100 years ago in Spokane: Police raided the women’s section of the prison and “made a big booty” of cigarettes and drugs

The police searched the Spokane City Prison Women’s Division and “made a large amount of tobacco, cigarettes, matches” and even made a small amount of “hops” (cocaine) and some hypodermic needles.

The women’s prison matron became suspicious when she discovered that many of the women “would not get up as early as usual.”

In fact, they refused to get up. So the authorities ordered a raid.

“Every girl had to get out of bed, get dressed, and go to the cell,” wrote the Spokane Daily Chronicle. “It took an hour to get them all out of their beds and move them to a different part of the prison. Then a search of the beds began. “

The women had previously been told not to smoke in prison, which sparked a formal protest among prisoners. But the smoking ban was still in place.

From the tourism beat: A two-hour drive from Spokane to the Fourth of July Canyon near Coeur d’Alene illustrated the growing popularity of long-distance auto touring.

The head of the National Parks Highway Association, a regional tourism group, counted all the different state license plates he saw on that stretch of road. The final count was 23.

He discovered cars from Mississippi, Maryland and New Hampshire. The Midwest, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, was particularly well represented.

Apparently this was a typical day on this stretch of motorway. The Spokane Tourist Office registered cars from every state in the Union last year.

“Most of the cars we saw today were of good quality, and most of them were big.”