Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-08
NEWS NOTES
Recent HappepInss In This state
Given In erIef Items for
eusy Readers.
Fl Pioneers Die In Year,

Fl Pioneers Die In Year.
COLvILLE.-Twent member
OF the Stevens County Pioneer asso
citation died between July /. 1920, ant
July 1, 1921.
Start Apple Shipments.
YAKIMA.-Yakimas apple crop will
begin moving next week, when the
early summer varieties are scheduled
for picking.
Spokane Has Foreign-Born.
Sixteen per cent OF Spokane's white
population or 1896 were born in for
eign lands, according to figures re
leased by the census bureau. Can
adams lead in the city's foreign col
ony will 1896.
Bank In Seattle.
SEATTLE.-The Am
erican Bank here, a large downtown
institution, did not open for business
July 1. The bank, 1t is explained, has
been turned over to the state super
visor of banking.
Hunters Gets High School.
HUNTERS.-In the recent special
election in the new consolidated high
school district No. !, embracing eight
districts in southwestern Stevens coun.
ty, to select a site for the school
building, Hunters won over Fruitland
Urges Manager for Seattle.
SEATTLE.-Myor Hugh M. Cald.
well. who returned recently from a
trip east, announces that he intends
to work for the reorganization of the
municipal government here along the
lines of the city manager system
adopted by some Of the larger cities.
Accidentally Kills Self.
Observation-Disclosures Lease, age 81.
shot and accidentally killed himself
while out hunting on a ranch lup Pine
creek recently. He leaves two broth
ers, James eLase of Okanogan, and
c. c. Lease Of Wenatchee. He served
in the United States army during the
world war.
Confesses to Forgery.
SEATTLD.-H. w. Robinson, conf
Dental bookkeeper for the building
material firm of F.. T. Grove & Co..
here was arrested on charge of en-
bezzling $4,000 from the company
and waived extradition. He confes-
sed that he had forged checks totaling
$4,000 drawn on the company.
Preachers Wife Killed.
POMEROY.-Mrs. w. A. Dtgeins of
Colfax was instantly killed recently
when the car driven by her husband,
the Rev. Mr.. Diggins, skidded on a
turn on the Inland Empire highway
near Dodge Siding and fell 80 feet
over and embankment. Mrs. Diggins
was crushed beneath the car and died
Instantly. Her husband was thrown
clear of the car.
Grain Handling Charges Fixed.
MISUNDERSTANDING charges
II $1.25 ton and storage charges of
10 cents ton a month will be charged
or handling and storing wheat this
bear, according to an agreement
cached at conference Of represen.
atives of warehousemen of Lincoln
county and members of the farmers
lnion at a county convention of the
armers' union here.
Pasco Industrial Fair.
PASCO.-A better baby contest,
lower show, boys and girls contest
n agricultural crops, manual training
work, commercial class work, home
work in cooking, canning,
ancy work and dressmaking, as well
IS home economics and agriculture by
dults, are few of the features of
he industrial fair to be held here
september 80 to October 2. Other
eatures will be a model dairy barn,
'hicken house, hog house and a |
iitchen arrangement to show ways of
work and making Things
more pleasant for the farmers and
heir wives.
SPOKANE, July 3.-When his fright