The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-09-07
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

A mass.meeting of Pullman citizens
was held September to discuss Tue
commission form of government.
In fire which destroyed the home
of F. M. Morgan in Spokane MIS-
Morgan lost her life in an enoft -
rescue her two little children.
The shipments of hay from Toppen
ish have been averaging over ~ car
loads a day, being shipped primer
pally to Tacoma and Seattle markets.
C. M. voight and w. w. Payne o.
the state bureau Of supervision anu
inspection of public officers are check
ing records in the county treasurer
Office at Colfax.
The forest fire in the green timber
at the head of the Satsop River IL
working havoc with big game, when
is being driven from the WOODS IL
great numbers.
Lively interest in the coming enc
halls city election to vote on the adop
ton or rejection of the proposed com
mission form of government plan mas
manifested itself.
Despondent because his white
sweetheart threw him down for
white man, Frank Yamamota, Jap
anese. shot himself through the head
dying instantly, at Walla Walla.
The first official statement OF the
Waterville Railway Company shows
the net earnings to be $1,999.S2 since
the beginning of operations in Aug
ust. The road is six miles long.
William Schmulbach. alias Harry
Nye, who was arrested at Seattle. on
charge of having killed Policeman
William G. Smith in Joplin, Mo-, In
1909, admitted to the police that ne
is the man wanted by the Missouri
authorities.
In readjusting the distribution rates
for the jobbing centers OF Washing
ton, the Public Service Commission
will take into consideration only the
reasonableness of the rates, the fights
between various sections being disre
garded.
That well-known college character
the loafer, will find his days numbered
and filled with tribulation when he re-
turns to the University of Washington
this fall, If a new handbook of Rules
and Regulation" Just issued, is any
criterion.
Chehalis and Centralia business and
men to the number of 80
met at Chehalis and put under way
a plan to build Joint gravity water
system that is to supply the two
places with water direct from the
OF the Newaukum River
north fork.
Within a short time the contract
between the State Capitol Commits
sion and w. R. Wilder. of the firm of
Wilder & White. New York archi-
tects, will be signed up. as all the
main points in the agreement for the
of the new Temple OF
Justice have been agreed upon by
both parties.
The value Of real property in
Yakima County as turned in by the
assessor was cut down $4,000 as q
result of the sessions Of the board
Of equalization, the most important
item in the reduction being a blanket
cut Of Is per cent on plowed and
young orchard lands in the Yakima
reservation.
That the adoption of manual train
ing In the rural schools of Washing
ton il but . question of . short time
and that each teacher. whether man
or woman. within i've years. will be
required to handle tools in . practi
cal manner. as we'll as instruct the
children in practical agriculture. IL
the announcement made by Henry B
Dewey. state superintendent.
Upon q wireless message received
at Seattle the cruising launch Taz
lima. owned by Littleton & McCully
Of Seattle. was apprehended and
takere into custody by the sheriff Of
Jefferson County. and its occupants
six young men from the University
Of Washington. held on a charge OF
stealing a rowboat from the summer
home of Robert Moran at New Hall
Orcas Island.
Five cents for q ride on any Dor.
ton Of its line within the corporate
limits Of Seattle. together with q
transfer to the lines of the Seattle
Electric Company. is the rule On the
Seattle. Renton 4 Southern Railway
and the people Of Rainier Valley, vic
torious after years Of bitter hghtins
against poor service and alleged ex.
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