The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-05-19
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Senator John L. Wilson was IN Lyn
den Tuesday with the party OF Doos.
ers from Bellingham, and ike .h'
wav the senator talks. Among othel
things he said: 40,
yves I am coming up to see you
again this summer, but not to taif
notifies. II is true | want to be seha
tor but it is in the interests OF ths
state I want the office; it is that
NAV work in the national capital io'
the Sc things which are dearest 10 my
heart as Washingtonian. II l speas
will not be a political speech
Int a speech or lecture in the inter
ests of those improvements and pol
icies that l have SO long labored 1ol
through my paper, the Seattle +. l.
want to explain to the people person.
ally, my plans for state conservation
state conservation CT water power
timber and coal lands.
"If l am elected to the senate
can do more to further these great
projects than l can do now but, wne-
Their l am elected or net I shall con-
tinue to use the influence OF the r. l.
to bring them about
Senator Wilson is a we'll known fig
ure in Washington affairs. His paper,
the P. l. more than any other WASH
ington paper is state paper, work.
ing for the uplift of the whole state.
The Tribune is not announcing It
self as a Wilson advocate. but Will
neerfully say that of the candidates
now in the field 1t believes Senator
Wilson is the most able and the free
est from communicating influence
and, Mr.. Wilson is Western WASH
ingtOn man.
Really we have not made up our
mind yet as to who shall fill Dad
F'rasier's shoes, but Frank Bixby is
The best middle of the road tim
Der we know of for County Commits
sioner. Lynden must be remembered,
and only extreme mOdesty has Kept
the Tribune from mentioning Bixby's
name for Commissioner and Ian
Cloud for the Blackstonian grind. 1t
is said Dan knows good politics when
the bag Is open. They are grooming
stalwarts all over the country. ex-
cept Ferndale, where the people are
too busy building city to dabbie IN
politics.-Ferndale Record.
Now look here Bro. Lowe, as we
have intimated elsewhere we are In
a fighting humor. You can name
Frank Bixby or any other Lynden
man for any office you want to and
we'll be with you, but il you don't
leave our name off we'll, we1l-well
we'll come over and tell You all about
the inside history of when we were
in politics. We have reformed and are
trying to lead a better life. Don't
talk politics to us. You say we know
good" politics. We don't. We never
did.
Sometimes I grow discouraged anc
feel that boosting is thankless job
and then something will happen tc
make me ashamed of myself. Monday
l was grOuchy. In came man VINO
the Tribune induced to move from
far off country to this. He arrived
last fall and bought place. l felt
certain everybody else must feel al
l felt, SO l waited for him to com
.ueice roasting me for ever having
sung the country's praises. This II
the way he did it:
Say, want to thank you again
for having induced me to move here
Isn't everything lovely now? Do yor
know it reminds me OF Eden. I dom
believe Eden could have been more
beautiful. l write lots of letters ani
send lots of literature back to my
friends, but l can't tell them all. j
l could they wouldn't believe me.
have yet to find man who has made
a failure here unless he was lazy. An,
five acres of land in this country will
support a family"
And he went on until actually l wa
smiling and felt almost proud of my.
self. No sooner had he left until ano.
Their young man, who came last fall
and who spent most of the winter
said: Say, this country's alright af.
ter all, isn't it? used to growl last
winter, but when you come to think
of it we didn't have it half as bad
as they did back east. This is a
great country"
We went out and bought Oursel.
yes a cigar, and stuck a pin in our
face to see II we couldn't bring O
smile
Some of the county papers are gett-
ing awfully worried because there are
no candidates for county offices an
nounced. Cut 1t out, boys. cut 1t out
Before election time the woods will
be full Of them.
Beautiful Lynden. Not a visitor en-
ters the town at this season of the
year that doesn't say 1t il the most
beautiful town they were ever In