The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-11-17
STATEN NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Twenty farmers o. lower rurena
flat held a meeting in Walla Walla
to form the corporation which pro-
poses to irrigate 10000 acres on the
Hat by means of system which will
cost about 100000
Salmon still continue to run in
large numbers and the Hoquaim
Packing Companys cannery is still
working full time in order to keep
up with the supply. The run OF
chums, or dog salmon, is about over,
but silverside salmon are plentiful.
Miss Inez Shelton, of Seattle, has
entered the electrical engineering
department of the state university
with the expressed determination to
make that profession her life work.
She is the only woman in the class
where there are about 125 men.
Andrew Williams, ex-sheriff OF
Whatcom county, is made the defend
ant in a $1,000 damage suit by Mrs.
Morgan, who claims the ex-sheriff,
while in office, failed to notify her
that she was being sued for divorce
by her husband and has been left with
nine children and only $40 per month
alimony.
During 1910 the Yakima valley has,
or will, produce approximately VIZ
O5O,OOO worth of products, according
to the estimates of experts in various
branches of business. OF this amount
the largest item is from the fruit crop.
with manufactured products second
and hay crop third.
A bill will be introduced in the
Seattle council prohibiting the smok-
ing of tobacco in any election booth
during the casting OF the ballots and
the counting of them. The proposed
legislation is one of the first fruits
of the woman suffrage victory.
Work on the $4,000 Y. NJ. c. A.
building in Wenatchee has been start
ed and it is expected that the build
ing will be completed by next spring.
The campaign last spring for the rals-
ing of the funds W. s successful and
since that time officers have been
busy completing plans and preparing
details of construction.
The cargo Of the Japanese steam
ship Inaba Maru, which arrived IN
Seattle from Yokohama, is valued at
$4,O0O,v exceeding in value that OF
any other ship that ever arrived In
the United States from the Orient.
Raw and manufactured silk worth
$2,50O,OOO was the principal part OF
the cargo.
Uurging him to sign the woman's
suffrage proclamation on the 21st an
niversary of Washington's admission
to statehood, Governor Hay received
scores of kilograms. He was com.
PEELED to deny the plea as he can not
issue the proclamation until the coun-
ty canvassing boards have reported
results to the secretary OF state.
Judge Pickerell has sentenced Les
ter Blame to term OF ten to twenty
years for the murder OF James Syl-
via at Palouse. July 3. Blame was
being reprimanded by Sylvia for Civ
ing Guy Sylvia, aged II, whiskey, and
as Sylvia broke a quart bottle OF
whiskey belonging to Blame he shot
Sylvia, who died a few hours later.
Apple packing is interesting sports
in Wenatchee to such an extent that
an apple-packing contest will prob.
ably be arranged this winter to de-
termine who is the champion apple
packer of the Wenatchee valley. Sew
eral aspirants have given their rec
ords for the season and have issued
challenges to all who wish to com
pete.
On November 19 there will occur a
| celebration at Olympia which will be
has never occurred before in the
| United States. On that day John Mil
| Ter Murphy, the able and talented ed
| itor of the Washington Standard will
have completed his fiftieth year OF
active editorial work with a record OF
never having quit the job.
Nearly 100000 barrels of flour were
shipped from Seattle and Tacoma to
the Orient during October A feature
of the months shipments of flour from
Puget Sound was the amount of
breadstuffs sent to Japan, which has
| for many months been a poor custo
mer for American flour. Ten thou
sand barrels of flour were shipped to
Yokohama and 5000 barrels to Moi.
Miss Ethel Hostrawser, dS years
old, student attending the Broadway
High school in Seattle, has just been
advised that she is to share in the
famous Crawford estate Of Scotland,
Ireland and England, which has been
in chancery for a number of years.
and which when it passed into the
hands of the British government, was
worth $6.50O.000.
Nearly $500 persons lost their lives
by violence in the state of Washing
ION during the two years proceeding
| October l, 1910, proportion greater
than any other district in the civil.
lied world, showing conditions that
demand remedy, says State Health
Commissioner Heg in his annual re-.
port. OF these violent deaths. 2110
were accidental, 70 by accidental pois-
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