Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-02
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This state
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

totaled $S,053,464.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
short course in auto
mobile operation, upkeep and repair,
with special emphasis on Ford cars.
will begin January 2.
No Special Session.
There will be no special session of
the legislature this spring, according
to the governor.
Hold Auto License Numbers.
Olympia for special mo-
tor vehicles license numbers are to
be granted so far as possible.
New License Plate, Brown.
The new license plates for Wash
ington motorists will have a choco
late background and white letters
and figures.
Grandview District Wins.
SEATTLE.-Grandvi district of
Washington captured the sweep
stake prize Of $1,000 and a gold ban
ner for the best display at the Pa
cific Northwest Fruit exposition here.
Kills Woman; Shoots Self.
SEATTLE.-For reasons unknown
Bat Leahy, age 65, proprietor of a
rooming house, recently shot and
killed Mrs. Anna Pierce, seriously
wounded Tom Lynch, marine fire
man, then turned the revolver on
himself, inflicting wounds believed
to be fatal.
State Gets Highway Help.
SEATTLE.-The federal supervisor
of the Snoqualmie national forest
says that the signature by the presi-
dent of the federal highway act, ap-
propriating $l5,00O.OOO for forest roads
and trails makes available at once
$758,913 for national forest roads in
Washington.
Jacob Weber Murdered.
WENATCHEE. The Wenatchee
region is aroused by the murder Sat
urday night of Jacob Weber. age 20
PiOICCI, ny lWO DduultS, WIZ way
laid him on his return to his home
from town and shot him through the
abdomen when he failed to heed theil
order to throw up his hands. He was
taken to hospital and died soor
after.
Proves Virtue Of Thinning.
PROSSER.-A practical demonstra
ton of the value of properly thinning
fruit trees has been provided by ]
w. Moore, northwest of Prosser, il
the vicinity of Grandview From al
orchard of two acres he has finished
packing 1900 boxes of fancy Winesal
apples, of which only "a boxes were
as small as five-tier. This is ,
marked contrast with the averag,
.Winesap orchard this season.
r. c. Mccormick, Seattle, Dead.
SEATTLE.-Robert C. Mccormick
who rose from. cowpuncher to million
aire, died here Saturday at the ag'
OF SO. He had been prominent in bust
ness affairs here for 30 years. H,
was cowpuncher in the early from
tier camps of Nevada. Utah and Mon
tana and later was employed in mines
In the late sos he acquired a larg'
herd Of sheep in Utah. Going to Port
land, he purchased at auction tn,
steamship City of Oregon, which h,
put on the Alaska run He came t,
Seattle just before the gold rush an,
bought property that brought him
fortune
Giant Irrigation Plan Approved.
WENATCHEE. - Describing tn
greater Wenatchee irrigation projec
as one of the most feasible, as wei
as the safest similar undertaking il
the state, If not in the northwest, tn
general committee appointed last win
ter to carry on an investigation of tn
plan has issued a report of the worl
done to date through its chairman, +
w. Shultz. Surveys of the projec
are being conducted by engineers @
the state department of reclamation
and conservation. These have bee
virtually completed and call for
SohoA oyoICh l1u lOuS, VII
about 13 miles of tunnel. Concret
construction throughout is the plan @
the committee, the canal having a ca
pacity of 525 cubic feet a second.
The elevation at the intake is 120
feet above sea level and the syster
includes steel bridge and pipe lin
across the Columbia river. Include
in the district are 10000 acres, al
sessed at s2,5OO,O00 With a waite
right such as the Greater Wenatche
system will convey, its assesses
valuation would be over 1900 .OOC
judging by similar land values unde
present canals.
Of this, more than 10000 acres vii
be in East Wenatchee, within a fe,
miles of the city, and HOO acre
VIII be in Moses coulee. None of tn
land to be irrigated is more than tw
miles from railroad, all of 1t |
reached by good roads, and most q
1t is under cultivation.
The estimated cost of installing tn
system is 800 an acre, and it ia nrf
posed to finance the project here
RECENT DEATHS.
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