Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-01-29
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

The Portland Traction company is
losing more than $500 daily by the OPP
Grafton of nickel buses in the longest
ed districts of Portland
Elwood Bruner of Nome, Alaska,
member of the Alaska territorial SEN
ate from the Second division. died at
his winter home in Byron Springs,
Cal, of heart failure recently
Mrs. Mary Ann Stephenson. age "a
years, died recently at Baker, Ore
She was pioneer OF Oregon, coming
to the state with her husband, the
late DR.. ID. ID. Stephenson, in 1852
Jitney buses in San Francisco are
costing the United Railways alone
considerable in excess of 81 a minute
between s O'Clock in the morning and
the same hour in the evening, accord
ing to reports.
Charges of conspiracy to commit
murder were sworn to in San Fran
cisco by Harry Hargrave. editor of a
weekly publication, against Carlton
Wall, John Birmingham, Eddie Graney
and Matt Tierney, whose arrest he
caused.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson placed
himself squarely on record recently as
opposed to any amendment to the anti
alien land act passed by the California
legislature in 1918. He indicated that,
if the Shartel bill, introduced in the
assembly, eliminating the three-year
leasing clause, passed the legislature,
he would meet it with the executive
veto.
Three engineers employed in the
quarries of the British Columbia
Transport company at the mouth of
Pitt lake were drowned recently when
a 10-foot tidal wave swept away near
ly all the equipment of the quarry. An
exceptionally heavy blast had torn
away part of the mountain and the
huge mud slide into the lake caused
the tidal wave.
Planning the installation of lumber
displays and selling exhibits which
will attract the attention of lumber
men from every part of the United
States, the Western Retail Lumber
mems association will move every de-
partment of it's activities temporarily
from Spokane to San Francisco dur
ing the twelfth annual conference Of
the association on February II, IS and
10. The displays and sessions of the
association will be in the Hoo Hoo
building on the exposition grounds.
Redding, Gala magnificent spec
tacular demonstration was given Sat
urday by Lassen peak, which early
broke forth in what is perhaps the
most violent eruption of the series
that began last May. Subterranean
rumblings and tremors of the earth
were heard and felt at Volta, 25 miles
from the peak. Falling ashes covered
the snow fields at Macomber flat, IA
miles away The plumed column of
steam from the crater was visible
at great distance.
A tong war broke out suddenly Sun
day night at peace conference in San
duSloCO uCtWccu luSa oucy
Sen Wings and the Four Families, in
which one Chinese was killed and an
other, President Quong Quock Wall of
the Sen Suey Wings, seriously wound
ed. simultaneously hostilities started
in other California cities. One Chi
nese was killed and another shot in
the hip near Stockton and still anoth-
er wounded in Oakland. A score of
arrests were made in the three cities.
The Canadian Northern railway is
now completed from Lake Superior to
the Pacific coast, the last rail having
been laid at Basque, village on the
North Thompson river, 200 miles east
of Vancouver. 1t will require until
April Is to ballast the line in shape
for trains, and the official ceremony
of driving the golden spike probably
will occur about May l. 1t may be
midsummer before a regular through
service is opened. From Vancouver to
Edmonton the heaviest grade is four
tenths of per cent.