Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-06-10
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happe in This state
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
seIIpsnam Normals Graduated.

BeiiUgham Norma's Graduated.
BELI.INGHAM Diplomas were
granted to 81 graduates Of the Bell
ingham state normal school at the
closing exercises.
Winconsin Picnic at Spokane.
SPOKANE.--The tenth annual pic
mic of the Wisconsin society will be
held here on the afternoon and eve
ming OF Thursday, June %.
Graduate at Eiiensburg.
ELLENSBURG. -Thirty-three stu
dents of the Ellensburg state normal
school were awarded diplomas at the
annual commencement exercises,
Child browns.
GRANDVIEW The body OF n,
Cartner. age 10. who was drowned in
the main Sunnyside canal north OF
Grandview Thursday is recovered
Pioneers Plan Picnic.
DAVENPORT-A fine program has
been announced tor the Lincoln-
Adams county pioneer picnic at the
Crab creek grounds June 81, % and %.
w. e. Campbell Falls to Death.
KENNEWICK. While w. e. Camp
bell was working on building he was
struck on the legs by falling timber
and knocked backward from scat.
fold to his death
Stock Show at Uniontown.
UNIONTOWN,--T second annual
live stock show for Whitman, Latah
and Nez Perez counties will be held
here June Is under the auspices OF
breeders and business men.
Riddiford to Return.
SPOKANE -Charles Riddiford, for
merly postal inspector in charge oil
the Spokane district, recently In
| charge at Atlanta, Ga. is to be re
| turned to this office as inspector ir
charge
Students Get Certificates.
| STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, CHI.
| NEY Fifty students have received
certificates for the full two-yeal
course, while one was granted tn,
special advanced certificate for thre,
years work. Commencement exer
| cises were held in the auditorium
Soldier Guilty of Murder.
! ACCOMPLISHMENT Charles M
Hamlin was found guilty of murde
in the first degree. The jury votel
| that he should serve life term /,
prison instead of being hung. Ham
lin shot and killed Charles W. Bar
don. railroad workman ON March
N. p. Engineer Drowned.
SEATTLE.-George Colby of Au
burn, engineer on a Northern Pacifi
work train and an euploye of that roa
for many years was drowned in LAX,
Washington recently. Railroad off
Gals said Colby had evidently beel
taken with cramps on entering tn
water soon after eating lunch. H.
leaves his widow and several children
Signatures More Than Plenty
Petitions on the thre
remaining acts of the 1921 Legislature
against which referendums have BEEF
filed have been delivered to the secre
tary OF state AS the signature tota
statutory requirement of $4,000 names
1t is probable that an official chez
will show each of the measures sus
pended for adoption or rejection a
the 1922 election
Hart Calls Tax Conference.
| OLYMPIA-For the purpose of cor
solidating movement of state, cour
ty. city and district officials respor
sible for disbursement of public fund
to decrease taxation by reducin
public fund expenditures whereve
possible. Governor Hart has issued
formal cali for conference with al
such officials in the executive depart
ment at Olympia June 20. Cit
councilmen and county and distric
commissioners are particularly In
vited to join the governor in this cor
ference.