The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-12
STATE NEWS
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Comparison of the proposed new
Washington water code with the Ore
son code, indicates that the Washing
ton plan is virtually copied after the
Oregon plan.
The steamship Governor has ar
rived in Seattle with 10000 pounds OF
sulphur, which will be sent to Eastern
Washington to be used in a spray for
trees in the Wenatchee valley.
The wounded robber who, with
companion, shot and killed Justice OF
the Peace A A Galbraith and w. B.
Stevens at Acme, Whatcom County,
cannot recover, and has made full
confession.
A tour of the entire Northwest, dur
ing which at least four seats Of gov
eminent will be visited while legisla-
tive bodies are in session, is planned
by Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton, of
Spokane.
The Bank of Colville, at Colville,
and the Bank of Kettle Falls, at Ket-
tie Falls, have made application to be
designated as depositaries for postal
savings bank funds.
The names of Rees Voorhees, OF
Spokane and Judge o. r. Holcomb
of Rtzvile have been recommended
for presentation TO the president as
candidates for the federal judgeship
of Eastern Washington.
Trustees of the Spokane Chamber
of Commerce have invited the govern
ors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming and California to
attend the annual meeting and ban
temple the evening of January Il.
Fruit and vegetable growers in the
Touchet valley will form a union for
marketing their crops, which now
amount to over 300 carloads year.
a large packing house and shipping
station will be built in Dayton, and
growers there will provide funds for
this work
Prohibiting the taking of STRAW"
ballots by newspapers or individuals
is the effect of an amendment to the
present primary laws of the state OF
Washington proposed by Guy b. Croft,
legslator-eleet of Spokane, who thus
defines his position.
Police Captain John T. Sullivan, of
Spokane, who was shot by an assas-
sin as he sat reading in his home,
died Saturday morning. The bullet,
which was fired by man standing
sat, tore through his right lung. He
was removed to the Sacred Heart
hospital, where he expired.
John NJ Wilson, prosecuting attor-
ney of Thurston County, has prepared
his report to be submitted to Gov
ernor Hay in accordance with the
law, and in it he recommends that
the legislature abolish the death pen
atty, that women be excused from
jury duty and that the theft of dogs
be made a subject of larceny, as well
as the recommendation that the crimi-
nal code be amended so as to cover
the crime of drawing checks upon
banks in which the person has no
funds.
Expenditures for railroad construc-
ton and building of irrigation works
in Washington approved or actually
undertaken aggregate nearly $3,100,-
goo. Thus the year 1911 starts vita
augury for more development than at
any other time President Howard
Elliott of the Northern Pacific has
approved the expenditure Of upward
of 100000 for the construction o
35 miles of new main line, all double
tracked, between Tacoma and Tenino.
The first surveys for this work We're
made a year ago. The contract was
held back until now because of finan-
cial conditions in New YORK.