Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-04
Pioneer Matron Succumbs.

which swept the city Saturday.
Pioneer Matron Succumbs.
WALLA WALLA-Mrs. Frances A.
Kent. age 81, died here Saturday of
old age. With her husband, Carrot
p. Kent she came here from Spring
field. Ill.,. in 1877. Mr.. Kent died
in 1885.
| Farm Official to Visit.
| ELLENSBURG. = r. c.. Pollock,
northwest field representative of the
American farm bureau federation. will
be in this state from February to 26
to assist various county bureaus in
organization work.
| Normal Teacher Killed.
BELLINGHAM- Miss Ida Agnes
Baker of the Bellingham state nor
ming by streetcar. She came here
from Chehalis in 1899 and had been
on the faculty since that date.
To Use Fort WalIa Walla.
WASHINGTON. A bill to turn
over the military reservation at Walla
| Walla to the public health service for
| use in rehabilitation of former service
men was introduced by Senator Poin.
dexter, republican, of Washington
| He proposed an appropriation of
$250,000.
Ship Trainload Salmon East.
| SEATTLE.-The first solid train
load OF salmon to be shipped since
| the railroads returned to private
ownership will be sent east next
week by local shippers. The train
100000 one-pound cans of salmon
valued at more than 100000.
West Side Mills Cut Wages.
CHEHAIIS, Wash.-Operators of
Is sawmills in this district have put
into effect considerable wage reduc-
tions. Several mills whose basic
wage for labor has been S. and $3.50
a day, will hereafter pay $500. One
mill which employs orientals will pay
, but $3.50 and another $3.50 a day
| Yakima Central Bank Closed.
| YAKIMA.-State Bank Examiners
c. r. Hupp and Fred Stevens have
closed the Yakima Central Bank and
Trust company, of which Sikko Barg.
hoorn is president and controlling fac
tor. The bank has deposits of about
100000 and assets consist in large
part of loans upon real estate it Is
said
| Aberdeen Man Killed.
ABERDENN, Wash.--A. A. Brown,
engineer. was instantly killed and
Jesse Mccain, his assistant, was bad
ly injured Saturday when sudden
gale blew four smokestacks from
their stays at the plant of the An
decentralization Lumber company,
plunging them through the engine
room roof and filling the place with
scalding steam.
| Tacoma Blast Kills Two.
| TACOMA.-Mrs. Cora f. Cashier,
widow, SO years old. and her son,
Melvin Cashier, 26, are dead as the
result OF an explosion of unknown
cause which demolished the Cashier
home recently. Mrs. Cashier was
found with her clothing on fire and
lying near the kitchen stove. The
whole southern portion of the city
was shaken by the force of the blast
and dishes and windows IL blocks
from the scene We're broken.
Indian Chief in Chair Of State.
| OLYMPIA.-Crowded senate CALLER
les recently saw Yakima Indian
chief in full tribal regalia, occupying
the place of the lieutenant governor
of the state, and, through translations,
pleading the treaty rights his father
agreed to in 1856 against the legisla-
ton of today. Feathered and beaded
before him were ranged IA other In
dams.
With them, as an old friend of pio-
neer days. sat Senator X. A. Hutchin-
son Of Spokane. Not far from them
Ezra Meeker, who first met the Yak
imas in the earliest time, bent for
ward in keen interest, also Senator
William Bishop of Clallam county,
himself blood brother to the visitors
and one of the brightest and most
popular members of the legislature
An interpreter. Mrs. Kate Williams
of the Yakima tribe. magnetized al
tention Of floor and galleries by her
control of the situation. When she
finished translating her peoples plea
into clear musical English and slipped
easily out of Indian formality, the
chambers echoed with applause.
Mrs. Williams gracefully thanked
the senate and audience for their at
tention and expressed the hope that
the Indians pleas for rights to con-
tinue fishing for salmon in the Column
bia river would be granted, closing
with reminder to the white SIS
ters' that as they were good mothers
to their children, SO were the Indian
women good mothers to the men they
had just listened to.
In the reserved gallery, just over
Mrs. Williams head and closely fol-
lowing every word leaned Mrs. Kate
Stevens Bates, daughter of Governor
Isaac I. Stevens, whose assurance to
them the Indians were pleading their