The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1908-08-07

dinner is ready, and that means ge
there or lose your grub.
We Went up and worked on ou
coal claim the first Of he week ant
took out some COED coal. We hav,
decided to dig a tunnel in anothe
place and see what we can find. Il
rained a h,tle last night and /.
cloudy today. From our camp We cal
look across the Bay northeast, tt
the mainland, and it looks pret-
y smoky. We VIII work on The Goa
however, too muen work don't agree
with us-see, We are very comfort
able and as euol as a cucumber AS he
Did saying g rs, then | say, Whats
the matter of being as cool as TWO
cucumbers Ha! Ha,
Friday, July 24.-Everything is
lovely with us, Plenty to eat-if we
cook it-plenty Of cool spring water
10 drink. plenty Of shade and lots
Of wUrk 10 do, if we have mind TO
do ii. just before sundown a school
of finback whales came down the Bay
from the west, spouling water high
IN the air and having a great old
time" some of them were very
large; while others Of them were net
over fifteen feet long. AS they
SWAN along about half a mile our,
they presented very interesting
sight.
We worked ON the claim today. but
It WAS pretty tough I'll tell you.
Saturday evening, July 25.--In the
forenoon We worked. but in the af-
ternoon We took a trip up the Bay
four miles where we get our mail.
We got a letter and several papers
from home and according 10 the let
Ter, it must have been warm enough
IN Lynden, the middle Of last week
10 thaw. The Lynden people had
better come over where il is cool. A
fine launch passed our camp going
east, and il made the least noise run
ning of any launch | have ever seen
Some launches bark like a dog chas-
ing rabbit.
July 2G.-Sam is watching launch
that has come down the Bay from
the east. Ii is loaded with men, wo-
men and children and even has on
board two dogs. They have anchor
I'd Oft ope of the Twin islands ly-
ing northeast Of US about three miles
and are going ashore. We can see
them real plain with our large spy
glass and they seem to be carrying
large lunch baskets well filled, and
70 be having Il merry time. i un- /
ierstand that some of the other Lyn-
den people are rusticating near Olga |
On Orcas island and there quite
number of campers at East Sound.
Monday July 27.-All is o. X. here
he Lynden people. The silver sal
non have commenced TO run and |
ave caught three fine ones already
With my spoon hook. The last one
ut my spoon-hook out of business
md | shall have to go to East
Sound and get new supply of I.
luoks before | can fish any more.
That means a "trip Of four miles by {
Water and TWO and a half miles by
md. We have been working on the
lain today and the outlook is en-
Siwash Indians, passing TO and fro
II their canoes, stop at our camp for
aater. Trey all seem to know
where the good water is. 1t is "a
nusing 10 See the Indians in their
sanoes, all padding and as happy,
appal emily. as tcad under har-
'ow Perhaps some Of the readers
# the Tribune VIII say, Ring off.
70 them would say, Don't take
any more than you want"
Tuesday. July rs. We have had an
addition 10 our camp. Last even
ng a boat landed at our place and
Ipon investigation We found the fol-
owing named persons on board:
A. z. Baldwin and wife and son
Myron, and Miss Mabel Plank.
They left Lynden in the morning
md thus made the trip in one day.
We remain as ever,
Very respectfully yours,
RANDALL & CROSS