Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-23
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Injuries Fatal to Millworker.

Elmer Dover for Treasury Place.
WASHINGTON nomination
of Elmer Dover of Tacoma to be an
assistant secretary of the treasury is
reported.
State Wheat Crop Huge.
OLYMPIA. Washington's wheat
crop this year totals 51,2O0,OOO bushels
according to estimates made by the
state department of agriculture.
Lodges Plan Christmas Tree.
COLTON.--A community Christmas
tree will be given Christmas eve I'M
der the auspices of the knights of
Pythi,,s, Odd Fellows and MasOns.
Unsolicited Taxes Run High.
OI.EMPIA.-Total of uncollected
taxes in the state was 20 per cent
higher up to September 80 of this
year than at the same time last year
State Buys Sugar Cheap.
OLYMPIA.-The state has purchas-
ed $4,000 pounds of can sugar at prices
ranging from $685. to $3.50 hundred
for use in state penal institutions and
asylums.
Miners Course at Pullman
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman.-A 12-week short course in
practical mining will be opened Janu-
airy 2, when college convenes after
the Christmas recess
Lumber Worker Drowned.
ELLENSBURG.-H Campbell,
employe of lumber company at Cas-
land, % miles northeast of Ellensburg,
recently lost his life in flood waters
of the Teanaway river
Albert Moore Acquitted.
COLFAX.-The case of Albert
charged with first degree mur.
der for the killing of Clarence Gray,
his brother-in-law, on October 10. re-
suited in a verdict of mot guilty"
Sell Purebred Swine Feb. 20.
The Western Royal Swine Breeders
will hold it's first purebred
swine sale in Spokane February 20
and Fl and the annual spring sale of
purebred Shorthorns will be held on
February 90.
Shipped 1920 Cars Of Apples.
WENATCHEE-Total apple ship
nents from the Wenatchee district
amount up to 1920 cars, the largest
amount that has ever gone out by this |
line of year. Less than 5000 cars re-
main to be shipped.
Starbuck Store Safe Blown.
STARBUCK.-Two burglars en-
cred the drug store here and blew
pen the safe and took about 1925 in
and silver, several checks |
nd jewelry and other merchandise
rom the glass cases, worth 1920 to
1900
Banks Will Quit Fund.
SEATTLE.-Half of the banks be-
onging to the Washington state guar
nty fund have served notice of their
attention to withdraw. The guaranty
oard in Olympia recently decided to
ssess every member bank one-half
t per cent of it's deposits toward
aging claims of Scandinayian-Amer-
,an depositors.
Floods Near Seattle.
SEATTLE.-Belated overflow wa
ers from mountain streams which
wept down into the Skagit and Still.
river valleys Friday covered
thousands of acres in northwestern
and did great damage in
hat portion OF the state. South of |
'eattle the Duwamish river had risen
nd water was running through the
treets of villages near Renton and
Slack River Junction, between Seat
lie and Tacoma.
Boys in Bad Game.
ELLENSBURG.- youths, three
f them Ellensburg residents for
ears. are in the county jail here
harged with burglary, highway rob-
ery and theft, and according to
Sheriff J. w. Tomas. have expressed
to plead guilty to the
harges. Thirty-four crimes COM
nitted since September l are laid at
he door of the young men. They
ange from the theft of an automobile
t Wallula, Wash, highway robbery
It Toppenish, robbery of a hardware
tore at Selah, blowing of safe at |
to the theft of clothing
rom clothes line in Spokane, steal
ng hog from the slaughterhouse in
and theft of numerous
mall articles from many business
louses of Ellensburg. They have |
'een sentenced to Monroe for one to
j years
RECENT DEATHS.
ASOTfN.-J. r. Trent. age 70, and ,
IN old settler.
DAFENPORT-Mr Hattie Hoople.
'ge 81, pioneer.
WALLA WALLA.-James A. Nc
can. age 80, contractor.
GARF1ELD-Richa Fonger, age
Is, resident Of Garfield since 1901 |
SPOKANE.-After a residence of |
more than 40 years here Mrs. Sarah |
lane Vpliet aga on