Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-01-07
COUNTY HAS AUTO FOR
EVERY FIVE PERSONS

Il EVERY FIVE PERSONS
! Whitman county has one automo-
bile for every five and quarter peo-
pie, according to the number of au-
tomobile licenses issued by County
Auditor A. B. Maxwell during the
past year and the official census of
Whitman county taken a year ago
by the federal government.
Auditor Maxwell has issued 1851
automobile licenses during the past
year and the county, year ago, had
| 31,323 population. The increase in
automobile licenses issued during
the last year has been $50 more than
issued during 1919. The records
show an increase of $50 in 1919
over 1918.
In 1916 there were 29O2 automo-
bile licenses issued in the county
In 1917 the number was swelled to
1880, in 1913 there were 4440 and
in 1919 there were 5000. In the
year just ended 1851 licenses were
issued.
During the year just ending 25
per cent more divorce cases were
started in the superior court of
Whitman county than were started
during the previous year. In 1920
there were 46 DEGREES and in 1919
there were AT. In 1918 there were
only 26 divorce DEGREES, while there
were 80 in 1917, against AZ in 1916
and Al in 1915.
OF the 81 divorce cases started in
1920, two were dismissed, IL were
granted and 10 are still pending,
while five were granted in cases
started during the previous year,
bringing the total number actually
granted during the past year to AS.
Many arrests for petty larceny,
having liquor in possession and nu-
merous other misdemeanors are re-
corded on Sheriff McClures docket
for 1920. The list runs to over 250,
compared with 209 for the previous
year and 17S in 1918.
In the past year six men have
been sentenced to the penitentiary
at Walla Walla, as against 10 dur
ing 1919, one in 1918 and five IN
1917. Four young men were sent to
the state reformatory at Monroe and
five had reformatOry sentences sus-
pended on good behavior. In 1919
five went to the reformatory and five
had sentences suspended.
Insanity cases sent to the state
hospital at Medical Lake number
almost the same from year to year
In 1920 there were u, in 1919
there were II, in 1913 there were
Il, in 1917 there were 10, in 1916
there were u. in 1915 there were
IL and in 1914 there were 10.
The marriage license business
with the county auditor has been
practically the same for several
years, with the exception OF the two
years when we were at war with
Germany. In 1920 the number OF
Lenses issued up to within two
4 days Of the end of the year was
PIP. In 1919 there were 211 mar
rage licenses, in 1916 there were
21S, in 1915 there were PIG. In
1917, the first year of the war,
there were 244 marriage licenses is
sued in Whitman county. During
the second year Of the war there
were only 142 licenses.
Hunting licenses, especially the
state licenses, are increasing IN
number every year. The automobile
is given credit for increasing the
number of state licenses. In 1920
226 state hunting and fishing Ii
censes were issued in Whitman
county at s. each. There were also
495 county licenses issued at 81
each. During the previous year
there were 173 state licenses and
$50 county licenses issued in Whit
man county "a total of 738 in 1919
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