Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-03-28
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.


On Monday and Tuesday, March "a
and %, Pasco entertained the secre-
taries of commercial clubs and cham
bers of commerce of the state in semi
annual convention.
One hundred and forty-four aviators,
western men who were members of va
rious aero squadrons, reached Camp
Lewis Saturday for rehabilitation
from the service.
H. e. Decker of Victoria, Australia,
visited Yakima recently to buy bulls
from the Congdon-Battles herd of Abb
erdeen-Angus. He is getting classy
stock for his herd of 600 cows in Aus
tralia.
F. C. White, Seattle, was instantly
killed Saturday while learning to drive
an automobile he had just purchased.
White lost control of the car while dri-
wing over a bridge in the southern
part of the city and the car crashed
through the railing, crushing him be-
| meath it.
Charging that 14,547 cases of calmon
in Seattle owned by Italy were unlaw-
fully taxed by King County, G. Petra,
| head of the Italian ministry of food
and agriculture, recently brought suit
in superior court asking Judgment
against the county treasurer for ST.
OS4, the tax paid.
David w. Henderson, for seven years
| head of the transportation department
of the Puget Sound Traction Light &
Power company, will be superintendent
of transportation of Seattle's munich
pal street railway system after the
traction company's lines have been ta-
ken over by the city
Mrs. V. O. Peterson, citizen of
Tacoma was struck by a sand and
gravel truck in the residence section
of that city Saturday, receiving injur-
les from which she died before an am
bulance could reach her. The driver OF
the truck is being held by the police
for investigation.
Instead of leasing the Palace hotel
building, Walla Walla, to the Y w
c. A., as was announced few days
ago, it develops now that Mr.. and
Mrs. T. G. Elliott have turned the
hotel over to the association as a
gift. 1t will be converted into home
for working and transient women
The hotel is valued at $4,000.
Patrons of an alleged booze factory
of Oroville will be unable to Obtain
any more of moonshine whisky, which
is said to have found an unfailing list
of customers before the government
. officials made a raid recently. Ma,
, Bussert, age % years, is in the Spo
kane county Jail and his brother, A
Bussert, age 30 years, is under $150(
bond to appear before the grand jury
Walla Walla County Agriculture
Agent II. H. Boone has notified the
county commissioners that he intends
to resign to enter the employ of c. F
Fathers of Prescott, who is about tt
start one of the biggest private irri
CATION projects on the Touchet river
, Mr.. Fathers plans to water from 80'
: to 1000 acres by pumping and MI
Boone will be in charge and carry on
| plans of scientific farming on larg'
scale
Governor Takes Note.
, Swedish residents of Washington
< were charged with showing "a wonder
A full lack of loyalty" during the war il
J., note sent Saturday by acting Cover
: nor l.. M Hart to Frank l.. Pork, act
ing secretary of state, in reply to
complaint male by a Swedish mass
meeting in Seattle against alleged il
treatment. The complaint alleged eA
: istence of organized propagand
against Swedes in this state, that pass
g ports to Sweden have been held u
and deportation threatened.
;. 1T is generally believed by those i
o authority the governors note sale
that representatives of the Swedis
8 government urged the Swedes to fol-
: felt their declaration papers that the
E might eyade military service, and tina
y it even sought them out for this pun
/. pose"
The executive, however, promise
he would investigate the charR of al
ti-Swedish propaganda
{ Approves Budget.
Olympia Approval of the suppl
mental budget by Acting Governor |
i +. Hart adds $1,437 900 to appropris
g tons made by the 18th session an
L brings the total to 6,031 ,349.
y On account of errors in amendmer
J. that rendered the bill meaningless
the acting governor vetoed all
substitute house bill 80 containin
drainage districting election amen'
If ments and section of house bin
IS which was intended to extend the ae
l. limit for parental school attendance
j. Is.
4 The acting governor also vetoed Sc
S ton of house bill PA, the coal mi
II ing code amendment.
4 The governor signed house bl
1913, which allows stepchild TO /
herit property passed to a stepmot
er from his own father that otherwis