The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-06-23
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The Tribune recently Figured III
law suit but it was in decent soit "
wav We hadn't been trying to hoio
I'M any advertiser nor had we been IL
be,ine anyone. This is the way 1t nap
pened:
A saloon keeper was being prosecu''
ed for selling liquor to boy. Inc
father testified that 1t was Wet rainy
Weather. The saloon keeper ana MS
friends said 1t wasn't. The father TOOK
his COPY of the Tribune for that date
The saloon keeper smiled smoie'
what was the Lynden Tribune as autl
ority. He brought in the government
weather man with his records and the
records proved that the Tribune was
right OF course the Tribune was right
or course it is needless to say that
the bow was not sold liquor In Lyn-
den that is one advantage of living
in a prohibition town. We don't nave
to watch saloon keepers to keep them
from selling our boys drink.
7 liked the way Roosevelt was greet
ed didn't you? 1t shows that the
great public liked Roosevelt's style OF
government. Taft may be an average
good president, but he suffers In COM
parison with Roosevelt. If this Is trea-
son, why
sI'm glad to see that you are align
ing yourself with the insurgents. With
your help We will land most OF the
county Offices
So was complimented this week by
q pretty we'll known man.
The Tribune is an Insurgent Repub-
lican. That doesn't mean that it is
going to attempt to defeat its party
at the poll. 1t doesn't necessarially
mean that we are going to tear our
shirts to get both senator's on the
other side of the mouN' aims. 1t doesn't
mean that We are going to line up
with any one clique in the party as
against another clique. Such actions
may be necessary later on, but we
hope not. Any time they are necessary
we are goV 6 to kiss the old republic
can party good-by.
The republican party has become
great by organization and through
redeeming its promises to the people.
In our op!liio the present party lead
ers have failed to make good. They
have failed to redeem their-our pro-
misses. II that is correct, which it the
thing to do-split up our party into
half dozen different factions, or re-
organize it-start an Oppoistion party
or purify the old one?
II l know what l am doing, and l
think I do. the Tribune is not going
to belong to sny faction in the re-
publican party, as long as it belongs
to the republican party. The primsry
gives us an opportunity to select our
candidates, and when We select them,
We are not going to ask, to what fac
tion do you belong? What We will
ask Is, are you capable? are you a
loya' republican? are you honest and
deserving? Thes Sc who can answer
those Questions correctly are going to
get pretty loyal support from the
Tribune, whether they belong to the
insurgent, the old liners, the Eldri. &c
crowd, the Purdy faction, or Just
some Swede settlement. We don't care
tinker's dam whether a candidate,
say for commissioner, favors Cannon,
or hates him worse than poision. 1t
doesn't make cussed bit Of differ
ence In his qualifications for prosec-
utor whether Bixby is satisfied with
the present tariff or not. A friend of
mine recently said to me:
Darn you, l never know where to
put my finger on YOU" We didn't,
but this Is what We should have ans
wered him.
mo. and you never will, for we are
trying to run this paper acc ording to
principle and not according to Gus
tom, and you never did know any,
thing but politics." But that wasn't
the polite answer,
Tart must feel good deal like the
new preacher who asked the old lady
now she liked his sermon. Her reply
was:
We'll thought it was fair to mid
diin'-most as good as Brother Sher-
mon used to preach on that text
but | can't find anybody else what
heard 1t, what agrees with me-"
That was a splendid rain we had
Sunday. and it did an immense A.
mount Of good even If it did come
ct hard time for cherries and straw
berries.
We thought We were telling Of big
Strawberries last week when we told
OF OH" box brought us by j. B. Lit
ton that was heaping full and con-
tanned only Is berries. Since then we
nave heard Of two or three boxes full
OF IL berries and one full of ten ber-
ries. They will have to 60 to selling
strawberries by the pound.
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East Front street is now one If
the prettiest drives or walks in the
city. The street as completed is hard
and level and the new cement walks
from which one has view OF the
beautiful river bottom, Stickney is
land and the mountain, is one of the
prettiest In the town.