Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-01-14
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Butter Prices Drop.

SPOkANE.-E. A. Goodhue, man
ager of the Commercial creamery, an
nounced that the wholesale price of
butter declined cents pound Mon
day morning. 1t is now sic a pound.
Seattle Car Fare Goes Up.
SEATTLE.-TheS Seattle street car
patron began paying SIS cents fare on
the municipal and the Seattle and
Rainier Valley railway lines this week.
The cash fare remains at 10 cents,
tokens selling at Sia cents instead OF
ga cents.
Convicts Briggs and Waterbury.
WENATCHEE.-A superior court
Jury found Kenneth Briggs and Stan
ley Waterbury guilty of threatening
j. A. Van Slyke, Chelan banker. A
motion for new trial was made by
attorneys for the defense
Nelson Light Plant Burned.
MOLSON.-The Nelson electric
light and power plant was completely
destroyed by fire Saturday. The
blaze originated from heating stove
in the office. In addition to the build
ing, two large gasoline engines, dyna.
mo, feed mill and pumping equip
ment were burned. The loss was
partly covered by insurance.
New Telephone Concern Formed.
PULLMAN.-Judge l.. b. Cornell of
Spokane represented number Of
Spokane stockholders in the reorgani-
cation of the Inland Cooperative AS
ISOLATION, which will be known as the
Inland Telephone company, capitalized
for 100000, which will take over the
plant of the old company through
purchase of outstanding stock A. T.
West of Spokane is president of the
reorganized company and ]. C. Ruth
of Pullman was elected manager and
secretary-treasurer
Big Fire at Yakima.
YAKIMA.-Two firemen, Captain r.
Hare and Bonnie Bean, were injured
Sunday in three-hour struggle
against flames which completely gut
ted the Weed block, on North First
street, and practically wiped out the
trucks of the Yakima Transfer Co..
the apparatus of the Redmon Steel
Tube company and the stocks of Nor
gan & McKaig, doing general bust
ness in seeds, fertilizers and farm
equipment. In addition, the fire de-
stroyed the new labor temple, upon
which the union men had recently
paid about $4,000 for improvements and
which is total loss. 1t occupied the
upper floor of the building. While the
total loss can not be given exactly, it
is approximately 100000, of which
| only a part is covered by insurance.
John MilholIand Kills Self.
SPOKANE,-Jay E. Hough, junior
| member of the firm of Milholland &
Hough, municipal bond brokers, sur
rendered to the authorities and con.
fessed that the firm han embezzled
1858, 900 of funds belonging to James
F. Callahan Of Wallace, mining CAPT
talist. He says that he and Mr.. Mil
holland had entered a suicide pact to
kill themselves at II o'clock Sunday
night at their office in the Sherwood
block.
| John b. Milhollond, senior member
of the firm committed suicide at his
home, WEBS First avenue, after he
learned that Hough had surrendered.
Officers were waiting outside his home
to arrest him at the time
James Callahan, who has made mil.
lions in the Interstate Callahan mine
near Wallace, has been pressing them
for the payment of a $4,000 deposit
he had with the firm. Nj. Callahan
had recently been ordered by the court
to pay Judgment of $1o5,OOo against
him in his sensational divorce suit.