The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-02-02
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD


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President Taft has nominated F. c.
Harper for second term as collec-
tor of customs for the Puget Sound
district of Washington.
Falling off a moving O-W. r. & N.
train leaving Tekoa, Joe Besco OF
that city suffered a serious cut on
his head through striking the tracks
with his head.
Several hundred poles lying at the
North Bank station indicate that the
new line to be run from the Sundale
Orchard company's tract through the
Goodnoe Hills to Goldendale, is as
sured.
John j. Erb, owner of q ten-acre
tract, paid the United States land of
flee SIS, the first money the govern
ment has received back for the &c.
100000 cost of the Tieton unit Yaki-
ma project
Despite the fact that the year 1910
was uOL CoIlSlutleu SOOu yCal III
the manufa cture of lumber, the mills
on the Willapa harbor have been
kept busy and have exceeded the cut
of 1909 by more than 81 100000 feet.
Toppenish and other towns in the
Lower Yakima Valley are making an
effort to secure division of Yakima
County, Toppenish to be the seat OF
the new county. A delegation from
Toppenish is at Olympia for that
purpose.
The Jap who shot and killed Geo.
Madsu in a Pasco japanese poolroom,
has not yet been apprehended. Not
much has been learned regarding the
affair, but from all accounts the shoot
ing grew out of a quarrel which orig
mated in a card game.
Mayor Gray of Pasco plans at the
next meeting of the council to have
an ordinance passed regulating sa-
looms. According to his idea, the sa-
looms should be compelled to close at
midnight, instead of being permitted
to stay open all nignt as at present
A spcial train bearing $50 pilgrims
from Seattle and the surrounding
country has started for tour of the
resorts of California. The train is
the Puget Sound Special" electric
lighted throughout and with every
fnr f,,t, toh
ney.
Clarence D. Hillman, the wealthy
Seattle real estate man, who says ne
has made his millions selling resi-
dence lots to poor people on the in
stallment plan, is again at liberty,
having furnished $4,000 bonds after
being adjudged guilty of contempt OF
court by Federal Judge Donworth.
A warrant was Issued for the ar
rest of a street-car conductor at Ia
coma on complaint of a passenger
that the man had allowed his car to
become crowded to more than 100 per
cent of it's seating capacity, a mis-
demeanor under city ordinance.
This was the first prosecution under
the new ordinance.
United States District Judge Geo
Donworth adjudged E. d. Kirk, head
OF the Kirk Detective Agency, and w
J.. Webb, one of Kinks employees
guilty of contempt of court in at
tempting to influence jurors called tt
try Clarence d. Hillman, the million
aire real estate dealer accused o
using the mails to defraud, and fxet
prison sentences.
People of the Little White Salmon
country are greatly pleased with thu
fact that Engineer Miller will taxi
charge of the building of a highwa.
from Collins Hot Springs to the Lit
tie White Salmon. This road whel
completed will connect existing cour
ty roads for use of through trave
while other divisions of state roa
No. 8 are being completed,
Few attempts at freak municipa
legislation have gained more wide
spread publicity than the anti-trea
ing" ordinance passed by the Tacom
Municipal Commission. December
and designed to do away with "trea
ing" in saloons. Tacoma and its ant
treating ordinance have been the sui
iect of cartoons in New York an
of comment in scores of cities.
After investigations and compar
sons of prices submitted by Easter
coopers, fruitgrowers of the Wall
Walla valley have decided that the
will continue to use boxes and nj
barrels for the. packing of the lowe
grades of apples. 1t was though
that money could be saved by tn
means, but prices averaged from Sc
eral estimates showed that this woul
not be the case,
Profit of $3S from two turkeys
one year is the record of l.. I. va
over, of Atna The hen cost SO
and the gobbler $780, not being mol
than common stock. Twenty-Five
,urkeys were raised in the year. 5
of the young brought $40 each'
1850. and Il brought $3.50 EACH
s42.5O. a total of $50. The cost
feed for the turkeys was s2l, lea
ing a net profit OF s3S. Vanover III
the pair left.
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