Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-05-16
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Eastern Washington district ex.
ceeded It's Victory quota.

Eastern Washington district es
. ceeded Its Victory quota.
w. l.. aBtes, a rancher living nea
Tacoma, shot and killed himself Sat
urday.
The jaywalking section of Spc
kane's new city traffic ordinance i
now in effect.
st. John.-Miss Frame Babcock, tn
, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B
Babcock, and Ernest Spencer wer,
married Saturday at the country HON,
of the brides parents.
Washington subscribed it's Victor.
Liberty loan quota of more thar
$44 100000. Seattle and Tacoms
both exceeded their quotas, it II
said. Seattle's unofficial subscriptions
were placed at about $4,000, 900.
First months receipts of the Seat
tie municipal railway, from March
81 to April 30, were $415,4S5. In
April Of last year. before the lines
were bought by. the city from the
Puget Sound Traction, Light and
Power company the receipts were
$355,10
| The Central Ferry route survey
across the Snake river. has been
chosen and approximately $500, 900
will be used this year in improving
| this final link in the Inland Empire
highway, which connects Spokane
and the Coast cities. State High.
way Commissioner James Allen an
nounces.
T. r. Horne, Yakima manager for
| the Utah-ldaho Sugar company, an
| nOunced that so far his company has
brought in about $50 laborers to work
in the beet fields this year. For a
| week he has been bringing in Fill
pinos at the rate of about Is day,
and he now has about 100 men of that
nationality at work.
While examining a revolver in
their room at a hotel in Spokane,
Saturday Floyd Lane, age 16, acct.
dentaly discharged the weapon and
! almost instantly killed his friend,
I Ernest Collins, age "a, the bullet en-
tering between the second and third
ribs on the right side and coming
out below the shoulder blade in the
back after severing an artery. They
were both recent arrivals from La
Porte, Indiana.
Miss Ruth Garrison, 18year-old
Seattle girl is waiting commitment
to the insane ward of the state pen
itentiary at Walla Walla. A jury
found her not guilty of murder on
account of mental responsibility
Miss Garrison was charged with
numbering Mrs. Grace Glatz Storrs,
her rival for the love of her hus-
band. d. M. Storrs. On March 10,
the day after the murder, Miss Gar
risson confessed and told how she
poisoned Mrs. Storrs while at lunch
in department store tea room at
Seattle. During the trial Miss Gar
rison took the witness stand and re-
peated the story of the crime.
Last of Yakima Wool Sold.
Mrs. M. f. Vessey's wool clip of
10000 pounds, the last big clip re-
naming in the Yakima district, was
purchased Monday by Harry Armit-
age, who now has probably a quarter
of the Yakima clip, which he is hold
ing for sale. The reported price was
80 to 40 cents pound, depending on
grade. Mr.. Armitage says there is
considerable wool still in the hands
of growers in the Eliensburg district.
Wool men who anticipated low prices
this year on account of the govern
ment's holdings are reported to be
well pleased with returns.
kennewick Berries Ripe.
At Kennewick May 10 saw the
opening of the 1919 strawberry sea-
son, and according to statistics at
hand. the years crop will be larger
than ever. Good prices are promised
the growers by local houses. Practi-
cally no damage has been done by
frost, but the season is two weeks
later than usual.
Five-Day Week at Seattle.
Building operations in Seattle re-
sumed Monday under the five-day
week and wage scale of $3.50 per day
for carpenters and SO for bricklayers,
pending decision of Cancellation as
to wages and working hours.
RECENT DEATHS.
Sprague-Mrs. Charles l.. Fish, age
81.
Spokane.-Mrs. Louisa d. Payne,
age 70, for 81 years resident of
Snokape motbar of n NJ pavna wa,l