Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-11
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

| ivan ID. SymmOnQS, VINO sent Strycn'
nine to Ruth Morgan at Seattle, ap-
peared Saturday in superior court at
Yakima and ,sprang a sensation when
he gave his age as Is.
The auditor of the Yakima Valley
| Transportation company reports that
| during the first weeks trial of the
10-cent fare the residents of Yakima
made little complaint.
An overheated stove Saturday start
ed blaze in the BrownE lmore com
panys shoe store at Aberdeen, Wash,
damaging stock valued at $4,000 and
causing loss of $4,000, fully in
sured.
Delegates from ia chapters of the
northwest division of the Red Cross
which includes Washington, Oregon
and Idaho and Alaska territory, will
hold their second annual conference
in Seattle this week.
Major George w. Thompson, vet
eran of our two last wars, has been
appointed superintendent of the state
soldiers home at Orting. He will
take charge May 1, succeeding E. c.
Warner, resigned.
Plans are rapidly going forward at
Tacoma for the entertainment of at
least 100000 visitors from all parts
of the northwest who are expected to
pour into the city to attend the North
west Peace Jubilee, which will be
held for seven days, from June 80 to
July 6, inclusive.
Federal officers recently arrested
Pat Greelish, a wealthy pioneer farm
er, for shipping to himself from San
Francisco large canister of coffee
containing eight quarts of whisky
Greelish, who is bachelor and farms
| 400 acres of wheat land II miles
from Wenatchee, had just returned
from California
| Explosion of ton of dynamite
from some unexplained cause in the
power house of the Pacific Coast Goa
company's mine at IssaQuah, Wash.
about 20 miles southeast of Seattle
Saturday, shattered every window il
the rs or 100 workers homes, broke
plate glass windows in Issaquah ant
did damage to the mine.
Commencing May /, 5000 members OF
Seattle building trades unions, repre-
senting "a affiliated locals, will OBJ
serve a five-day week. The action
was decided upon after a referendum
as a means of helping to remedy un
employment in the trades. Plasterers
and bricklayers have been observins
the 40hour week for some time.
First contingent of nurses and doc
tors to be sent through the Red Cross
from Seattle to Siberia, numbering "a
will leave on the liner Kashima Mari
April %, going to Vladivostok via
Yokohama. During the summer the
Red Cross expects to recruit 10(
nurses and doctors, who will be SEN
to Siberia for years service OF
longer if needed.
Immediate consideration of the
how-Okanogan irrigation projec
was asked of the state reclamation
and land settlement board at con
ference in Olympia Monday by al
Okanogan delegation. Development O
the project, it was said, would make
10000 more acres available for farm
ing and fruit. raising. Members o
the delegation: George ID. Brown
and W. H. Benteen of Wenatchee ant
Chelan county; NJ. b. Howe, Water
vile, Douglas county; E. r. Tyler ant
IL. J. Kerr, Brewster, Okanogar
county.
Women's Clubs Meet.
The fifth semi-annual meeting O.
the northeastern Washing district fed
Grafton of women's clubs was helc
in Cheney Saturday. At the close o
the afternoon program the followins
were elected officers for next year
Mrs. e. Phyllis Carleton of tn,
Woman's club, of Spokane, president
Mrs. c. S. Gilbert of Valleyford
treasurer
Mrs. z. A. Pile of the Twentieth
Century club, Spokane, correspondent,
secretary.
Other officers, whose terms helt
over are. Mrs. Z. X. Hanna, Colfax
vice president; Mrs. Phil T. Becher
Twentieth Century, Spokane, auditor
and Mrs. w. S. Odell, Mica, secretary
RECENT DEATHS.
Pullman.-Patrick Drain, age 8: