Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-09-10
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Chelan County Valuation.

WENATCHEE.-Che county has
gained $4,6S5.S90 in assessed valua-
ton dNring the last year, or more
than % per cent
Rains Benefit Sugar Beets.
WAIIA WALLA. - Recent rains
have been of great benefit to the
sugar beets of the valley. The har-
vest will start in a short time.
Bartlett Pear Crop Harvested.
HANFORD.-The last picking of
Bartlett pears has been shipped.
Winter Banana apples will also go
forward followed by Johnathans.
Combined Harvester Burned.
THORNTON-Th motor driven
combined harvester owned by Shea
han & Hall recently upset in a field
of barley adjoining Thornton and was
totally destroyed by fire which start
ed from the gasoline from the tank
Set Special Mabton Fair Dates.
NATION, Wash.-The following
specials days have been arranged for
the Mabton hay palace fair, Septem-
Der Is to 1S: Wednesday, Sunnyside
and Prosser; Thursday, Yakima and
Toppenish; Friday, Grandview and
Bickleton Saturday, Mabton.
CentraIia Wins Rail Fight.
OLYMPIA. - The public service
commission has issued an order in
structing the Northern Pacific. Great
Northern, Oregon & Washington and
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul to
make physical connection Of their
tracks in Centralia.
Kills Wife and Himself.
ABERDEEN.-E. w. Howard re-
centyl shot and killed his wife, Dora
Howard, then turned his revolver on
himself. Both were dead when found
by neighbors. Howard and his wife
had been separated for a month.
Exhume Bodies Of Chinese.
WALLA WALLA.-The bodies of
80 Chinese buried here within the
last 13 years are being disinterred to
be sent back to, China for permanent
burial, according to the ancient GUS
tom of the race. All told, nearly 200
bodies buried in the Walla Walla dis
trict will be exhumed and sent in one
shipment to China.
State Funds Total $6,517,925.
notwithstanding to the re-
port of the state treasurer to the
state auditor, the balance for the
week ending August 81 totals $6,517,-
925. An overdraft of $27, 1855 is shown
the public highway fund. The motor
vehicle fund is the highest single
item with total of $1,433,596.
Electric Light Plants Sold.
MALDEN.-A deal was consum-
mated recently whereby the Enloe
Electric company disposed of its
holdings in the Palouse, comprising
! light plants at Maiden, Pine City,
Rosalia, Waverly and Fairfield. The
Rosalia, Waverly and Fairfield plants
We're purchased by H. l. Ellis of
Rosalia, who has been manager of
the Enloe company's business there
| for several years.
Yakima Apples to Europe.
YAKIMA.-Yakima shippers as
result of efforts of the commercial
club have contracted for all refrig-
Grated space aboard the Hamburg
American steamer Kinderdyke, thus
providing water transportation to
Europe for $4,000 boxes of apples, or
approximately 10 carloads The
freight will be $47,600 or $1.4O a box
from Puget Sound port through the
Panama canal to London, Antwerp or
Rotterdam.
State Gets Slacker's Land.
! OLYMPIA.-The supreme court has
ordered escheated to the state, land
in Stevens county held by Casper
Staeheli, an alien, who avoided mil
itary service when called under the
selective draft in 1917, by claiming
exemption on the ground that he was
not citizen Of the United States.
After action to obtain forfeiture of
his land had been started by the
state in 1918, .Staeheli filed declara-
ton of his intention to become a
citizen.
Injured Granted More.
OLYMPlA.-The attorney general
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