The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-12-08
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

anceS and should not De eStaDlisneu IL
the residence districts of a city
Professor Henry Landes, of the de
partment of geology, University o
Washington, is now planning for
travelling summer school, to begli
about June 20.
There was enrolled in the chemistr!
class at the University of Washing
ton last week a student who passed
the eightieth milestone in life las
August. He is J. P. Frazer, retired
physician.
The women's suffrage amendment
won in every county and carried the
state by a vote of almost two to one
as announced by the figures OF the
official count. The total vote was
1929 for and 1856 against.
Upon learning that the United
States Navy Department is to sell the
u. s. s. Boston Governor Hay wired
the secretary of the navy asking him
to transfer the vessel to the Washing
ton State Naval Militia to be used
as a permanent armOry in Seattle
harbor.
The state will not allow rebate
of any portion of the $25 annual liquor
license collected from all places where
intoxicants are sold, but the tax COM
mission may permit the transfer OF
the unused portion of state liquor
license from one person to another,
declares the attorney-general.
The women of this state exercised
for the first time the right of suffrage
Tuesday. In county bond elections
throughout the state women voted
according to the opinion given by At
torney-General Bell In Seattle 1000
women who had registered were priv.
legged to vote on the 100000 bond
issue for a waterworks district
The stork paid a visit to the execu-
tive mansion last week and delivered
an eight and one-half pound girl to
Governor and Mrs. M. E. Hay. The
babe has the distinction of being the
first child born in the executive man
sion and also Of being the first child
to arrive in the family of the chief
executive after he had become gov
ernor of Washington.
Letters have been received by the
Washington Railroad Commission
from the Spokane & Inland Electric
Railway and the Idaho & Washington
Northern Line, asking permission to
intervene in the distribution rate
hearing, which is the result of the
complaints filed by Seattle and Ia
coma jobbers to the effect that the
rates eastbound out of those places
are too high.
At last the depth Of Lake Chelan
has been made known. For many
years it was believed that the lake
was too deep to be sounded. as all
attempts heretofore have been unsuc-
cessful. Geological survey parties re-
Gently in this section took the sound
ings and their report shows the lake
to be 1887 feet deep, which makes
the bottom of the lake 497 feet below
the level of the sea.
The commission appointed by Gov
ernOr Hay to draft an employers la
bility law has completed bill which
1t is expected will be adopted unani.
nously by the legislature next
month. The bill provides for the col
lection Of a state tax on industries.
manufacturing and otherwise, includ-
ing coal mining and probably ship.
ping. The funds derived from this tax
are to be in two divisions. The first
is for immediate relief to injured en-
ployes. covering hospital bills and
physicians charges, and restricted to
three weeks duration of disability
The other. which would be much
greater In amount, will be dispersed
by a commission to be appointed by
the governor.
The new game laws drafted by, the
state game commission will prohibit
the bounding Of deer and change the
season from October Is to Decembe,
81, instead of October 30 to November
30, according to the present laws In
vogue. Each hunter will be limited
to one deer in one week or two dur
ing the entire season. The grouse
season will be the same and the bae
will be limited to Is in one day OF
30 for any one week OF shooting. Ac
cording to the new laws the water
fowl season will open September
and close January Is. The limit OF
waterfowl will be 20 for one day o.
30 for one week. 1t will be unlawfu
to hunt deer on any island in tn,
waters Of the state, according to thu
new code. Heretofore 1t has beer
permissible to "still" aunt on islands
but the use Of dogs was prohibited
Under the new laws $50 will be pait
for each cougar, being $50 more thar
heretofore. The gray or timber vol
will also draw a bounty Of $50, wild
cat $3.50 and the coyote IS. Unde
the old laws, the bounty on wildcats
was IS. A game fund is to be estab
lished in each county II the new law
are passed, and these will be retained
from the licenses collected and fine
paid for violations. From this funt
all bounties will be paid and gam
and fish propagation will be pur