Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-07-23
WASHINGTON News NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Electric Storm Hits Yakima.
YAKIMA.-An electrical storm July
l6 did considerable damage about
Yakima valley.
Paouse Postmaster Quits.
PALOUSE.-R. A. Bevlail, post
master, has rendered his resignation
to become effective at once.
Form National Wheat Body.
A national wheat growers associa-
ton similar to that formed this year
in this state is to be formed in Chi
cago July 1924.
Odessa Has 1850 Population.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-The census
of Odessa, Wash, shows population
of 1850 persons, an increase of 1865,
or 1876 per cent, since 1910.
Kettle Falls Lad browns.
KETTLE FALLS.--Leonard Hagg,
age II, son of Gregory Hagg, was
drowned recently in a bayou Of the
Columbia river. He took cramps.
Mower Sewers Boys Foot.
PROSSER. Paul Peterson, 10
year-old boy of Benton City, fell from
mower directly in front of the
horses and one foot was severed by
the cycle bar
Bars Tonics and Bitters.
COLVILLE-The city council has
adopted drastic prohibition ordi.
nance All alcohol tonics and bitters
are barred. Heavy penalties will be
imposed upon all violators of the
ordinance.
Alfalfa Profitable Crop.
PASCO.-E. Clemens, who lives just
west of the city, reports that he has
harvested from ground seeded last
year two and half tons of alfalfa an
acre, this being the first crop. The
hay was sold for $50 ton, making
the receipts 500 an acre
laud Experiment Station.
ELLENSBURG. The Washington
State college agricultural station al
Waterville is big success and O
| great benefit to farmers, in the opin
ion of delegation of Ellensburs
farmers who have just returned from
the annual field day there.
Storm Hits WaIIa WaIla.
| WALLA WALLA,-Walla Walla
hottest day of the season, SO degrees
was followed July II by high wind
bringing cloud of dust from tn,
west so thick that objects blocl
away were Obscured, and this wa
| followed by rain.
viii Rebuild Cofax Mill.
| COLFAX.-Plans are under way TO
the rebuilding of the mill which re
| Gently burned, with the same capacit,
as the one destroyed, 500 barrels ;
day. The new building will be o
concrete and in every way moderr
and up to date.
WaIla WaI!a Crop viii Be Heavy.
! WALLA WALLA-Distrct Hort
culturist +. G. Wood estimated vege
table crops of Walla Walla county as
follows: Onions, 900 acres; asparagus
300 acres; rhubarb, 200 acres, cab
bage, 200 acres; potatoes, 450 acres;
miscellaneous, 100 acres. The aggre
gate shows about 80 per cent gain
Rains Improve orovilIe Crops
OROVILLE. - Recent rains have
greatly improved crop prospects il
the north part of the country, espe
cially through the hill country. Crops
on the lower lands, above the irriga
ton system, can be put down as q
total failure. Light snow during the
winter and long drouths this sprins
were the cause.
Bandit Loots Starbuck Bank.
| STARBUCK.-While Cashier NJ. C
Zintheo was chatting with a custome
last Saturday at the tellers window o
the Starbuck State Bank, a roughl,
clad man, unmasked, but wearin,
large amber glasses, entered the place
presented gun and drove Mr.. Tin
thee, Mr.. List and Miss Gladys Broth
erton, the bookkeeper, into the vaul
locked them up and escaped with 50
500 in currency and $500 in coin.
Warns Against Leaf Rollers.
WENATCHEE.-A emphatic war;
ing to all the fruit growing district
, of the state is sounded by Professc
A. L. Melander of Washington Stat
college against the leaf roller" tn
newest and most deadly pest that ha
yet appeared in the orchards of VAS
, ington. The leaf roller is similar I
! the cooling moth. Eggs are laid j
, different parts of the tree, hatch in,