The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-09-15
Some Homes and Considerable Property De-
stroyed---Still Burning in Every
Direction, But No Wind.

4 eu- Inc lire was, AOuudy Iuoi hlhc
perhaps half mile distant. Milai
says:-
Sparks began falling fast. Little
fires started In half a dozen place:
that | and my man managed to pui
out. Suddenly i saw ball of fiit
drop by the barn. / ran, but before
| could reach it the building was IL
blaze. | got the three horses oul
but | could not reach anything else
Il knew the house and other build
ings would go then. The wind was
carrying brands half a mile. Sparks
from my barn caught in Henry
Shagrens pasture more than half
mile distant.
| I'VE carried the furniture out OF
the house into the road where later II
burned. / sent messenger for teams
but thhe message miscarried. When
[ saw no help was going to reach
us | took my family and horses and
cut a road out to the double dltch
road The road TO Lynden direct
was impassiblee on account of fire.
MY loss is over $4,000, but | have
/ little insurance on the buildings.
Il don't know of a living thing
N the place but an old hen and some
.hickens. We couldn't get to her but
think she is alive yet. About 40
toAs Of hay. 1900 bushels of grain
and some unthreshed grain went
with the rest.
Il will not rebuild this fall. | ex-
pect to seed down the place, put up
barn on the place, and home in
town.
w. II. Wapies, who has shlngie
bolts scattered all o. Ell the country
northwest of i.ynden. was one CT
the heaviest losers. 1t is estimated
he lest between S0e and 400 cords OF
shingle bolts, valued at nearly or quite
81 300. He spent most of his time with
men trying to save his propety, but
all figting was absolutely unavaihng.
Mark Stone, poor man out in the
nejghborhood of Delta, lost about 1o0
cords Of shingle bolts.
The LynGen Shlngle Co., one OF
Edwards. companies, lost about @ go
cords of bolts.
Frank Bixby whose farms were
both in line of the fire, was up all OF
the days and nights guarding his barn
on the school section. Although the 40
in which it stapds is cleared partially
and had delivered a good crop of hay
this season, the blaze leaped from
stump to stump.
Mrs. F. NJ. Yount who drove into
town from near Van Buren,, Monday,
told the writer that there We're fires
ON practically every 40 acres. On the
Wirth place she said she believed the
fire had done lot of good, burning
a lot of slashing and burning it good
Dave Bender, whose farm adjoins Lyn
den on the north says the fire did a
lot toward clearing his land.
Frank Bixby lost a set of buildings
m one 40 of his school land. We
lave not his estimate but the loss
will amount to several hundred doll
arS.
Mr.. Biernink lost several hogs in
his pasture in the north edge OF
Lynden.
Mayor George Hall owns farm a
lew miles northwest Of Lynden. The
e barn was burned. There was In
it 40 tons of hay belonging 10 younG
dr. Noteboom.
At Enterprise. a few miles south
of Custer, the Enterprise mill is
total loss.
Mr.. Atkins lost his house, barn and
everything at the same place, and
another family at that place lost ev-
| erything.
Custer was threatened, Monday and
Tuesday but was still safe Tuesday
afternoon
On the road between Lynden ana
Custer there has been a fearful fight
for life and property.
The Pyeatts lest big barn and
heir winters supply of grain, hay,
roots, etc.
Chas Merritt lost his big barn and
outbuildings as well as his winter $
stores
A. C. Palmer lost his barn, separ-
ator, grain and winter proyinder.
The Snodgress family lost every
AiliDS, houpts pui l., 9 all sbliu an
Ralph Troost lost his barn, and
Tuesday evening his house was still
IN danger. {
The johnson barn is buried.
The big bridge on the Custer road
beyond s L. Palner's place is burn
ed out and the Palmer property was
still in danger Tuesday evening.
The Active Mill was threatened and
Tuesday evening the men had been
lighting to save it for more than As
hours.
Peters. at Balls mill has suffered
a considerable loss.
In the neighborhood of Clearbrook
the Tribune was Informed Tuesday
evening there had been no loss, but
every body was out fighting.
S B. Lay and Mr. Hinckley in the
Northwood heiehhorhood had lost
their barns and their houses were in