The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-07-21
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

II
announcement for the Northwest,
when 1t gave out the population of
Ioppenish. Yakima county, as 1898.
Word has been brought to South
Bend that at least 100 sharks have
followed big run of sardines into
the harbor and are now disporting
themselves in the waters OF the bay.
Forest fires along Wind river are
believed to be well under control. A
nall million feet of timber belonging
to the Wind River Lumber company
is reported destroyed.
The board of pardons has recon.
mended to the governor "a paroles.
Il hnal releases and two conditional
pardons. Following the policy OF
Warden c. S. Reed, the names were
not made known
The navy department has announc.
cd that Rear-Admiral John A. Rod
gers, commandant at the Puget Sound
navy yard, will retire July 26. 10 he
succeeded in command of the ward nv
captain vi. Cotman, now captain of
the yard
The Northern Pacific railroad has
refused TO grant reduced rates for
iaborers entering the Yakima valley
during the fruit season on the ground
that the granting of such a conces
sion would obligate a similar one for
any Klnd OF labor wherever demand
ed. a higher scale OF wages NAV he
the result
the largest deal in farm land re.
corded at Dayton this summer was
closed, when A. w. Fish sold to Fred
Smith 400 acres, eight miles north.
west OF Dayton, for s3l,150, an aver.
age of nearly $50 an acre.
The jute mill at the peniteptiary
has been closed down and practically
all OF the men formally employed
there have been sent out to work on
the public roads. About 275 men
have been furnished 10 work on the
state road or at the rock crushing
plants in different parts of the state.
Yakima county may soon own an
automobile, if the present nominations
OF the county commissioners end sue.
cessfully. They think the county
could save money by having a ma
chine for the use of the county cor
oner sheriff and engineer in making
extended trips.
About so per cent of the regular
wheat crop is now predicted for the
farming community tributary to Spo.
kane Much spring wheat has al.
ready been moved down for hay or
used as pasture for cattle throughout
the Big Bend country, but winter
wheat is said to be much better than
was first supposed
Bids for the marine garrison at the
Puget Sound navy yard will be re-
1ected and the plans probably revised
All bids submitted exceed the appro-
priation. satisfactory bids were re-
eeived for junior officers quarters.
however, and the contract will soon
be awarded. Sixty thousand dollars
was appropriated for this work.
With babies dying rapidly from
various infant ailments, the Spokane
board OF health is urging mothers to
exercise the greatest care possible to
protect the infants health. Experts
attribute the outbreak to the intense
heat, overripe fruit and flying dust.
The Machinists union of Everett
has voted to permit its members in
the Great Northern shops there 10 ac-
cept the company's offer of an in
crease of cents an hour and a nine
hour. This will make the wages "A
cents an hour The men had de-
manded an eight-hour day.
Assurances were given at the gen
eral land office today that all the
great Withdrawals of coal land in the
state of Washington announced yes
terday are merely re-withdrawals of
coal lands previously withdrawn. The
new Withdrawals, however. are less
severe, inasmuch as tbsy permit en-
try OF the surface for Agriculture
J. J. jefferson, who played the role
of lone highwayman in the robbery of
the Great Northern ticket office at
Everett, July 4, and Mrs. Bessie NJ.
Jennings, alias Smith, pleaded guilty
and were sentenced by Judge Black to
Ferve an indeterminate sentence of
from one to Is years; Jefferson to go
10 the reformatory at MonS.,. and
Mrs. jennings to be sent L. 1xIla
Walla.
Miss Ella T. Maloney, the first
woman to draw a reservation at the
Occur d'Alene drawing in 1909 and
who had choice number 5, has at lss..
after many months rejection OF e.
dent suitors, who besieged' her. VITA