The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-05-19
THE COUNTY
COMMENT

S. G. Mather one of the merchants
who was burned out in the NooksacB
fire last week will rebuild at once
and this time his store will be of con-
crete. His loss was $4,000.
Through the Nooksack Reporter
which arrived late, The Tribune Learnt
that during the fire in that town,
The Reporter plant was removed firm
the building, paper spoiled and LOT
of type pied" We are sore at Stills
and Robinson. A man that is in trou-
BILE and won't let his friends know,
deserves being kicked. The Tribune
wauld gladly have loaned a man or
We could have printed a poor Inn
itation of the Reporter on pinch.
Ge-Igie Durr the IA months old
baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Durr, of
Nooksack died last Thursday as a
result of burns. The mother was out
of the room. The little one and his 4
year old brother put some paper in
the stove and the blaze caught the
baby's dress. The mother heard the
children scream and ran in and wrap
ped rug about the child. All was
done that could be done TO relieve
its suffering but it died the same
night.
Sheriff Van Zandt was fined $50
and costs for assulting a street car
conductor.
The Herald had a cartoon Sunday
of voter with an AK on his should
er looking FIR political timber" We
are glad to see the voters out with
an AK. Most political timber ought to
be cut. 1t ought also to be sawed up
into slab siding, then run through
an edger and finally burned on rub
hish pile. A giant fir or cedar never
reminds us of political timber.
Bellingham now claims nearly 27.
900 populatit n and that is 1000 more
than Everett has. So?
The Norwegians of Bellingham are
going to celebrate their National Day
May II. The Viking ship, displayed
at the A. Y. P. fair, will be in the
harbor.
The State Veterinary Inspector will
be in the c-unty in few days to in
vestigate several alleged cases of
CHAMBERS among Whatcom county
h crses.
The Birch Bay Chatauqua associa-
ton will hold a meeting at the Bell
ingham Chamber of Commerce rooms
at 1:30 O'Clock Tuesday, May "a.
The stockholders Of the old Ever
son Condensed Milk Co., held meet
ing in Everson Monday at which the
S22 500 received for the plant was dis
tributed.
Bellipgham real estate men say the
demand f.r land is stronger than ever
before in the Northwest.
Bellingham has the plans drawn
-or the new arnory, but it hasn't the
money yet. to pay for that site.
Western Washington Woodmen of
the World met in convention at Bell
ingham yesterday. Many Lynden
were there.
Hugh w. Monahan, a pioneer of
the county died at Bellingham Satur-
day night.
At Billy Sundays meeting last Sun
day it is said that 1000 men Prom
Used to vote against the saloon at
their first opportunity. AS less than
one third of that number will make
Bellingham dry town. We will soon
know how hard they meant it.
The Bellingham American has queer
of news. First in the
c. urt it tries to prove that two year
old county records are news, and now
it wants the county attorney to pro-
secute the Herald because it printed
an alleged news story. We never had
much time ourselves fer murder and
hanging stories, but great Scotland
we'd rather read them than 2-year
olds.
Ferndale paid nc attention to our
request not to celebrate the Fourth
That's all right Ferndale, some day
you will want to slide d2wn our eel
lar door, and We won't let you.
1t was a mighty cold day when
Halleys comet came to earth.
Blaine is going to help Lynden eel
citrate the Fourth. We always did
like Blaine. She is a jolly good neigh
ibor.
Nooksack is going to root for the
Lynden celebrate n. Sills and Robin
son, of the Reporter told us they all
like Lynden over that way.