The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-06-23
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

appTOpTlaLlng Sl5,0U0 each for public
building sites at Wenatchee and Ell
lensburg.
Farmers union day at the Elbertor
picnic was more largely attended than
was expected; the attendance is es
timated at 5000.
Ex-Governor Mcbride has issued q
letter announcing his support of Judge
Thomas Burke. of Seattle. for United
States senator.
Fraud and misconduct in the ad.
ministration of the public and state
lands Of Washington will be an issue
In Representative Miles Poindexter'e
campaign for the senate.
Acting Gov. Howell has honored a
reQuisition for the extradiction OF
John Clark, wanted in Carlton county.
MINI, on the charge of murder in the
first degree. Clark was arrested In
Spokane, and is now held there.
Toppenish will make an effort to be
named as the station for the opening
of the Yakima Indian reservation this
fall. and has taken the matter up with
Senator Jones. Land locators have al
ready commenced to arrive in the
reservation town.
Steps to obtain the return of the
evicted Japanese laborers to the saw.
mill town of Darlington and their
protection have been postponed until
the departure of Prince Fushimi and
his suite.
The oil holdings of the Alaska De
velopment company have just been
sold to the Amalgamated Develop.
ment company, syndicate of Victoria.
Vancouver and Seattle men, for $780,.
900.
The directors of the Portland Auto
mobile club have decided to cooperate
with the newly organized Vancouver
Automobile club for the improvement
of the highway between Vancouver
and Kelso, and probably as far north
as Toledo.
The president has nominated Guy
X. Calhoun, of Seattle. as professor OF
mathematics at the Annapolis naval
academy This is in accordance with
the provisions of special bill passed
at this session, at the instance OF
Representative Humphrey.
Perhaps the smallest certified check
ever drawn was one for one cent
which O. L. Chamberlain, second
hand dealer, presented in court at
Aberdeen in payment of fine i'm
posed on him for running his business
without paying the required license OF
800.
A favorable report vas made to the
senate on Piles bill establishing
subtreasury at Seattle and fixing the
salary of the assistant treasurer at
$4,000. The bill provides for full
corps of officials. There is no hkeli'
hood whatever that the bill will be
come law.
The preliminary survey for the
drainage canal on the Yakima Indian
reservation has been finished by J. w.
Martin, engineer in charge, IN less
than a month, and after consultation
with Chief Engineer Cod OF the Indian
service machinery for the building OF
the canal will be ordered.
Preparations for the big three-day
celebration to be held at Belllngnam
July 4, 5 and 6, are practically COM
plete. Excursions from all cities IN
the immediate vicinity OF Bellingham
and points along the border OF British
Columbia will be made during the
three days. $4,000 in prizes is to be
given out.
The first shipment Of gold from the
spring cleanup in Alaska reached
Seattle on the steamship Humboldt
from Skagway. The Humboldt's ship
ment. valued at 100000, came from
the Tanana 0lSIlcL anu ~ns SSAN AA~~
Fairbanks via the Yukon river and the
White Pass route to Skagway. Other
shipments, aggregating more than w.
o00. 900, have been dispatched from
Fairbanks and will be received before
the end of the month.
Jobst and Hibler and R. J. Oliver
3obbers, have fled suit against a so
called grocers' combine in Seattle, for
10000. The defendants are the Pa
cific Coast Condensed Milk company;
the National Grocery company; the
Sylvester Brothers company; the West
Coast Grocery company and Fischer
Brothers. The suit charges that the
defendants have unlawfuliy combined
20 refuse to sell a certain brand OF
condensed milk to any merchants VINO
will not agree to maintain the mini
mum price set by the combine.
Owing to the attitude OF Chief Of