The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-12-01
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

state superintendent or the Anti-o@
loon League for Washington. In can
wasting the lower house of the nex'
legislature his poll is 46 right ano
81 wrong" on the unit question, with
IL members doubtful.
Secretary Ballinger awarded to Mel
son Rich, of Prosser, a contract for
constructing 40 miles of laterals on
the Wide Hollow branch OF the YAK
ina irrigation project. Smaller con
tracts on the Prosser division and
Sunnyside project were also awarded
local bidders.
Although man lives in the same
house with his wife, provides with
food, heat, light and all other neces'
stiles of life, but declines to talk to
her or to buy her clothes fitting for
her station in life, he Is guilty OF de-
sertion and non-support, holds the SUI
preme court.
A dozen apparently carelessly
drawn pencil marks in the form OF
diagram on scrap of paper nave
solved one of the most bold, daring
and successful robberes ever COM
United in Seattle-the holdup of three
men in the Tourist hotel bar, on the
night of September 81, last.
Leaving untouched valuable jewels
and watches which lay on her dres-
ser, a miscreant whose identity is
unknown to the police entered the
room of Miss Bertha M. Parks. Is
years old, at her home. Seattle, and
while she was sleeping, with her SIS
ter, cut from head long tresses OF
deep auburn hair and escaped with
his plumber.
Eluding scores of pursuers for two
years, "Old Sleuth," the big, bold out
law couger, which has killed scores
of horses, cows, hogs and sheep in
the Blue Mountains, is still at large.
Settlers have offered handsome re-
ward for the animal and hunters,
trappers and forest rangers have
tracked "Old Sleuth" in vain. 1t is
estimated he has killed over $4,000
worth of live stock in the past year.
After over 20 years of separation,
Pete Sandergrath, pioneer black
smith and owner of the proposed city
hal site at Spokane, and his brother,
John Sandergrath, retired army Of
ficer, have been brought in communi-
cation with each other. and within
the next month will probably be
united. The missing brother of the
Spokane pioneer is now residing at
the old family home, Elversburg, Ger
many, on the Rhine river.
When the report of A. P. Gillette,
J. J. Donovan and E. e. Beard. the
committee of engineers appointed by
Governor M. E. Hay to investigate
conditions in the Office Of H. L..
Bowlby, state highway commissioner.
was read at the Washington Good
Roads Association convention, held in
Walla Walla, November 20, 30 and
December /, it showed that the pres
ent highway commissioner has made
an excellent record.
An explosion in the Northern Pa.
cific roundhouse at Tacoma resulted
in Charles H. Mann, young engine
man, being burned SO badly that he
died a few hours later in the North
ern Pacific hospital. There were nc
witnesses to the accident. but It il
, believed to have resulted from an ex
plosion of oil on an oil-burnine
switching engine which has recently
been installed by the company.
Matthew Dow and others, doinf
business as Matthew Dow & Co., whit
built the Seattle armory. are not re
sponsible for the accident on tn,
night of May 6. 1909. when scorer
were hurt at an athletic meet. hold
the supreme court, in reversing tn,
King county superior court, which
granted a new trial in the case O
Cecil Thornton. who sued the con
tractors through his guardian.
The Pullman college is to have
new complete four-target rifle range
A communication has been receive,
from the war department by Lieuten
ant Peter J. Hennessey. commandan
at the college. that his request 70
materials for this range have beef
granted and are now on their way t
the college. This range, when CON
pleted, will be one OF the best in tn
Northwest, being 500 yards in length
with a pit and disappearing targets
Among the equipment will be targets
markers, pastors. cartridges an
flags.
The county commissioners hav
given an order for 100 miniature ba
lots to be used in the most minis
ture" election ever held in the couI
ty. The election will be held d.
cember II to determine whether
drainage district shall be formed IL
GLIDING about $500 acres lying to tn
south and east of Cheney to reclair
more than 1000 acres, which will b
come valuable meadow land. Tn
district includes only IA men of vo
ing age. If the women should be en-
powered to cast ballots by electio
day this would increase the numbs
of voters only to Is or 20.
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