Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-06-17
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Bank at Elk Chartered.

Bank at Elk Chartered.
OLYMPIA.-The Elk State Bank of
Elk, Spokane county, has been char
tered by the state banking depart
ment with a capital of $4,000 and
surplus of $500.
Horner Pioneers Speaker.
WALLA WALLA.-The Inland En-
pire Pioneers association met here
Tuesday. Professor John Horner of
the principal speaker.
Masonic Grand Lodge.
SPOKANE.-The grand lodge. Free
and Accepted Masons OF Washington is
in session here this week The grand
chapter Of Washington Order OF East
ern Star convened Thursday.
Soldier Guilty Of Murder.
TACOMA Filion, Camp
Lewis soldier, was found guilty of
murder In the first degree for the
killing of Karl limbs, taxicab driver,
on March s. The jury voted not to
hang the defendant.
Two Fatally Injured.
Corporal Avery G. Miller and Pri-
vate Stephen G. Mosso of Spokane,
national guardsmen, were seriously
injured in collision between an
army motorcycle and an automobile
near Port Angeles recently.
| 1900 Moose at Meet.
! ABERDEEN.-Thi rty-six lodges OF
the Loyal Order of Moose of Wash.
ington, Idaho and British Columbia
were represented at the Northwest.
ern Moose association convention
here. Fifteen hundred delegates were
in attendance.
Woman's Body Recovered.
| SPOKANE body declared by
relatives to be that of Mrs. Mary
Felt, who, the police aver, was slain
by her husband, Charles Felt, before
he committed suicide in March last
was found floating among saw logs
nine miles from the city.
| Turner Quits Basin Project.
| A. J. Turner, chief engineer of the
Columbia basin project, has resigned
He will be succeeded by l. f. Good
ner, office engineer Mr.. Turner has
gone to Seattle to become construc
ton engineer on the Skagit power
: project for the city of Seattle.
Dixie Gives Way.
NEWPORT.-The dixie protecting
the land within diking district No. 3
near Locke, On Pend Oreille county
gave way recently before the rising
waters of the Pend Oreille river ant
the whole area of nearly 1000 acres
of growing crops were inundated.
! Property Is Tax Exempt.
In Benton county. according to AS
SCISSOR Rupert, 10 per cent of the
wealth is exempt from taxation, com
prising exemptions to heads of fam
lilies, on government property, stats
property, county property, city prop
erty, school property. cemeteries
churches and hospitals.
Annual State Grange Meet.
| COLVILI1E.-William Bouck of Sc
dro-WoOlley was reelected master o.
the state grange at the annual ses
sion here. Other officers elected
were: Fred Nelson. King county
overseer; abel Roselle, Whatcon
county. lecturer: M. c. HAGEN, Sno
hOmish, steward. The National meet
ing will be at Portland in November
and a committee Of 8 was named t
act for the Washington state grang,
In preparing an agricultural exhibit
Yakima was unanimously selecte,
as the next meeting place of tn,
Washington state grange.
Married Men Get Fish Free.
OLYMPlA.-The man who rows
boat for another man who is doing al
the fishing does not need fishin
license under the state game law, az
cording to a recent opinion by Attol
ney General l.. l.. Thompson.
1t makes no difference II the ma
rowing is the owner of the boat an
has rented it for the fishing trip, Il
gether with his own services, or
hired by the man who rented the boa
He may be a friend who expects an
does receive his reward in fish frol
the man who has the license and hal
| dies the lines.
: Similarly a marriage license is a
the legal qualification the man need
| for rowing the boat while his VIII
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