Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-06-18
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

June rs. Southwest Washington will
come to Olympia en- masse.
building boom is on at Okanogan.
Many new business blocks have re-
Gently been completed and the high
school, bank, and stores are being
erected. The Commercial club has
started campaign to raise $4,000 for
city hospital.
Electrocuted by High Power Line.
YAKIMA-Charles Beal of Finley.
who till recently lived in the Big Bend
country and purchased farm in the
lower valley couple of months ago,
was electrocuted recently when fuses
In the power line burned out and he
attempted to fix them.
Tacoma Auto Races.
TACOA.-"We will have the great
est field of maous motor car racing
stars that ever started in the west"
is the message to the Tacoma Speed
way Association from w. c. Baldwin,
the speedway's president, en- route
to Tacoma from Indianapolis.
Three Lose Lives in Mine.
COLVILLE. Overcome by gas
fumes in tunnel of the Old Dominion
mine near here three men, Peter Nc
Dougal, George Shannon and Ed Shell
don, recently lost their lives The
bodies, which were recovered by Su-
perintendent Lynch and rescue party
were shipped to Spokane.
Women's Ward at "Pen.'
WALI4A WALLA-The new wom-
ems ward at the penitentiary has been
completed and as soon as furniture is
installed women at the institution will
move into it. The building is outside
the main walls of the prison and a
lower wall has been built surrounding
the principal part of the building.
Alien Votes for 81 Years.
SEATTLE.-James Doyle, a civil
war veteran, recently was granted
citizenship. For "a years he had voted
and performed the duties of citizen,
although he was British subject,
born in Ireland. He believed himself
a citizen because of his service in the
Union army and his fathers naturali-
cation
Yakima Jailer Canned"
YAkIMA.-Jailer Bob Sanders was
dismissed from his position by Sheriff
S. l.. Hutchinson Saturday, following
a confession said to have been made
by Elmer Schmidt, age Is, one of the
escaped prisoners, as to the manner in
which all the prisoners broke Jail re-
Gently, ending in an informal dance
on the courthouse lawn. Four of the
prisoners are still at large.
Alfalfa Ranch Is Sold.
WENATCHEE.-The Little Wetzel
stock and alfalfa ranch near Winthrop |
in the Methow valley has been sold to
w. H. Fletcher of Wateryille, and w
A. Holt, formerly agricultural agent of
Okanogan county. The ranch consists
Of 1926 acres in alfalfa and the price
paid was $4,000. 1t is all under irri-
cation and is one of the oldest stock
ranches in Okanogan county.
Employers Lose in Court.
OLYMPIA.-Judge John NJ Wilson
of Thurston county superior court Sat
urday sustained the demurrer of At
torney General Thompson, in the case
Of Moore against Younger and others.
The employers association asked for
a writ of review of the order of the in
dustrial welfare commission establish
ing the minimum wage for female help
in manufacturing establishments at
$3.50 per week. The court held it had
no jurisdiction. The plaintiffs, the
court said, could appeal under the law.
G. o. P. Delegations Final Vote.
The Washington delegation distin.
guished itself in the recent convention
for its consistency. Through the ris-
ing Harding tide of the morning, with |
the Ohio delegation sitting directly in
front of 1t and frantic appeals for it to
Join the band wagon" ringing in its
ears, 1t stayed with its candidate even
through the ninth ballot.
When it came Washingtons turn
10 case Nor vote On the last ballot |
Hardings nomination had already
been sealed. signed and delivered.
had attended to that.
Not until then did Washington split
her vote. 1t is hereby recorded:
For Wood, 5-Walker, Colvin,
Laube, Richards, Dement,.
For Hoover, 1-Hebberd.
For Harding. 6-Reed. Niles, Sefrit,
5exsmith acPhail, Sloan
For Poindexter, 2Lane, Condor.
Banks Worth s2as,24s,22e.
OLYMPIA.-The total resources of
he 296 state banks and seven trust
In this state are $233,243,-
'26. There has been a gain of 1894
Ut in their deposits since February 2S
If this year and In the last year, or
since May 10. 1919, there has been a
gain in deposits totaling $31, 6S3,521.
These are figures contained in re-
port issued recently by the state bank
examiner and is statement of the re-
sources and liabilities OF the state
banks and trust companies at the
lose of business on May 4. Listed
,pdor tho racnurooo ic 60 QaQ $40 IN