Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-04-02
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Commissioner of Agriculture Travels.

f. f. Benson, state commissioner OF
agriculture, left March 20, for Aus
tralia to visit and inspect.
Bankers Meet in Spokane.
The annual meeting of northwest
group two of the Washington State
Bankers Association will be held in
Spokane about the end of May.
Community Hall at Odessa.
ODESSA.-The Odessa community
hall committee has had exceptional
success in getting stock subscriptions
for the proposed $4,000 community
hall
Fred Fulton Won Fight.
SEATTLE.-Fred Fulton, Minnesota
heavyweight, knocked out Young Hec-
tor, Bremerton, Wash, in the first
round of scheduled four-round bout
here recently.
Plans for $4,000 Pavilion.
SPOKANE.-Tentative plans for the
Western Royal Live Stock show pa
vilion, prepared by the architect, calls
for a structure that will cost approx
mately $4,000.
Thieves Drug Hotel Guest.
SEATTLE.-Seven guests of the
New Washington hotel recently re-
ported thieves entered their rooms
with passkeys and escaped with about
$3.50 in cash. The guests had been
drugged.
Pays $4,000 for Mckee Land.
YAKIMA.-The C. G. H. Hog Grow
ers Syndicate, which began business
in Yakima valley year ago, has pur-
chased 1900 acres in the Mckee from
E. P. Sanford for $4,000. The ranch
will be stocked with hogs. 1t already
has necessary farm buildings.
Spokane Bank Robbed.
SPOKANE Within SO feet of the
business heart of the city, an un-
masked man held up the cashier of
the Fidelity Savings and Loan Asso-
citation Friday afternoon and walked
away with between 5000 0and $4,000 of
the associations funds in his pockets.
Women's Club to Meet.
PULLMAN.-Plans are being laid
for the seventh semi-anual conven-
ton of the northeastern district fed
GRAFTON of womens clubs, which Is to
be held in Pullman April 10. Be
tween 80 and 40 out of town visitors
representing clubs of northeast
Washington are expected
Sends Apples to East.
Apples in the Oroville district are
being loaded in box cars and shipped
east. Three trains of so cars each,
two to Chicago and one to Cleveland
went recently. Another train of the
same size left Monday A total of
1928 carloads remain in the Wenatchee
district to be shipped To date over
10000 carloads have been sent out
and 1144 cars of soft fruits.
Extent Electric Power Line.
Construction of high power trans
mission line, estimated to cost several
hundred thousand dollars, from the
Lono Lake plant of the Washington
Water Power Co. to Chewelah will
be started shortly, according to re-
ports. The line, which is expected to
carry about 5000 horse power, will
serve magnesite quarries and mining
properties in the Chewelah district.
Oppose Wheat Grade Change.
SPOKANE.-On the call of William
II. Shea of the federal grain super.
vision department of the United States
department Of agriculture 80 repre-
sentative grain men, millers, elevator
men, warehouse men and farmers, who
attended a meeting here, went or
record as opposing any changes in the
wheat grades until the industry has
operated for year without a price
guarantee by the government. The
grain men unanimously took the stand
that this is not the time to make any
changes in the standards.
Arrest Rail Men as Car Thieves.
SEATTLE.-Charged in federal in
dictments with having conspired to
steal merchandise to the value of near.
| ly $4,000 from railroad freight cars
Thomas E. Jones, Edward Bourdell
Greed l.. Lane and Joseph Veague
employees OF the Northern Pacific road
living at Auburn, are held in lieu OF
$4,000 cash bail each. They were ar.
rested at Auburn, railroad division
point near here, by United States
deputy marshals. The men were
named in secret indictments brought
by a federal grand jury. Other arrests
are expected, federal officials said
The thefts, it is alleged, were commit
ted in the railroad yards at Auburn
RECENT DEATHS.
| REPUBLIC-Jessie Ellen, wife O
Richard Price. She was born at Ell
ma, Wash, in IL.
CpOK ANE-Raaufiful floral tr;b