Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-04-15
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Busy Readers.
SEATTLE-The appointment of
Professor Carl Edward Magnusson as
dean of the College of Engineering is
announced.
Albion Has Right Idea.
ALBION.-The Albion Commercial
Club, recently organized, will seek
to establish community spirit and
arrive at a better understanding of
each others needs.
Seattle P.-I. Sold.
SEATTLE.-The Seattle Post.Intel.
ligencer announced editorially Mon
day transfer Of controlling interest in
the newspaper from Clark Nettleton
to John H. Perry, a Seattle attorney.
Woman to Be Tried Again.
Superior Judge King
Dykeman has set May as the date
for the second trial Of Madge Anna
Sawyer, charged with second degree
murder in connection with the slay-
ing of her husband, Howard l. Sawyer,
here last May 10.
Humphrey Sure for Board.
WASHINGTON Jones told
some of his friends this week that
William E. Humphrey is assured of
appointment to the shipping board.
Now What?
YAKIMA.-After mourning her
soldier husband as dead for two years,
Mrs. S. J. Cutler, a telephone operator,
Saturday received message that Mr..
Cutler would arrive here soon. She
has been collecting government in
surance for her dead husband for
two years and until recently had no
inkling that he might be alive.
"Hot Air Line" Quits.
The Spokane and British Columbia
Railway company was recently author
lied by the Interstate Commerce COM
mission to abandon its railroad in this
state. The road, known as the hot
air" line, operated from Republic to
the British Columbia boundary line,
connected there with the Canadian
Pacific system.
Lumber Trade Only Fair.
SEATTLE-The weekly review of
the West Coast Lumbermens associa-
tion says:
Production in western Oregon
and western Washington for the
week ended April 2, was 45,574,192
feet or As per cent below normal.
New business for the week
totaled 55,245,S81 feet, of which 80
per cent Is to move locally or by cargo.
Shipments totaled 52,201,747 feet,
of which 20 per cent moved locally
and by cargo"
v. Crew Loses.
OAKLAND.-The blue oars of the
University of California shell flashed
across the finish line ahead of the
long white paddles of the University
OF Washington boat on the Oakland
estuary Saturday in the annual three
mile race for the intercollegiate row.
ing championship of the Pacific
| SOesct' SohAiOAA ld leu Tie SLaIJ
with their greatest margin at about
the two-mile point when they were
almost a length ahead.
w. S. c. Chemist Resigns.
PULLMAN.-Washington State col
lege will soon lose Professor George
Olson, state chemist and head of the
division of chemistryof the state agri-
cultural experiment station, who will
resign to accept a position with a
Chicago firm.
c. p. Larson, Banker, Sued.
SEATTLE.-Claude P. Hay, state
bank examiner, filed three suits in
superior court here Friday against o.
s. Larson of Seattle, president of the
Scandinavian-American bank of Ia.
coma, which was closed January Is
seeking to received more than $160, 200
which Larson is said to owe the bank
100000 Wort Of Apples Held.
YAKIMA.-Apple shipments in
Yakima, although there is a record
amount of fruit to be shipped out
continue to decrease as growers feel
there is no profit to be made by roll
ing the fruit under present conditions
The fruit in storage, at the low av
erage, is worth over $1,OOO. 900, but
it Is doubtful if muhc Of 1t will be
shipped out.
Rid Farms Of Pests.
The farmers of Whitman county
a RING IN do Of