Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-29
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.


Busy Readers.
Ship Pears From White Bluffs.
WHITE BLUFFS.-The first car of
pears moved from the valley this week
to an eastern market.
Lyle Named v. s. Officer.
WASHINGTON.-Roy C. Lyle OF
Seattle was recently appointed prohi-
bition director for Washington state.
Fewer Foreign Born.
OLYMPIA. - Foreign-born inhabit-
ants in Washington state have lost
ground in the last 10 years in the race
with native Americans. according to
report of the census bureau.
Lincoln Bank Deposits Gain.
DAVENPORT.-Ban deposits OF
Lincoln county show an increase of
$37 1895 on June 80, as compared with
April 2S, but they were $2.196,94I less
than the deposits on June 80, 1920.
Lumber Mill Destroyed.
TACOMA.-The large mill of the
Meskill Lumber company at Meskill,
together with number of houses oc.
cupied by employees, was burned re-
Gently.
Big Fire at Oakesdale.
OKESDALE.-One of the landmarks
of the wheat industry here was de-
stroyed Saturday when the old Pacific
Coast elevator burned Loss $4,000,
partly insured.
Pullman Limits Camp Privileges.
PULLMAN.-The tourist park has
been closed to commercial tourists.
In the past some tourists have camped
in the park for several days and in
some cases several weeks, while they
piled their trade or sold their wares
about town.
w. w. P. Buys Power Site.
SPOkANE-Th Washington Water
Power Co. announces the purchase of
the Kettle Falls power site on the Co
ldmbia river, in Stevens and Ferry
counties, 75 miles north of Spokane.
The purchase was made from the
CRANKY Consolidated Mining, Smelling
and Power Company, Ltd
State to Fight for Lands.
OLYMPIA.-Governo Hart has for.
mally notified H. M. Daugherty, United
States attorney general, that this state
will not willingly yield title to sew
eral thousand acres of granted land
selected by the state 80 years ago,
which the federal government now
claims is a part of the Yakima Indian
| reservation
Reduce Women's Wages.
OLYMPIA.--With the exception of
three representatives of the employers
who did not vote and filed minority
protest, the minimum wage conference
on employment of women by hotels,
restaurants and lodging houses Satur-
day agreed upon minimum scale of
$l4.50 a week, and allowance of one
day of rest in seven, with provision
to extend the working time in cases
of emergency.
YAKIMA. = Virtually unanimous
| adoption of two federal potato grades,
No. / and No. 2, marked the meetings
OF delegates to the grade conference
Saturday. The grades are:
No. Sound potatoes, free from
blemishes, not less than l 7-S inches
in diameter when of round variety
and ~ inches of long cariety; toler.
ance of per cent by weight for un-
dersize, 6 per cent tolerance for other
defects and 2 per cent for soft rot
No. POTATOES must be virtually
free from frost injury and soft rot
| and free from serious damage;
diameter not less than ~ inches;
| tolerance percentage, same as No. /.
County Banks Prosper.
The increasing prosperity of Whit
man county is mirrored in the reports
of banks compiled by J. o. Patterson,
banker of Pullman. The report
shows the totals of 80 of the 33 banks,
the Bank of Winona not reporting, on
the items of June 80, 1921, compared
with those of April 2S, 1921, the last
previous call.
While deposits showed a loss of
| $100,491 during the period, dropping
from $1O.218,677 to $1O,11S, 1856, loans
and discounts showed a reduction of
seven times that amount, dropping
from $11,143,149 to $10,429,6 or
$713,46O. Bills payable and redis-
counts were reduced from $1,771,S41
to $1,194,351, and cash and exchange
rose from $1,59S,927 to 1851, 1891.
Surplus and profits decreased $18,492.
The capital stock of the 33 banks is
81 ,362, 500.
RECENT DEATHS
WALLA WALLA.-James G. Rutter,
age 81, a veteran of the Civil war.
SPOKANE.-Ch w. Mohr,
pioneer lumber man and builder and
former city councilman.