEES
sion OF the institute December 16, II
and IL at North Yakima. Governor
Ernest Lister, Director f. H. Newell
OF the United States reclamation serv-
Ice, Assistant President J. D. Far
rell of the O.-W. R. & N. company,
and Thomas Cooper, assistant to presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific, are on
the program for December IS, gov
ernor's day, while Commissioner l. d.
O'Donnell Of the reclamation service,
Duncan Marshall, minister of agricul-
ture, Alberta, and others will speak
Friday. The program Of speakers In
cludes long list of men of note
from all over the country.