The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-05


I took hold of the Tribune, and on
the whole they have been a proper
Gus two years-that is, | haven't mad
so much money, perhaps, but the com
munity has increased in riches Won
derfully-I have grown richer in ex-
perience and so perhaps We all should
lie satisfied.
LINDEN has made a lot of changes
for the better. | we'll remember my
first walk up Front street two years
ago. Between NAPLES home and the
Tribune office / went into muddy
slush above my ankles in two or thr e
places. The worst of it was that
when | complained that town the
size of Lynden should have cement
walks, with two exceptions, l found
none to agree with me. Saloons mad
Just been closed-or rather were clos
ed after l arrived-and nearly half Of
the town people actually believed that
it meant financial ruin for the town.
/ was a little bit worried about the
matter myself. Well, after two years
| doubt if we could find 20 votes in
favor of saloon, could We? We did
MT have any water system then, ana
il was matter of lots of worry
whether or not the voters would raw
or it. There was no Baptist church
and two of our school houses have
been built since then. The b. b. II
B. C. was running one train out OF
here in the morning and one in in
the evening, to it's four trains each
way now. Those are not all of the big
improvements. We might mention the
several cement business blocks and
other buildings, the new business
firms and lots OF other things, but
these are enough to point out That
the two years have made a lot OF
changes in Lynden.
They have not been less kind to
the country about. In fact douDt
if the town is keeping up in improve
ments with the country. Do you know
that land has increased in value Iully
% per cent since | came here. | told
YOU it would double in value in i've
years. | still believe that. l believe
more of you believe it now than be-
leyed it then. Our country population
has nearly doubled and, believe,
that 80 per cent of the new corners
arc farmers-'men who have bought
or will buy land, and who have i'm
proved or will improve not only the
land but the moral tone of the COM
munity. Why. do you know that two
years ago, to the best of my KNOW
ledge there was only one man trying
to raise full blood cattle in this com-
munity. That was Mr.. Crabtree anu
he had Just bought his first Jerseys.
Can YOU count the full-blood herds
on your fingers now? | guess you can
but by another January you cannN'
oh II has been a wonderful two years
for the Nooksack valley.
The Tribune too has made large
growth. During the past six months
it has been standing still, or II any
thing going backward, due 10 our
long sickness which left the paper
without a head, but it hasn't gone
back far. and on the who'll for the
two wears shows a wonderful growth.
Even for the year it shows a substant
ial increase, and now that am BACK,
7 have a guess coming that there VIII
be more new subscribers each month
than cutters. At any rate that mas
been nv average way of doing Dusl-
ness for the past ten years. and al
1>rrp+
I don't know how you feel about IT,
but I'm glad l came two years ago.
and I'm awfully glad you are here, so
| want to wish you Happy Ne"
Year.
Sumas is really very prosperous ana
is especially favorably located. III
has many of the things that would
indicate very bright future. But
Sumas is handicapped by its news
paper. Week after week the
News sets forth in black face ana
editorial type that the town is wet,
that saloons and the classes they
attract are welcome to the place, that
ministers of the gospel are hypocrites
and are not wanted. Such a policy
NAV please the patrons Of the News,
but certainly it will not attract de-
sirable citizens. Strangers reading tn
naper would believe Sumas was the
county. Perhaps that is what the New
wants people to believe, but the Fri
hume knows it is an injustice 10 the
town. We personally know there are
MANY reputable people living there.
] suppose some of you are pretty
cross at the Tribune, and uoh
know as | blame you very much eth
err. When a paper is late once OF
twice a year | suppose it is christ
ian duty to forgive it. but when II