Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-11-14
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF,

ina, WASH, won the ADerdeen-AnguS
honors in the California international
| livestock show in San Francisco.
Toppenish.-A completely modern
apartment house costing in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 will be built in
Toppenish by Leo. s. Ross in the near
future.
Othello.-Snow began falling at 9
a. m. Wednesday and continued during
the day. There is no frost in the
ground and snow is about gone. Farm
ers are busy seeding.
Seattle.-Washingt club women
are now accepting as final Governor
l.. F. Harris decision not to call a
special session of the state legislature
to consider ratification of the national
suffrage amendment.
Yakima.-Governme funds in the
reclamation service are running so low
that it may have to borrow from water
y
on necessary maintenance work.
Toppenish.-Police court will be held
every morning in Toppenish hereafter
in order to cope with the bootlegging
and vice problems. This system has
been inaugurated to take the place of
the old method of allowing bootleggers
to put up bail and then forfeit it in
order to keep out of court.
Seattle-Seattle is made Pacific coast
headquarters for a combine of ship
ping firms of Cardiff, London, Glasgow
and other ports, known as Gueret,
Jacks & Partners, representing an ag-
gregate capitalization of $4,000, 900. G.
q. Walter will be resident manager.
Seattle.-Seattle's ministerial fedora
ton has adopted a resolution request
ing the United States district court
to issue an injunction barring the
modern school association" from hold
ing it's night classes of the organization
here, charging that it's teachings are
un-American.
Walla Walla.-The month just ended
was the wettest October in five years,
according to weather office records.
The total rainfall was 1876 inches, an
excess of .48 inch. The excess of mois-
ture from September 1 was 81 inch.
1t was also the coolest October since
1905, the mean temperature being so
degrees.
Walla Walla.-The present rate of
buying on the part of the public will
clean the coal bins of local fuel men
by the end of the week. This does
not mean that there will be suffering
here, according to fuel dealers, who
say Walla Walla is one of the best
cities for summer buying of coal in
the northwest. Dealers say they will
not raise prices on the present sup
ply
Yakima.-Eleven hundred persons
Joined the Red Cross during the first
day of the annual roll call, according
to report made to Harry ]. Venables,
city drive chairman. During the noon
hour last Wednesday I. ]. Bounds,
with contingent of Elks put on
street show which netted a number
of memberships. Similar stunts will
be done Thursday noon by the business
girls club.
Walla Walla.-The county commits
sioners have called for bids on five
bridges, one with 110-foot span over
the Walla Walla river near Lowden.
Two concrete bridges will be built, one
across Dry creek at Dixie and the other
across the Coppei at Waitsburg. Two
more will be built at the forks of the
Coppei. The commissioners plan
to have the contracts let so that as
soon as funds become available work
can start.
Yakima.-No coal was received in
Yakima Wednesday and the supply of
wood is running low. Five cars which
arrived were Communicated by rail
roads, being kept in the yards, though
without a special guard Reports are
that there was considerable pilfering
done, especially in parties driving up
in automobiles. Schools have suffi-
cient supply to last some months, and
q number Of youngsters arrive early
at the buildings so as to be warm.
City bakeries, after survey of the
situation, announce they can keep on
running several weeks. Practically all |
and hotels are using wood
Spokane.-Some of the prisoners In
The city Jail in the last week have ex-
pressed special fondness for Tokay
grapes. There was nothing unusual
n that, so they were allowed to buy
hem. Others preferred apples. This
was nothing unusual, either. Some
lines, too, Jail food was not sugared