Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-12-03
WASHINGTON news NOTES
Recent Happenings In This state
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Send Apples to Children.

Send Apples to Children.
KENNEWICK. The Highland
Woman's club at recent meeting
voted to send 1000 pounds of apples
to the children's orthopedic hospital
at Seattle.
"Whistling Evangelist" Dies.
William Fonda, known
in Seattle as the "whistling evange-
list" died at hospital here of in
iuries sustained when he fell from a
second-story window.
Tacoma SmeIttr Cuts Wages.
TACOMA.-The Tacoma smelter
has posted notices to it's employees
that 50-cent day reduction OF
wages will become effective at once.
Five hundred men are afflicted.
Nurses Raise Pay.
The scale of prices recently adopt
ed by the Spokane County Nurses
Association shows an increase of
from 81 to So day. according to the
case, making it Sc and 81 day.
otheIlo Telephone System Sold.
OTHEI4LO.-The former Farmers
and Merchants Telephone company
system was recently sold by the
sheriff to John M. Phillips, the Lind
banker, who held claim against it.
Dartmouth Beats Our "u."
SEATTLE.-Washington university
football warriors were unable to solve
the brilliant passing of Dartmouth
college in their game here Saturday,
and lost to the fasteners, % to T.
Mrs. J. p. Graves Dies.
SPOKANE. = Mrs. Amanda Cox
Graves, wife of Jay =. Graves, the cap
italist, died at the family home on
Waikiki farm on the Little Spokane
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. Death
was due to heart trouble.
Value National Guard Property.
OLYMPIA.-The annual inventory
of federal and state military property
and equipment in use by the Wash
ington national guard. prepared by
the adjutant general and filed with
the state board of supervision and
| inspection of public offices discloses
| that the stae has no winyested nearly
100000 in military property. Fed
eral equipment is valued at consid.
erably more.
Talk Higher Fares, Seattle.
SEATTLE.-The city treasurer an.
nounced Saturday that on December
"a disbursements in the municipal
street railway department of the city
will go on warrant basis. He says
a deficit of 100000 exists in that de.
partment The council will probably
increase fares to 1-3 cents rather
than require employees to accept war,
rants for their pay. The present fare
is GA cents.
Prosser Buys Fire Truck.
| .PROSSER.-Six thousand dollars
has been appropriated by the Prossei
city council with which to purchase
an up-to-date fire wagon, mounted on
an automobile truck. together will
incidental apparatus adequate to the
needs of the city.
Holland Country Asks Of Farming.
| WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
/ PULI4MAN.-The State college has
received from the state department
of Holland request for data on agri
cultural conditions in this country
The letter states that heavy emigra
ton will start from Holland mex
spring.
Quit Urging Beet as Crop.
YAKIMA.-The Ct4n-,daho sugar
company, after three Years of cam
raigning for acreage to be planted
to sugar beets. eacn season Will
less success, has apparently Gecidet
10 adopt the policy of LEASING lane
and then subtle isils ii to farmer.
from other sections
Students Vote TO Pay More.
| WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE I,
IPULLMAN.-Stan to the man.
massmeeting of 700 students recent,
Endorsed $40 year tuition plan t.
raise money to build a state college
memorial gymnasium and woman's
building for the state college o
Washington
Wenatchee Fruit Shipments.
WENATCHEE.-Tota fruit ship
ments to date out Of the Neaatchet
district amount to 6e14 cars, O
which 1917 are summer fruit ant
1897 apples. Estimating these ship
nents to be worth $500 a car to IN,
grower. the total value of the croy
is about $10.0O0,O0o This is less tina,
the value of last years shipments
Prices in 1919 were higher, am
volume of shipments was greater.
Engineer Issues Report.
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