Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-01-06
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Ezra Meeker, 81,

Ezra Meeker, 81.
SEATTIE.-Ezra Meeker is now 81
years old.
Wenatchee School Burns.
WENATCHEE-F'i recently de-
strOyed the Lewis and Clark grade
school, With a loss of about $4,000,
fully insured.
Winter Closes River Traffic.
GOLDENDALE-Co extreme
winter weather in the Columbia river
basin has resulted in tie-up of river
traffic and ferry service.
Mostly Seattle.
SEATTLE.-Of the 5000 students
registered at the state university here
the official catalogue for 1920-1921
shows that 1896, nearly One-half, en-
tered as residents of Seattle.
Train Kills Man and Wife.
TACOMA.--Mr. and Mrs. H. l.. Win
ston of Shelton were killed recently
when their automobile was struck by
Northern Pacific passenger train at
Lakeview.
Gen. Biethen Quits National Guard.
SEATTLE. Adjutant General
Maurice Thompson of the Washing
ton national guard announces that he
has accepted the resignation of Briga-
der General Clarence B. Blethen.
Stolen Watch Her Present.
SEATTLE.-When Mrs Ella HOuser
OF this city opened a belated Christ
mas package she found it contained
wrist watch stolen from her year
ago. The sender enclosed holiday
greetings, but failed to include his
name and address.
College to Help.
COLFAX.--A meeting of the execu-
tive committee Of the Whitman county
farm bureau was held recently and an
agreement signed with the extension
department of Washington State col
lege to carry on the work of the
county agent for 1922.
Pays Fine With 600 Pennies.
SEATTLE.-Revenge upon the po-
lice department was had by l.. Fried
lander, a jeweler, here recently, when
he sent 600 pennies to the desk SER
geant at police headquarters as full
payment Of bail following his arrest
for violation of the traffic ordinance.
Farmers Demand Change.
WALLA WALLA.-Farmers of this
district, after long discussion of the
grain grading law, adopted a resolu-
ton calling on our governor to en-
force house bill No. 203, which pro-
vides that wheat testing So pounds to
the bushel be graded No. 1. Grain
buyers now buy on 60-pound basis.
Steal Films Worth 100000.
SEATTLE.-Motion picture films,
valued by officials of the concern here
from whose vaults they we're taken,
at 100000, and said by these officials
to have booking value of $4,000, 900,
were stolen Thursday by cracksmen,
believed by police to be members of
the international gang of film thieves
that has been operating in the coun-
try.
War Board O. KS Big Loans.
Word of the approval of two Wash
ington loans of $4,000 and $47,50O, |
respectively, by the war finance cor
poration in Washington, d. c., has |
reached Kenneth Murray, secretary of
the Washington agricultural agency.
This makes total of four loans for |
The state, approved by the corpora
ton. the others being for $4,000 and |
$4,000. respectively, a total of $1aSS11
500. The Washington agency has rec |
about $400,OO0 in additional |
loans on which no report has been |
from the head office. The |
total $581,5OO came through II banks |
and two cattle loan companies. The |
agency does not deal with the bor-
rover direct. All loans are first ap-
proved by the local bank or cattle |
loan company, which indorses the |
loans and forwards them to the state |
agency.
RECENT DEATHS.
POMEROY.-Nancy Jackson Pear
son, age 81.
OLYMPIA.-August Koeppen, IS, a |
Civil war veteran.
CI4ARKSTON--George H. Harris,
age 10, and a pioneer.
ENDICOTT.-Mrs. Elmira C. Led
serwood. age 70 years.
MEDICAL LAKE. - Mrs. Sadie |
Spence, age Sc, a pioneer.
DES MONIES, Iowa-Guy Yount.
former manager of the J. I. Case com.
pany at Spokane.
SALT LAKE CITY, Wv. r. Roy.
age 90, former city official of Spokane
ana former state highway commits
sioner.