100 years ago in Spokane: proprietors hid whiskey in the weeds of an infamous Palouse Highway speakeasy

Police searched the Motor Inn, an infamous speakeasy in Moran on the Palouse Highway, and found 12 liters of illegal whiskey.

The Spokane County Sheriff said he had checked the place twice before but never found the liquor.

This time, he brought his entire proxy group with him in the early hours of Sunday morning and spent four hours searching the place.

They found the whiskey hidden under weeds in the back yard.

The owners were arrested for alcohol abuse.

From the canine tooth beat: Spokane’s dog population declined by 50% in three years.

One reason: the rise of the automobile. The Spokane Humane Society estimated that cars in Spokane kill 500 dogs each year.

“It’s not uncommon for five or six dogs to be killed by cars in a day,” said a humane society board member.

The other reason: An initiative during World War I urged people to give up their dogs, presumably because of a lack of food.

From the accident: The death toll after a terrible accident on Northwest Boulevard rose to three when a 24-year-old woman died at Sacred Heart Hospital.

An investigation into the deaths was ongoing. There was evidence that the car skidded 200 feet before hitting a tram. The driver was slightly injured.

Also on this day

(From the Associated Press)

1965: Civil rights demonstrators led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.